Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Crops Escaping Cold Snap with Little Damage
Jan 8 2014 // U.S. crops are escaping record- setting cold weather with little damage, while the arctic blast drove cattle prices to a record as animals struggle to gain weight. The coldest spots in Florida citrus groves were near...
Florida Oranges Dodge Bullet, Escape Damage From Freezing Temperatures
Jan 7 2014 // Orange groves in Florida, the world’s biggest grower after Brazil, escaped cold weather damage overnight as frigid air set records across the Midwest. The coldest spots in Florida citrus groves were near freezing,...
Toole Named President of Worth Casualty
Jan 7 2014 // Michael G. Toole (Mike) has accepted the position of president of Fort Worth, Texas-based Worth Casualty Co., effective Jan. 1, 2014, the company announced. Worth Casualty Co. and its affiliated companies –...
Environmental Group Says $7.8 Billion Wasted by Crop Insurance Program
Jan 6 2014 // A report commissioned by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) says that the federal crop insurance program over-compensated Corn Belt farmers by $7.8 billion during the 2012 drought. Insurance payouts that year totaled...
Australia Swelters from Record Heat Wave; Bushfire Warnings Issued
Jan 3 2014 // A searing heat wave is baking central and northern Australia, piling more misery on drought-hit cattle farmers who have been slaughtering livestock as Australia sweltered through the hottest year on record in...
Farmer Woods Group Names Ginzl in Arizona
Dec 27 2013 // Farmer Woods Group hired agent Mike Ginzl in the Phoneix, Ariz. Office. Ginzl specializes in commercial insurance for the technology, landscape and manufacturing industries. Ginzl has worked in insurance for more than 15...
Georgia Agriculture Chief Urges Changes in Federal Food Safety Rules
Dec 27 2013 // New food safety rules proposed by the federal government could prove cumbersome and costly for Georgia farmers, the state’s agriculture commissioner said. Gary Black, a Republican, was among many who asked the U.S....
Poultry Industry Refutes Consumer Reports, Says Chicken Breasts Safe
Dec 27 2013 // U.S. poultry producers have dramatically reduced the presence of harmful bacteria in poultry meat, a trade group said on Friday in defending the food safety record of the industry. “The numbers tell us we’re...
Ohio Flood Control Plan Worries Farmers
Dec 24 2013 // Farmers in northwest Ohio who are upset with a plan being worked out to control flooding along a river met with an Ohio congressman to voice their concerns. The Courier newspaper in Findlay reports that about 120 people...
2 New Mexico Cities Opening Car Charging Stations
Dec 24 2013 // Two New Mexico cities are preparing to begin operating public charging stations for electric vehicles. Last week, Gallup opened a Tesla Motors supercharger station and Farmington is scheduled to open one next month, The...
New Food Safety Rules Delayed to Weigh Farmers’ Concerns: FDA
Dec 20 2013 // Food safety rules the U.S. planned to implement this year are being delayed by months because the requirements were too complex for some farmers, regulators said. Two core rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011...
Farmers Sues Radiological Corporations for $3 Million
Dec 19 2013 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Exchange filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California against two radiological corporations and their owners for allegedly submitting false documentation to get paid for services...
Deep Freeze Damages California Citrus Crop
Dec 12 2013 // A weeklong blast of sub-freezing temperatures across California has damaged the state’s $2 billion citrus crop, but it will take several weeks before the extent of the loss is quantified, agricultural industry...
Excess Insurance and Equitable Subrogation: Oklahoma Clarifies Equitable Subrogation Rule
Dec 12 2013 // Most jurisdictions have held that an insurance company with the primary policy owes a duty of good faith and fair dealing to the insurance company with the excess policy requiring a settlement of claims within the primary...
Farm, Crop Insurance Bill Won’t Be Ready Until January: Leaders
Dec 11 2013 // The four top negotiators for the new U.S. farm bill, already a year behind schedule, said on Tuesday they would not complete work until January on the legislation to cut food stamps for the poor and expand crop insurance...
TPP Trade Pact Misses Deadline as More Talks Planned for January
Dec 10 2013 // Ministers negotiating the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact said today they would miss a year-end deadline to complete the deal. “We identified potential landing zones for the majority of key outstanding...
Ascension Names Merrill Senior Vice President in California
Dec 6 2013 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Ascension Insurance Inc. named Greg Merrill senior vice president of operations for the Fresno office of the Pan American and Walter L. Clark organizations. Pan American and Walter L. Clark are...
Immediate Notice Required, Euthanasia Allowed in Equine Mortality Policies
Dec 3 2013 // The main difference between livestock, or equine, mortality insurance and human life insurance is that a livestock owner, subject to certain conditions, may sometimes euthanize the animal and still collect policy proceeds,...
American Interstate Insurance, Silver Oak Casualty OK’d to Move to Nebraska
Dec 2 2013 // Insurance Director Bruce Ramge has approved the two property/casualty insurance companies to domicile in Nebraska. American Interstate Insurance Co. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Silver Oak Casualty Inc., were...
Immediate Notice Required, Euthanasia Allowed in Equine Mortality Policies
Dec 2 2013 // The main difference between livestock, or equine, mortality insurance and human life insurance is that a livestock owner, subject to certain conditions, may sometimes euthanize the animal and still collect policy proceeds,...
