Latest Agribusiness Headlines
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Rhode Island Agent Who Offers Equine Insurance Faces Fraud Charges
Nov 5 2018 // A Rhode Island insurance agent who prosecutors say specializes in providing insurance on horses has been arrested on federal charges. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Providence says 57-year-old Randall Levesque, of...
Georgia Estimates $250M in Insured Losses from Hurricane Michael
Nov 5 2018 // The Georgia Department of Insurance has estimated insured property losses from Hurricane Michael will reach $250 million, according to a statement by Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. In figures released Oct....
North Carolina Approves $400M in Florence Recovery Funds
Nov 5 2018 // North Carolina legislators approved spending $400 million to quickly help people and communities reeling from flooding left by Hurricane Florence and setting aside another $450 million for upcoming needs. The emergency...
Bradley to Lead New Berkley Equine & Cattle Animal Mortality Claims Office in Kentucky
Nov 2 2018 // Berkley Equine & Cattle (BEC) has opened its Animal Mortality Claims Adjusting Office in Lexington, Ky., and appointed Philip O. Bradley as manager. Bradley has more than 25 years of experience adjusting equine, cattle...
Georgia Farmers Face Long Recovery From Hurricane Michael Crop Losses
Nov 2 2018 // Hurricane Michael left a snowy landscape of ruined white cotton on Georgia’s red clay, destroying a crop and likely bringing hard times to the region’s many small communities built on agriculture. When the...
Typhoon Yutu Slams into Philippines, Traveling Path of Super Storm Mangkhut
Oct 30 2018 // Typhoon Yutu slammed into northern Philippines on Tuesday and is traveling a path similar to last month’s super storm Mangkhut that killed at least 82 people and damaged about $500 million of farm output in the...
Possible Mold in Grain Harvest May Threaten Wisconsin Farmers’ Profits
Oct 29 2018 // Wet weather this year has delayed Wisconsin’s grain harvest and caused widespread mold problems in farm fields, according to agriculture experts. The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects Wisconsin farmers to...
Damage to Florida Crops from Hurricane Michael to Total $158M
Oct 29 2018 // A new study says Florida crops suffered $158 million in damages from Hurricane Michael. The report released Friday by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences says that almost all of the...
OSHA Fines Florida Farm Over Worker’s Death by Lightning
Oct 26 2018 // Officials say the farm that employed a Florida woman fatally struck by lightning has been cited for failing to protect workers. A U.S. Department of Labor news release says Occupational Health and Safety Administration...
China’s Swine Fever Outbreaks Blamed on Feeding Kitchen Waste to Pigs
Oct 25 2018 // China’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday it would ban the feeding of kitchen waste to pigs after linking the practice to the majority of the early cases of African swine fever. The statement from the Ministry...
Farmers in Hawaii Lost $28M Because of Volcano
Oct 23 2018 // A survey of Big Island farmers has found that they suffered nearly $28 million in damages because of the months-long eruption earlier this year of the Kilauea volcano, the Hawaii Tribune Herald reported. The survey of 46...
U.S. Hog Farmers on Alert Over African Swine Fever Disease
Oct 23 2018 // U.S. hog farmers are ramping up safety procedures and leaving animal-feed ingredients imported from China in storage in an attempt to keep out a highly contagious swine disease that is sweeping through Asia and...
Georgia Estimates $250M in Insured Losses from Hurricane Michael
Oct 23 2018 // The Georgia Department of Insurance has estimated insured property losses from Hurricane Michael will reach $250 million, according to a statement Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. In figures released Oct. 18,...
Land O’Lakes, Gravie to Expand Farmer Health Insurance Plan in Minnesota
Oct 22 2018 // Land O’Lakes Inc. and Gravie will expand their Farmer Health Insurance Plan in next year in Minnesota. When a law was passed in Minnesota last year allowing agricultural co-op members to band together to purchase...
Mad Cow Disease Confirmed on UK Farm – First Case Since 2015
Oct 19 2018 // Mad cow disease has been found on a U.K. farm for the first time since 2015, raising concern that some countries may move to limit imports of British beef. The disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy or...
Update: Cyclone Luban Hits Yemen, Injuring Dozens, Destroying Property
Oct 17 2018 // A tropical storm has battered eastern Yemen, with three days of heavy rainfall and flooding injuring dozens of people, destroying property and killing livestock, Yemeni officials and the United Nations said Tuesday. They...
North Carolina Approves $400M in Florence Recovery Funds
Oct 17 2018 // The sharp partisanship that’s typified North Carolina’s government was buried temporarily on Monday as legislators approved spending $400 million to quickly help people and communities reeling from flooding...
Georgia Working to Restore Power to Thousands After Hurricane Michael
Oct 15 2018 // Power outages caused by Hurricane Michael are likely to linger into early this week for some of the hardest hit communities in southwest Georgia. More than 188,000 homes and businesses still didn’t have power Friday....
Iowa Farm Bureau Unveils Unregulated Limited Health Plan
Oct 15 2018 // Health coverage offered by the Iowa Farm Bureau through a new option approved by the Iowa Legislature will allow people to be turned away if they have pre-existing conditions. The farm bureau has unveiled details of its...
North Carolina Agriculture Chief Requests $300M in Aid for Florence Recovery
Oct 10 2018 // North Carolina’s agriculture agency asked state legislators Monday for over $300 million to address cleanup and recovery after Hurricane Florence, with most going toward direct payments to farmers who lost crops and...
