In the realm of insurers, midwesterner Edward Rust Jr. could be Warren Buffett's alter ego. No, his company is not as big as Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, which is ranked 13 th on the Fortune 500, but ...

Feb. 29--BLOOMINGTON -- Retired State Farm CEO and chairman of the board Ed Rust, Jr. earned $13.34 million in 2015, an increase of 3.7 percent from the $12.86 million he earned in 2014. Rust retired ...

Louisiana wheat producers face early leaf rust outbreak that could cut yields by 25% in state with shrinking acreage.

Edward Rust Jr. is stepping down as CEO of State Farm Insurance after 30 years leading the nation's largest home and auto insurer. Another company veteran and alum of Illinois Wesleyan University, ...

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s plan for tariffs on imported steel and aluminum and threats to withdraw from the Nafta trade agreement show a preference for the Rust Belt over the Farm Belt, ...

It’s a corn disease issue creeping north and infiltrating fields earlier than it has in the past and one that thrives in high heat and humidity. With increasing reports of southern rust now being ...

The California Milk Advisory Board has brought on Melissa Lema as the new director of producer relations. Lema previously worked for Western United Dairies as a field representative for California’s ...

WORKERS WHO WILL BE PAID. NEW TONIGHT SOME FARMERS ARE SEEING LOSSES ON THEIR CORN CROP THIS SEASON. KCCI PEPPER TALKED WITH THE WOMAN TRACKING THE CROP DISEASE THAT’S CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. SHE SAYS ...