Florida Ag Law Enforcement Seize Cocaine, and Ethanol's Role in Agriculture
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Officers with the Florida Department of Agriculture’s Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement seized over 29 pounds of cocaine after stopping a white cargo van that bypassed an agricultural interdiction station in Escambia County.
www.morningagclips.com reports the total street value of the seizure is $264,000.
Ag Commissioner Wilton Simpson says this significant drug seizure is a testament to the critical role our Agricultural Law Enforcement officers play in keeping Florida safe.
www.morningagclips.com/fdacs-ag-law-enforcement-seizes-over-
29-pounds-of-cocaine/
**In his annual address, Renewable Fuels President and CEO Geoff Cooper highlighted ethanol’s pivotal role in American agriculture.
He outlined how ethanol can again help the farm sector thrive in the face of current economic challenges if Congress takes the right actions.
Cooper says the success of ethanol has had a profound impact on American consumers and farmers, lowering pump prices, enhancing energy independence, and bolstering rural communities.
**The Ranking Members of the Senate and House Ag Committees are pressing the Trump administration for answers on international food aid disruptions.
They’ve asked for an explanation following a stop-work order that halted the delivery and distribution of hundreds of millions of tons of American-grown food aid.
In a letter to Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins, they said, with
Food for Progress, buyers in other countries haven’t received their U.S. commodities due to this pause.
