Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Chubb Launches Insurance for Offshore Wind Farms
Jul 27 2021 // Chubb has announced the launch of an insurance solution for offshore wind farms. Chubb’s Offshore Wind Farm policy has been developed to support green energy providers through the entire offshore wind farm process...
Extreme Drought in U.S. Prompts Emergency Crop Insurance Procedures
Jul 14 2021 // Responding to extreme drought conditions in parts of the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorizing emergency procedures to help agricultural producers. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is...
South Africa Develops Public-Private Scheme to Provide Drought Insurance for Farmers
Jul 14 2021 // JOHANNESBURG – Happy Letsitsa hasn’t paid off the money he borrowed to survive a 2019 drought that ravaged his maize and sunflower farm in the South African province of Free State. He has no drought insurance. If...
Oregon Farm Where Worker Died Earlier Cited for Safety Violations
Jul 8 2021 // A farm and a labor contractor under investigation by Oregon’s workplace safety agency after the death of a farmworker Saturday were both previously cited for workplace violations. The Oregon Occupational Safety and...
$1M Settlement Reached in Washington Dairy Worker Overtime Suit
Jul 5 2021 // Yakima County Superior Court has approved a $1 million settlement that provides retroactive overtime pay for workers at a Lower Yakima Valley dairy. The settlement wraps up a class-action lawsuit filed in 2016 by Jose...
Autonomous Farming Vehicles Cropping Up in South Dakota
Jun 30 2021 // A John Deere tractor is pulling a grain cart. Dust swirls around the equipment as the tractor roars by. That’s a familiar sight in South Dakota. But there’s something different about this tractor. The cab is...
AM Best Revises Mississippi Farm Bureau Outlooks to Negative
Jun 24 2021 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) of Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty...
Wisconsin Legislation Targets Milk, Meat, Dairy Labeling
Jun 23 2021 // Vegetarian and vegan foods sold in Wisconsin could not be labeled as meat, milk or dairy if they don’t contain those products, under bills up for votes in the state Assembly. The “truth in labeling”...
$1M Settlement Reached in Washington Dairy Worker Overtime Suit
Jun 23 2021 // Yakima County Superior Court has approved a $1 million settlement that provides retroactive overtime pay for workers at a Lower Yakima Valley dairy. The settlement wraps up a class-action lawsuit filed in 2016 by Jose...
Central Oregon Farmers Struggling in Drought
Jun 21 2021 // Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, Oregon, didn’t hold back while speaking on a recent Zoom call with state representatives about the drought conditions affecting farmers...
California Farmers Being Told Drought Could Cut Off Their Water
Jun 17 2021 // Thousands of Central California farmers were warned Tuesday that they could face water cutoffs this summer as the state deals with a drought that already has curtailed federal and state irrigation supplies. The State Water...
California OKs Farmers and Zesty.ai Wildfire Risk Assessments, Will Bring 30K New Homeowners Policies
Jun 16 2021 // California regulators have approved a plan by Farmers Insurance to assess wildfire risk by using a tool that combines artificial intelligence with high-resolution aerial photography. The carrier said the Z-Fire risk...
Danish Wind Giant Finds Unique Solution for Cable Problem Affecting Offshore Farms
Jun 15 2021 // The world’s biggest developer of offshore wind farms has come up with a unique solution to a potentially expensive problem. Denmark’s Orsted A/S is working on a plan to send divers to the sea floor to place a...
U.S. Sending $1 Billion to Farmers Hit by Natural Disasters in 2018-2019
Jun 14 2021 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release more than $1 billion in payments over the next several weeks starting June 15 for agricultural producers who suffered losses in 2018 and 2019 natural disasters. The...
Worker Dead After Becoming Stuck in Iowa Cattle Farm Manure Tank
Jun 11 2021 // A man died after becoming stuck in a manure tank on an eastern Iowa cattle farm, authorities said. The death occurred on June 8 at a farm in Stockton and was reported by authorities there the next day, the Quad-City Times...
Accelerant Acquires North Carolina’s Agribusiness Risk Underwriters
Jun 10 2021 // Accelerant, a technology-based insurance platform, has acquired Agribusiness Risk Underwriters (ARU), a provider of poultry farm insurance product development, underwriting and loss control. ARU was founded in 2016 in...
Central Oregon Farmers Struggling in Drought
Jun 7 2021 // Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, didn’t hold back last week while speaking on a Zoom call with state representatives about the drought conditions affecting farmers in...
Cal/OSHA Cites Foster Farms, Agencies for COVID-19 Violations
Jun 7 2021 // Cal/OSHA has cited Foster Poultry Farms Inc. in Livingston, Calif., and four staffing agencies for not protecting workers from COVID-19. Cal/OSHA opened its inspection after receiving notification that an employee had died...
TAGA Partners with Main Street America on Texas Farm/Ranch Coverage
Jun 4 2021 // Cedar Park, Texas-based Tejas American General Agency (TAGA) has formed an exclusive partnership with Main Street America Insurance, a member of the American Family Insurance group, to distribute its farm and ranch...
Ag Groups Upset with Washington Governor for Farm Worker Rules
May 27 2021 // Some top agriculture groups are upset with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee because farm workers were not covered in last week’s announcement that fully vaccinated employees do not have to wear a mask or socially distance...