Latest Agribusiness Headlines
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Farmers Withdraws Climate Change Suit Against Chicago-Area Communities
Jun 16 2014 // Farmers Insurance Group, which filed nine class actions in May against nearly 200 communities in the Chicago area, is withdrawing its lawsuit. The suit accused the Illinois municipalities of failing to prepare for severe...
California Chicken Plant Sues Orkin over Cockroaches
Jun 16 2014 // A Central California chicken-processing plant has filed a lawsuit against a pest-control company over a cockroach infestation that caused the plant to close for two weeks. Foster Farms in Livingston filed a lawsuit last...
Farmers of Salem in New Jersey Appoints Doherty as New CEO
Jun 11 2014 // James R. DohertyFarmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Salem County (Farmers of Salem) in New Jersey appointed James R. Doherty to succeed Kent W. Jones as president and chief executive officer effective July 7,2014....
Farmers Withdraws Climate Change Suit Against Municipalities
Jun 4 2014 // Farmers Insurance Group, which filed nine class actions in May against nearly 200 communities in the Chicago area, is withdrawing its lawsuit. The suit accused the Illinois municipalities of failing to prepare for severe...
California Chicken Plant Sues Orkin Over Cockroaches
Jun 2 2014 // A Central California chicken-processing plant has filed a lawsuit against a pest-control company over a cockroach infestation that caused the plant to close for two weeks. The Modesto Bee reported that Foster Farms in...
U.S. Report: Climate Change Here, Deal With It
Jun 2 2014 // Climate change is in the here and now, according to a massive new report. The White House’s National Climate Assessment report is part of President Barack Obama’s effort to prepare the nation for the impacts of...
Farmers Insurance, Nonprofit, Team Up on Disaster Recovery in Oklahoma
May 30 2014 // As storm season ramps up in Oklahoma, a nonprofit group formed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is teaming with a national insurance company to help better prepare communities for the recovery after a natural disaster. The...
Should Kentucky Regulate Growing Zip Line Industry?
May 28 2014 // The growing zip line industry isn’t regulated by any government authority in Kentucky. The Lexington Herald Leader reported that no federal or state agency is charged with keeping track of the safety of the...
Iowa Egg Company, 2 Execs Face Charges in 2010 Salmonella Outbreak
May 23 2014 // Iowa company and two executives are expected to plead guilty to selling tainted eggs that were responsible for a 2010 salmonella outbreak that sickened thousands and led to an unprecedented recall of 550 million eggs,...
No Crop Insurance Deadline Extension for North Dakota Corn Planting
May 23 2014 // The federal government says regulations prevent it from even considering a request by U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp to extend a corn planting deadline to ease farmers’ insurance concerns in North Dakota. The U.S....
Senator Wants Feds to Help North Dakota Corn Growers
May 21 2014 // North Dakota corn farmers are having a tough time getting their crop in the ground because of a wet spring, and U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is asking the federal government to help them out. The Democratic senator is calling...
Record Flooding Impacts Southeast Europe: AIR Analysis
May 20 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Southeast Europe is experiencing record levels of flooding after three months’ worth of rain fell in just three days. The report cited the “many...
Disaster Loans Made Available for New Mexico Small Businesses
May 19 2014 // Small businesses in eight New Mexico counties are eligible for federal disaster loans due to the drought. The U.S. Small Business Administration made the announcement in April, saying the loans can help offset economic...
U.S. Report: Climate Change Here, Deal With It
May 19 2014 // Climate change is in the here and now, according to a massive report issued earlier this month. The White House’s National Climate Assessment report is part of President Barack Obama’s effort to prepare the...
Nebraska Supreme Court: Farmers not Negligent in Fatal Crash
May 19 2014 // The Nebraska Supreme Court on May 2 upheld a lower court ruling that two farming brothers were not negligent in a 2007 fatal crash where tall corn created a blind intersection. The Oct. 6, 2007, crash in Saunders County...
Report Cites Crops Most Vulnerable to El Nino
May 16 2014 // The El Nino weather phenomenon that is likely to strike this year will damage world maize, rice and wheat yields but boost soybeans, according to a study on Thursday that could help farmers plan what to grow. The...
Africa Launches First Catastrophe Risk Insurance Pool
May 16 2014 // In the 1980s images of skeletal Ethiopian babies and their parents, dying from hunger during a devastating famine, helped galvanize global humanitarian and financial aid to drought-ravaged African countries. Three decades...
CIG Names Ostrem Regional Field Executive for Southern California
May 15 2014 // Capital Insurance Group named Bruce Ostrem the regional field executive for Southern California. CIG recently created the new Southern California region, consisting of Ventura, Anaheim and San Diego territoriesfield. CIG...
Wal-Mart Settles Claims Over Listeria Deaths Linked to Cantaloupes
May 15 2014 // Wal-Mart has settled lawsuits with the families of 23 people who died from a 2011 listeria outbreak traced to cantaloupe grown at a Colorado farm and sold by the retailer, both sides said on Wednesday. Thirty-three people...
Cruey Promoted to Divisional President of Great American Agribusiness Group
May 12 2014 // Great American Insurance Group promoted Jeffrey (Jeff) Cruey to divisional president of its specialty property and casualty agribusiness division. Cruey joined the company in 2011 as a divisional senior vice president...
