U.S. Department of Agriculture

Experts fear human exposure to the virus can cause it to adapt and spread among humans and create a pandemic.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the new rules this week.

With citrus greening and real estate development, some Tampa Bay area residents said it's hard to find fresh squeezed orange juice at restaurants and stores like they used to.

Federal agencies have deemed lab-grown, or cultivated, meat safe to eat. But the legislation, supported by the state’s agriculture industry, “pumps the brakes” on the food to ensure it is safe.

The USDA extended the deadline to September 25 for farmers to apply for up to $500,000 to remove debris, repair fences, regrade land torn from the storm, and more.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the expansion of a pilot program for single-family home-repair loans and grants in communities hit by disasters such as Hurricane Ian and Nicole last year.

The Florida citrus industry could have its hardest year since the Great Depression after two back-to-back hurricanes this fall.

The effort is aimed at expanding the number and type of healthy foods available to families who get assistance from the Agriculture Department's program known as WIC, officials said.

The initial reports aren’t good for an industry that during the 2021-2022 season had its lowest production in eight decades.

According to the USDA, dairy cows can produce 80 pounds of manure per day.

The United States Department of Agriculture highlighted the western half of Central Florida as “abnormally dry” last week.

The industry has seen its production sharply decline the past couple of decades because of issues such as residential and commercial development, foreign imports and a devastating bacterial disease known as citrus greening.