Latest Agribusiness Headlines
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Flooding, Rain Problematic for Ohio Corn Growers
Jun 30 2015 // Extensive flooding and heavy rains have affected corn fields across Ohio and left growers contending with the possibility of lost or damaged crops. Flooding and ponding could kill some corn crops, an Ohio State University...
New Mexico Court Rules Farm, Ranch Laborers Eligible for Workers’ Comp
Jun 30 2015 // The New Mexico Court of Appeals has cleared the way for farm and ranch laborers to receive workers’ compensation benefits. In a ruling issued this week, the court declared unconstitutional a provision in state law...
Louisiana Farmers, Ranchers Brace for Worst Year Since 2008
Jun 26 2015 // Flooded fields and fickle temperatures put Louisiana farmers and ranchers in a pensive mood as they gathered here for the Farm Bureau Federation Convention, the state’s largest annual celebration of...
Iowa Egg Farm Sued After Bird Flu Disrupts Supply
Jun 25 2015 // A food supplier claims an Iowa egg farm breached a contract after bird flu disrupted the supply of eggs. Michael Foods Egg Products Co., a subsidiary of St. Louis-based cereal-maker Post Holdings Inc., filed a lawsuit in...
Crop Insurance Payments for Drought More Than for Flooding
Jun 23 2015 // Farmers are reaping higher yields and ranchers’ feed costs have fallen sharply since flooding swept across the southern U.S. Plains in May, with the record rains providing tangible benefits to agriculture despite...
Most Drivers Mum About Ridesharing, Although Many Agents Ask
Jun 23 2015 // Roughly three quarters of ridesharing drivers don’t have ridesharing insurance, and nearly eight-in-10 conduct their ridesharing activities covertly and keep their insurer or agent in the dark. Two informal polls...
Feds Want Proceeds from Convicted North Dakota Farmers’ Property Sale
Jun 22 2015 // Prosecutors are asking a judge to allow the government to seize money from an auction sale by two North Dakota brothers who were ordered to pay back more than $900,000 for intentionally destroying potatoes to collect...
Remnants of Tropical Storm Bill Headed for the Midwest
Jun 18 2015 // Tropical Storm Bill wrung out almost 12 inches of rain over parts of eastern Texas, was downgraded to a depression and then handed off from the National Hurricane Center to the Weather Prediction Center. That doesn’t...
Farmers Introduces Rideshare Insurance Coverage in Arkansas
Jun 15 2015 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance has launched Rideshare Insurance Coverage for ride-hailing drivers in Arkansas. Farmers worked with representatives of the Arkansas Insurance Department, legislators and leaders of...
Louisiana Farmers, Ranchers Face ‘Total Loss’ from Flooding
Jun 15 2015 // It will be weeks, perhaps months, before it’s known how much damage the recent flooding from the Red River has done to Louisiana’s agriculture industry. James Wagley, Natchitoches Parish president for Louisiana...
Farmers Introduces Rideshare Coverage in Utah
Jun 15 2015 // Farmers Insurance on Monday launched what is believed to be the state’s first rideshare insurance coverage designed to provide seamless coverage for ridesharing drivers in Utah. The coverage comes less than two...
South Dakota Rancher Indicted for False Cattle Death Claims
Jun 15 2015 // The indictment of a South Dakota man for falsely claiming he lost more than a hundred cattle during the autumn blizzard of 2013 could be the first such case from the storm, which devastated ranchers in the western part of...
First Major California Insurer to Offer Ridesharing Endorsement
Jun 15 2015 // Farmers became the first large California insurer to start offering a ridesharing insurance product in late-May. In an announcement made at the Los Angeles office of California Department of Insurance, California Insurance...
Farmers Expects $80 Million in Claims from May Storms
Jun 12 2015 // Storms moving through multiple states at the end of May including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas, have resulted in more than 9,000 claims already filed across multiple states for Farmers Insurance. Farmers expects to...
Homes, Farmland Underwater in Louisiana as Red River Floods
Jun 12 2015 // Flooding from the swelling Red River put hundreds of homes and farmland underwater or in danger in rural northwest Louisiana, and state officials said that they would seek a federal disaster declaration to get help for...
Warm Weather Bringing Relief from Record U.S. Bird-Flu Outbreak
Jun 12 2015 // There’s relief ahead for U.S. poultry farmers suffering through the worst ever domestic outbreak of bird flu. As the weather warms, there’s likely to be fewer instances of the disease, which has already left 47...
Ohio Beekeepers Report Year-over-Year Colony Losses
Jun 11 2015 // Ohio beekeepers say they’ve lost much of their beehive colonies this past year, and that keeping their bees healthy is becoming increasingly difficult. From April 2014 to April 2015, Ohio beekeepers reported losing...
Montana Farmers Union Recognizes Effects of Climate Change
Jun 10 2015 // The Montana Farmers Union launched an initiative this month to educate its 11,000 members about the effects of global warming in Montana, where early signs may be decreasing snowpack and resilient weeds and pests. The...
Farmers and Foremost to Pay South Dakota $750K after Probe
Jun 5 2015 // South Dakota insurance regulators and two insurance groups have reached a settlement that will result in a $750,000 total penalty against the companies. The state’s Division of Insurance announced the settlement with...
Alliant Acquires Mary Roach Insurance Agency in California
Jun 3 2015 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Mary Roach Insurance Agency Inc., a provider of crop insurance to the agribusiness community headquarter in Fresno. Mary Roach will be instrumental in...
