Latest Agribusiness Headlines
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Bethesda, Md., Ranked as Most Secure Metro Area in Farmers Insurance Study
Jun 28 2013 // The Bethesda–Gaithersburg–Frederick region in Maryland was ranked as the most secure large U.S. metro area in the latest study published by Farmers Insurance Group of Companies. This annual study defines large...
Alberta Farms Avoid Widespread Damage from Worst Flood on Record
Jun 28 2013 // Damage to farmland in southern Alberta is not “widespread” after the region’s worst floods on record, according to Katrina Bluetchen, a spokeswoman for the provincial agriculture ministry. Reports...
Senate Leader Reid Rules Out Extending Current Farm Law
Jun 25 2013 // The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives needs to solve its farm bill impasse by enacting the Senate’s bipartisan bill, Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Monday, warning that the Democrat-run Senate...
$6 Million Oregon Jury Award In Agriculture Equipment Injury
Jun 24 2013 // A Multnomah County jury has awarded more than $6 million to a 21-year-old Oregon agricultural worker who was paralyzed from the waist down when his torso was crushed in a hay bale-cutting machine. The jury found that...
U.S. May Fall Back on Old Farm Law If No Agreement
Jun 23 2013 // The U.S. Congress is headed for a second stop-gap extension of current farm law if Republican leaders in the House of Representatives cannot get new legislation back on track after a stunning defeat. Farm lobbyists and...
U.S. House Strikes Down Republican Farm Bill
Jun 21 2013 // Republican budget-cutters joined Democratic defenders of food stamps on Thursday to deal a shocking defeat to the $500 billion farm bill backed by Republican leaders in the House of Representatives, undermining hopes of...
Milk Money: Farm Bill Could Hinge On Dairy Vote
Jun 18 2013 // Approval of a massive farm bill – and the cost of a gallon of milk – could hinge on a proposed new dairy program the House is expected to vote on this week. An overhaul of dairy policy and a new insurance program for...
White House Threatens Veto of Farm Bill Over Food Stamp Cuts
Jun 18 2013 // The White House threatened to veto a five-year farm bill on Thursday because of “unacceptable deep cuts” in food stamps for the poor that could increase hunger across America. In a statement on the eve of...
Farmers Names Yahoo! Veteran Spagnoletto Head of Digital Strategy
Jun 17 2013 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Farmers insurance named Patrizio Spagnoletto as the company’s head of digital strategy. Spagnoletto will be responsible for defining and executing on an enterprise-wide digital strategy and...
Opponents Doubt Savings Promised By Farm Bill
Jun 14 2013 // A drop in the price of corn, rice and other crops may trigger so much additional aid to farmers under a bill being considered by the U.S. House that it would wipe out the bill’s projected savings in crop subsidies,...
Value Of Washington Organic Farm Crops Rising
Jun 12 2013 // For the first time, people seek out Gary Middleton to buy his organic fruit. That’s something that has taken Middleton, who farms about 100 acres of organic apples, cherries and blueberries near Eltopia, about 13...
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Disagree on Sales of Raw Milk
Jun 11 2013 // When it comes to raw milk, even dairy farmers who drink their own product disagree over whether they and their peers should be allowed to sell it. The issue has made headlines with the recent trial of a Sauk County farmer,...
Senate Passes Crop Insurance Bill; House Fight Over Food Stamps Next
Jun 10 2013 // The Democratic-run U.S. Senate passed a $500 billion, five-year farm bill on Monday that expands a taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance program and rejects sweeping cuts in food stamps for the poor being pursued in the House...
Beaudoin Joins Abram Interstate in California
Jun 10 2013 // Peggy Beaudoin has joined Rocklin, Calif.-based Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. as agribusiness account manager. Beaudoin will focus on underwriting and servicing Abram Interstate brokers for equine, commercial...
Washington Farmers Sue Monsanto Over GMO Wheat
Jun 10 2013 // Two wheat growers in Washington state have filed suit against Monsanto over the unauthorized release of genetically modified wheat. The lawsuit claims the discovery of the unapproved wheat has hurt farmers’ export...
Farmers, Safety Group Sue Monsanto Over Biotech Wheat
Jun 7 2013 // American wheat farmers and a food safety advocacy group filed a lawsuit Thursday against biotech seed developer Monsanto Co., accusing the company of failing to protect the U.S. wheat market from contamination by its...
Insured Losses from Europe Floods Estimated at $2.65B, Less Than in 2002
Jun 7 2013 // The losses insurers face from the worst flooding in central Europe since 2002 may be lower than those resulting from the deluge 11 years ago even as the toll on local economies looms larger. Insured losses may reach 2...
Kansas Farmer Sues Monsanto over GMO Wheat Discovery
Jun 6 2013 // A Kansas farmer has sued seed giant Monsanto over the recent discovery of genetically engineered experimental wheat in an 80-acre field in Oregon, claiming the company’s gross negligence hurt U.S. growers by driving...
Baucus in Montana Eyes Summer Deal On Farm Bill
May 31 2013 // Montana farmers told U.S. Sen. Max Baucus that planned cuts to the farm bill could make the crop insurance safety net too expensive. Baucus held a round-table discussion with farmers and agricultural groups Wednesday. The...
North Carolina’s Hagan Amends Senate Farm Bill to Address Crop Fraud
May 29 2013 // A measure championed by U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan adds $5 million in new funding to the 2013 farm bill to help root out crop insurance fraud. The Senate approved Hagan’s amendment last week by a vote of 94-0. The money...
