Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
20,000 Cattle, Horses Wandering in Southeast Texas
Sep 17 2008 // At least 20,000 head of livestock are roaming loose throughout several Southeast Texas counties, said state officials who are working to get feed and water to the cattle and horses that have been without either since...
Louisiana Still Mopping up From Gustav as Ike Enters Gulf
Sep 10 2008 // Hurricane Ike entered the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 9 and the latest path projected by the National Hurricane Center has the storm making landfall in Texas, possibly near Corpus Christi. Meanwhile, Louisiana is still mopping...
Weather, Fuel, Chief Factors in ’07 Idaho Wildfire
Sep 8 2008 // A state and federal report concluded that last summer’s lightning- and cheatgrass-stoked Murphy Complex fire that torched 1,000 square miles of Idaho and Nevada backcountry would have overwhelmed efforts by ranchers...
Hudson Insurance Takes Over CropUSA Agency
Sep 3 2008 // Hudson Insurance Group, the U.S. insurance division of Odyssey Re Holdings Corp., has purchased the assets pertaining to the crop insurance business of CropUSA Insurance Agency, Inc. Since 2006 CropUSA has acted as...
Farmers Appoints Toohey VP of Media Relations
Aug 25 2008 // Mark Toohey has been promoted to senior vice president of media relations for Los Angeles-based, Farmers Insurance Co. In his new role, Toohey will be responsible for leading and managing all media relations, external...
More Farm Deaths in California Heat
Aug 22 2008 // California, the nation’s leader in heat-related deaths among farmworkers, sought to turn that trend around three years ago with new laws aimed at ensuring people toiling in sweltering fields had such basics as a...
Documents Released to Plaintiffs in Arkansas Tainted Rice Lawsuit
Aug 22 2008 // A judge in Arkansas has released a handful of the million-plus documents offered under seal in a lawsuit over genetically modified rice. Some Arkansas rice farmers claim they lost money after genetically altered rice grown...
S&P Advises Floods Could Lead to Ratings Actions on Midwest-Focused Insurers
Aug 21 2008 // An aerial photo shows a flooded area of downtown looking North over Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 13, 2008. Interstate I-380 can be seen on the left while Mays Island, with Cedar Rapids City Hall, is seen on the right with its...
Florida Farm Bureau to Re-file its Homeowners Rates
Aug 18 2008 // Florida Farm Bureau will withdraw its rate filing and prepare a new rate filing to address any and all of Florida regulators’ concerns, according to a company announcement. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation...
‘Dramatic’ WTO Farm Deal Close If Talks ‘Can Be Revived’
Aug 14 2008 // A world trade deal that dramatically opens livestock markets in the European Union, Canada and Japan is within grasp, if talks that collapsed last month in Geneva can be revived. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab...
Farmers Insurance to Pull out of North Carolina Homeowners’ Market
Aug 14 2008 // Farmers Insurance Group notified its North Carolina agents that the insurer will pull out of the homeowners’ market across the state before year’s end. Independent agent Greg Reeder of Reeder Insurance Services...
North Carolina-based Montgomery Insurance Harvests Farm Business
Aug 6 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based Montgomery Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, introduced its farm line of business on Commercial IQ — a web-based application for quoting and application...
Tokio Millennium Re to Use AIR’s U.S. Crop Model
Aug 5 2008 // AIR Worldwide Corporation announced that Bermuda-based reinsurer Tokio Millennium Re Ltd. has licensed the use of AIR’s Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) model for use in AIR’s CATRADER® system, which...
Florida Farm Bureau’s Proposed Rate Hike Meets Disapproval
Aug 5 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said the Office of Insurance Regulation issued a notice of intent to disapprove the June 20 rate filing submitted by Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies – Farm Bureau...
Ohio Casualty Offers Farm Business on Commercial IQ in Kentucky, Ohio
Aug 4 2008 // Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, today announced the introduction of its farm line of business (ISO Division Four) on Commercial IQ, its web-based application for quoting and application...
Iowa Gov. Culver: $1.2 Billion in Flood Damages Unmet by Aid
Aug 4 2008 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said July 22 that state officials have identified $1.2 billion in flood damage that hasn’t been met by disaster aid, and he’s asking Congress to move quickly to provide more...
Big Island Volcanic Smog Leads to Disaster Declaration
Aug 1 2008 // The federal government approved a disaster declaration to cover the losses Big Island farmers have suffered as a result of volcanic smog (vog), from Kilauea, Hawaii. The move will allow Big Island farmers to apply for...
Sierra Specialty Appointed Exclusive Underwriter for Topa Insurance Company’s Growers’ Service Insurance Program
Jul 31 2008 // Clovis, CA, July 31, 2008 – Topa Insurance Company, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA is an admitted property and casualty specialty insurer writing personal lines, commercial lines and programs. Topa has partnered...
French Agriculture Minister: China, India Thwarted WTO Negotiations
Jul 31 2008 // France’s agriculture minister said Wednesday that “big emerging countries” were to blame for the collapse of World Trade Organization talks on opening up the global economy. The president of a leading...
Doha Round Talks on Global Trade Fail to Reach Agreement
Jul 30 2008 // Marathon talks for a new global trade deal collapsed Tuesday after a clash over agriculture between the United States, the world’s biggest economy, and emerging heavyweights. The breakdown came on the ninth day as...
