by Jim Turner - News Service of Florida | Jun 11, 2022
TALLAHASSEE — With the state pouring millions of dollars into research and marketing efforts, Florida’s citrus industry is approaching the end of the 2021-2022 growing season with its lowest production since around the start of World War II. The U.S. Department...
by Jordan Kirkland | Jun 7, 2022
The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is getting a boost to several projects after Governor Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s 2022-23 fiscal year budget last Thursday. UF/IFAS, which is responsible for the...
by Caden DeLisa | Jun 2, 2022
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed off on Florida’s record-setting $109.9 billion budget that includes provisions for state worker pay raises and a gas tax break, among others. The budget totals $109.9 billion and includes a record $1.24 billion in tax...
by Caden DeLisa | Jun 1, 2022
Senate President and Agricultural Commissioner candidate Wilton Simpson – who is also a farmer – appeared on Fox News Wednesday where he lambasted President Joe Biden’s economic policies, claiming that rising fuel costs are directly harming...
by Brian Burgess | May 15, 2022
Palm Beach Post’s failed Pulitzer bid exposes the sad state of journalism today One can almost hear the iconic sad trombone sound echoing through the nearly empty halls at the Palm Beach Post’s headquarters last week when the newspaper fell short in its...
by Nancy Smith | May 1, 2022
As a South Floridian who never ever trusted the powerful Everglades Foundation or its chief scientist Tom Van Lent, I have to tell you, there’s something almost delicious about the sight of these two swamp creatures rolling around in the mud, trying to eat each...
