Latest Agribusiness Headlines
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Climate-Driven Firefighting in West Takes Cash From Prevention Budgets
Jul 3 2014 // Wildfires blamed in part on climate change are consuming timber in the U.S. West at such a furious pace that half the Forest Service’s budget is now spent fighting them — up from 21 percent in 2000. Add in the...
Iowa Farmers Face Damage, Replanting After Floods
Jul 3 2014 // Area farmers are dealing with damage to their crops and fences after all the recent heavy rain and flooding. Farmers in northwest Iowa, southeast South Dakota and northeast Nebraska face significant work ahead because of...
Canadian Farm Flooding Seen Increasing Claims for Crop Insurance
Jul 3 2014 // Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest producer of wheat and canola, expects insurance payouts on crops to increase after floods wiped out acreage. “It’s a very large area that’s impacted, so we expect to...
Another Climate Report Outlines Business Risks, Insurance Pitfalls
Jun 26 2014 // “Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate Change to the United States,” a report on climate change and how it will affect businesses, offers a variety of information on how a changing world will impact...
Model Promises to Help Growers Mitigate Costly Droughts
Jun 19 2014 // Researchers at the University of Florida say they have created a model that may help growers plant at optimal times and avoid crop-destroying drought, which can cost millions of dollars in a given year. Put simply, if...
Wildfire Threatens Homes in New Mexico
Jun 18 2014 // Firefighters are bracing for another day of hot, dry and windy conditions as they battle a fast-moving wildfire in New Mexico. The Assayii Lake Fire blackened more than 19 square miles in less than two days while making...
Citizens Near North Carolina Coal Ash Sites Fear Health Effects
Jun 18 2014 // The sweet tea served in the tidy kitchen of Joanne Thomas’ antebellum home in Dukeville, North Carolina, comes with an ominous warning. “It’s made with bottled water,” says Thomas, a spry...
Farmers Withdraws Climate Change Suit Against Chicago-Area Communities
Jun 16 2014 // Farmers Insurance Group, which filed nine class actions in May against nearly 200 communities in the Chicago area, is withdrawing its lawsuit. The suit accused the Illinois municipalities of failing to prepare for severe...
California Chicken Plant Sues Orkin over Cockroaches
Jun 16 2014 // A Central California chicken-processing plant has filed a lawsuit against a pest-control company over a cockroach infestation that caused the plant to close for two weeks. Foster Farms in Livingston filed a lawsuit last...
Farmers of Salem in New Jersey Appoints Doherty as New CEO
Jun 11 2014 // James R. DohertyFarmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Salem County (Farmers of Salem) in New Jersey appointed James R. Doherty to succeed Kent W. Jones as president and chief executive officer effective July 7,2014....
Farmers Withdraws Climate Change Suit Against Municipalities
Jun 4 2014 // Farmers Insurance Group, which filed nine class actions in May against nearly 200 communities in the Chicago area, is withdrawing its lawsuit. The suit accused the Illinois municipalities of failing to prepare for severe...
California Chicken Plant Sues Orkin Over Cockroaches
Jun 2 2014 // A Central California chicken-processing plant has filed a lawsuit against a pest-control company over a cockroach infestation that caused the plant to close for two weeks. The Modesto Bee reported that Foster Farms in...
U.S. Report: Climate Change Here, Deal With It
Jun 2 2014 // Climate change is in the here and now, according to a massive new report. The White House’s National Climate Assessment report is part of President Barack Obama’s effort to prepare the nation for the impacts of...
Farmers Insurance, Nonprofit, Team Up on Disaster Recovery in Oklahoma
May 30 2014 // As storm season ramps up in Oklahoma, a nonprofit group formed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is teaming with a national insurance company to help better prepare communities for the recovery after a natural disaster. The...
Should Kentucky Regulate Growing Zip Line Industry?
May 28 2014 // The growing zip line industry isn’t regulated by any government authority in Kentucky. The Lexington Herald Leader reported that no federal or state agency is charged with keeping track of the safety of the...
Iowa Egg Company, 2 Execs Face Charges in 2010 Salmonella Outbreak
May 23 2014 // Iowa company and two executives are expected to plead guilty to selling tainted eggs that were responsible for a 2010 salmonella outbreak that sickened thousands and led to an unprecedented recall of 550 million eggs,...
No Crop Insurance Deadline Extension for North Dakota Corn Planting
May 23 2014 // The federal government says regulations prevent it from even considering a request by U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp to extend a corn planting deadline to ease farmers’ insurance concerns in North Dakota. The U.S....
Senator Wants Feds to Help North Dakota Corn Growers
May 21 2014 // North Dakota corn farmers are having a tough time getting their crop in the ground because of a wet spring, and U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is asking the federal government to help them out. The Democratic senator is calling...
Record Flooding Impacts Southeast Europe: AIR Analysis
May 20 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Southeast Europe is experiencing record levels of flooding after three months’ worth of rain fell in just three days. The report cited the “many...
Disaster Loans Made Available for New Mexico Small Businesses
May 19 2014 // Small businesses in eight New Mexico counties are eligible for federal disaster loans due to the drought. The U.S. Small Business Administration made the announcement in April, saying the loans can help offset economic...
