by Caden DeLisa | Apr 12, 2024
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson issued an emergency rule to ban the import of cattle exposed to or infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson issued an emergency rule on Friday to prevent the...
by Brian Burgess | Apr 1, 2024
Not that we needed any further reminders that 2024 is an election year, but Republican U.S. Representative Brian Mast is doing his part, just in case. Over the last week or so, the South Florida Congressman has gone on a bit of a rampage accusing the federal...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 9, 2024
Federal officials have lowered their forecast for Florida’s citrus production this season, signaling a challenging period for the industry as it seeks recovery from the impacts of Hurricane Ian and battles the longstanding threat of citrus greening disease....
by Brian Burgess | Feb 5, 2024
Last week, a narrow ruling by a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a temporary setback to a Florida law attempting to restrict land purchases in Florida by Chinese foreign nationals. The law, designed to prevent agents of the Chinese...
by Brian Burgess | Oct 19, 2023
Florida law enforcement and state regulators seized 2.5 tons of “gas station heroin” and synthetic THC, both illegal drugs in Florida The seizures took place across four different distribution facilities and included nearly half a million individual...
by Caden DeLisa | Oct 18, 2023
Florida’s citrus industry is facing severe challenges due to Greening disease and extensive damage caused by Hurricanes Ian and Nicole, resulting in production decreases of up to 100 percent in some areas. Promised federal aid for agricultural disasters remains...
