Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced today that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer ...

The Department says protecting agricultural lands will protect the food supply and is a matter of national security.

Local and state leaders broke ground Tuesday for a new $208 million Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) complex in Tallahassee, celebrating it as a revolutionary step ...

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 ...

The BriefFlorida’s farming industry supports 2.2 million jobs and brings in $132 billion to the state’s economy, according to ...

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 ...

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson emphasized the importance of returning whole milk to Florida schools ...

The Department of Agriculture updated its searchable map of the country that shows how much average low temperatures have changed during the last 30 years, and half the country's lows were higher by 5 ...

Saw palmetto berry pickers, trapesing into the Florida wilds to nab those small purple-black drupes this past year, had a lot more to be concerned with than in years passed. A new state law ...

A native of China, the insect was discovered in Pennsylvania in 2014 and has since spread to 17 states, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The insect is a voracious eater that feeds on ...

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 ...