Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Company Faces OSHA Fines Due to Farmworker’s Death in Nebraska
Nov 15 2018 // A federal safety agency has proposed fining a company in connection with the death of an employee who was working in a Hall County, Nebraska, cornfield. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing...
JBA Risk Management Launches India Crop Model for Re/Insurers as El Niño Looms
Nov 15 2018 // JBA Risk Management (JBA), the UK-based modeling firm, has launched an India crop catastrophe model for the re/insurance market. More commonly known for flood maps and models, JBA collaborated with Chaucer through its...
North Carolina Ag Chief Says $250M in Aid Needed for Farmers After Florence
Nov 15 2018 // North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler says his agency needs the full $250 million he requested for cash payments to farmers with destroyed crops and dead livestock from Hurricane Florence and another...
QBE North America Sells National Farmers Union to National General
Nov 14 2018 // National General Holdings Corp. has agreed to acquire National Farmers Union Property and Casualty Co. from QBE North America. The estimated purchase price is $43 million. National Farmers Union Insurance writes personal...
Anxious Farmers Look to Lame Duck Congress to Pass Safety Net Farm Bill
Nov 13 2018 // U.S. soybean farmer Mike Schlosser does not expect President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, the single biggest headwind to his business, to end any time soon. But he is among many in farm country who expect at...
Arkansas Plant Board Reviewing EPA Decision on Dicamba Herbicide
Nov 8 2018 // The Arkansas State Plant Board (ASPB), a division of the Arkansas Agriculture Department (AAD), announced it has begun the process of reviewing the announced EPA label changes for the herbicide dicamba and will be...
Iowa’s FMH Launches New Cyber Risk Protection for Farmers
Nov 5 2018 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa (FMH) is now offering FMH Cyber Risk Protection suite, which includes two new cyber risk products to provide protection and services in the event an...
After State Ban Expires, EPA Approves Dicamba Use in Arkansas
Nov 5 2018 // A recent Environmental Protection Agency ruling clears the path for Arkansas farmers to use the herbicide dicamba on soybeans and cotton, ending a state-wide ban on the weed killer’s use. The federal agency on Oct....
Rhode Island Agent Who Offers Equine Insurance Faces Fraud Charges
Nov 5 2018 // A Rhode Island insurance agent who prosecutors say specializes in providing insurance on horses has been arrested on federal charges. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Providence says 57-year-old Randall Levesque, of...
Georgia Estimates $250M in Insured Losses from Hurricane Michael
Nov 5 2018 // The Georgia Department of Insurance has estimated insured property losses from Hurricane Michael will reach $250 million, according to a statement by Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. In figures released Oct....
North Carolina Approves $400M in Florence Recovery Funds
Nov 5 2018 // North Carolina legislators approved spending $400 million to quickly help people and communities reeling from flooding left by Hurricane Florence and setting aside another $450 million for upcoming needs. The emergency...
Bradley to Lead New Berkley Equine & Cattle Animal Mortality Claims Office in Kentucky
Nov 2 2018 // Berkley Equine & Cattle (BEC) has opened its Animal Mortality Claims Adjusting Office in Lexington, Ky., and appointed Philip O. Bradley as manager. Bradley has more than 25 years of experience adjusting equine, cattle...
Georgia Farmers Face Long Recovery From Hurricane Michael Crop Losses
Nov 2 2018 // Hurricane Michael left a snowy landscape of ruined white cotton on Georgia’s red clay, destroying a crop and likely bringing hard times to the region’s many small communities built on agriculture. When the...
Typhoon Yutu Slams into Philippines, Traveling Path of Super Storm Mangkhut
Oct 30 2018 // Typhoon Yutu slammed into northern Philippines on Tuesday and is traveling a path similar to last month’s super storm Mangkhut that killed at least 82 people and damaged about $500 million of farm output in the...
Possible Mold in Grain Harvest May Threaten Wisconsin Farmers’ Profits
Oct 29 2018 // Wet weather this year has delayed Wisconsin’s grain harvest and caused widespread mold problems in farm fields, according to agriculture experts. The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects Wisconsin farmers to...
Damage to Florida Crops from Hurricane Michael to Total $158M
Oct 29 2018 // A new study says Florida crops suffered $158 million in damages from Hurricane Michael. The report released Friday by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences says that almost all of the...
OSHA Fines Florida Farm Over Worker’s Death by Lightning
Oct 26 2018 // Officials say the farm that employed a Florida woman fatally struck by lightning has been cited for failing to protect workers. A U.S. Department of Labor news release says Occupational Health and Safety Administration...
China’s Swine Fever Outbreaks Blamed on Feeding Kitchen Waste to Pigs
Oct 25 2018 // China’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday it would ban the feeding of kitchen waste to pigs after linking the practice to the majority of the early cases of African swine fever. The statement from the Ministry...
Farmers in Hawaii Lost $28M Because of Volcano
Oct 23 2018 // A survey of Big Island farmers has found that they suffered nearly $28 million in damages because of the months-long eruption earlier this year of the Kilauea volcano, the Hawaii Tribune Herald reported. The survey of 46...
U.S. Hog Farmers on Alert Over African Swine Fever Disease
Oct 23 2018 // U.S. hog farmers are ramping up safety procedures and leaving animal-feed ingredients imported from China in storage in an attempt to keep out a highly contagious swine disease that is sweeping through Asia and...
