Early data following the unusually cold weather that blanketed Florida this month and last show that producers lost more than ...

In a move to provide breathing room for a struggling agricultural sector, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson issued an emergency order on Tuesday to suspend certain regulatory ...

Local and state leaders broke ground Tuesday for a new $208 million Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) complex in Tallahassee, celebrating it as a revolutionary step ...

Sugar cane farms on land set aside for Everglades restoration? Peanut farming on property that could have been a Florida state park? That’s what some environmental groups are worried about with a ...

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Wilton Simpson on Thursday estimated the damage from Hurricane Milton alone at well over $1 billion. (Photo courtesy of Florida ...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — A state House panel on Wednesday advanced a Florida agriculture department bill after hearing about an hour of public testimony against a section protecting “non-perishable” ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s good boys and girls can get certificates showing that Santa Claus is cleared to enter the Sunshine State to deliver gifts to their homes this Christmas Eve. Florida ...

Florida will oversee $675.9 million in federal money to help the state’s agriculture industry recover from hurricane damage in 2023 and 2024. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins traveled to ...

Days after an immigrant from California was extradited to Florida for allegedly killing three in a trucking accident here, Florida will begin to target truck-driving immigrants at interstate ...

A man is under arrest for stealing Smokey Bear signs from across Florida. Dept. of Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson says the suspect stole the signs from state parks in Pensacola, Panama City ...