Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Appeals Court Stems Oakes Farms’ Free Speech Claim Over Lost School Contract
Sep 18 2025 // The owner of Florida-based Oakes Farms, known for his political views and conspiracy theories, has no legitimate legal claim against a Florida school district that terminated the farm’s food-supply contract over...
Trump Files to Cancel Approval of Maryland Offshore Wind Farm
Sep 15 2025 // The Trump administration asked a federal court to cancel the approval of a $6 billion wind project planned off the coast of Maryland as part of a wider effort to halt the development of the offshore clean- energy...
Insurance Agent Next After Florida Farm Manager Pleads in ‘Insurance Farming’ Scheme?
Sep 10 2025 // In a wide-ranging scheme that prosecutors are calling “insurance farming,” a former manager for one of the larger agricultural operations in Florida is now awaiting a sentencing hearing in December. Christopher...
Nebraska Town Increases Fines on Dairy Plant for Wastewater Violations
Sep 9 2025 // Michael’s Cantina has been serving Tex-Mex food to the residents here for more than 30 years. Softball trophies crowd the top of a dresser in a dining room, old signs line the walls and regulars visit multiple times...
States, Orsted File Challenges to Trump Wind Farm Stoppage
Sep 5 2025 // Rhode Island, Connecticut and wind farm developer Orsted A/S are suing the Trump administration in an effort to revive construction of an almost-finished offshore project meant to provide power to the two New England...
Trump Administration to Revoke Approval of Another Massachusetts Offshore Wind Farm
Sep 4 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration plans to revoke federal approval of Avangrid’s planned New England Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, according to a court filing on Wednesday. The legal...
South Dakota Father and Son to Pay $4M in Crop Insurance Fraud Case
Sep 4 2025 // A South Dakota father and son have been ordered to pay over $4 million to resolve violations of the False Claims Act arising out of their 2018 and 2019 crop insurance fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office,...
US Farmers Are Pulling Back on Spending in Threat to Rural Economy
Aug 29 2025 // Sunny skies and mild temperatures this week greeted the biggest US farm show of the year. The contrast couldn’t be greater with the sentiment among attendees as low crop prices and trade tariffs squeeze the...
Human Screwworm Case Poses No Risk to Agriculture, Says USDA Official
Aug 28 2025 // The human case of screwworm reported this week by U.S. health officials is the country’s only one so far this year and poses no risk to the farm sector, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said on...
AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Group
Aug 22 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a” (Excellent) of Southern...
Ugly Corn Photos on Social Media Show Risk Posed to Record US Crop
Aug 19 2025 // The US government is forecasting a record corn crop this year, but pictures of ugly-looking plants spreading fast through social media have triggered concern about the upcoming harvest. The photos show corn with missing...
Thousands Flee Wildfires Across Greece as Heat Withers Crops
Aug 13 2025 // Greek coastguard vessels evacuated tourists and locals, while a volunteer firefighter died in Spain as authorities struggled to quell blazes across the Mediterranean. A wildfire in Volissos forced evacuations from two...
Florida Farm Identified as Source of Raw Milk That Sickened 21 People
Aug 11 2025 // TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Department of Health has identified Keely Farms Dairy as the source of raw milk that has sickened 21 people with E. coli or campylobacter since January. A manager of the farm in New...
EU Court Rules Against Environmentalists Trying to Block Spanish Wind Farms
Aug 4 2025 // The European Court of Justice on Friday dealt a blow to environmental groups trying to stop wind farms from being built in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region, in a ruling affecting billions of euros of...
People: Farm Bureau Tenn. Names Pulley to Replace Retiring Pannell as CEO
Jul 25 2025 // Pannell Jeff Pannell, CEO of Farm Bureau Insurance of Tennessee, will retire at the end of the year after almost 40 years with the company. Pannell made the announcement at the company’s annual agents’...
Oklahoma Farmer Killed in Water Buffalo Attack, Police Say
Jul 17 2025 // A farmer in a rural suburb outside of Oklahoma City was fatally attacked by a pair of water buffaloes he purchased at a livestock auction a day earlier, police said. Bradley McMichael, a farmer in the small town of Jones...
USDA Margin Coverage Option for Row Crops Available in Select States
Jul 16 2025 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced this month it is introducing a new margin coverage option as a crop insurance endorsement for corn, cotton, grain sorghum, rice,...
US Farm Agency Ends Program to Support Small Businesses
Jul 16 2025 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday it would cut funding for a national network of centers that have supported thousands of small- and mid-sized farm and food businesses. The cuts are another hit to farmers...
California Farmworker Who Fell From Greenhouse Roof During Chaotic ICE Raid Dies
Jul 15 2025 // A farmworker who fell from a greenhouse roof during a chaotic ICE raid this week at a California cannabis facility died Saturday of his injuries. Jaime Alanis, 57, is the first known person to die during one of the Trump...
UK Farmers Face Increased Fire Risks as Dry Weather Persists
Jul 15 2025 // British farmers are facing increased fire risks to both their fields and harvesting machines, following a long spell of hot, dry weather. Incident reports from fire and rescue services over the weekend show blazes hitting...
