Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Plant-Based Food Makers Sue Mississippi Over Meat Labeling Law
Jul 11 2019 // A federal lawsuit says Mississippi is violating free-speech rights by banning makers of plant-based foods from using terms such as “meatless meatballs” and “vegan bacon.” The lawsuit against...
Hailstorm Destroys Thousands of Acres of Crops in Minnesota
Jul 1 2019 // Thousands of acres of corn and soybeans have been destroyed by a hailstorm that moved through southwest Minnesota. And, in some cases it’s too late in the season for farmers to replant. Agronomist Steve Michels at...
China’s Swine Fever Losses May Be Twice as High as Officially Reported
Jul 1 2019 // As many as half of China’s breeding pigs have either died from African swine fever or been slaughtered because of the spreading disease, twice as many as officially acknowledged, according to the estimates of four...
Aon, Insurtech Startup Etherisc Launch Blockchain-Based Agriculture Insurance
Jul 1 2019 // Aon plc has partnered with anti-poverty organization Oxfam and insurtech startup Etherisc to launch a blockchain-based platform that provides agriculture insurance for smallholder farmers in Sri Lanka. Nearly 200 Sri...
Idaho Crop Insurance Company Will Pay $3.48M in Lawsuit
Jul 1 2019 // A crop insurance company has agreed to pay a southwestern Idaho farming family $3.48 million following a lawsuit. The Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Idaho agreed to pay Nate and Kristin Pancheri for damage to...
Idaho Crop Insurance Company Will Pay $3.48M in Lawsuit
Jun 24 2019 // A crop insurance company has agreed to pay a southwestern Idaho farming family $3.48 million following a lawsuit. The Idaho Statesman reported that the Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Idaho agreed to pay Nate and...
Ohio Farmers: It Will Take Years to Recover Losses After 2019 Deluge
Jun 21 2019 // Farmers who have been unable to plant their soybeans and corn because of this spring’s never-ending rains told Ohio’s governor that it will take years to recover their losses. They also said the impact will be...
Bird Knocks Out 84% of Massive California Solar Farm
Jun 21 2019 // An “avian incident” sparked a fire at one of California’s biggest solar farms, affecting 1,200 acres and knocking out 84% of the California Valley Solar Ranch’s generating capacity. The June 5...
Houston Skies May Darken Again as Tank Farm Disaster-Site Teardown Begins
Jun 20 2019 // The company behind the four-day chemical blaze that cast a black plume over Houston earlier this year is preparing to destroy one of the tanks at the facility, raising the risk that the site could see “flash”...
Maine Farmer Becomes Board Chair of The MEMIC Group
Jun 19 2019 // From broccoli to the board room, Lance Smith has cultivated a reputation for collaboration, hard work and common sense. A partner in Smith’s Farm, the largest producer of broccoli and one of the largest growers of...
Enrollment Opens for Dairy Farm Insurance Program
Jun 19 2019 // Vermont dairy farmers can now sign up for an improved insurance program to help them when the gap between milk prices and feed prices reaches a certain level. The new insurance program was created as part of the 2018 farm...
Vietnam Culls More Than 2.5M Pigs to Contain Deadly African Swine Fever: Officials
Jun 19 2019 // Vietnam has culled more than 2.5 million pigs to contain the spread of an African swine fever outbreak that is in danger of infecting every province of the country, an agriculture ministry official said on Tuesday. The...
Rain Leaves Midwest Veggie Farmers Struggling With No Aid on Horizon
Jun 18 2019 // Like farmers throughout the Midwest, this spring’s torrential rains turned Andrew Dunham’s land into sticky muck that set him back nearly a month in planting his crops. Unlike other farmers, though, Dunham...
Stringent Climate Policy Poised to Pass in Oregon
Jun 18 2019 // Oregon is on the precipice of becoming the second state after California to adopt a cap-and-trade program, a market-based approach to lowering the greenhouse gas emissions behind global warming. Supporters call it the...
Businesses Suffer After Floods Wipe Out Nebraska Bridge
Jun 17 2019 // Ron Gadeken of Ron’s Ag & Auto Repair in Stanton, Nebraska, often goes out to farms to repair equipment. That includes south of Stanton, where the Elkhorn River flows. The raging Elkhorn River wiped out part of...
Commissioner: Farm Bureau to Drop Auto Insurance Rates in Louisiana
Jun 17 2019 // Louisiana Farm Bureau is following the downward trend in auto insurance rates started by State Farm and Progressive insurance companies, the Louisiana Department of Insurance reported. Louisiana Farm Bureau has filed for a...
Flooded Farmers Filing Insurance Claims Might Also Get U.S. Trade Aid
Jun 17 2019 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking into ways to allow farmers who have been unable to plant crops due to rains and waterlogged fields to qualify for farm aid payments, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue...
Hicks Named Sr. VP, Chief Human Resources Officer for Farmers Alliance Cos.
Jun 14 2019 // Ryan Hicks has been named senior vice president, chief human resources officer for the Farmers Alliance Companies in McPherson, Kansas. With this promotion, Hicks becomes a member of the executive management team. Hicks...
Climate Change and the Reinsurance Implications
Jun 13 2019 // Climate change presents “high exposure risk” to insurers and their policyholders on many fronts: General liability claims for third-party bodily injury and property damage, directors and officers claims for a...
House Committee Approves 5-Year Flood Insurance Extension with Bipartisan Reforms
Jun 13 2019 // A key House committee has passed legislation to renew the National Flood Insurance Program for five years and institute various reforms. The House Financial Services Committee, by a bipartisan vote of 59 to 0, approved the...
