Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
UK’s Extremely Dry Start to Year Raises Crop and Wildfire Risks
Apr 24 2025 // The UK’s driest start to the year in four decades is threatening the country’s grain crops and increasing the risk of wildfires. Total precipitation of about 20.5 centimeters (8.1 inches) during the first...
Texas Farmers Fear Proposed Legislation Could Devastate Hemp Economy
Apr 23 2025 // Andrew Hill, who studied and farmed hemp in California before it was legal in Texas, was a keynote speaker at the state’s first-ever agricultural hemp expo in Dallas in 2019. Amid considerable hype and excitement...
Capital Farm Credit Acquires Two Texas Agencies
Apr 21 2025 // The Board of Directors for Capital Farm Credit recently supported the purchase of two crop insurance agencies in the Texas Plains Region in an acquisition agreement aimed at serving as a long-term provider of critical crop...
Presence of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Biosolids Raise Alarm for Farmers
Apr 21 2025 // What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients, they can be used as fertilizer on...
Kentucky Tobacco Warehouse Manager Indicted in Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme
Apr 16 2025 // Prosecution of widespread crop insurance fraud in Kentucky has continued with the indictment of a tobacco warehouse manager who allegedly facilitated some of the schemes. Thomas H. Kirkpatrick, manager of Farmers Tobacco...
Trump’s Trade War Is Making US Farmers Anxious About Demand Risk
Apr 11 2025 // Josh Yoder, a fifth-generation farmer in Ohio, has been watching gyrations in the crop markets as Donald Trump moved to dramatically escalate his trade war with China this week. Yoder is still an ardent Trump supporter,...
Another Kentucky Farmer Pleads Guilty to Crop Insurance Fraud
Apr 1 2025 // A Kentucky farmer is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal crop insurance program of almost $1.5 million. Robert Thomas Hunt, of Taylor County in central Kentucky, asked grain haulers to sell...
Australia Outback Lashed by Year’s Worth of Rain in Week, With Many Livestock Killed
Apr 1 2025 // Australia’s remote outback in western Queensland has been swamped by flooding after being lashed with a year’s worth of rainfall in a week, sweeping away tens of thousands of livestock. Up to 500 millimeters...
Concerns Raised Over Contamination of Farm Fields With PFAS-Laden Biosolids
Mar 28 2025 // What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients, they can be used as fertilizer on...
Markets/Coverages: Westfield Adds Inland Flood Option; Rokstone Launches Farm & Ranch in 14 States
Mar 27 2025 // Westfield Expands Flood Protection Options for Homeowners Property/casualty insurer Westfield is expanding its protection options for U.S. homeowners by offering an inland flood coverage add-on designed to help reduce the...
Oregon DOJ Clears Way for New Ag Worker Housing Safety Rules in Oregon
Mar 24 2025 // The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division acted within its legal authority when adopting enhanced safety and health regulations for agricultural labor housing, the Oregon Department of Justice confirmed. The...
Georgia Lawmakers Approve $300M in Farm and Timber Tax Breaks After Helene
Mar 24 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers on Friday approved tax breaks for farmers and timber owners harmed by Hurricane Helene that could be worth nearly $300 million. House members voted unanimously to send the bill to Gov....
Hard Market, High Tech: Agriculture Insurance Adapts
Mar 24 2025 // Faced with heightened climate risks and political uncertainties, insurers writing agribusiness and farm and ranch are deploying data analytics and technology as they grapple with a hard market and the need for greater...
Washington Dairy Worker Charged in $122K Workers’ Comp Scam
Mar 21 2025 // A Washington farmhand faces felony charges for reportedly stealing more than $122,000 workers’ compensation benefits. Efrain Alatorre Camarena was charged with felony theft for allegedly collecting workers comp...
Update: Peruvian Farmer Takes Germany’s RWE to Court in Landmark Climate Case
Mar 17 2025 // A Peruvian farmer who says German energy giant RWE’s emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, increasing the flood risk to his home, took his case to court on Monday in a hearing that could set a...
Billions in Hurricane Helene Aid to Farmers to Start Flowing by March 21
Mar 14 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — Tens of billions in aid for victims of Hurricane Helene should start flowing later this month, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pledged Wednesday, but delays are already making it hard this year...
Trucker in Crash That Killed 7 Farmworkers in Oregon Sentenced to 48 Years
Mar 7 2025 // A truck driver who killed seven farmworkers when he crashed into a parked van on Interstate 5 in Oregon was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 50 years in prison. Marion County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Wren sentenced Lincoln...
Texas Beekeepers Facing Soaring Bee Losses, Threatening Agriculture Industry
Mar 4 2025 // Since starting their beekeeping business southwest of San Antonio in late 2019, the Wheeler family has aimed to produce about 3,000 bee colonies each year, many of which are used to pollinate crops like watermelons and...
Delaware Program Cuts Crop Insurance Premiums for Farmers 30%
Mar 4 2025 // Delaware has begun a program that promises to reduce premiums for 2025 crop insurance plans for producers who had an eligible plan in 2024. The reduction is equal to 30% of the 2024 total premium with a maximum of $10 per...
Farmers Turn to Airbnb, Corn Mazes to Outlast Agricultural Downturn
Feb 24 2025 // A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy Icelandic sheep, and a vintage Airstream trailer that farmer Brit Thompson turned into an Airbnb to...
