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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 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 ...

Florida SNAP recipients will face new food restrictions. Here's the list

Starting in April, Florida SNAP recipients will no longer be able to use benefits for certain unhealthy items. Here's what to know.
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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 ...
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Florida ag department set to repeal renewable energy goals

The repeal comes in response to legislation that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law. TALLAHASSEE, Florida — The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Wednesday said it is repealing ...

USDA issues disaster declaration for Florida after $3.1 billion in winter freeze damage

The U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary signed a disaster declaration on Wednesday, making federal aid possible to Florida farmers following the winter freeze.
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Florida Department of Agriculture arrests woman who runs Putnam County animal sanctuary for fraud

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 ...
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Could Florida’s conservation lands soon be sold for agriculture?

Sugar cane farms on land set aside for Everglades restoration? Peanut farming on property that could have been a Florida state park? That’s what some environmental groups are worried about with a ...
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Bill influenced by WCTV Investigates series passes Florida legislature, heads to governor’s desk

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 ...
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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

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Southwest Florida's growing zones shift north as planet warms; so do half of rest of U.S.

The Department of Agriculture updated its searchable map of the country that shows how much average low temperatures have changed during the last 30 years, and half the country's lows were higher by 5 ...