Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Two Farmers Indicted in Kentucky Crop Insurance Fraud
Nov 16 2022 // Two Kentucky farmers and a relative have been indicted for falsifying crop damage and exaggerating the size of their fields in order to reap crop insurance benefits. A federal grand jury last week charged Randall Taulbee...
In Hot Tub Case, Farm Bureau Must Defend Insured in Deadly Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in North Carolina
Nov 7 2022 // What started out as festive time at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair in 2019 ended with 96 people hospitalized with Legionnaires’ disease. Four of them died. The tragedy in Fletcher, North Carolina, made...
Federal Court Finds Pennsylvania Poultry Farm in Contempt Over OSHA Penalties
Oct 28 2022 // A federal court has found Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corp. in contempt for failing to pay $162,359 in penalties after an inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found numerous safety hazards. The U.S....
Hurricane Ian Came at the Worst Possible Time for SW Florida Agriculture
Oct 24 2022 // Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida at the worst possible time for many in the agricultural community, cutting a path through the heart of Florida’s citrus belt and smashing tomato fields just before the...
Report: Hurricane Ian Farm Loss Could Reach $1.56 Billion
Oct 20 2022 // Agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian’s high winds and drenching rains could reach $1.56 billion, with citrus, cattle, vegetable and melon operations among the hardest hit, the University of Florida...
People Moves: Lockton Re Taps CyberCube’s Brew for London Cyber Practice; Howden Hires Tysers Godfrey for Equine Division; Carpenter’s Delegated Authority Unit Hires 3
Oct 19 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at three brokers: Lockton Re’s Cyber Practice, Howden’s Equine division and Guy Carpenter’s delegated authority unit. A summary of these new...
Farm Bureau Must Defend Insured in Deadly Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Carolina
Oct 19 2022 // What started out as festive time at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair in 2019 ended with 96 people hospitalized with Legionnaires’ disease. Four of them died. The tragedy in Fletcher, North Carolina, made...
UK Orders Poultry Farmers to Take Steps to Stop Spread of Bird Flu
Oct 18 2022 // Britain has ordered farmers to enact measures to curb bird flu cases, as the virus spreads in other parts of the world from Europe to the US. The UK government on Monday declared a prevention zone that requires farmers to...
Wheat Farmers May Scale Back Planting As Drought Persists, Insurance Deadline Nears
Oct 17 2022 // With planting roughly halfway complete, the 2023 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop is already being hobbled by drought in the heart of the southern Plains, wheat experts said. Planting plans may be scaled back in the U.S....
People Moves: Howden Names Industry Veteran Long to Chair Equine Unit; TMK Taps Beazley’s Shastri for Life Sciences; Marsh Norway Hires WTW’s Fagerli for Specialty
Oct 11 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden, Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), and Marsh Norway. A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Appoints Industry Veteran Long to Lead Equine...
Florida Citrus Industry Squeezed by Hurricane Ian; Crop Insurance to Cover Some Losses
Oct 7 2022 // The waters have receded, but the stink lingers. As Emma Reynolds Ezell surveys the damage that a night of 100 mile-per-hour winds wrought on her orange groves, she just can’t get over the stench. It’s nothing...
Farmers Group Names Vargas New CEO, President
Oct 5 2022 // Farmers Group Inc. on Oct. 5 said it promoted Raul Vargas to become the company’s 13th president and CEO at the start of 2023. Jeff Dailey, current president and CEO is stepping down but will stay as chairman. Vargas...
People Moves: Miller Launches Dedicated Bloodstock and Livestock Team, Led by WTW’s Horne; CNA Hardy Expands Teams Across Lines in Continental Europe
Oct 4 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at broker Miller and CNA Hardy. A summary of these new hires follows here. Miller Launches Dedicated Bloodstock and Livestock Team, Led by WTW’s...
Russia May Start Providing Trade Finance to Importers of Its Grain: Agriculture Minister
Oct 3 2022 // Russia may start providing trade finance to importers of its grain as sanctions imposed on Moscow since it sent troops to Ukraine affect this financial instrument, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said. Russia, the...
California Governor Approves Farmworker Unionization Law
Sep 30 2022 // A broadly smiling California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined about two dozen jubilant, cheering farmworkers camped outside the state Capitol this week to sign one of the most contentious bills before him this year, reversing...
Michigan Farmer to Pay $1.2 Million Settlement Over Crop Insurance Fraud
Sep 28 2022 // Gaylord D. Lincoln and G. Lincoln Farms, LLC, located in Springport, Michigan, have agreed to pay $1,200,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of fraudulent claims for...
Safety Case Reopened in Michigan Amish Farm Death
Sep 19 2022 // A mid-Michigan organic dairy farm is fighting state safety regulators, five years after a 19-year-old family member was fatally electrocuted while removing a metal pole from a grain bin. The dispute involves the...
Offshore Wind Farm Worker Hiring and Safety Training Ramp Up
Sep 6 2022 // At a 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts, people who will build the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines...
US Asks Farmers: Can You Plant 2 Crops Instead of 1?
Sep 2 2022 // There is only so much farmland in the United States, so when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries that people would go hungry as wheat remained stuck in blockaded ports, there was little U.S....
Michigan Agency Wins Appeal, Safety Case Reopened in Amish Farm Death
Sep 1 2022 // A mid-Michigan organic dairy farm is fighting state safety regulators, five years after a 19-year-old family member was fatally electrocuted while removing a metal pole from a grain bin. The dispute involves the...
