Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Mexico Lawmakers Say Farmers Shortchanged on Disaster Aid
Oct 19 2020 // New Mexico’s congressional delegation is calling for more oversight of a federal agency after some farmers and ranchers were shortchanged on disaster aid and Hispanic farmers who rely on traditional acequias to...
Iowa’s Derecho Crop Losses Increase by More Than 50%, Report Shows
Oct 12 2020 // A new report shows that crop loss estimates from a rare windstorm that slammed Iowa in August have increased by more than 50%. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Oct. 9 that the number of crop acres that Iowa...
Montana Climate Project Will Install Remote Weather Stations
Oct 7 2020 // University of Montana researchers recently received a $21 million government contract, bringing more support and longevity to what has been a grassroots effort to build a better climate monitoring network across the...
South Carolina Passes Flood Insurance Law to Boost Private Market
Oct 6 2020 // The state of South Carolina is aiming to foster new flood insurance coverage options through the enactment of the South Carolina Private Flood Insurance Act. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed the legislation,...
Study: 82% of Georgia Farmers Have Seen Decline in Revenue from Pandemic
Sep 29 2020 // A study conducted by the University of Georgia found that 82% of farmers in the state have seen their revenue decline due to the coronavirus pandemic. The findings released this month come from a May survey of more than...
U.S. to Research Transmission of COVID-19 in Beef Supply Chain
Sep 28 2020 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding a $1 million research project to identify how the virus that causes COVID-19 might be transmitted in the nation’s beef supply chain, from cattle on the farm to the...
Purdue Report: 21 Work-Related Deaths on Indiana Farms in 2019
Sep 23 2020 // Indiana had 21 work-related deaths on farms deaths last year, the fewest number of documented cases since 2013, Purdue University announced on Sept. 22. Three of the victims were children under the age of 5, while 11 were...
California Farm Worker Arraigned for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 22 2020 // Eduardo Medina Ruelas, 46, of Sanger, Calif., was arraigned this week on multiple counts of felony insurance fraud after allegedly defrauding his employer and RISICO Claims Management Co. to collect $38,000 in...
USDA Plans $14B More in Virus Relief for Farmers
Sep 22 2020 // The federal government said on Sept. 18 that it will give farmers an additional $14 billion to compensate them for the difficulties they have experienced selling their crops, milk and meat because of the coronavirus...
Coronavirus Safety: U.S. Behind Global Rivals in Protecting Meat Plant Workers
Sep 22 2020 // The U.S. government is falling behind global rivals when it comes to protecting meatpacking workers from Covid-19 infections, even though the nation’s plants were among the first to confront rampant cases across...
August Windstorm Removed 550K Acres of Iowa Corn from Harvest
Sep 17 2020 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated that 550,000 acres of Iowa corn will not be harvested this fall due to damage caused by the Aug. 10 windstorm that swept across the state. That estimate in a report released...
Post-Hurricane Laura Mosquito Clouds Killing Louisiana Livestock
Sep 11 2020 // Clouds of mosquitoes have been so thick in southwest Louisiana since Hurricane Laura that they’re killing cattle and horses. Farmers in a five-parish area east and northeast of the parishes where the storm made its...
Cal/OSHA Cites Food Manufacturer, Staffing Firm for Not Protecting Workers from COVID
Sep 10 2020 // Cal/OSHA has issued citations to frozen food manufacturer Overhill Farms Inc. and its temporary employment agency Jobsource North America Inc. with over $200,000 in proposed penalties to each employer for failing to...
Sompo International’s AgriSompo, Invivo Group to Offer Crop Insurance in France
Sep 8 2020 // The global agriculture platform of Sompo International Holdings, AgriSompo, has entered into a strategic broking relationship with InVivo Group, a national union of 201 member cooperatives representing more than half of...
Progressive, Farm Bureau Lowering Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Sep 7 2020 // Louisiana’s insurance commissioner has approved new rate decreases for private passenger auto policies for two major auto insurers in the state. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon signed off on Progressive Insurance...
2 Washington State Agribusinesses Settle Federal Discrimination Suit for $325K
Sep 7 2020 // Two agribusinesses in Washington state will distribute $325,000 among 105 Thai farm workers to settle a federal national origin and race discrimination lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the...
Search for Crew from Capsized Cattle Ship Continues; Records Reveal Ship Defects
Sep 4 2020 // A crewman from a cattle ship that capsized enroute from New Zealand to China has died after being pulled unconscious from water by the Japanese coastguard on Friday, while it emerged the vessel had a history of mechanical...
More Than 40 Crew Members Missing After Ship with 6,000 Cattle Capsizes Off Japan
Sep 3 2020 // More than 40 crew members were missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the East China Sea, the Japanese coastguard said on Thursday. A lone crew member from the Gulf...
California Chicken Plant Shutting Down Due to Virus Outbreak
Aug 31 2020 // A chicken processing plant in central California has been ordered to shut down after it became the site of one of the largest and most severe COVID-19 outbreaks in the state, health officials said. The order to close the...
Black Farmers Sue to Force Roundup Weedkiller Ban or Product Warnings
Aug 28 2020 // A group of Black U.S. farmers filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, seeking to force Bayer AG to either stop selling its widely used weedkiller Roundup or roll out new product warnings. The National Black Farmers...
