ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida agriculture suffered more than $190 million in losses from Hurricane Milton, making it the costliest for farmers and ranchers of three cyclones that pummeled the ...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), more commonly known as the bird flu, had outbreaks in December 2024 that caused the death of 13.2 million birds, according to the U.S. Department of ...

Florida's agriculture commissioner doesn't think farms will be impacted by Trump's mass deportations When asked what would happen if 1 million people were deported from Florida, Simpson said, 'I ...

Agriculture, a significant economic driver in Southwest Florida, faces challenges to its long-term sustainability. Urban development, labor shortages, and rising costs pose major hurdles for ...

At the Tampa Tiger Bay Club forum, Simpson argued that Florida agriculture doesn’t rely much on undocumented farmworkers. “Just because you drive by a field of people that may not look like you – that ...

Students will spend two years studying agriculture at Crowder. Then, they’ll complete business coursework in economics, finance, and management at Missouri Southern.

Simpson, 58, is a Lakeland native who has been Florida's Commissioner of Agriculture since 2023. Simpson earned an Associate of Arts degree from Pasco–Hernando State College and went to work for ...

The former agriculture commissioner is the only Democrat in the rumored potential field who can claim to have won statewide. But she also lost a Democratic gubernatorial primary in 2022.