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Agriculture Department breaks ground on new $208 million Tallahassee lab, office complex

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 ...
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Florida farmers to receive $675 million in federal block grant for hurricane relief

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hot water in the Gulf made Hurricane Helene rapidly intensify before it made landfall in Florida, via NOAA. U.S. Department of ...
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3 major hurricanes in the last 13 months did billions of dollars of damage to Florida's farmlands — and that was before Milton

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 ...
WCTV

Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services breaks ground on new facility in Tallahassee

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 ...
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Florida agriculture is facing an 'unprecedented financial strain'

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 ...
WCTV

Florida agriculture facing ‘unprecedented financial strain’ after four major hurricanes pummel the state

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Damages to farmers and ranchers from Hurricane Milton may double the statewide agricultural destruction from three other storms that pummeled Florida since August 2023, ...
AOL

Crippling Florida freezes cost over $3 billion in estimated losses to agriculture

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Crippling freezes from the harsh winter have dealt a costly blow to Florida's booming agriculture industry, which thrives on the Sunshine State’s postcard-perfect ‘snowbird’ ...
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Florida ag department bill advances after sponsor says he will work on concerns

The criticism is over a section protecting “non-perishable” agricultural products from disparaging speech. TALLAHASSEE, Florida — A state House panel on Wednesday advanced a Florida agriculture ...
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Florida ag inspection stations to begin ELP test, immigration enforcement

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Monday that he is urging the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to revoke CDL program authority and ...
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Florida agriculture commissioner discusses school milk changes, child health modernization, law enforcement efforts

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson emphasized the importance of returning whole milk to Florida schools following a federal rollback of a previous skim milk mandate. ...
AOL

Florida’s Agriculture Industry Loses More Than $3 Billion Due To Arctic Blasts

Intense blasts of Arctic cold as a result of the brutal winter have caused a huge price tag for the flourishing agriculture industry in Florida, which prospers from the picturesque winters in the ...