Source: https://georgiarecorder.com/, May 5, 2025 By: Stanley Dunlap Agriculture is Georgia’s top industry, and broilers are the state’s top farm product. But the mess that large-scale poultry farming causes can create tensions between residents and corporate owners. And that is playing out in a northeast Georgia community, where a proposed poultry rendering plant has residents […]

Source: https://www.ehn.org/, April 22, 2025 A decades-long practice of using textile mill sludge as free fertilizer has left nearly 10,000 acres of South Carolina farmland contaminated with toxic PFAS, prompting calls for a sweeping federal cleanup. In short: South Carolina officials are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to extend Superfund status to farmland around the […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ A farm owner was driving their tractor to a nearby farm facility up the road. While in transit, the tractor struck a pipe protruding from the ground, damaging the tractor which caused fuel from the tractor to release to the ground surface and into a storm drain. The release impacted both the soil […]

Source: https://sentientmedia.org/, April 10, 2025 By: Nina B. Elkadi On March 10, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources received two phone calls. One caller phoned to complain that manure runoff was entering a tributary of Dry Run Creek, a waterway that provides vital habitat for fish and other wildlife in Winneshiek County, Iowa. The other caller […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ A farmer was sued by a neighbor from a nearby residential development alleging that the fumes/odors from the spread of manure and other herbicides/pesticides caused her to suffer migraine headaches and other related health problems. As a result a claim was made for defense and indemnification for the bodily injury lawsuit. Read more.

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ A claim was made by the owners of a farm producing berries when a windstorm resulted in a large fuel spill affecting the area. As a result clean-up including monitoring and testing of groundwater were required. A claim was made for clean-up costs and business interruption as the processing facility was closed for […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ A farmer in California had claims for property damage made against him for contracting services when the herbicide being used was over sprayed onto a neighboring farm resulting in damage to the neighbor’s crops. A claim was made for the value of the damaged crops. Read more.

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ A Midwest producer of soybeans sustained a large ammonia release when the piping on their above-ground storage tank failed causing the release of approximately 5,000 lbs. of liquid ammonia and additional ammonia vapor. As a result clean-up costs were incurred and a number of people at a neighboring facility complained of respiratory issues as […]

Source: https://www.thecooldown.com/, February 26, 2025 By: Zachary Ehrmann Texas ranchers are facing devastating losses after fertilizer contaminated with dangerous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances poisoned their livestock and land. A recent article in The Texas Tribune highlighted growing concerns about these toxic chemicals entering the food supply. What’s happening? Multiple Texas farming families have discovered that their land and animals […]

Source: https://www.wboc.com/, October 15, 2024 By: Hunter Landon The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has identified Perdue Farms as a “responsible person” in an ongoing investigation into groundwater contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly referred to as “forever chemicals.” The company acknowledged its designation, stating that it will retain this status until […]

Source: https://investigatemidwest.org/, September 18, 2024 By: Dave Dickey Texas state courts have become ground zero in a complaint to determine whether farmers can be held liable for PFAS contamination discovered on their crop land. The Environmental Working Group reports the number of known “forever chemical” sites across the United States are increasing at an alarming rate. Read more.

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, March 21, 2024 By: Kenneth Araullo Travelers is officially safe from a potentially huge lawsuit after an appeals court ruled against a food supplier. In a recent judgment, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that Gold Coast Commodities Inc, a firm specializing in transforming used cooking oil and vegetable byproducts […]