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With Oriental fruit flies in Pinellas County and giant African land snails in Pasco County, the greater Tampa Bay region has a couple quarantined zones. But what does that mean exactly and how is it enforced?
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One of the world's most destructive fruit flies has been discovered in Pinellas County. A quarantine area has been set up to keep the flies from spreading.
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Florida officials say an invasive and destructive agricultural pest has been eradicated from Miami-area farmlands.
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An invasive and destructive pest has been identified in the farmlands near Miami, Florida agriculture officials said Tuesday.
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State Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam on Friday said his department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture "have successfully eradicated" a highly…
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Florida is on the way to eradicating the largest outbreak of Oriental fruit flies in the state's history, an agriculture official told a Senate panel…
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A type of fruit fly led Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam on Tuesday to declare a state of agricultural emergency in Miami-Dade County.