A tax package that provides relief for farmers and property owners impacted by Hurricane Irma, while offering sales-tax breaks at the start of the school year and hurricane season, was approved by the House and Senate in a rare Sunday conclusion to the legislative session. Gov. Rick Scott’s office didn’t indicate Sunday if he would sign the package, which totals …
Lawmakers Funnel $100 Million to Florida Forever
Neglected for nearly a decade, the Florida Forever conservation program would get $100.8 million in a proposed $88.7 billion budget that lawmakers are expected to approve Sunday. Rep. Ben Albritton, a Wauchula Republican who chairs the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, said most of the money would go for land preservation. “We started at a much lower number …
Roberts: Senate Farm Bill Work Scheduled Next Month
Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Pat Roberts hopes to begin Senate farm bill work next month. This week, Roberts said that he wants to mark up the bill in April, adding that his staff and the staff of the committee’s ranking Democrat, Debbie Stabenow, have begun work on the bill. The key to the bill, Roberts told the Hagstrom Report, is …
Final Week of Florida Legislative Session
Today kicks off the final week of the 2018 Florida Legislative Session, which is scheduled to end this Friday, March 9. But the budget has to be finalized by tomorrow, March 6 for the session to end as scheduled. That is because a legally required 72-hour “cooling off” period must take place after the budget is finalized before a final …
Alabama Legislative Session Reaches Halfway Point
Alabama Legislators have reached the halfway point of the 2018 Legislative Session in Montgomery. And according to the Executive Director of the Alabama Agribusiness Council, Leigha Cauthen, a couple of bills of interest to agriculture continues to see movement. Alabama Legislative Session Reaches Halfway Point Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities …
Eleven Days Remain in Georgia Legislative Session
Only eleven days remain in the 2018 Georgia Legislative Session, and according to Georgia Agribusiness Council President Bryan Tolar, a critical juncture was reached this week. Eleven Days Remain in Georgia Legislative Session Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Free Trade vs Fair Trade: In Search of the Facts, and a Level Playing Field
Few farming industries in the U.S. are more misunderstood, or perhaps more misrepresented, than the sugar industry. Each time updates for farm legislation is considered, many of the same worn out, inaccurate and biased arguments from anti-sugar forces return to the stage of debate, most often funded by a small core of Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay …
No New Funds for a Farm Bill
The House Agriculture Committee has released information concerning efforts to craft a farm bill, revealing closed door plans to roll out a new bill. Committee Chair, Mike Conaway, led the panel’s approval of its annual Budget Views and Estimates Letter to the House Budget Committee. And he says there are no new funds for a farm bill. No New Funds …
Florida Cattlemen Continue Tracking Various Bills
As the 2018 Florida Legislative Session draws nearer to close, there are various bills of interest to the Florida Cattlemen’s Association seeing action. FCA Director of Governmental Affairs, Sam Ard, has an update on where some of those currently stand. Florida Cattlemen Continue Tracking Various Bills Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
Ag Bills Move from Alabama House to Senate
A couple of bills of interest to agriculture moved from the Alabama House to the Senate this week. Leigha Cauthen, executive director of the Alabama Agribusiness Council, has the details. Ag Bills Move from Alabama House to Senate Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant …