Drew DixonOctober 7, 2024
4min0
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Tag: Florida Department of Agriculture
Drew DixonOctober 7, 2024
Associated PressAugust 28, 2023
5min0
Using the contaminated fuel can damage the engines of cars or cause them to malfunction.
Wes WolfeMay 23, 2023
5min0
The largest of the Florida Forever projects tops out north of 10,000 acres.
Renzo DowneyFebruary 12, 2021
6min2118
The plan marks Florida’s first major coordination effort with the White House.
Jason DelgadoMay 29, 2020
3min927
The cost of clearing downed timber can reach upwards of $2,000 per acre.
Scott PowersAugust 21, 2018
3min231
Republican gubernatorial candidate and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam‘s latest campaign commercial is less about any issues that have defined and divided the 2018 Governor’s race and instead focuses on wounded military veterans’ responses to a program he helped create. “Grateful,” a 30-second spot launching statewide Tuesday, talks about vets who have participated in Florida Operation […]
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 12, 2018
4min551
Recent Florida citrus estimates are steady for the first time since Hurricane Irma struck Florida. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s January estimates reflect no change from December’s, marking the first stable citrus forecast since the storm. The USDA in October forecasted 54 million boxes of oranges for 2017-2018 production. In November, that forecast dropped to 50 […]
William PatrickFebruary 2, 2017
13min234
Five years ago, the Florida Department of Agriculture turned its regulatory power on a small third-generation dairy farm in the Panhandle’s Calhoun County, population 14,462. The Ocheesee Creamery, as it’s known, was caught being a little too honest. Mary Lou Wesselhoeft, owner, was selling all-natural pasteurized skim milk — whole milk with the cream skimmed […]
Associated PressMay 4, 2016
1min163
The Florida Department of Agriculture will begin testing mosquitoes for the Zika virus. Commissioner Adam Putnam announced Tuesday that a department laboratory in Kissimmee is now equipped to test for the virus. The same laboratory is used to test for animal diseases. The department is working with mosquito control districts to distribute traps and train […]
Brendan FarringtonApril 1, 2016
5min504
A federal judge in Tallahassee agrees with the Florida Department of Agriculture that an all-natural creamery can’t label its skim milk “skim milk” because it doesn’t add vitamins to it. So unless an appeals court disagrees, Calhoun County’s Ocheesee Creamery will continue to dump perfectly good skim milk down the drain rather than comply with […]