Emerging Risks/Markets Offer New Opportunities: 2017 Predictions, Part 3 December 21, 2016 By L.S. Howard Insurers and reinsurers continue to look for organic growth where they can find it – sometimes from emerging risks and...
County Farmers in South Carolina Uncertain of Future After Devastating Disasters November 17, 2016 By Audrey Hudson The Double R Farm in South Carolina has produced abundant crops for four generations of Rabon family farmers here, and...
Some Form of Drought Now Covering More than 86% of Arkansas November 14, 2016 More than 86 percent of Arkansas is in some form of drought ahead of a warm, dry winter forecast, meaning...
Lower Cotton, Sweet Potato Yields Attributed to Louisiana Rains November 1, 2016 Louisiana’s cotton and sweet potato harvests have been negatively affected by the flooding rains in August, state agricultural specialists say....
Louisiana’s Pointe Coupee Parish Designated Agricultural Disaster Area October 27, 2016 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Pointe Coupee Parish as a primary natural disaster area due to damages and...
Damage to South Carolina Crops from Hurricane Matthew May Rival 2015 Flooding October 24, 2016 South Carolina Department of Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers says crops in some areas of the state may have sustained as...
Decline in Kansas Crop Yields Attributed to Corn Disease, Weather October 12, 2016 A corn disease that is new to the heartland is infecting Kansas crops and may be contributing to this year’s...
Ag Cooperatives’ Profits Rise in 2015 to a Record $7B October 7, 2016 Agriculture cooperatives posted record profits last year highlighting the business model the U.S. Department of Agriculture says provides more than...
Ag Disaster Declared in 24 Louisiana Parishes, 2 Texas Counties September 23, 2016 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has named 24 Louisiana parishes and two Texas counties agricultural disaster areas because of last...
August Flood Damage to Louisiana Agriculture: $277M September 14, 2016 A new study says the mid-August flooding’s wreckage of south Louisiana crops and farmland caused an estimated $277 million in...