Central European Foot-and-Mouth Disease Leads to Animal Culls and Border Closures April 15, 2025 By Justin Spike Authorities in several countries in Central Europe are working to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle populations that...
Australia Outback Lashed by Year’s Worth of Rain in Week, With Many Livestock Killed April 1, 2025 By Keira Wright Australia’s remote outback in western Queensland has been swamped by flooding after being lashed with a year’s worth of rainfall...
Origin Specialty Acquires Agribusiness Managing General Underwriter AIMS July 12, 2024 Illinois-based specialty insurance broker Origin Specialty Underwriters Agency announced it has acquired Agricultural Insurance Management Services (AIMS), an agribusiness insurance-focused...
Markets/Coverages: Lockton Caribbean & Central America Launches Food, Agriculture & Beverage Broking Practice May 23, 2024 Lockton Caribbean & Central America (CCA) announced the launch of CCA FAB, the insurance broking industry’s first Food, Agriculture &...
US CDC Says Bird Flu Risk Low, but Asks States to Be Ready With Testing April 10, 2024 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday bird flu risk to the public remains low...
Northeast Vineyards, Apple Orchards Still Hurting From May Frost Damage June 15, 2023 By Lisa Rathke Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season frost in May that wiped out...
Australia Faces Growing Risk of Foot-and-Mouth Disease as Indonesia Outbreak Spreads June 3, 2022 By Sybilla Gross The risk of foot-and-mouth disease reaching Australian shores has escalated as an outbreak sweeps through cattle herds in Indonesia. More...
Canada Crop Land ‘Deteriorating’ as Heavy Rain Hinders Planting May 19, 2022 By Jen Skerritt Farmers in parts of Canada’s Prairies are struggling to get crops in the ground as heavy rains continue to wallop...
Extreme Weather Threatens Global Wheat Crops – With One Notable Exception May 12, 2022 By Megan Durisin, Kim Chipman, Jen Skerritt and James Poole As Russia’s invasion chokes off Ukrainian wheat exports, pushing up bread and noodle prices, the global harvest faces an added...
Severe Australia Floods to Worsen, Raising Costs to Farmers December 3, 2021 By Sybilla Gross Severe flooding episodes across vast swathes of eastern Australia this week show no signs of relenting as costs to farmers...