The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Monday that it will provide $675.9 million in disaster assistance to ...

The prototype will soon be tested at select farms within Immokalee in Collier County and Ona in Hardee County.

Florida’s citrus industry has been impacted by a perfect storm of impacts with production levels not seen since before World War II. Additionally, orange juice consumption has dropped by more than 50% ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.