Perdue Tours Hurricane Sally Damage in Panhandle October FloridAgriculture eNewsletter U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, accompanied by Congressman Matt Gaetz, toured the agricultural damage from Hurricane Sally on September 28 in Santa Rosa county. Santa Rosa Farm Bureau Board Member Ryan Jenkins toured federal officials through the damage before a town hall with Sec. [...]
USDA Stands Up New Team to Better Serve Beginning Farmers and Ranchers October FloridaAgriculture eNewsletter The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is standing up a new team that will lead a department-wide effort focused on serving beginning farmers and ranchers. To institutionalize support for beginning farmers and ranchers and to build upon prior agency work, [...]
Your Land Grant Partner October FloridAgriculture eNewsletter By J. Scott Angle jangle@ufl.edu @IFAS_VP Baker County Farm Bureau President Robert Norman recently talked to me about farming’s risk-reward ratio. In short, that’s high risk, not so high reward. I share his concern. Some reports indicate that a farmer gets only 8 cents of each dollar spent [...]
Duval County Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee Tallahassee Field Trip October FloridAgriculture ENewsletter Jessica Bright McMullen is a chef who works closely with the farmers in the Tallahassee region, using seasonal, locally sourced ingredients whenever possible. While in Tallahassee in December to attend Florida Farm Bureau Day, the Duval County Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee [...]
