by Doug Mayo | Jan 19, 2024
This week’s featured video was published by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) to highlight Rocking K Cattle Company as a 2023 Ag Environmental Leadership Award winner. Kelly Fulford, Odessa, Florida, owns and operates a very...
by external | Jan 5, 2024
Source: FDACS December 19, 2023 Press Release and Florida Farm Tax Exempt Agricultural Materials (TEAM) Card website Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced that farmers and ranchers can apply for the Florida Farm Tax Exempt Agricultural...
by external | Dec 8, 2023
Brad Buck,Senior Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Communications Fall is not normally when you find Florida-grown blueberries at the grocery store. But that may change, thanks to University of Florida researchers. This comes as good news for consumers and...
by external | Dec 8, 2023
Source: USDA Press Release 9/22/23 The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program to January 13, 2024, to give eligible farmers, ranchers and forest landowners more time to apply for assistance. The...
by Doug Mayo | Nov 17, 2023
This week’s featured video was published by Growing America. Harvey Suber has been farming in Gadsden County Florida for 76 years. There’s a whole lot of wisdom in this man but he’d tell you he’s just an American Farmer. Enjoy the video as Harvey shares...
by Doug Mayo | Nov 3, 2023
This week’s featured video was published by Florida Farm Bureau to share the story of Wade Purvis, the 2023 Florida Farmer of the Year. Purvis is a vegetable farmer from Immokalee, Florida that grows edamame (soybeans for human consumption), green beans, lima...