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 ...

If one picture is worth a thousand words, then the video Iowa farmer Dan Striegel shot last week must be worth thousands more. In the video, Striegel is shown harvesting a field of emerald-green corn ...

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 ...

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 ...

Steve McDonough leaned gingerly on the remains of his pride and joy parked on the front lawn of his Pembroke home. Brilliant orange rust completely coats his pancaked two-ton Cadillac sitting on busy ...

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, ...

Edward B. Rust Jr., president and chief executive officer of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., was named president of each of six State Farm affiliates. Those affiliates are State Farm Fire ...