Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Overheated, Underprotected: Climate Change Is Killing U.S. Farm Laborers
Aug 13 2021 // Florencio Gueta Vargas showed up for his usual shift at a hops farm in Toppenish, Washington, on Thursday, July 29. The father of six would never make it home. It was a sweltering day with temperatures topping 100 degrees...
Connecticut Seeks Disaster Declaration for Crop Damage
Aug 11 2021 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced he is seeking a disaster declaration from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help farmers whose crops were damaged by heavy rains and wind from last month’s tropical...
Contract Worker at Georgia Perdue Farms Plant Fatally Electrocuted
Aug 11 2021 // A contract worker at a chicken processing plant in Georgia died after he was electrocuted while cleaning at the Perdue Farms facility, officials said. The Macon Telegraph reported that 23-year-old Antonio Ramirez was found...
Crop-Dusting Plane Crashes in Yard of Northeastern Ohio Home
Aug 6 2021 // A crop-dusting plane struck some power lines and trees before it crashed in the front yard of a northeastern Ohio home, leaving the pilot with minor injuries. The crash in Wooster occurred around 10:30 a.m., as the plane...
Minnesota Governor Supports Relief for Drought-Stricken Farms
Aug 6 2021 // Gov. Tim Walz and a top state lawmakers say they will support an emergency financial relief package for farmers in Minnesota, where most of the state is in a severe or extreme drought. Walz says he would support an aid...
Crop-Dusting Plane Crashes in Yard of Northeastern Ohio Home
Aug 6 2021 // A crop-dusting plane struck some power lines and trees before it crashed in the front yard of a northeastern Ohio home, leaving the pilot with minor injuries. The crash in Wooster occurred around 10:30 a.m., as the plane...
Washington Farm to Pay More $2M Following COVID Deaths
Aug 6 2021 // The state of Washington has reached a settlement with Gebbers Farms Operations, LP to spend more than $2 million improving housing, quality of life, safety and access to health care for farm employees and their...
2 Louisiana Parishes Designated Agriculture Natural Disaster Areas
Aug 5 2021 // Farmers in two south Louisiana parishes who lost property during extreme weather in April through June may be eligible for federal aid, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said. Physical-loss loans...
Rokstone Adds U.S. Agriculture Division
Aug 3 2021 // Rokstone, an international specialty re/insurance MGA, part of the Aventum Group, has launched a specialist agriculture division for the U.S. market. The new division, Rokstone Agriculture Risk Underwriters, will be led by...
Delaware Farm Receives Violation for Damaged Pipeline, Wastewater Spill
Jul 30 2021 // Delaware environmental officials have issued a notice of violation to Mountaire Farms in Millsboro after a contractor damaged a pipeline and treated wastewater spilled into Swan Creek. The notice from the Department of...
Chubb Launches Insurance for Offshore Wind Farms
Jul 27 2021 // Chubb has announced the launch of an insurance solution for offshore wind farms. Chubb’s Offshore Wind Farm policy has been developed to support green energy providers through the entire offshore wind farm process...
Extreme Drought in U.S. Prompts Emergency Crop Insurance Procedures
Jul 14 2021 // Responding to extreme drought conditions in parts of the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorizing emergency procedures to help agricultural producers. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is...
South Africa Develops Public-Private Scheme to Provide Drought Insurance for Farmers
Jul 14 2021 // JOHANNESBURG – Happy Letsitsa hasn’t paid off the money he borrowed to survive a 2019 drought that ravaged his maize and sunflower farm in the South African province of Free State. He has no drought insurance. If...
Oregon Farm Where Worker Died Earlier Cited for Safety Violations
Jul 8 2021 // A farm and a labor contractor under investigation by Oregon’s workplace safety agency after the death of a farmworker Saturday were both previously cited for workplace violations. The Oregon Occupational Safety and...
$1M Settlement Reached in Washington Dairy Worker Overtime Suit
Jul 5 2021 // Yakima County Superior Court has approved a $1 million settlement that provides retroactive overtime pay for workers at a Lower Yakima Valley dairy. The settlement wraps up a class-action lawsuit filed in 2016 by Jose...
Autonomous Farming Vehicles Cropping Up in South Dakota
Jun 30 2021 // A John Deere tractor is pulling a grain cart. Dust swirls around the equipment as the tractor roars by. That’s a familiar sight in South Dakota. But there’s something different about this tractor. The cab is...
AM Best Revises Mississippi Farm Bureau Outlooks to Negative
Jun 24 2021 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) of Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty...
Wisconsin Legislation Targets Milk, Meat, Dairy Labeling
Jun 23 2021 // Vegetarian and vegan foods sold in Wisconsin could not be labeled as meat, milk or dairy if they don’t contain those products, under bills up for votes in the state Assembly. The “truth in labeling”...
$1M Settlement Reached in Washington Dairy Worker Overtime Suit
Jun 23 2021 // Yakima County Superior Court has approved a $1 million settlement that provides retroactive overtime pay for workers at a Lower Yakima Valley dairy. The settlement wraps up a class-action lawsuit filed in 2016 by Jose...
Central Oregon Farmers Struggling in Drought
Jun 21 2021 // Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, Oregon, didn’t hold back while speaking on a recent Zoom call with state representatives about the drought conditions affecting farmers...
