Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
President Obama Expected to Sign Food Safety Overhaul Bill
Dec 22 2010 // The ailing U.S. food safety system moved closer Tuesday toward its biggest overhaul in more than 70 years after the House passed legislation that would increase inspections and give regulators the power to recall tainted...
Farmers Group Names Dailey President, COO; CEO Woudstra Retiring in 2011
Dec 20 2010 // Farmers Group Inc., the Los Angeles-based company and unit of Zurich Financial Services Group, has appointed Jeff Dailey president and chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1, 2011. Dailey also will become Farmers’...
Everest Re in Negotiations to Acquire Heartland Crop Insurance
Dec 17 2010 // The Bermuda-based Everest Re Group announced that it has entered into discussions with Heartland Crop Insurance, Inc. regarding a potential acquisition of the Kansas-based company by Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc. or...
Florida Growers Reporting Ice Damage to Orange Crop
Dec 15 2010 // Citrus growers in central Florida reported ice damage to their orange fruit and groves Wednesday after overnight temperatures dropped to bone-chilling lows in some areas of the citrus belt. “There was definitely some...
Swiss Re’s New sigma Study Highlights ‘Relevance of Microinsurance’
Dec 15 2010 // Swiss Re’s latest sigma study – “Microinsurance – risk protection for 4 billion people” – emphasizes the relevance of microinsurance as an effective and viable risk management solution...
WTO’s Lamy Tells Negotiators to Push for Doha Deal
Dec 15 2010 // Members of the World Trade Organization are showing new energy and determination to reach a global trade deal but must now abandon fixed positions to clinch the agreement, the head of the WTO said on Tuesday. WTO...
Droughts, Floods, Snow and Cold Hit Global Commodities
Dec 15 2010 // Droughts and deluges in Australia, snow in Europe and cold snaps in the United States are pushing up prices of a range of commodities from sugar to heating oil and soybeans. Australia typically ranks as second in the...
Aon Benfield Cat Report for November Highlights Cold and Floods
Dec 6 2010 // In its latest monthly assessment of the world’s catastrophes for November Aon Benfield highlights the first winter weather event of the season across Europe with “notable affects.” the report, published...
Farmers Insurance Files for Homeowners Rate Hike in Texas
Dec 5 2010 // Farmers Insurance has filed for a 3.9 percent rate increase for homeowners insurance coverage in Texas. The Dallas Morning News reports that Farmers’ filing with the Texas Department of Insurance will affect about...
Employers With Foreign Labor Face Increased Liability
Dec 5 2010 // Insurance Considerations for Agents Insuring Agricultural Employer Every state has been impacted by Arizona’s immigration law, as there is now a cry for immigration reform. Employers who hire a questionable workforce...
Crop Bounty Spurs Construction Boom at Midwest Grain Elevators
Dec 3 2010 // A construction boom has been under way at grain elevators across the Great Plains, where farmers have grown more corn and opted to keep more of the grain to meet the demand from ethanol plants. Storage capacity at the...
Farmers Insurance Files for Homeowners Rate Hike in Texas
Nov 29 2010 // Farmers Insurance has filed for a 3.9 percent rate increase for homeowners policies in Texas. The Dallas Morning News reports that Farmers’ filing with the Texas Department of Insurance will affect about half the...
Melting Siberian Permafrost Raises Tricky Climate Issue
Nov 23 2010 // The Russian scientist shuffles across the frozen lake, scuffing aside ankle-deep snow until he finds a cluster of bubbles trapped under the ice. With a cigarette lighter in one hand and a knife in the other, he lances the...
Deaths, Injuries Among Midwest Grain Workers Hit Record
Nov 18 2010 // Accidents in grain silos, storage bins and other facilities killed and injured a record number of workers through October this year, a study by Purdue University showed. The October study showed 46 deaths and injuries so...
Amerisafe to Acquire Book of Business from Cooperative Mutual
Nov 17 2010 // DeRidder, La.-based Amerisafe Inc., a specialty writer of hazardous workers’ compensation insurance, announced it plans to acquire the workers’ compensation business of Cooperative Mutual Insurance...
Key Facts and Provisions of U.S.-South Korea Trade Deal
Nov 11 2010 // The United States and South Korea are working to resolve beef and auto trade issues blocking U.S. congressional approval of a free trade agreement while President Barack Obama is in Seoul for the Group of 20 summit. An...
Oregon State to Assist Crop Insurance Program
Nov 8 2010 // An innovative climate and weather monitoring system developed at Oregon State University in Corvallis will soon be used to help underwrite and verify claims of crop losses, both to improve services to farmers across the...
Zurich Posts $1.2 Billion Q3 Operating Profit; $751 Million Net Income
Nov 4 2010 // Zurich Financial Services Group reported a business operating profit of $1.2 billion and net income of $751 million for the third quarter. “Global Life and Farmers supported the Group’s profitability by...
Farmers Completes Move Into New Oklahoma City Facility
Nov 4 2010 // Employees of Farmers Insurance have relocated to their new 175,000 foot facility near Memorial and Rockwell roads in Oklahoma City. The new, technically advanced facility is environmentally-friendly and designed to LEED...
Kentucky Farm Bureau Grows to 500K Members
Nov 2 2010 // Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) in October surpassed the half-million membership mark for the first time in the organization’s 91-year history. Attracting 500,316 member families in fiscal year 2010, KFB increased its...
