Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge in California Grants Class Action Status in Farmers Female Attorneys Suit
Dec 10 2015 // A U.S. District judge in California has granted class action status to a suit brought by female attorneys against Farmers Insurance for discriminatory practices. The initial suit was filed on behalf of Lynne Coates, who...
Investors Assess El Niño Effect on Businesses from Bug Killers to Insurers
Dec 10 2015 // As the El Niño weather phenomenon makes the U.S. Northeast warmer, the Midwest drier, and the South and the West wetter this winter, Eric Marshall, portfolio manager of the $2 billion Hodges Small Cap fund, is not one of...
South Carolina Governor Denies Farmer Request to Seek Storm Loss Aid
Dec 9 2015 // Farmers packed the South Carolina Statehouse on Monday to beg Gov. Nikki Haley to ask Congress for money to offset their estimated $376 million in losses from last month’s historic flooding. But the Republican...
South Carolina Insurers to Weather At Least $181M in Claims from October Storm
Dec 8 2015 // A pickup truck rests against the side of Gills Creek near a bridge in Columbia, S.C., Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Days of torrential rains kept much of South Carolina and its capital gripped by floodwaters early Monday. (AP...
Disaster Loans Made Available to 9 Kentucky Counties
Dec 7 2015 // The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private...
Kentucky Farmers See Drop in Cash Receipts
Dec 6 2015 // After a period of record cash receipts, Kentucky farmers are feeling the squeeze from lower commodity prices and sluggish exports. University of Kentucky ag economists predicted Dec. 3 that statewide farm cash receipts...
Washington Dairy Worker Death May Lead to More Regulations
Dec 4 2015 // The investigation into the death of a Mabton, Wash. dairy worker who drowned in a manure pit shows the man had drugs in his system. Randy Vasquez drowned March 4 in a manure storage lagoon at Riverview Ranch. The dairy was...
Highway Bill Restores Crop Insurance Funding Cut in Budget Deal
Dec 4 2015 // The $305 billion highway bill that was agreed upon by the House and Senate and is on its way to President Obama’s desk has a little something for everyone, including farmers and crop insurers. The five-year measure,...
Transportation Bill Would Undo Billions in Crop Insurance Savings
Dec 3 2015 // The FAST Act (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act) is aptly named, but for all the wrong reasons. The process for getting to final passage for the federal transportation bill actually has been incredibly long...
California Farm Recalls Produce Used in Costco’s E. Coli-linked Salad
Dec 1 2015 // A California farm is recalling a vegetable mix believed to be the source of E.coli in Costco chicken salad that has been linked to an outbreak that has sickened 19 people in seven states, the Food and Drug Administration...
Reward Offered for Information on 86 Suspected Arsons in Louisiana
Nov 25 2015 // A $4,000 reward is available for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for setting 86 suspected arsons that occurred between Aug. 30 and Oct. 21 of this year. The Louisiana Department of...
What Do Thanksgiving and Climate Change Have in Common?
Nov 25 2015 // You have to be either strange or bored to Google the phrase, “What do climate change and Thanksgiving have in common?” So I did. Believe it or not I got results, and found that there are at least two things...
South Carolina Governor Requests Crop Insurance Payments be Expedited
Nov 25 2015 // South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture to speed up crop insurance payments to farmers who lost their harvests because of last month’s historic flooding. Haley asked Secretary Thomas...
Minnesota Officials Seek to Reduce Tractor Rollovers, Farm Deaths
Nov 24 2015 // Minnesota officials are targeting tractor rollovers as a way to improve safety on the farm. Key legislators and representatives of three state agencies met for the first time last week to gather information on how other...
South Dakota Rancher Pleads Guilty to False Cattle Loss Claims
Nov 23 2015 // A South Dakota rancher has pleaded guilty in federal court to falsely claiming he lost more than a hundred cattle during the autumn blizzard of 2013 that left ranchers in the state reeling with financial losses. Karl...
South Carolina’s Agricultural Flood Loss Estimate Reaches $587M
Nov 22 2015 // The farms and playground area for picking pumpkins are swamped in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. South Carolina is still struggling with floodwaters due to a slow moving storm system. (AP Photo/Mic Smith) South...
ACE’s Souza Named Farm, Agribusiness Manager at AAIS
Nov 19 2015 // Robin Souza, a veteran agricultural insurance, is the new product manager for farm and agribusiness programs for the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS). Souza comes to AAIS from ACE Agribusiness. She...
Declarations
Nov 16 2015 // Crop Insurance Cuts “We cannot undermine a program that brings needed support to jobs and families in rural America and which has already seen $12 billion in cuts since 2008.” —U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp,...
It’s 2026, There’s a Food Security Crisis- How Does World Respond?
Nov 12 2015 // The year is 2026. Flooding, worsened by climate change, has devastated Bangladesh and driven millions of hungry refugees to its border with India. Worried about unrest and disease, India asks other nations for help. The...
Officials: Most Poultry Farms Affected by Bird Flu Can Restock
Nov 8 2015 // Most commercial chicken and turkey farms that were infected by the bird flu have been cleared to restock, agriculture officials said, but scientists still will keep a close eye on migrating birds and test thousands to see...
