FL Ag Commissioner Addresses Key Budget Issues

Randall Weiseman Citrus, Field Crops, Florida, General, Livestock, Specialty Crops

Budget cuts are almost a certainty this legislative session with the only questions remaining being where and how much. Florida Ag Commissioner Bronson touches on this and more with this series of reports. Cuts are Inevitable Importance of the Department’s Water Division Certain Programs are a Must Ag Sector is Still Strong The Complexity of the Ag Commissioner Job

FL Cattlemens’ Assoc: Critical Timing for Parental Waiver Issue

Gary Cooper Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Florida, Livestock, Sugar

Florida Cattlemen’s Association (FCA) officials are making cattle producers and other affected parties in agriculture aware of a parental waivers issue in the Legislature that could seroiusly impact everything from 4-H field trips to hunt camps to rodeos, and that’s just scratching the surface. FCA is asking interested parties to provide input to appropriate lawmakers about the parental waiver legislation …

Ag News from Tallahassee – Budget Cutting Front and Center

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida, General, Sugar

In the first report, an overview of a couple key agriculture issues that are in our spotlight this week as state budget talks in the legislative session heat up. In the second report, a serious situation regarding a developing water rulemaking process that some agriculture representatives say could create a doomsday scenario for Florida agriculture, while putting Florida at a …

Right To Farm Type Legislation Moving in FL House

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

In this report, comments from Representative Ralph Poppell about a key piece of agriculture related legislation moving in the Florida House of Representatives so far this Session. Poppell was one of dozens of lawmakers turning out to visit among the crowd at the Farm Bureau Day Legislative Reception in Tallahassee recently. He is Chair of the House Natural Resources Appropriations …