Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New crop insurance tools
Aug 21 2006 // U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns unveiled two new risk management tools for pasture, rangeland and forage, beginning with the 2007 crop year. “These new insurances tools will help farmers and ranchers,...
OneBeacon Selling Agri Renewal Rights to QBE-U.S.
Aug 17 2006 // Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance Group has signed a binding agreement to transfer its Agri book renewal rights and certain OneBeacon Agri assets to QBE the Americas, a wholly owned division of Australia’s QBE...
Sparks Announces Disaster Hotline for Ala. Farmers
Aug 11 2006 // Alabama Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks has established a toll-free hot line for state farmers who need disaster assistance. Many Alabama farmers still dealing with the effects of Hurricane Katrina are...
Okla. Governor Issues Statewide Burn Ban
Aug 4 2006 // Citing a new wave of wildfires, Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry ordered a statewide burn ban Aug. 2 and warned that Oklahoma’s hot, windy and dry conditions show no sign of ending. “There appears to be no relief in...
Sunflower Insurance Program Subject of Dispute in N.D.
Aug 2 2006 // Some North Dakota sunflower farmers are growing frustrated at the federal government about an insurance program that both sides agree needs changing. The Agriculture Department’s Risk Management Agency says it is...
Wis. Governor Plans to Expand Healthcare Proposal to Help Farmers
Jul 27 2006 // The value of a farmer’s tractor and other equipment wouldn’t count as income when applying for health insurance under a program Gov. Jim Doyle is proposing. At a town hall meeting Tuesday, Doyle said he plans...
Gov. Rell Seeks Federal Aid for Crop Losses by Conn. Farmers
Jul 26 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell is asking U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to approve federal disaster aid for Connecticut farmers who suffered severe crop losses from the heavy rains and cool temperatures this...
Californians Expect Another Sweltering Day, Threating Dairy Production
Jul 26 2006 // The California heat wave blamed for deaths and blackouts simmered into an 11th day Wednesday as residents waited for a promised temperature drop to end their misery. State and local authorities reported at least 56...
Insurance and the World Trade Organization negotiations
Jul 24 2006 // The Doha Round at the World Trade Organization has been a serious failure for the insurance sector, despite strong efforts by many parties. Instead of increasing the consensus for free trade, the Round has served to divide...
Fraud on the farm
Jul 24 2006 // Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency has taken steps to improve its procedures and processes to address fraud, waste and abuse in selling servicing crop insurance policies, many flaws...
Insurance and the World Trade Organization negotiations
Jul 24 2006 // The Doha Round at the World Trade Organization has been a serious failure for the insurance sector, despite strong efforts by many parties. Instead of increasing the consensus for free trade, the Round has served to divide...
Fraud on the farm
Jul 24 2006 // Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency has taken steps to improve its procedures and processes to address fraud, waste and abuse in selling servicing crop insurance policies, many flaws...
Ohio Governor Signs Farm Mutual Modernization Law
Jul 20 2006 // Ohio Gov. Bob Taft recently signed legislation which includes provisions benefiting farm mutual insurance companies and their policyholders, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies’...
Report: U.S. Reaches World Trade Organization Deal with Russia
Jul 14 2006 // Russia’s finance minister said Russia and the United States had reached a deal on one of the key sticking points holding up an agreement on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization, and a final deal...
Cambridge General Agency Offering Market for Farm Labor Contractors
Jul 5 2006 // With the growing trend by California farmers looking to third parties to hire labor, Cambridge General Agency is offering a market to help independent agents place farm labor contractors coverage. Coverage is being offered...
Fraud on the farm
Jul 3 2006 // GAO: The USDA should do more to control fraud in the nation’s crop insurance program Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency has taken steps to improve its procedures and processes...
Quotations
Jul 3 2006 // “During the session the stability of the insurance marketplace was threatened by legislation that would have saddled insurers with excessive regulation, increased litigation and significantly impaired their ability...
Fraud on the farm
Jul 3 2006 // Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency has taken steps to improve its procedures and processes to address fraud, waste and abuse in selling servicing crop insurance policies, many flaws...
Best Rates NZ’s Farmers’ Mutual
Jun 30 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A-” (Excellent) and has assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” to New Zealand’s Farmers’ Mutual Insurance...
Farms Increasingly Rely on Subcontracted Farmworkers
Jun 29 2006 // After 33 years of planting, pruning and harvesting grapes that make world-renowned wine, Jorge de Haro is about to lose the only job he’s ever had. De Haro and his co-workers at Charles Krug’s Napa Valley,...
