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#1 South Dakota Father and Son to Pay $4M in Crop Insurance Fraud Case
Sep 4 2025 // A South Dakota father and son have been ordered to pay over $4 million to resolve violations of the False Claims Act arising out of their 2018 and 2019 crop insurance fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office,...
#2 Ugly Corn Photos on Social Media Show Risk Posed to Record US Crop
Aug 19 2025 // The US government is forecasting a record corn crop this year, but pictures of ugly-looking plants spreading fast through social media have triggered concern about the upcoming harvest. The photos show corn with missing...
#3 Insurance Agent Next After Florida Farm Manager Pleads in ‘Insurance Farming’ Scheme?
Sep 10 2025 // In a wide-ranging scheme that prosecutors are calling “insurance farming,” a former manager for one of the larger agricultural operations in Florida is now awaiting a sentencing hearing in December. Christopher...
#4 US Farmers Are Pulling Back on Spending in Threat to Rural Economy
Aug 29 2025 // Sunny skies and mild temperatures this week greeted the biggest US farm show of the year. The contrast couldn’t be greater with the sentiment among attendees as low crop prices and trade tariffs squeeze the...
#5 Trump Administration to Revoke Approval of Another Massachusetts Offshore Wind Farm
Sep 4 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration plans to revoke federal approval of Avangrid’s planned New England Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, according to a court filing on Wednesday. The legal...
#6 Trump Files to Cancel Approval of Maryland Offshore Wind Farm
Sep 15 2025 // The Trump administration asked a federal court to cancel the approval of a $6 billion wind project planned off the coast of Maryland as part of a wider effort to halt the development of the offshore clean- energy...
#7 Nebraska Town Increases Fines on Dairy Plant for Wastewater Violations
Sep 9 2025 // Michael’s Cantina has been serving Tex-Mex food to the residents here for more than 30 years. Softball trophies crowd the top of a dresser in a dining room, old signs line the walls and regulars visit multiple times...
#8 AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Group
Aug 22 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a” (Excellent) of Southern...
#9 States, Orsted File Challenges to Trump Wind Farm Stoppage
Sep 5 2025 // Rhode Island, Connecticut and wind farm developer Orsted A/S are suing the Trump administration in an effort to revive construction of an almost-finished offshore project meant to provide power to the two New England...
#10 Human Screwworm Case Poses No Risk to Agriculture, Says USDA Official
Aug 28 2025 // The human case of screwworm reported this week by U.S. health officials is the country’s only one so far this year and poses no risk to the farm sector, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said on...
