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Florida exports $4 billion in agricultural commodities each year to more than 140 other countries...

In November, families representing 50 operational farms and ranches from all across the state gathered...

Did you ever sit back, cross your legs on a hassock, pull your hat over...

More than 500 years ago, when European settlers landed in Florida, livestock were raised and...

There was a time when “crabby” was an insult. These days it’s delicious. Stone crabs...

We live in a culinary smoothie. Florida food is a bit of this and a...

When deciding whether to irrigate during frost-freeze conditions or when to apply nutrients during wet...

Fall lasts about three days in our neck of the woods, or so it seems...

A lot of people today use smartphones and mobile app technology to have up-to-date information...

We grow a lot of fruits in Florida. Most folks barely know about some of...

As Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture, improving the nutritional value of school meals by adding more...

Two years ago, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services launched Operation Outdoor Freedom...

Cooking wild pig doesn’t have to be a boar. We can harvest wild hogs all...

Ham and eggs, peanut butter and jelly, citrus and fish . . . some things...

Crack! An undeniably commanding sound when heard from a ten to twelve foot long whip...

Florida farmers will have much needed help soon with complex government regulations and technological equipment. ...

Citrus makes up roughly $9 billion of Florida agriculture’s $100 billion yearly contribution to the...

Florida agriculture has played an important role in Florida’s 500-year history, providing food and fiber...

Seventy-one-year-old Benny McLean Jr.’s family used to grow citrus organically before anybody cared about organics...

July 4: Dad’s done. The ribs are bare and the corn cobs look like modern...