Florida Farm Bureau Sets 2019 Legislative Agenda
Florida Farm Bureau Sets 2019 Legislative Agenda In February, Florida Farm Bureau’s State Board of Directors approved its legislative agenda for the upcoming legislative session. With 2019 being a transition year–the state welcomes a new [...]
Mandatory Dicamba Training Addresses 2019 Regulatory Changes
Mandatory Dicamba Training Addresses 2019 Regulatory Changes On March 20, from 9 – 11 a.m. CST (10-12 EST), a mandatory Dicamba Stewardship Training session will web broadcast to participating Extension Offices across Florida. New for [...]
Advocating at the Capitol
Advocating at the Capitol Every year, our members have the opportunity to travel to the state Capitol to tell their stories directly to their elected officials. Stories about the many challenges facing the farming community [...]
Bee Technology Pilots in Florida
Bee Technology Pilots in Florida Bee Vectoring Technologies, International Inc., (BVT) has developed bee vectoring technology designed to use bees to naturally deliver plant health products directly to targeted areas of a plant. The primary [...]
Biosolids Committee Makes Recommendations to Protect Water Resources
Biosolids Committee Makes Recommendations to Protect Water Resources Florida Farm Bureau represented agriculture in a seven-member Biosolids Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) formed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in August 2018. The TAC also [...]
Floridians Urged to Support New Clean Water Rule
Floridians Urged to Support New Clean Water Rule Charles Shinn, Director of Government & Community Affairs The newly revised Waters of the U.S. (Clean Water) Rule is something that Florida agriculture needs to support actively [...]
March 2019
Florida Farm Bureau Sets 2019 Legislative Agenda
Florida Farm Bureau Sets 2019 Legislative Agenda In February, Florida Farm Bureau’s State Board of Directors approved its legislative agenda for the upcoming legislative session. With 2019 being a transition year–the state welcomes a new [...]
February 2019
Mandatory Dicamba Training Addresses 2019 Regulatory Changes
Mandatory Dicamba Training Addresses 2019 Regulatory Changes On March 20, from 9 – 11 a.m. CST (10-12 EST), a mandatory Dicamba Stewardship Training session will web broadcast to participating Extension Offices across Florida. New for [...]
Advocating at the Capitol
Advocating at the Capitol Every year, our members have the opportunity to travel to the state Capitol to tell their stories directly to their elected officials. Stories about the many challenges facing the farming community [...]
Bee Technology Pilots in Florida
Bee Technology Pilots in Florida Bee Vectoring Technologies, International Inc., (BVT) has developed bee vectoring technology designed to use bees to naturally deliver plant health products directly to targeted areas of a plant. The primary [...]
Biosolids Committee Makes Recommendations to Protect Water Resources
Biosolids Committee Makes Recommendations to Protect Water Resources Florida Farm Bureau represented agriculture in a seven-member Biosolids Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) formed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in August 2018. The TAC also [...]
Floridians Urged to Support New Clean Water Rule
Floridians Urged to Support New Clean Water Rule Charles Shinn, Director of Government & Community Affairs The newly revised Waters of the U.S. (Clean Water) Rule is something that Florida agriculture needs to support actively [...]
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
