Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sierra Specialty Launches Nationwide Agribusiness Program
Mar 8 2021 // Sierra Specialty has launched an agribusiness program now available in all 50 states. Sierra Specialty has sole authority to underwrite, bind, and issue policies for this program, focusing on the farming and agriculture...
California Agriculture Company Owner, Daughter Sentenced in $2.5M Workers’ Comp Scheme
Feb 26 2021 // Felipe Saurez Barocio, 63, of Atwater, Calif., owner of Agriculture Services Inc., and his daughter, Angelita Barocio-Negrete, 34, of Merced, were sentenced to 10 years after pleading no contest to six felony counts of...
Canadian Insurtech Farmers Edge Raises $100 Million in IPO
Feb 26 2021 // Farmers Edge Inc. raised about C$125 million ($100 million) in its Canadian initial public offering after selling shares at the top end of its marketed range, according to people familiar with the transaction. Farmers Edge...
Kenya Seeks More Crop Insurance to Cover Small Farms from Climate Change Risks
Feb 25 2021 // Kenya’s agriculture ministry has opened bids for crop insurance providers to cover more smallholder farmers from the risks and shocks of climate change, under a government program, according to a statement in...
California Governor Wants Vaccines for Central Valley Farmworkers
Feb 24 2021 // More vaccines are headed to California’s vast Central Valley, an agricultural region whose workers and residents have been hard hit by coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. The multi-county region, which...
5 Questions to Ask Customers Considering a Family Farm Business
Feb 22 2021 // According to a March 2020 article by the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, agritourism operations in the U.S. generated more than $700 million in sales in 2012. People are taking their family farms and (alongside...
Protecting Seasonal Ag Workers with a Non-Routine Work Program
Feb 22 2021 // During a routine trip to dump grain into a dump pit, a driver became concerned about the amount of dust rising from the pit. To investigate, he removed both the primary and secondary pit grates — a task that was not...
Caribbean Agricultural Workers Keep Fighting for Compensation from Pesticide Exposure
Feb 19 2021 // SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Agricultural workers who have long sought compensation for contamination from a pesticide banned in France but used in the country’s Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe have...
Texas Ag Industry, Food Supply at Risk from Severe Weather, Official Says
Feb 17 2021 // Farmers and ranchers across Texas are seeing devastating effects from the cold weather on livestock, feed and agriculture products, Texas’ top agriculture official says. In a media release, Texas Agriculture...
Citrus Crop Losses Expected in Texas After Deep Freeze
Feb 16 2021 // The historic cold snap that has frozen Texas this week with brutal winter weather and brought snow all the way to beaches along the Gulf of Mexico is also bringing headaches for citrus growers at the southern tip of the...
Man Who Broke Ankle on Obstacle Course on Michigan Farm Wins Appeal
Feb 16 2021 // A man who broke an ankle on an obstacle course at a pumpkin patch will get his foot inside a courthouse again. A judge wrongly dismissed Tarek Hamade’s lawsuit against DeBuck’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch, the...
UK High Court Allows Suit Against Shell by Nigerian Farmers, Fishermen Over Oil Spills
Feb 15 2021 // The UK Supreme Court on Friday allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta contaminated land and...
Germany’s Cabinet Advances Bill to Ban Farmers’ Use of Glyphosate by 2024
Feb 12 2021 // Farmers in Germany will have to gradually reduce their use of glyphosate and stop using it completely from 2024 in order to preserve clean habitats for insects, under draft legislation passed by the country’s cabinet...
Washington Farmers Suing Over Virus Rules for Migrant Workers
Feb 4 2021 // Two farm groups are suing the state of Washington for failing to revise emergency regulations that seek to protect migrant farmworkers from the COVID-19 virus. The groups filed the lawsuit this week in Yakima County...
Massachusetts Solar Farm Ordered to Pay $1M for Polluting Wetlands, River
Feb 4 2021 // Owners of a solar energy farm in Massachusetts have reached a settlement with the state’s attorney general’s office to remediate a large tract of wetlands and riverfront damaged during construction of the site...
Farmers Launches Direct-to-Consumer Policies in Mississippi
Jan 22 2021 // Farmers Insurance has launched a range of customizable insurance products in Mississippi. Customers throughout the state can now quote and purchase auto, home, condo, and renters products in a direct-to-consumer...
Oklahoma Dairy Recalls Contaminated Milk Given to Children
Jan 20 2021 // Oklahoma schools are advising people to throw away milk products received from districts after a dairy company recalled its chocolate milk because some of it may have been contaminated. Hiland Dairy is recalling 4,800...
Farms Were the Deadliest Workplaces in Montana Last Year
Jan 11 2021 // An annual report made public by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry has shown that 2019 was slightly more deadly than the previous year in workplaces, with farming the most dangerous industry. The Census of Fatal...
Farms Were the Deadliest Workplaces in Montana Last Year
Dec 30 2020 // An annual report made public by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry has shown that 2019 was slightly more deadly than the previous year in workplaces, with farming the most dangerous industry. The Census of Fatal...
Sompo Acquires Diversified Crop Insurance, Forms AgriSompo North America
Dec 29 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd. (SIH), a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property/casualty insurance and reinsurance, has acquired Lenexa, Kan.-based Diversified Crop Insurance Services (DCIS), a subsidiary of CGB...
