Latest Agribusiness Headlines
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Hail Damages Barley Crops In Wyoming
Aug 6 2013 // Farmers around Powell, Wyo. say hail from a violent storm last week damaged or destroyed barley and other crops. The storm brought hail up to a half-inch in diameter, about a half inch of rain and 50 mph winds. It hit just...
New Zealand’s ‘100 Percent Pure’ Image Questioned after Dairy Scare
Aug 6 2013 // For a country that markets itself to the world with the slogan “100 percent Pure”, New Zealand’s environmental credentials are not as impeccable as many would think. The majority of its rivers are too...
North Dakota Man Suing Insurance Company Over Potato Case
Aug 5 2013 // A prominent North Dakota potato farmer, businessman and philanthropist who’s among a group of people accused in an alleged price-fixing scheme is suing his insurance company for failing to cover his defense...
Farmers Launches New Corporate Logo
Jul 31 2013 // Farmers Insurance has unveiled a new corporate logo as part of the company’s next “evolutionary step,” the Los Angeles-based carrier announced on Wednesday. New York City based-Lippincott is the creative...
Crop Insurance, High Crop Prices Leading to Eco-Catastrophe: Environmental Group
Jul 31 2013 // Sustained high prices for corn, soybeans and wheat combined with record U.S. crop-insurance payouts are encouraging farmers to plow fragile lands and put ecosystems at risk, an environmental advocacy group said. Northern...
Companies Bringing Safety Technology to Grain Storage
Jul 31 2013 // The one sure-fire way to avoid dying in a grain bin is to stay out. That’s where Scott Haugan and some high-tech wizardry come in. The Des Moines Register reports Haugan, who runs the Howgan grain storage technology...
Dead Farmers Get Millions in Federal Crop Insurance Payouts
Jul 30 2013 // The U.S. Agriculture Department paid out $32 million in soil conservation payments and crop insurance aid to dead farmers from 2008 to 2012, congressional auditors said on Monday, calling for stricter rules to prevent...
OSHA Investigates After Lightning Hits 9 Colorado Farm Workers
Jul 26 2013 // Federal authorities are investigating safety procedures at a northern Colorado farm after nine workers were struck by lightning. Two of the workers in the organic fields in Wellington were critically injured when the...
House Crop Insurance Bill on Hold Again Over Food Stamp Cuts
Jul 25 2013 // The Republican-controlled U.S. House will try to cut billions of dollars from the food stamp program before negotiating an overall farm bill with the Senate, the House majority leader said on Thursday two months before the...
Colorado Senators Push FEMA for Details On Wildfire Mitigation
Jul 24 2013 // Two senators are pushing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to detail its efforts to mitigate wildfires. Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet and Idaho Republican Mike Crapo (KRAY’-poh) also want FEMA to identify...
U.S.-Led Trade Talks Gain Heft, Complexity, as Japan Joins
Jul 24 2013 // Japan joined U.S.-led trade talks on Tuesday, adding its weight to a pact that covers two-fifths of the world economy but raising further doubt over whether negotiators can prise open sensitive sectors such as farm goods...
AIR Worldwide Analyzes Landslides, Building Damage from China Quake
Jul 23 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has released its analysis of the damages suffered by rural communities in northwest China’s Gansu province from the “devastating earthquake on July 21 at 23:45:56 UTC...
Crop Insurance Rule Causing Confusion for Some Midwest Farmers
Jul 23 2013 // Last year’s drought has contributed to confusion over crop insurance rules for some Upper Midwest farmers who couldn’t get a crop in the ground this past spring due to the opposite weather extreme – too...
USDA Offering Drought Loans in 4 Nevada Counties
Jul 22 2013 // Federal agriculture officials have declared Storey County a primary natural disaster area due to drought, making farmers and ranchers in four Nevada counties eligible for emergency loans to bolster their operations. Farm...
Iowa Egg Farms Settle Suit Over Salmonella Recalls
Jul 17 2013 // The Iowa egg producers blamed for a 2010 salmonella outbreak have settled a lawsuit brought by a California distributor that lost profits from the foodborne illnesses and the resulting product recalls, court records...
USDA Issues Drought Disaster For East Idaho Counties
Jul 15 2013 // Federal agriculture officials have issued a disaster declaration for Clark County in eastern Idaho due to a lack of rain for the last two months. The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week also put four other nearby...
Heavy Rains Cause Major Floods, Mudslides in China: AIR Worldwide
Jul 12 2013 // AIR Worldwide reports that “days of heavy rain across the mountainous Yunnan and Sichuan provinces of southwestern China have caused widespread flooding and triggered landslides. Official reports state that 99...
House Passes Republican Farm Bill Without Food Stamps
Jul 11 2013 // House Republicans passed a five-year U.S. farm-policy bill that retains subsidies to farmers and strips out food-stamp spending, costing it Democratic support. The plan was approved today 216-208, with no Democrats in...
Guy Carpenter Facilitates Launch of Multi-Peril Crop Insurance in Australia
Jul 10 2013 // Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC, a global risk and reinsurance specialist and member of Marsh & McLennan Cos. has facilitated the launch of a Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) product for Australian grain growers for the...
California Officials Probe Another Farmworker Death
Jul 10 2013 // California workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a second farmworker as possibly heat-related. The state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health said on Monday that a 37-year-old farmworker...
