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Florida Slams Brakes On Out-Of-State Rescue Pets To Fight Flesh-Eating Screwworm Threat
Florida is tightening its borders against out-of-state animals following new detections of the destructive New World Screwworm in Texas and New Mexic [...]
Homegrown Hops Pour Fresh Hope Into Florida’s Shrinking Beer Market
Despite a recent softening in demand for craft beer, University of Florida experts say there’s reason for optimism – especially as&nbs [...]
Florida Locks Down 6,200 Acres Of Ranchland To Block Developers And Save Historic Greenways
The high-stakes battle between Florida's booming urban sprawl and its historic agricultural roots reached a major milestone today. State officials of [...]
Turn Your Kitchen Counter Into A Cash Register: Pasco Extension Launching Home Bakery Class
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - Pasco County residents who want to launch a food business straight out of their own kitchens can learn the legal ropes next mont [...]
Flesh-Eating Parasites Creeping Toward Florida Force Border Lockdown To Save $2 Billion Cattle Industry
A horrific, flesh-eating parasite has officially breached the U.S. border, forcing Florida to enact emergency rules on Friday to block the invasive p [...]
Flesh-Eating Parasite Is Creeping Back Into The U.S.; Florida Locks Down Borders To Livestock
The flesh-eating New World Screwworm has resurfaced in South Texas, prompting Florida officials to immediately clamp down on animal imports to keep t [...]
Flesh-Eating Worm Inches To US Border As Case Explodes Just 25 Miles Away
A flesh-eating parasite has been found just 25 miles from the United States border, marking its closest approach to U.S. soil since at least Septembe [...]
Florida Slams The Border Shut On Out-Of-State Dairy Cows Over Bird Flu Fears
Florida is taking no chances with its livestock. Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson issued an emergency rule today that clamps down hard on dair [...]
Florida Freeze Relief: $3.5B Emergency Ag Bill Hits Capital To Save Damaged Crops
U.S. Senators Rick Scott and Ashley Moody introduced legislation on Tuesday to deliver $3.5 billion in emergency direct relief to Florida’s agricultu [...]
Florida’s Farms Get $425 Million Shield To Stop Asphalt From Gobbling Up Agriculture
The Florida Legislature has approved a state budget allocating $425 million to the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, marking the largest sin [...]