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 ...

Farmers and industry leaders are hoping for federal aid and insurance policy changes to relieve multibillion-dollar losses.

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 ...

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 ...

With severe drought conditions and more than 2,100 fires in Florida spread across 135,000 acres just since January, ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Agriculture arrested the woman who runs a Putnam County animal sanctuary charity for fraud. Edna West, 61, who runs Rooterville A. Sanctuary, was ...

SOUTHWEST Fla. — Florida agriculture is reeling from what state leaders are calling one of the most damaging freeze events in history. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Crippling freezes from the harsh winter have dealt a costly blow to Florida's booming agriculture industry, which thrives on the Sunshine State’s postcard-perfect ‘snowbird’ ...

Here’s what to do if you gassed up at a Bradenton gas station recently impacted by fuel quality issues, FL officials said.

Family stories bounce around the wide metal barn like BBs as Tommy Clay Jr. and his son, Chance, reminisce about their childhoods on this 2,500-plus acre ranch in Putnam County. If you couldn't tell ...

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 ...