All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 24 2015 // Minnesota officials are targeting tractor rollovers as a way to improve safety on the farm.Key legislators and representatives of three state agencies met for the first time last week to gather information on how other...
Nov 23 2015 // A South Dakota rancher has pleaded guilty in federal court to falsely claiming he lost more than a hundred cattle during the autumn blizzard of 2013 that left ranchers in the state reeling with financial losses.Karl...
Nov 22 2015 // South Carolina’s estimated agricultural losses from last month’s floods have doubled and farmers statewide are hurting, officials said.State Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers initially estimated losses at...
Nov 19 2015 // Robin Souza, a veteran agricultural insurance, is the new product manager for farm and agribusiness programs for the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS). Souza comes to AAIS from ACE Agribusiness. She...
Nov 16 2015 // Crop Insurance Cuts“We cannot undermine a program that brings needed support to jobs and families in rural America and which has already seen $12 billion in cuts since 2008.” —U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp,...
Nov 12 2015 // The year is 2026. Flooding, worsened by climate change, has devastated Bangladesh and driven millions of hungry refugees to its border with India. Worried about unrest and disease, India asks other nations for help.The...
Nov 8 2015 // Most commercial chicken and turkey farms that were infected by the bird flu have been cleared to restock, agriculture officials said, but scientists still will keep a close eye on migrating birds and test thousands to see...
Nov 8 2015 // A bus ferrying migrant farmworkers from Michigan to Texas ran off a highway and hit an overpass in Arkansas on Nov. 6, ripping off the roof and ejecting passengers onto the interstate. Six people were killed and six...
Nov 4 2015 // About 2,000 farmers, grain handlers and corn exporters have filed lawsuits against Swiss biotechnology company Syngenta now that a federal judge has ruled their cases have merit to move forward.The lawsuits allege...
Nov 4 2015 // Tucked away off a narrow country road in Clark County, Kentucky, in the middle of a farm, 27 acres of hemp grew all summer. Now, the plants will be harvested and processed.Kentucky, hailed as a leader by industrial hemp...
Nov 2 2015 // QBE North America has appointed Glenn Skrynecki as vice president for agriculture in its property/casualty division.In this national role, Skrynecki will be responsible for the management of QBE North America’s...
Nov 2 2015 // An attorney representing a woman suing Farmers Insurance for discriminatory practices filed a motion in mid-October seeking class action status in a suit she says could potentially encompass 300 female attorneys.The...
Nov 2 2015 // About 70 percent of Mississippi counties and Louisiana parishes – 57 of 82 counties and 45 of 64 parishes – are now eligible for drought disaster aid, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.The department has added 10...
Nov 2 2015 // The potential exposure home insurers in South Carolina face from the early October storm that flooded the state is estimated to be over $18 billion, according to catastrophe modeling firm CoreLogic.Richland County had the...
Oct 30 2015 // Larger, more threatening wildfires are occurring at greater rates as Texas faces lingering drought, consistent development — driven by millions of new residents and the spread of outlying suburbs — and changes in how...
Oct 29 2015 // North Dakota’s congressional delegation and others from the state say a proposed $3 billion cut to crop insurance is unacceptable.A two-year budget deal in Congress would reduce federal subsidies to companies that...
Oct 29 2015 // The two-year budget deal produces savings from one of the most popular programs in farm country — federally subsidized crop insurance — and farm state lawmakers are furious.Senators and House members said Tuesday they...
Oct 26 2015 // Bermuda-based Ironshore International announced the acquisition of the reinsurance renewal rights to Novae Group’s global agriculture reinsurance portfolio.The transfer is conditional on Lloyd’s approval and is...
Oct 22 2015 // Federal and state officials say a large population of wild hogs in Arkansas is causing problems for farmers across the state.State officials estimate there are roughly 200,000 fast-breeding feral hogs spread across the...
Oct 20 2015 // California-based Farmers Insurance has agreed to pay Missouri $575,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming its agents violated state telemarketing laws.Attorney General Chris Koster said that is the largest amount ever paid to...