Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: Howden Names Industry Veteran Long to Chair Equine Unit; TMK Taps Beazley’s Shastri for Life Sciences; Marsh Norway Hires WTW’s Fagerli for Specialty
Oct 11 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden, Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), and Marsh Norway. A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Appoints Industry Veteran Long to Lead Equine...
Florida Citrus Industry Squeezed by Hurricane Ian; Crop Insurance to Cover Some Losses
Oct 7 2022 // The waters have receded, but the stink lingers. As Emma Reynolds Ezell surveys the damage that a night of 100 mile-per-hour winds wrought on her orange groves, she just can’t get over the stench. It’s nothing...
Farmers Group Names Vargas New CEO, President
Oct 5 2022 // Farmers Group Inc. on Oct. 5 said it promoted Raul Vargas to become the company’s 13th president and CEO at the start of 2023. Jeff Dailey, current president and CEO is stepping down but will stay as chairman. Vargas...
People Moves: Miller Launches Dedicated Bloodstock and Livestock Team, Led by WTW’s Horne; CNA Hardy Expands Teams Across Lines in Continental Europe
Oct 4 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at broker Miller and CNA Hardy. A summary of these new hires follows here. Miller Launches Dedicated Bloodstock and Livestock Team, Led by WTW’s...
Russia May Start Providing Trade Finance to Importers of Its Grain: Agriculture Minister
Oct 3 2022 // Russia may start providing trade finance to importers of its grain as sanctions imposed on Moscow since it sent troops to Ukraine affect this financial instrument, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said. Russia, the...
California Governor Approves Farmworker Unionization Law
Sep 30 2022 // A broadly smiling California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined about two dozen jubilant, cheering farmworkers camped outside the state Capitol this week to sign one of the most contentious bills before him this year, reversing...
Michigan Farmer to Pay $1.2 Million Settlement Over Crop Insurance Fraud
Sep 28 2022 // Gaylord D. Lincoln and G. Lincoln Farms, LLC, located in Springport, Michigan, have agreed to pay $1,200,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of fraudulent claims for...
Safety Case Reopened in Michigan Amish Farm Death
Sep 19 2022 // A mid-Michigan organic dairy farm is fighting state safety regulators, five years after a 19-year-old family member was fatally electrocuted while removing a metal pole from a grain bin. The dispute involves the...
Offshore Wind Farm Worker Hiring and Safety Training Ramp Up
Sep 6 2022 // At a 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts, people who will build the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines...
US Asks Farmers: Can You Plant 2 Crops Instead of 1?
Sep 2 2022 // There is only so much farmland in the United States, so when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries that people would go hungry as wheat remained stuck in blockaded ports, there was little U.S....
Michigan Agency Wins Appeal, Safety Case Reopened in Amish Farm Death
Sep 1 2022 // A mid-Michigan organic dairy farm is fighting state safety regulators, five years after a 19-year-old family member was fatally electrocuted while removing a metal pole from a grain bin. The dispute involves the...
Georgia Dairy Farm Fined After Food Waste Causes Fish Kill
Aug 15 2022 // A Georgia dairy farm has been fined after a release of food waste caused a fish kill, a rare instance of government getting involved with a practice that counties can’t regulate despite chronic complaints from...
U.S. Crop Writers Post Record Premium Growth: AM Best
Aug 15 2022 // Premiums in the federal multi-peril crop insurance (MPCI) program surged in 2021 to a record high of $14.9 billion, an increase of nearly 40% over the previous year, according to an AM Best report. The new Best’s...
Wildfires Burn, Farmers Struggle as Another Heatwave Bakes Western Europe
Aug 12 2022 // European nations sent firefighting teams to help France tackle a “monster” wildfire on Thursday, while forest blazes also raged in Spain and Portugal and the head of the European Space Agency urged immediate...
Malaysia to Offer Crop Insurance to Strengthen Food Security
Aug 8 2022 // Malaysia will offer government-backed insurance plans to help compensate farmers for losses after natural disasters, as part of measures to strengthen food security. The Agro-Food Takaful Insurance Scheme will be launched...
U.S. Crop Writers Post Record Premium Growth on Commodity Prices, Innovation: AM Best
Jul 29 2022 // Premiums in the federal multi-peril crop insurance (MPCI) program surged in 2021 to a record high of $14.9 billion, an increase of nearly 40% over the previous year, according to an AM Best report. The new Best’s...
People Moves: Beazley Chair to Step Down; Miller Forms Farms & Estates Team With 2 Hires From Aon; AXA XL Names HDI’s White as Senior PI Underwriter
Jul 21 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details board changes at Beazley and appointments at Miller and AXA XL. A summary of these new hires follows here. Beazley’s Chair Roberts to Step Down Beazley plc announced...
Indiana Farmers Facing Drought or Unusually Dry Conditions
Jul 18 2022 // Weeks of heat and scant rainfall have left most of Indiana facing either drought or unusually dry conditions while farmers hope significant precipitation falls soon. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows more than a third of...
An Invasive Creature is (Again) Threatening Florida Crops, Buildings, Trees
Jul 11 2022 // Invasive giant African land snails that can eat building plaster and stucco, consume hundreds of varieties of plants and carry diseases that affect humans have been found once again in Florida, where officials said that...
US Farmers Battle Floods, Heat in Bid to Replenish Food Supplies
Jun 30 2022 // Global grain markets are at a pivot point, with prices finally starting to ease after a dizzying surge earlier this year. Where things go from here could end up being determined by farmers like Justin Sherlock and the...
