Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hurricane Irma Blamed for Worst Florida Citrus Crop Since 1940s
Jun 22 2018 // Florida’s citrus growers are blaming Hurricane Irma for one of their worst seasons in decades. In a Naples Daily News report, U.S. agriculture officials said Florida’s orange production dropped nearly 35...
PEMCO in Washington Adds Farmer, Jameson
Jun 20 2018 // PEMCO Insurance has named Noel Farmer to the company’s infrastructure and operations team, where he’ll lead and manage PEMCO’s internal technical support group. PEMCO has also named Rebecca Jameson a...
Texas High Court: Policy Arbitration Clause Doesn’t Apply in Dispute With Non-Signatory Party
Jun 18 2018 // The Texas Supreme Court in late May ruled that a party to an insurance contract that mandates arbitration of disputes is not required to enter arbitration in a dispute against another party that is not a signatory to the...
Farmers in California Names Howard as Chief Claims Officer
Jun 13 2018 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Farmers Insurance has been named Rob Howard chief claims officer Howard was head of claims shared services. He joined Farmers in 1987 as a claims representative in St. Louis, Mo., relocating to...
Texas Court: Policy Arbitration Clause not Valid in Dispute With Non-Signatory Party
Jun 12 2018 // The Texas Supreme Court in late May ruled that a party to an insurance contract that mandates arbitration of disputes is not required to enter arbitration in a dispute against another party that is not a signatory to the...
Arkansas Rejects Farmers’ Request to Lift Dicamba Ban
Jun 7 2018 // Arkansas officials have denied a request by some farmers to lift the state’s ban on in-crop dicamba use. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the state Plant Board rejected the farmers’ request on...
Alabama Farmer Accused of Stealing $919K in Crop Insurance Money
Jun 6 2018 // An Alabama farmer has been charged with stealing crop insurance money and federal prosecutors want him to repay more than $919,000. The Dothan Eagle reports Dexter Day Gilbert was charged Thursday in U.S. District Court...
United Valley Adds New Member Smith-Kandal in Southern California
Jun 5 2018 // United Valley Insurance Services has added Smith-Kandal Insurance Agency as a new member in Southern California. Smith-Kandal specializes in insurance and real estate for personal, commercial and agricultural business...
Louisiana Expands Medical Marijuana Program Eligibility
Jun 5 2018 // More Louisiana residents with chronic pain and suffering will be able to seek treatment for their ailments through the state’s medical marijuana program. Gov. John Bel Edwards agreed to the expansion proposal a few...
North Carolina Farmers Begin Tallying Flood Losses from Alberto
Jun 4 2018 // Farmers in western North Carolina are adding up their losses after the heavy rains from Subtropical Storm Alberto. Hendersonville farmer Randy Edmundson thinks about 70 of his 110 acres (44 hectares) are under water after...
New York Attorney General Leads Suit Against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May 31 2018 // New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood, joined by Attorneys General Xavier Becerra of California and Brian Frosh of Maryland, has led a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for...
South Carolina Passes First Insurance Industry Cybersecurity Law
May 31 2018 // South Carolina has become the first state to pass a cybersecurity bill requiring any insurance entity operating in the state to establish and implement a cybersecurity program protecting their business and their customers...
Farmers Group in California Names Daly President of Personal Lines
May 22 2018 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Farmers Group Inc. has named Keith Daly president of personal lines. Daly, who is currently Farmers’ chief claims officer, takes the new post effective June 11. He joined Farmers in 2009...
House Rejects Farm Bill
May 18 2018 // The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a sweeping $867 billion farm bill on Friday after Republican leaders failed to appease conservative lawmakers who had asked them not to hold the vote until they were given the...
Top 10 Agribusiness Insurance Claims
May 16 2018 // Motor vehicle accidents are the most common agribusiness insurance claim, according to insurer Nationwide. The Ohio-based insurer, the nation’s largest insurer of farms, said that over the last three years, the top...
Republican Farm Bill Sows Bipartisan Discontent
May 15 2018 // Farm legislation usually has enough incentives to satisfy everyone across the partisan divide in Congress. Not this year. The Republican version set for a House vote on Friday contains so many unpalatable provisions that...
Wildfire Damage to Oklahoma Farms, Ranches Estimated at $26M
May 14 2018 // A report from Oklahoma State University says wildfires that scorched western and northwestern parts of the state and killed two in April caused an estimated $26 million in damage to livestock, pastures, fences and...
Aon’s April Catastrophe Report: Storms Deal Blow in U.S.; Floods Take 78 Lives in Africa
May 10 2018 // During April, five separate storm systems caused severe thunderstorms across the United States, the strongest of which affected the Plains, Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and the Northeast, with nearly 70 tornado...
Ohio Looking at Increased Oversight of Amusement Park Rides
May 9 2018 // State lawmakers will consider whether to increase oversight of carnival rides, including hiring more inspectors, following a deadly accident at the Ohio State Fair that flung riders onto the midway. The proposed changes...
USI Insurance Closes Acquisition of Minnesota’s CHS Insurance
May 8 2018 // USI Insurance Services (USI), based in Valhalla, N.Y., has closed the acquisition of CHS Insurance, formerly part of Minnesota-based fuel, grain and food cooperative, CHS Inc. CHS Insurance is one of the nation’s...
