Departments
Commissioner’s AgriCorner: Employing every tool in the toolbox to find a solution for HLB
FLORIDA GROWERS just harvested the smallest orange crop in nearly 50 years, and all because...
Ag Time with Abby: Being part of the revolution
IN THE PHOTOS: Left, FFA youth ham it up during the 87th Annual Florida FFA...
Ag Time with Abby: Class of 2015, you did it!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL the graduating seniors — the Class of 2015! You have made it...
Commissioner’s AgriCorner: Century Pioneer Family Farms
SINCE THE ARRIVAL of European explorers in the 1500s, agriculture has played a critical role...
Recipe Spotlight: In peach anticipation
ANTICIPATION can be disappointing. We were at a dog show in Georgia — you know...
PCFB President’s Column: Legislative Wrap-Up event gets bumped
EACH YEAR, immediately following the end of the Legislative Session, the Polk County Farm Bureau...
Commissioner’s AgriCorner: Growing ‘Fresh From Florida’
MORE THAN 47,000 farms in Florida work day in and day out to produce the...
Ag Time with Abby: Memoirs of an Ag Literacy Day reader
AG LITERACY DAY was held April 21, and our local FFA chapters spent their day...
Recipe Spotlight: A good bell pepper deserves a great stuffing
NOW IS THE TIME to get stuffing. Not turkeys, that’s months away, but sweet peppers...
Commissioner’s AgriCorner: An update on Operation Outdoor Freedom and Camp Prairie
FLORIDA IS HOME to more than 1.5 million veterans who have served our nation proudly...
PCFB President’s Column: Polk Agri-Fest features special and big-name guests
AS I WRITE this column, Polk County Agri-Fest is in full swing! Our special guests...
Ag Time with Abby: Spotlighting FFA member Miss Bailey Buchanon
BAILEY BUCHANON, 17, of Lake Gibson FFA, was recently selected to represent the Polk County...
Recipe Spotlight: Pizza night made delicious with a Fresh-from-Florida pie
WHEN IS A CHEESE and tomato sandwich not a sandwich? When it’s a pizza...
One student’s journey in the 4-H Leadership Program
| Thomas Perry discovers his ability to be a frontrunner for his community | AT...
Ag Time with Abby: Spotlighting the Frostproof FFA chapter
In the photo: Members of the Frostproof Middle FFA get together for a photo on...
Commissioner’s AgriCorner: Strengthening Florida’s livestock industry
FLORIDA’S FARMERS and ranchers face a variety of threats, including pests, disease, and market changes...
Recipe Spotlight: Sharing the red, juicy strawberry bounty
WE HARVEST STRAWBERRIES in spring and pull off the road to buy them at farm...
Commissioner’s AgriCorner: Woe to us if we don’t stop the EPA’s proposed regulations on W.O.T.U.S.
The EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) has once again made an attempt to expand federal...
Ag Time with Abby: Day-by-day highlights from the Polk County Youth Fair
Photo captions: (Top left) The Fat Chance Show Team won the Team Herdsman Award. (Bottom...
Recipe Spotlight: Cooking with your edible garden
THE RADISHES are poking their little green heads up in the garden. It won’t be...