New Citrus Family Harvests First Hemp Crop
New Citrus Family Harvests First Hemp Crop June 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter By Phil Attinger, Staff Writer for midfloridanewspapers.com Two families gathered a week ago to harvest a small crop from a greenhouse, one with potential [...]
Scientists Pluck Insects Out of the Sky for Research
Scientists Pluck Insects Out of the Sky for Research June 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter A suction trap (center) with several agricultural engineering students with the University of Chicago at Urbana-Champaign. (Photo by Doris Lagos-Kutz, ARS) Glen [...]
Recent Survey Finds Farming at Top of Important Florida Industries
Recent Survey Finds Farming at Top of Important Florida Industries June 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter A recent survey, commissioned by Florida Ag Coalition, found that a sweeping 98% of Floridians consider farming and ranching important. This [...]
Membership Acquisition Manager Position Now Open
Membership Acquisition Manager Position Now Open SUMMARY: Florida Farm Bureau Federation is the Sunshine State’s oldest and largest general agriculture organization. We pride ourselves in being the voice of Florida’s farmers and ranchers and keeping [...]
Virtual Hill to the Field Encourages Local Advocacy
Virtual Hill to the Field Encourages Local Advocacy May 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Due to the pandemic and strictly regulated travel, the annual Field to the Hill advocacy trip to Washington, D.C. will not take place [...]
USDA Listening Session for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
USDA Listening Session for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers May 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter On Thursday, May 6 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. EST, FSA and AMS will be hosting a virtual listening session with beginning farmers [...]
June 2021
New Citrus Family Harvests First Hemp Crop
New Citrus Family Harvests First Hemp Crop June 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter By Phil Attinger, Staff Writer for midfloridanewspapers.com Two families gathered a week ago to harvest a small crop from a greenhouse, one with potential [...]
Scientists Pluck Insects Out of the Sky for Research
Scientists Pluck Insects Out of the Sky for Research June 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter A suction trap (center) with several agricultural engineering students with the University of Chicago at Urbana-Champaign. (Photo by Doris Lagos-Kutz, ARS) Glen [...]
Recent Survey Finds Farming at Top of Important Florida Industries
Recent Survey Finds Farming at Top of Important Florida Industries June 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter A recent survey, commissioned by Florida Ag Coalition, found that a sweeping 98% of Floridians consider farming and ranching important. This [...]
May 2021
Membership Acquisition Manager Position Now Open
Membership Acquisition Manager Position Now Open SUMMARY: Florida Farm Bureau Federation is the Sunshine State’s oldest and largest general agriculture organization. We pride ourselves in being the voice of Florida’s farmers and ranchers and keeping [...]
Virtual Hill to the Field Encourages Local Advocacy
Virtual Hill to the Field Encourages Local Advocacy May 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Due to the pandemic and strictly regulated travel, the annual Field to the Hill advocacy trip to Washington, D.C. will not take place [...]
USDA Listening Session for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
USDA Listening Session for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers May 2021 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter On Thursday, May 6 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. EST, FSA and AMS will be hosting a virtual listening session with beginning farmers [...]
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
