Agriculture

Officials said that some farmers may have avoided additional devastating losses from Helene, but only because they had not yet replanted after Debby hit just eight weeks before.

President Claudia Sheinbaum pledged to revive government stores and continue efforts to achieve “food sovereignty” to make Mexico capable of producing all the food it eats.

Farming in the Florida Everglades Agricultural requires a delicate touch. The area has lost nearly 6 ft. of soil in the past century through a process called subsidence. One way to slow down this subsidence and preserve the nutrient-rich soil is to flood the area during Florida’s rainy season and use the fields to grow rice.

Two USDA employees were assaulted and temporarily held by assailants in Mexico, prompting the U.S. to suspend inspections of avocado and mango shipments.

Researchers and farmers continue the search for long-term solutions to an insect-spread illness called laurel wilt.

In Marion County, the crash killed eight farmworkers and injured dozens as the workers were traveling in a bus to a farm in Dunnellon.

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension is offering online bilingual workshops to teach the basics of planning, implementing and building a farm operation for newcomers venturing into agriculture.

A statewide grand jury has issued a 146-page report that calls for taking a series of steps to try to curb illegal immigration, saying "it will be up to Florida and other states to help themselves, at least in the short term," as problems go unsolved at the federal level.

Florida's citrus production is expected to improve in the upcoming season compared to last year when twin hurricanes battered the state.

A preliminary report by the University of Florida estimates up to $370 million in agricultural losses from Idalia, which barreled through rural areas of North Florida.

The U.N. says coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year the administration of President Gustavo Petro struggles to reduce poverty in remote areas and contain armed groups that are profiting from the cocaine trade.

Time is winding down on the USDA's $2.2 billion discrimination financial assistance program.