FL Commissioners Spotlight on Additives Banned in FL Honey

Randall Weiseman FL Commissioner Report, Florida, Specialty Crops

This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the first regulation in the nation prohibiting any additives, chemicals or adulterants in honey that is produced, processed or sold in Florida. More information is available online by clicking on Florida Honey Standard of Identity. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst …

FL Commissioners Spotlight on National Seafood Month

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This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about Florida Seafood and National Seafood Month. More information about Florida seafood is available online by clicking on Fresh from Florida Seafood. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Commissioners Spotlight on Xtreme Cuisine Contest

Randall Weiseman FL Commissioner Report, Florida, General

This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about a cooking contest that has been added to “Xtreme Cuisine,” a program which introduces kids around the state to the world of cooking and good nutrition. More information is available online by clicking on Xtreme Cuisine Cooking Contest. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester …

FDACS’ Bronson Notes Passing “Legendary” State Forester Bethea

Gary Cooper FL Commissioner Report, Florida, Forestry

TALLAHASSEE (FDACS News Release) — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced the death of John M. Bethea, a dynamic leader in helping shape the current state of Florida’s 1 million-acre State Forest system. He was 89. “Our current state forests owe a great deal to John’s vision and leadership,” Bronson said. “He was a man …

FL Commissioners Spotlight on Fairs and Expos

Randall Weiseman FL Commissioner Report, Florida, General

This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about Florida’s fairs and agricultural expositions. More information, including dates and locations, is available on the web by clicking on Florida Fairs and Expositions. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Laurel Wilt in Avocado Trees

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This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the discovery of the fungus that causes laurel wilt disease in an avocado tree in Homestead. More information can be found on the web site of the FDACS Division of Plant Industry by clicking on Laurel Wilt in Avocado Trees. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR …

FL Commissioners Spotlight on H1N1 Influenza

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This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is on the continued use by many of the misleading and inaccurate term, “swine flu” when referring to the current H1N1 influenza pandemic. More information is available online by clicking on H1N1. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril …

FL Commissioner’s Spotlight

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This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is warning about how destructive tree and plant pests can be spread when firewood is transported. More information is available from the FDACS Division of Plant Industry web site by clicking on Firewood. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in …

FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on the Emerald Ash Borer

Randall Weiseman FL Commissioner Report, Florida, Forestry, General

This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is warning about the potential threat to Florida’s ash trees from an insect called the emerald ash borer. The half-inch metallic green beetle has already killed millions of ash trees in eleven Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states … as far south as Missouri, Virginia — and most recently — Kentucky. More …

FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on New Prescribed Burn Signs

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This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about new yellow signs that will indicate areas along highways near where authorized controlled burning is taking place. More information is available online by clicking on “Prescribed Burn” Signs; or view a brochure on the web site of the Florida Division of Florida about what to do if you …