Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Local and state leaders broke ground Tuesday for a new $208 million Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and others broke ground on the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ new, state-of-the-art facility in ...

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 ...

Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture is putting together a plan to help food banks amid the government shutdown. The announcement comes as roughly three million Floridians will only receive about ...

Edna West, 61, who runs Rooterville A. Sanctuary, was arrested on 7 felony counts. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement said West used $246,475 ...

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services named veterinarian LuJean Waters as its 2026 Woman of the Year in ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from May 12, 2026 ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — As of sunset today, the Escambia Bay ...

Worries about an invasive flesh-eating cattle parasite have caused Florida to restrict their imports of animals from some Texas counties.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A bill influenced in part by a WCTV Investigates series uncovering mail crime issues in the Big Bend and beyond has passed the Florida legislature. Florida Dept. of ...

Hurricane Milton's estimated damage to Florida's agriculture could go up to $2.5 billion. That's according to estimates from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. That number ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Agriculture arrested the woman who runs a Putnam County animal sanctuary charity for fraud. Edna West, 61, who runs Rooterville A. Sanctuary, was ...