Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Farm & Ranch Equipment Breakdown Package
May 3 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Hartford Steam Boiler is offering a customized farm equipment breakdown insurance product to other P/C insurers who serve the farm and ranch market. HSB also supplies a full range of specialized services...
Farmers Offers New Discount to Tenn. Customers
Apr 21 2004 // Farmers Insurance announced that its customers in Tennessee may qualify for a special discount on Home insurance when they also have a Farmers New World Life Insurance Company policy. “The Home Life Discount is...
Small Firms Strengthen South Central Economy
Apr 19 2004 // In 2002-2003, gross domestic product continued to rise nationwide, while growth in employment remained slow to recover. Small businesses continued to be a source of economic strength. According to the Small Business...
HSB Introduces Packaged Equipment Breakdown Coverage for Insurers Serving Farm and Ranch Owners
Apr 14 2004 // Farms have changed, and so have the risks. The addition of computer-controlled technology to traditional farm equipment has significantly increased exposures, yet many farms lack insurance protection when equipment breaks...
Changes In Federal Crop Insurance Regulations Affect Montana Farmers
Apr 9 2004 // Changes in federal crop insurance regulations will prevent farmers in the region from collecting two full losses for crops planted on the same ground in a single crop year, a federal agriculture official said. The changes...
Farmers Appoints Galitski to Director of Government Affairs Post for Texas
Apr 6 2004 // Veteran Texas business and insurance lobbyist Frank V. Galitski, of Austin, has been appointed director of Government Affairs for Farmers Insurance Co. Farmers said the appointment is effective March 31, 2004. Galitski...
Science, Technology Deal a Tough Hand in Agribusiness Market
Apr 5 2004 // From chicken to fish farms, orange groves to bean stocks, the agribusiness market has high-stakes for farmers, agents and insurers. Changing trends, additional exposures and advanced technology comparable to “Buck...
Science, Technology Deal a Tough Hand in Agribusiness Market
Apr 5 2004 // From chicken to fish farms, orange groves to bean stocks, the agribusiness market has high-stakes for farmers, agents and insurers. Changing trends, additional exposures and advanced technology comparable to “Buck...
Agents Cry Foul Over Crop Insurance Premium Discounts
Apr 5 2004 // Independent agents are up in arms over the federal government’s decision to expand a pilot program they say threatens to cut them out of the crop insurance loop. The Risk Management Agency (RMA), the U.S. Department...
Agents Cry Foul Over Crop Insurance Premium Discounts
Apr 5 2004 // Independent agents are up in arms over the federal government’s decision to expand a pilot program they say threatens to cut them out of the crop insurance loop. The Risk Management Agency (RMA), the U.S. Department...
Agents Cry Foul Over Crop Insurance Premium Discounts
Apr 5 2004 // Independent agents are up in arms over the federal government’s decision to expand a pilot program they say threatens to cut them out of the crop insurance loop. The Risk Management Agency (RMA), the U.S. Department...
Agents Learn about Opportunities, Challenges at Agribusiness Conference
Apr 5 2004 // The Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) and Insurance Skills Center sponsored the 17th Annual Agribusiness Conference held March 17 and 18 in Sacramento. The nation’s largest agricultural conference...
The Sad Case of the Mad Cow
Apr 5 2004 // The discovery in December 2003 of the first known case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)—commonly known as mad cow disease—in the United States was a downer, both literally and figuratively. A United States...
Matsen Insurance Brokers Hires Farmiloe and Schofield
Mar 25 2004 // Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Matsen Insurance Brokers has appointed Steve Farmiloe as vice president of sales. Farmiloe will increase the existing team of sales professionals as well as grow the company through acquisitions....
Texas Farmer Convicted in Crop Insurance Scheme
Mar 23 2004 // United States Attorney Jane J. Boyle announced that in early March 2003 a federal jury in Wichita Falls, Texas, convicted Wendell Lynn Mints, on all counts of all 25 counts of an indictment that charged him with one count...
USDA EXPANDS CROP COVER:
Mar 8 2004 // Farmers in 13 states now have the opportunity to reduce the cost of their crop insurance by up to 10 percent, in an innovative program approved recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Crop1 Insurance Inc....
Farm/Ranch Program
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. is offering a Farm and Ranch program aimed at insuring cattle and crop farms, including fruit and nut trees, grapes, avocado, grain, and vegetables. Farm package...
Farmers Cuts N.D. Homeowners Rates Up to 15%
Feb 26 2004 // Captive agency carrier the Farmers Insurance Group of Cos. announced the introduction of the new home/life discount for its North Dakota homeowners customers. Customers who have both a life insurance policy and a...
USDA Expands Discounted Crop Insurance
Feb 24 2004 // Farmers in 13 states now have the opportunity to reduce the cost of their crop insurance by up to 10 percent, in an innovative program approved recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Crop1 Insurance Inc....
More than Dairy Farms and Cotton Plantations
Feb 23 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Arkansas at 2,673,400. Approximately 75 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 17 percent had...
