Extreme Weather in Greece Brought $1.1 Billion in Crop Damages Since 2011 November 25, 2019 By Antonis Galanopoulos and Paul Tugwell In the hills of northern Greece, peach farmer Makis Antoniadis is sweating in unseasonably warm November weather as he toils...
AIR Worldwide Launches Multi-Peril Crop Insurance Model for India November 4, 2019 Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced it has released a Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) Model for India...
Sheriff Says Midwest Crop Thefts Are a ‘Major League Operation’ October 24, 2019 A “well-organized machine” of thieves appears to be behind the theft of tons of apples and pumpkins from orchards and...
New Firm’s Services for Consolidated Dairy Industry Include Crop Insurance October 2, 2019 By Lydia Mulvany Two traditional U.S. Midwest brokerages serving the dairy market are combining their businesses as the industry consolidates. Chicago-based Rice Dairy...
Hemp Crops in Hawaii Unusable Because of High THC Levels August 28, 2019 More than half of hemp crops cultivated in Hawaii in the past year were unusable due to high THC levels,...
Flooding Left 1.3M Acres Unplanted in Arkansas This Year August 21, 2019 This spring’s heavy rainfall and flooding left 1.3 million acres of land unplanted in Arkansas. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports Lawrence...
2019 Planting Season Is Ohio’s Worst Weather Weather-Wise, USDA Says August 20, 2019 U.S. Department of Agriculture numbers show Ohio farmers have been hit with the state’s worst weather-prevented planting season on record....
Extreme Heat May Hurt Farms, Agriculture Industry: Report August 2, 2019 By Christopher Walljasper, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting As many as nine states could see heat indexes above 100 degrees for more than a quarter of the year...
Hailstorm Destroys Thousands of Acres of Crops in Minnesota July 1, 2019 Thousands of acres of corn and soybeans have been destroyed by a hailstorm that moved through southwest Minnesota. And, in...
Idaho Crop Insurance Company Will Pay $3.48M in Lawsuit June 24, 2019 A crop insurance company has agreed to pay a southwestern Idaho farming family $3.48 million following a lawsuit. The Idaho...