Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Farmers Get First Full Water Supply in More than a Decade
Apr 12 2017 // Farmers in a vast region of California will receive their fully contracted amount of irrigation water this year for the first time in more than a decade. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced the allocation this week...
Costly Business Disruptor: Aging U.S. Infrastructure
Apr 12 2017 // When a train jumped the tracks this past week at New York’s Penn Station, the seemingly minor accident led to a cascade of exasperating delays for hundreds of thousands of commuters. When a flood forced authorities...
Appeal Rejected, ABC ‘Pink Slime’ Case Headed for Trial in South Dakota
Apr 7 2017 // ABC Broadcasting has lost a last-ditch bid before South Dakota’s highest court to avoid a trial in a beef producer’s $5.7 billion defamation case over reports about a product that critics call “pink...
U.S. Weather in March to Cost Insurers More than $2 Billion: Aon
Apr 7 2017 // Four severe weather outbreaks in the U.S. throughout March led to extensive damage in the central and eastern parts of the country, costing the insurance industry in excess of US$2.0 billion, according to a report...
Florida Senator Alleges ‘Smear Campaign’ After Industry-Backed AOB Bill Stalls
Apr 5 2017 // A bill backed by the insurance industry to curb the abuse of Florida’s one-way attorney fee statute in assignment of benefit claims has stalled as lawmakers opted to instead advance what the insurance industry and...
Losses from Colorado Mine Spill Could Be Far Less than Feared
Apr 4 2017 // Economic damage from a Colorado mine waste spill caused by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may be far less than originally feared after attorneys drastically reduced some of the larger claims, The Associated Press...
USDA OKs Emergency Loans for Oklahoma Ranchers Affected by Wildfires
Apr 4 2017 // Gov. Mary Fallin says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved emergency loans for livestock producers in six Oklahoma counties affected by recent wildfires. The fires in early March burned more than 1,200 square...
Minnesota Better Prepared for Bird Flu, Poultry Producers Say
Mar 31 2017 // Minnesota is better prepared for a potential bird flu return after a devastating 2015 epidemic, according to poultry producers and experts. Poultry farmers are waiting as the early spring opens water on lakes and rivers,...
Bird Flu Found in Georgia Farm Chicken Flock
Mar 30 2017 // About 18,000 chickens were destroyed at a northwest Georgia poultry farm after tests confirmed avian influenza in the flock, the first time the disease has been detected in commercial birds in the state, authorities said...
Trump Agriculture Chief Nominee Perdue Vows to Fight for Farmers, Trade, Crop Insurance
Mar 29 2017 // Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue recently sought to reassure farm-state senators in both parties who are fearful about the impact of President Donald Trump’s proposed deep cuts to farm programs, promising...
Appeals Court Rules Florida Dairy OK to Label Skim Milk as ‘Skim Milk’
Mar 24 2017 // A small, all-natural dairy isn’t being deceptive when it calls its skim milk “skim milk,” a federal appeals court has ruled – a victory for a Florida creamery that fought the state’s demand to...
Texas-Based ProAg to Acquire Iowa’s International Ag Insurance Solutions
Mar 23 2017 // Producers Ag Insurance Group Inc. (ProAg), a member of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies, has agreed to acquire crop managing general agent, West Des Moines, Iowa-based International Ag Insurance Solutions LLC...
Alabama Confirms Bird Flu in 2 Poultry Flocks
Mar 22 2017 // Alabama officials have confirmed bird flu in two poultry flocks, just a week after three commercial breeders had to kill their chickens across the state line in Tennessee. The state veterinarian announced that chickens are...
Des Moines Water Works Suit Over Agricultural Drainage Pollution Dismissed
Mar 20 2017 // A federal judge has dismissed a Des Moines water utility’s lawsuit against three counties that accuses them of allowing agricultural drainage districts to send nitrate pollution into the rivers the water utility uses...
6 Texas Counties Declared Disaster Areas After Wildfires
Mar 20 2017 // Six counties in the Texas Panhandle have been declared disaster areas by Gov. Greg Abbott following the deadly wildfires that swept through the area on March 6 – 7 burning more than 440,000 acres. Abbott’s...
20 Kansas Counties Declared Disaster Areas after Wildfires
Mar 16 2017 // Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a final disaster declaration covering 20 counties following last week’s wildfires that burned more than 1,000 square miles of the state. Brownback signed the declaration on March...
Senators Want U.S. to Weigh Food Safety in Acquisitions by Foreign Firms
Mar 16 2017 // Two U.S. senators from Midwestern states will introduce a bill on Tuesday that would require foreign companies buying U.S. food and agriculture firms to undergo a review aimed at ensuring the deal would not hurt U.S. food...
Judge: ABC Must Face Defamation Trial over ‘Pink Slime’ Reports
Mar 15 2017 // A South Dakota state judge has ordered ABC Broadcasting to face a potential $5.7 billion defamation lawsuit claiming it damaged Beef Products Inc. by referring in a series of reports to a meat product it sold as...
RMS Launches Agricultural Risk Models for India and China
Mar 15 2017 // RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe risk management firm, has added agricultural risk models for India and China to its line of emerging risks models, and plans to expand coverage across Asia-Pacific and the...
Ohio Reminds Farmers of March 15 Crop Insurance Deadline
Mar 14 2017 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor has issued a reminder to Ohio farmers that the deadline to purchase or modify certain insurance coverage for spring-planted crops is March 15. “Farmers should contact an agent if...
