USDA Withdraws Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets Rule
USDA Withdraws Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets Rule February 2025 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter In the final week of the Biden Administration, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA had withdrawn its rule [...]
Presidential Election Update
Presidential Election Update February 2025 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter At high noon on January 20th, 2025, President Donald J. Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance took the oath of office and thus, the Trump 47 administration was [...]
Rural and Family Lands Protection Program Application Period
Rural and Family Lands Protection Program Application Period January 2025 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) recently announced that an application period for the Rural and Family Land Protection Program [...]
SFWMD completes a new Northern Everglades Water Quality Project in Osceola County
SFWMD completes a new Northern Everglades Water Quality Project in Osceola County January 2025 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter On December 16, 2024, the South Florida Water Management District joined the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida [...]
Lake Okeechobee Enters Recovery Mode
Lake Okeechobee Enters Recovery Mode January 2025 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) began releases under Lake Okeechobee Recovery Operations on December 7, 2024. For the past five years, Lake Okeechobee has [...]
EPA Releases Final Ruling on Application Exclusion Zone
EPA Releases Final Ruling on Application Exclusion Zone December 2024 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Effective December 4, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has mandated Application Exclusion Zones (AEZ), which include additional precautions to protect workers [...]
February 2025
USDA Withdraws Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets Rule
USDA Withdraws Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets Rule February 2025 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter In the final week of the Biden Administration, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA had withdrawn its rule [...]
Presidential Election Update
Presidential Election Update February 2025 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter At high noon on January 20th, 2025, President Donald J. Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance took the oath of office and thus, the Trump 47 administration was [...]
January 2025
Rural and Family Lands Protection Program Application Period
Rural and Family Lands Protection Program Application Period January 2025 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) recently announced that an application period for the Rural and Family Land Protection Program [...]
SFWMD completes a new Northern Everglades Water Quality Project in Osceola County
SFWMD completes a new Northern Everglades Water Quality Project in Osceola County January 2025 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter On December 16, 2024, the South Florida Water Management District joined the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida [...]
Lake Okeechobee Enters Recovery Mode
Lake Okeechobee Enters Recovery Mode January 2025 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) began releases under Lake Okeechobee Recovery Operations on December 7, 2024. For the past five years, Lake Okeechobee has [...]
December 2024
EPA Releases Final Ruling on Application Exclusion Zone
EPA Releases Final Ruling on Application Exclusion Zone December 2024 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Effective December 4, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has mandated Application Exclusion Zones (AEZ), which include additional precautions to protect workers [...]
AGRICULTURE LINKS
We have developed the following resource page to help you learn more about agriculture throughout Central Florida
Agricultural Certifications (AEST)
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture
Florida Department of Agriculture
Florida Agriculture in the Classroom
U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance- Food Dialogues
National Ground Water Association
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
USDA Agricultural Research Service
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Agri-Marketing Association
University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
