Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Supporting the Troops: Industry Gives Back to Those Who Served
Dec 19 2016 // Many property/casualty insurance carriers have focused their charitable efforts on veterans, and they’ve done so for a number of good reasons. One important reason for adopting veterans causes was explained by Glenn...
Missouri’s Grundy County Farmers Mutual, CFM Insurance to Merge
Dec 15 2016 // The boards of Missouri-based mutual insurance companies, CFM Insurance Inc. and Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Grundy County, have approved a plan to merge the two companies. Pending formal approval by Missouri...
North Dakota’s Nodak Mutual Seeking to Convert to a Stock Company
Dec 12 2016 // A North Dakota mutual insurer with ties to the Farm Bureau is awaiting a decision from the state insurance commissioner as to whether it can proceed with a plan to convert to a stock insurance company. Nodak Mutual...
Monitor: Almost All of Arkansas in Some Form of Drought
Dec 5 2016 // More than 86 percent of Arkansas is in some form of drought ahead of a warm, dry winter forecast, meaning there’s little chance of immediate relief. Because of the drought, ranchers are turning to alternate sources...
2016 State Specialist P/C Insurers Revealed: Demotech
Dec 5 2016 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories based on an analysis of data reported by companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The 11 categories...
County Farmers in South Carolina Uncertain of Future After Devastating Disasters
Dec 5 2016 // The Double R Farm in South Carolina has produced abundant crops for four generations of Rabon family farmers here, and despite the double whammy of record rains during the October harvest last year and last month’s...
Drought in 6 Louisiana Parishes Leads to Disaster Declarations
Dec 2 2016 // Six Louisiana parishes have been designated as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by recent drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave the designation to Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin,...
Officials: Wisconsin Calves Linked to Drug-Resistant Salmonella
Dec 1 2016 // A multistate outbreak of salmonella bacteria that is resistant to several drugs has been linked to infected dairy bull calves purchased in Wisconsin, according to federal and state health officials. According to the...
H.W. Kaufman/Burns & Wilcox Promotes Paulin, Bates, Manuelidis, Shipley, 14 Others
Dec 1 2016 // Michael S. Paulin has been named chief information offer and vice president of H.W. Kaufman Financial Group and Burns & Wilcox. Paulin joined Michigan-based Kaufman in 2014. He Joined Burns & Wilcox from...
Dairyland and Direct Writer Elephant Auto to Provide Motorcycle & ATV Coverage
Dec 1 2016 // Elephant, a direct-to-consumer car insurance company, has partnered with Dairyland, a provider of specialty insurance, to offer coverage for motorcycles, ATVs and similar vehicles. The new partnership with Dairyland, which...
California is Taking Global Warming Fight to Dairy Cows
Nov 30 2016 // California is taking its fight against global warming to the farm. The nation’s leading agricultural state is now targeting greenhouse gases produced by dairy cows and other livestock. Despite strong opposition from...
Increased Border Security in Texas Yields Bumper Crop of Traffic Tickets
Nov 29 2016 // A new border security approach promoted by the Texas Department of Public Safety has yielded at least one result: a bumper crop of traffic tickets. Traffic stops in Starr and Hidalgo counties on the Texas-Mexico border...
Study: Injection Wells, Agriculture Harming Bays in Maui
Nov 28 2016 // A team of University of Hawaii scientists has completed a study of nearshore ecosystems across Maui that shows the impact of discharged treated wastewater. The findings were published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE...
Report: Deportations Under Trump Could Hit 1 in 4 Idaho Ag Workers
Nov 18 2016 // What would happen to an industry that loses one-fourth or more of its employee base? Idaho’s agriculture industry, and particularly its farming sector, might run head-on into that hypothetical question if...
Virginia Hemp Crop Harvested for 1st Time in Decades
Nov 18 2016 // Among the many crops grown on Glenn Rodes’ family farm in Rockingham County, this summer was one that has not been cultivated in Virginia for decades but that may have a chance at a comeback now, thanks to a slow...
Oregon’s Building Backlog of Food Inspections Increasing Disease Risk
Nov 17 2016 // Rodents, insects and microscopic bacteria: All these hazards can exist in food and where it is stored, and it is up to the Oregon Department of Agriculture to ensure they’re not there. But the department’s Food...
County Farmers in South Carolina Uncertain of Future After Devastating Disasters
Nov 17 2016 // The Double R Farm in South Carolina has produced abundant crops for four generations of Rabon family farmers here, and despite the double whammy of record rains during the October harvest last year and last month’s...
Some Form of Drought Now Covering More than 86% of Arkansas
Nov 14 2016 // More than 86 percent of Arkansas is in some form of drought ahead of a warm, dry winter forecast, meaning there’s little chance of immediate relief. Because of the drought, ranchers are turning to alternate sources...
Hurricane Matthew Could Cost US & Caribbean Economies $15B: Aon Benfield
Nov 10 2016 // Hurricane Matthew, which swept through parts of the Caribbean and United States, had total economic losses of up to US$15 billion, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development...
Louisiana Ag Department: Wildfire Risk High in State
Nov 7 2016 // Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain is warning Louisiana residents that the state’s wildfire risk remains higher than normal because of dry conditions. The state agriculture department says 19 parishes have enacted...
