Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Search for Crew from Capsized Cattle Ship Continues; Records Reveal Ship Defects
Sep 4 2020 // A crewman from a cattle ship that capsized enroute from New Zealand to China has died after being pulled unconscious from water by the Japanese coastguard on Friday, while it emerged the vessel had a history of mechanical...
More Than 40 Crew Members Missing After Ship with 6,000 Cattle Capsizes Off Japan
Sep 3 2020 // More than 40 crew members were missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the East China Sea, the Japanese coastguard said on Thursday. A lone crew member from the Gulf...
California Chicken Plant Shutting Down Due to Virus Outbreak
Aug 31 2020 // A chicken processing plant in central California has been ordered to shut down after it became the site of one of the largest and most severe COVID-19 outbreaks in the state, health officials said. The order to close the...
Black Farmers Sue to Force Roundup Weedkiller Ban or Product Warnings
Aug 28 2020 // A group of Black U.S. farmers filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, seeking to force Bayer AG to either stop selling its widely used weedkiller Roundup or roll out new product warnings. The National Black Farmers...
2 Washington State Agribusinesses Settle Federal Discrimination Suit for $325K
Aug 25 2020 // Two agribusinesses in Washington state will distribute $325,000 among 105 Thai farm workers to settle a federal national origin and race discrimination lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said...
Michigan Farmers to Have Access to State Weather Data Viewer
Aug 20 2020 // Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is making data on programs related to weather conditions available to farmers. The Geographic Information System viewer allows the agency to take different...
As Texas Restaurant Industry Struggles, So Does Food Supply Chain
Aug 20 2020 // Before the coronavirus hit Texas earlier this year, Eric Silverstein celebrated one year of opening his newest restaurant, Bar Peached, in Austin. But ever since the pandemic led to business shutdowns and the...
Report: Iowa Will Only Get Part of $4B Disaster Relief Request, for Now
Aug 19 2020 // President Donald Trump said he had signed an emergency declaration for Iowa to help supply federal money to help the state recover from an unusual wind storm that struck a week ago but federal emergency management...
As Harvest Losses Continue, German Farmers Seek Insurance Subsidy
Aug 18 2020 // Germany’s 2020 grain harvest will fall below average for the third year in a row as farmers grapple with extreme weather conditions, the DBV farmer’s association said on Tuesday. The grain harvest this year is...
Trump Approves Federal Emergency Aid for Storm-Damaged Iowa
Aug 17 2020 // U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he approved federal disaster aid for Iowa after a hurricane-force storm hit last week, causing widespread damage in towns and farms and leaving thousands without power. Iowa...
Derecho Storm Leveled Soybean and Corn Fields, Storage Tanks Across Midwest
Aug 16 2020 // A storm packing hurricane-force winds last Monday impacted 37.7 million acres of farmland across the Midwest, including 14 million in Iowa, the Iowa Soybean Association said on Friday, citing estimates from the U.S....
Damage Mounts from Midwest Derecho Storm
Aug 13 2020 // The impact of a windstorm that tore through the Midwest has continued to grow, as widespread power outages have kept businesses closed, limited communication, spoiled food and caused long lines at gas stations. The rare...
Some 10M Acres of Iowa Farmland Impacted by Derecho Storm
Aug 12 2020 // The Derecho storm that hit the Midwest on Aug. 10 potentially impacted some 10 million acres (4 million hectares) of Iowa farmland and millions of bushels of grain storage in the top U.S. corn growing state, Iowa...
Derecho Winds Tear Through U.S. Farmland, Leave 500K-Plus Without Power
Aug 11 2020 // A storm packing hurricane-force winds tore across the U.S. Midwest on Aug. 10, causing widespread property damage in cities and rural towns and leaving more than half a million homes and businesses without power. The storm...
Hurricane-Vulnerable Counties Are Home to 32% of U.S. Businesses
Aug 10 2020 // As the 2020 hurricane season gets underway, emergency officials pay attention to the growing share (29%) of the U.S. population in the nation’s 255 coastline counties. They’re also looking at ways to minimize...
Wyoming Department of Insurance Fines Farmers Insurance Exchange $150K
Aug 10 2020 // The Wyoming Department of Insurance announced the resolution of a matter against Farmers Insurance Exchange that resulted in monetary penalties against the carrier. The department entered an order approving a settlement...
Megadroughts Brought by Climate Change a Challenge for Texas Ranchers
Jul 31 2020 // Arthur Uhl III has been ranching for 30 years and routinely has the same lament: “It doesn’t rain enough.” Uhl, who works on his family’s San Angelo-area ranches, needs the rain to grow the grass...
Claiming Plaintiff Farmer Not Ruined, Bayer Says Herbicide Verdict Should Be Tossed
Jul 30 2020 // Bayer AG contended in court papers that a jury verdict in favor of a Missouri peach farmer was based on a false premise because a private investigator it hired found the farmer was still in business. A jury in U.S....
Citing Safety, Union Sues to Block Trump Waivers That Speed Up Poultry Lines
Jul 29 2020 // A food workers’ union filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to block Trump administration waivers that allow poultry plants to operate production lines at a faster pace, arguing the higher speeds endanger employees. The...
Another Specialty Broker Begins Selling Pandemic Insurance Coverage
Jul 28 2020 // A Newport Beach, Calif.-based specialty broker believes that now is the best time to start offering pandemic insurance. Elite Risk Insurance, which specializes in bespoke risk, is offering Pandemic Outbreak with COVID-19...
