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...
Ohio Farmers: It Will Take Years to Recover Losses After 2019 Deluge June 21, 2019 By John Seewer Farmers who have been unable to plant their soybeans and corn because of this spring’s never-ending rains told Ohio’s governor...
Rain Leaves Midwest Veggie Farmers Struggling With No Aid on Horizon June 18, 2019 By Scott McFetridge Like farmers throughout the Midwest, this spring’s torrential rains turned Andrew Dunham’s land into sticky muck that set him back...
Climate Change and the Reinsurance Implications June 13, 2019 By Don Jergler Climate change presents “high exposure risk” to insurers and their policyholders on many fronts: General liability claims for third-party bodily...