Enterprise has been named the Florida Farm Bureau Federation’s 2026 Member Benefit Partner of the Year. This award is intended to recognize a partner that has successfully and cooperatively delivered outstanding service to the members of Florida Farm Bureau, the state’s largest agricultural advocacy organization. Enterprise is one of the…
President Trump signed an executive order on Oct. 5 that temporarily allows off-road dyed diesel to be used in on-road vehicles and defers the federal excise tax on highway diesel through the end of the year. By suspending enforcement of certain tax and usage restrictions, the order seeks to…
Florida Farm Bureau has named the finalists for its 2027 Florida Farmer of the Year award: Wade Ellenburg of Holmes County, Danny Johns of St. Johns County and Dr. Hal Phillips of Levy County. The award recognizes agriculturalists who demonstrate excellence in stewardship of the land and leadership within their…
By J. Scott Angle | [email protected] | @IFAS_VP Your land-grant university has a new land-grant president, Dr. Stuart Bell. Bell describes the place where he grew up as one with not a lot of people but a lot of cows…
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Foundation announced Jeffrey “Jeff” Dewey Gargiulo, Lynetta and Ken Griner, and Ron St. John as the 2027 Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Inductees. About the Inductees Jeff Gargiulo is a lifelong agricultural leader and…
Farmers need your help on the ballot. Currently, Florida farmers and ranchers pay annual taxes on farm equipment that was already taxed when it was purchased. A YES vote on Amendment 2 would exempt qualifying agricultural equipment from tangible personal property taxes effective Jan. 1, 2027, if approved by at least…
By J. Scott Angle | [email protected] | @IFAS_VP Mark Mauldin never really stops working with and for his Farm Bureau friends and clients. He was recently chasing a bull off his property to get it back to his neighbor’s ranch when his phone showed an incoming call from…
The Putnam-St. Johns County Farm Bureau Women’s Program raised $8,000 for HorsePlay Therapy Center’s Rise Up for Veterans program during its Line Dancing for Charity event, held Aug. 1 at Molasses Junction in Elkton. The event brought together 75 women from across the…
Florida Farm Bureau is deeply disappointed by the Administration’s move to flood the beef market with underpriced imports. Farmers and ranchers are already contending with high input and regulatory costs, weather challenges, and supply chain disruptions. This action triggered immediate market shocks at the height of cattle marketing season…
During the Southeast Summer Conference in July, six state pork organizations, including the Florida Pork Improvement Group, announced the formation of the Southeast Pork Alliance. The producer-led regional partnership aims to strengthen the pork industry through collaboration, advocacy, innovation and the sharing of resources across participating states.
Florida Farm Bureau member Kate English of Hendry/Glades County has been appointed to the EPA’s Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee. English is one of 21 new members selected to provide independent policy advice and recommendations to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on key environmental issues…
By J. Scott Angle | [email protected] | @IFAS_VP By hitching horticulture to health care, we can help heal the world while we feed it. Doctors alone cannot reverse the astonishing current state of affairs: Globally, we spend more treating diet-related disease than we do producing food. Only 1…
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