Latest Agribusiness Headlines
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Ag States Group Changes Name to CHS Insurance Services
Nov 5 2013 // CHS Insurance Services LLC is the new name for agribusiness insurance broker Ag States Group, which provides a full line of property/casualty insurance, surety bond products, group benefits, loss control and on-site safety...
Farmers Insurance, Texas Reach Tentative Deal on Mold Claims
Nov 4 2013 // The state of Texas and Farmers Insurance want to settle decade-old claims of overcharging and underserving customers for $117.5 million, which would be one of the largest insurance settlements in state history but less...
Lost Pheasants, Disappearing Grasslands: Is Crop Insurance to Blame?
Nov 1 2013 // The hunters tramp through neck-high prairie grass with a pair of golden retrievers named Moe and Buck, flushing out birds in a freezing autumn drizzle. When one flutters from the South Dakota grassland, Dick Schmith, 58,...
More Charges Possible Over North Carolina Stare Fair Injuries
Oct 30 2013 // A ride that jolted into motion at the North Carolina State Fair, injuring five, had been intentionally tampered with to bypass critical safety devices, a sheriff said, with the ride operator accused of assault in an...
Rain, Snow Help Wyoming Emerge From Drought
Oct 25 2013 // Most of Wyoming has emerged from drought thanks to heavy rain in September and substantial snow over the past few weeks. Only 39 percent of Wyoming is experiencing drought right now, down from 98 percent of the state a...
Senate, House Negotiators Tackle Farm Bill, Crop Insurance
Oct 24 2013 // U.S. Senate and House negotiators, who will begin working on a compromise farm bill on Oct. 30, face a major fight over proposed deep cuts in food stamps for the poor. The leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture...
ACE Posts Record Q3 Operating Income of $857 Million; $916 Million Net
Oct 24 2013 // ACE Limited reported net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, of $916 million, $2.66 per share, compared with $640 million, $1.86 per share, for the same quarter last year. Operating income was $857 million,...
Blizzard-Lost Plains Cattle Will Hurt Area Economy
Oct 23 2013 // An early October blizzard that killed tens of thousands of cattle in western South Dakota will have a staggering impact on the regional economy, the head of the state Stockgrower’s Association said. The direct...
Say Cheese: EU Strikes Trade Deal with Canada; Looks to U.S.
Oct 21 2013 // The European Union and Canada agreed a multibillion-dollar trade pact on Friday that will integrate two of the world’s largest economies and pave the way for Europe to clinch an even bigger deal with the United...
High Crop Prices Turn More Midwest Grassland into Cropland
Oct 18 2013 // When cattle producer Jason Zahn aims his pickup across the gravel roads of North Dakota, he doesn’t see as many native grasses dancing along the prairie. Instead, he sees more and more black. He sees tilled dirt or...
President Obama Urges Congress Act on Farm, Crop Insurance, Food Stamps Bill
Oct 18 2013 // President Barack Obama, in a rebuke to proposals by House Republicans for steep cuts in food stamps for the poor, urged Congress on Thursday to pass a farm bill “that protects children and vulnerable adults in time...
Rural Groups Push Back on Crop Insurance Cuts
Oct 16 2013 // Rural groups say they’ll fight a proposed $100 million-a-year cut in crop insurance subsidies, a measure that has won the support of both houses of Congress and could be a test of agriculture’s influence in...
AIR Worldwide Analyzes ‘Significant Damage’ from Cyclone Phailin
Oct 16 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide “Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin made landfall on the eastern coast of India near Gopalpur in Odisha.” AIR said it was a “large storm, with gale...
South Dakota Ranchers Reeling From Cattle Losses
Oct 15 2013 // Western South Dakota ranchers are reeling from the loss of tens of thousands of cattle in the recent early blizzard, and many will be disposing of carcasses in pits that were set to open Oct. 14. Rancher Heath Ferguson...
Nebraska Farmers, Ranchers Urged to Consider Forage Insurance
Oct 15 2013 // University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension educators are encouraging farmers and ranchers to consider pasture, rangeland and forage insurance for next year if they’ve lost forage production because of drought. The...
Mass Evacuation Saves Lives as Cyclone Phailin Strikes India
Oct 15 2013 // A mass evacuation saved thousands of people from India’s fiercest cyclone in 14 years, but aid workers warned a million would need help after their homes and livelihoods were destroyed. Cyclone Phailin was expected...
House Backs Limiting Crop Insurance Subsidies for Wealthiest Growers
Oct 14 2013 // Farm subsidy reformers praised a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to make the wealthiest growers pay more for federally subsidized crop insurance, the first eligibility limit on a program that costs $9 billion a...
Environmental Group Slams Federal Crop Insurance ‘Windfall’ Option
Oct 11 2013 // An insurance provision in the U.S. farm bills proposed by the House and Senate could have corn, soybean, and wheat farmers making more money in a bad year, such as during a drought, than in a good year, an environmental...
North Dakota Ranchers Urged to Record Livestock Losses
Oct 10 2013 // The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association is urging ranchers who lost cattle in last weekend’s snowstorm to keep detailed records of their losses. Ranchers and industry officials in the Dakotas have said the...
Farmers Insurance Exchanges in California Commence Cash Tender Offers
Oct 10 2013 // Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange announced that Farmers Insurance Exchange commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 8.625 percent surplus notes due...