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As Florida sees mass evacuations due to Hurricane Ian, some researchers sound an alarm about what might happen once more people choose to buy electric vehicles.

The owner of a commercial nursery has won a $1.2 million judgment against the Florida Department of Agriculture in the latest verdict against the state agency for destroying citrus trees in the 2000s during an attempt to stop the spread of costly tree diseases.

The Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services rolled out a new initiative aimed at helping farmworkers connect with mental health resources.

Under current law, people who want to carry guns must get concealed weapons licenses. Constitutional carry would allow people to carry guns without the licenses.

Products such as seeds, fertilizers and chemicals are slow to arrive, and their prices are on the rise.

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was supposed to help U.S. farmers. But Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says farmers in her state are still hurting. And the agreement isn't stopping Mexico from engaging in what she calls "unfair trade practices."

The state is processing about 10,000 applications for concealed weapons licenses a week.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services expressed concern Wednesday about a virus dangerous to tomatoes and peppers that has been...

A lightning strike started a 17,000-acre wildfire in the eastern Everglades that threatened Monday to cause smoky conditions on Interstate 75 through…

Saying hemp is poised to be a “multibillion-dollar industry in the state,” Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried on Wednesday appointed the state’s first…

A follow-up report on the handling of the state’s concealed-carry permitting process pointed to a lack of management oversight by the Department of…

The candidates to be Florida’s next Commissioner of Agriculture have a number of stark differences -- not least of which are their backgrounds.State Rep.…