The state created protocols to protect Florida’s cattle herds from the parasitic fly after it was found in Texas earlier this ...

The high-stakes battle between Florida’s booming urban sprawl and its historic agricultural roots reached a major milestone ...

Florida has enacted emergency restrictions on animal imports and inspections to keep the flesh-eating New World screwworm out ...

Florida has enacted emergency livestock import restrictions after the New World screwworm was detected in Texas, aiming to ...

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 ...

Farmers and industry leaders are hoping for federal aid and insurance policy changes to relieve multibillion-dollar losses.

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 ...

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 ...

July 22 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of Agriculture is unleashing more than a half billion dollars in further aid to Florida growers and businesses in the aftermath of Hurricanes Idalia, Debby, Helene ...

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’ ...

New World screwworms are nearing the U.S. border, raising concerns about the parasite's return to American soil.