Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Markets/Coverages: Lockton Caribbean & Central America Launches Food, Agriculture & Beverage Broking Practice
May 23 2024 // Lockton Caribbean & Central America (CCA) announced the launch of CCA FAB, the insurance broking industry’s first Food, Agriculture & Beverage practice that focuses exclusively on the region. The new Food,...
California Mushroom Farms That Were Sites of Fatal Shootings Fined $450K
May 22 2024 // The owners of two Northern California mushroom farms where a farmworker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings last year will pay more than $450,000 in back wages and damages to 62 workers, the Labor Department...
China Boosts Farmer Protection With Nationwide Insurance for Major Grains
May 22 2024 // China’s Finance Ministry on Tuesday announced the nationwide implementation of full-cost insurance and planting income insurance policies for rice, wheat and corn, as part of a food security drive to encourage...
Driver of Pickup Charged with DUI After Crash with Bus that Killed 8 Farmworkers
May 16 2024 // OCALA, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday, killing eight, on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. Bryan...
Farmers to Resume Offering Key Lines of Business Insurance in California
May 14 2024 // Farmers Insurance said it will resume accepting new business commercial multi-peril applications for auto service & repair, habitational, manufacturing, real estate and wholesale distribution policies in...
US to Provide Nearly $200M to Contain Bird Flu Spread on Dairy Farms
May 13 2024 // The Biden administration said on Friday it will provide nearly $200 million to fight the spread of avian flu among dairy cows, in the government’s latest bid to contain outbreaks that have fueled concerns about human...
Rising Spring Rains Pose Challenges for Midwest Farmers
May 7 2024 // SABINA, Ohio (AP) — It was just after dark as Ross Woodruff hopped into a truck to haul soybean seeds out to his brother, Mark, whose planter had run out. It was the first day they could plant after heavy rains two weeks...
AM Best Downgrades Credit Rating of Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Group
Apr 24 2024 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “a-” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) of...
Republican Senators’ FARMER Act Seeks to Boost Crop Insurance Coverage
Apr 24 2024 // Republican senators this month introduced legislation they say would increase support for crop insurance and make higher levels of coverage more affordable to farmers. Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D) proposed the Federal...
Vermont Farms Still Recovering From Flooding As Growing Season Begins
Apr 19 2024 // Hundreds of Vermont farms are still recovering from last July’s catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather as they head into this year’s growing season. Dog River Farm, in Berlin, Vermont, lost nearly all...
People Moves: Farmers Insurance Names Coleman President of Business Insurance
Apr 10 2024 // Farmers Insurance Names Coleman President of Business Insurance Farmers Insurance announced that Eric Coleman has joined the organization as president of Business Insurance, effective April 10. In this role, Coleman is...
Farmworker Who Survived Mass Shooting at California Mushroom Farm Sues Company
Apr 9 2024 // A migrant farmworker who survived a mass shooting last year at a Northern California mushroom farm has filed a lawsuit against the farm and one of its owners, saying they failed to keep him safe from the colleague who...
Illinois Hog Farm Sued for Gender Identity Discrimination
Apr 3 2024 // Sis-Bro, Inc., a hog farm in New Athens, Illinois, violated federal law when it allowed an employee to be harassed because of her sex and gender identity, forcing her to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Colorado Farmers Must Pay $6.5M for Defrauding Federal Crop Insurance Programs
Apr 1 2024 // Two Colorado Farmers must pay more than $6.5 Million for defrauding federal crop insurance programs, according to U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan. Finegan’s office announced that Patrick Esch and Ed Dean Jagers of...
Biden’s Biofuel Push Risks Dethroning Corn as King of US Crops
Mar 28 2024 // American farmers will plant more corn than soybeans in 2024 — as they have in most years for over a century. But beyond that, a green diesel boom threatens to dethrone the king of all crops. President Joe Biden’s...
Dairy Cattle in Texas and Kansas Test Positive for Bird Flu
Mar 27 2024 // Milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu, U.S. officials said Monday. Officials with the Texas Animal Health Commission confirmed the flu virus is the Type A H5N1 strain, known for decades...
People Moves: Domino joins Farmers Alliance Board of Directors; Westfield Names Rosenberg as President, Standard Lines
Mar 20 2024 // Domino joins Farmers Alliance Board of Directors David Domino has been elected a director for the Farmers Alliance Companies, headquartered in McPherson, Kansas. Domino will provide guidance, direction and oversight for...
People Moves: Farmers Alliance Names Miller IT VP
Mar 18 2024 // Miller Named Vice President, IT for Farmers Alliance Companies Farmers Alliance Companies, headquartered in Mcpherson, Kansas, promoted Brad Miller to vice president, information technology (IT). As vice president, and a...
Colorado Farmers Must Pay $6.5M for Defrauding Federal Crop Insurance Programs
Mar 12 2024 // Two Colorado Farmers must pay more than $6.5 Million for defrauding federal crop insurance programs, according to U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan. Finegan’s office announced that Patrick Esch and Ed Dean Jagers of...
Plan Takes Shape in Rural California to Provide Farm Workers Shade From Heat
Mar 4 2024 // When Limba Contreras moved to the desert community of Oasis, California, about 50 years ago, her family relied on a water cooler to keep temperatures inside their home comfortable. Other times, they sprayed each other with...
