China’s Wheat Growers Face ‘Disaster’ After Heavy Rain Batters Crop June 7, 2023 After two weeks of continuous heavy rains, a farmer surnamed Chen in China’s Henan province surveys bent stalks of saturated...
Staff at Top US Farm Research Center File Complaint Alleging Unsafe Work Conditions May 19, 2023 By Leah Douglas Three employees of the largest agricultural research facility in the U.S. have filed federal whistleblower complaints alleging that the facility’s...
Ukraine Black Sea Grain Deal Extended for Two Months May 18, 2023 By Huseyin Hayatsever and Michelle Nichols The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, in what U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed...
Farmers Set to Abandon Wheat Crops at Highest Rate Since 1917 May 15, 2023 By Michael Hirtzer and Tarso Veloso America’s wheat fields have become so plagued by drought that farmers are now poised to abandon crops at the highest...
Viewpoint: Interest in America’s World-Class Crop Insurance Continues to Grow February 8, 2023 By Marcia Bunger Now standing firmly one month into 2023, we can look back at the previous year with pride that we were...
US Asks Farmers: Can You Plant 2 Crops Instead of 1? September 2, 2022 By Scott McFetridge There is only so much farmland in the United States, so when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries...
US Farmers Battle Floods, Heat in Bid to Replenish Food Supplies June 30, 2022 By Kim Chipman, Zijia Song and Tarso Veloso Global grain markets are at a pivot point, with prices finally starting to ease after a dizzying surge earlier this...
Hurricane Harvey Caused More than $200M in Crop, Livestock Losses in Texas November 8, 2017 Hurricane Harvey caused more than $200 million in crop and livestock losses, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Hurricane...
Drought in Southeast States Wreaking Havoc on Crops, Increasing Fire Risk October 31, 2016 By Jeff Martin and Janet McConnaughey Six months into a deepening drought, the weather is killing crops, threatening cattle and sinking lakes to their lowest levels...
Hub International Acquires North Dakota-Based Mayport Insurance & Realty October 5, 2016 Chicago-based insurance brokerage, Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Mayport Insurance & Realty Inc. (Mayport) in North...