Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
E. coli expedites need for recall and business interruption coverage
Oct 23 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they suspected fresh-bagged spinach as the...
Farmers to Double Coastal Rates in La., Lower Premiums in the North
Oct 20 2006 // Louisiana regulators on Oct. 18 approved rate increases for Farmers Insurance Exchange, ensuring that prices for the company’s homeowner policies across coastal Louisiana will nearly double early next year. The...
Mich. Farm Bureau Renews Contract with CCC Information Services
Oct 19 2006 // Continuing its longstanding relationship, Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan has re-signed a multi-year agreement to have CCC Information Services Inc. to provide its key claims solutions. The Lansing, Mich.-based company...
Wash. minimum wage upped to $7.93 per hour
Oct 9 2006 // Washington’s minimum wage will increase 30 cents to $7.93 an hour beginning Jan. 1, 2007. The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) recalculates the state’s minimum wage each year in September as...
Wash. minimum wage upped to $7.93 per hour
Oct 9 2006 // Washington’s minimum wage will increase 30 cents to $7.93 an hour beginning Jan. 1, 2007. The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) recalculates the state’s minimum wage each year in September as...
OneBeacon Completes Transfer of Agricultural Unit to QBE
Oct 3 2006 // On Sept. 29, OneBeacon Insurance Group completed its previously announced renewal rights and asset sale agreement that transfers its agricultural division to QBE the Americas, a wholly owned division of QBE Insurance...
Fireman’s Fund Offers Insurance for Wineries
Oct 2 2006 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has recently introduced a new service coverage, Insurance for Wineries. The comprehensive product has coverages specifically created for the business of growing, making and selling wine,...
Washington’s Minimum Wage to Increase to $7.93 an Hour
Oct 2 2006 // Washington’s minimum wage will increase 30 cents to $7.93 an hour beginning Jan. 1, 2007. The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) recalculates the state’s minimum wage each year in September as...
Iowa Farm Bureau Ordered to Stop Free Memberships for Insurance Buyers
Sep 28 2006 // Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. can no longer give free Farm Bureau memberships to customers who agree to buy insurance, state insurance regulators said. Susan Voss, commissioner of the the Iowa insurance division, said a...
Agriculture industry starved for ways to reduce terrorism targets
Sep 25 2006 // The war against terrorism may be focused mostly in the Middle East, but people also should pay attention closer to home — especially to the U.S. agriculture industry, according to Dr. Jerry R. Gillespie, director of...
What would Popeye do?
Sep 25 2006 // Send Olive Oyl to the grocery for a can of kale? The nationwide recall of bags of fresh spinach due to the contamination of some brands by the E. coli virus might not have affected Popeye at all — he ate his...
Farmers ask U.S. Senate panel for disaster relief program in next farm bill
Sep 25 2006 // Agriculture groups told a U.S. Senate panel in Texas this month that they want the next farm bill to include disaster relief for farmers and ranchers reeling from billions of dollars lost to the drought. They shared their...
Farms need specialty breakdown coverage for critical equipment
Sep 25 2006 // In the grip of a heat wave, the owners of a fruit farm didn’t suspect a mechanical problem when a 600 hp deep well pump started producing less water. After all, the temperature had been soaring for weeks and other...
Agriculture industry starved for ways to reduce terrorism risk
Sep 25 2006 // The war against terrorism may be focused mostly in the Middle East, but people should also pay attention closer to home—especially to the U.S. agriculture industry, according to Dr. Jerry R. Gillespie, director of...
Farmers vows to appeal California court ruling
Sep 25 2006 // Farmers Insurance Exchange will appeal a decision by a San Diego Superior Court regarding premium payment plans offered to its customers in California and Nevada. In September, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Jay M....
Farmers ask U.S. Senate panel for disaster relief program in next farm bill
Sep 25 2006 // Agriculture groups told a U.S. Senate panel in Texas this month that they want the next farm bill to include disaster relief for farmers and ranchers reeling from billions of dollars lost to the drought. They shared their...
Agriculture industry starved for ways to reduce terrorism risk
Sep 25 2006 // The war against terrorism may be focused mostly in the Middle East, but people should also pay attention closer to home–especially to the U.S. agriculture industry, according to Dr. Jerry R. Gillespie, director of...
Farmers vows to appeal California court ruling
Sep 25 2006 // Farmers Insurance Exchange will appeal a decision by a San Diego Superior Court regarding premium payment plans offered to its customers in California and Nevada. In September, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Jay M....
Agriculture industry starved for ways to reduce terrorism targets
Sep 25 2006 // The war against terrorism may be focused mostly in the Middle East, but people also should pay attention closer to home — especially to the U.S. agriculture industry, according to Dr. Jerry R. Gillespie, director of...
Editor’s Note: What would Popeye do?
Sep 25 2006 // The nationwide recall of bags of fresh spinach due to the contamination of some brands by the E.coli virus might not have affected Popeye at all—since he ate his essential greens out of a can—but it’s...
