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Southeast Regional Ag News
Florida’s updated hemp regulations will be enforced starting June 16, 2025. Businesses must act now to ensure their packaging and labeling meet strict new standards aimed at protecting consumers—especially kids.
Southeast Regional Ag News
Florida’s 2025 Farm Bill is now law. With strong bipartisan support, the legislation brings sweeping changes aimed at strengthening agriculture and consumer protections across the state.
The Agribusiness Update
Florida ag groups are celebrating passage of the 2025 ‘Florida Farm Bill,’ approved by the Florida Legislature, and Pepsi announces it will “accelerate” its transition to natural ingredients amid pressure from the White House.
The Agribusiness Update
Florida Ag Commissioner and Florida Forest Service are warning Floridians of a potentially busy wildfire season, and China’s Finance Ministry is now imposing a 34% tariff on all U.S. imports.
The Agribusiness Update
Florida Ag Commissioner Wilton Simpson announces Reba Y. Mazak as the 2025 Woman of the Year in Agriculture, and NCBA member Robby Kirkland testified before the House Ways and Means Committee about the association’s trade priorities.
Southeast Regional Ag News
Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson has announced the completion of major updates to nine agricultural Best Management Practices (BMP) manuals—the first comprehensive revisions in nearly 20 years.
The Agribusiness Update
Florida Ag Commissioner Wilton Simpson highlights Florida Farm Bill proposal to protect Florida’s farmers and ranchers from lending discrimination from financial institutions, and the Trump Administration proposes new strategy to combat bird flu.
Southeast Regional Ag News
The rule, set to take effect in December, aims to prevent deforestation but imposes stringent compliance measures on the U.S. timber industry despite the country being designated as a low risk for deforestation.
Southeast Regional Ag News
This week, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson applauded the 2024-2025 state budget for its investments in Florida agriculture, natural resources, and consumer protection.
The Agribusiness Update
Florida Department of Agriculture announced Sandra Moore as the 2024 Woman of the Year in Agriculture, and Rabobank's North American Agribusiness Review shows grocery sales have started to recover as food inflation has slowed.
Southeast Regional Ag News
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture touts funding for new headquarters as a significant victory for Florida agriculture.
Southeast Regional Ag News
On Tuesday, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced that more than $4.5 million has been approved for farmers impacted.
The Agribusiness Update
Florida Ag Commissioner Wilton Simpson, Senator Jay Collins, and Representative Danny Alvarez announced the filing of legislation to support Florida agriculture, and U.S. egg production totaled 9.3 billion during November, up 4% from November 2022.
Southeast Regional Ag News
Coming from Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson, Senator Jay Collins, and Representative Danny Alvarez, the legislation which was filed just before the holiday touches on a number of topics of agricultural concern.
The Agribusiness Update
Florida Woman of the Year in Agriculture, and Syngenta Ordered to Sell Arkansas Farmland, and Syngenta Ordered to Sell Arkansas Farmland.
The Agribusiness Update
Ag Commissioner Wilton Simpson announced the results of the Florida Department of Ag’s Hurricane Idalia impact on aquaculture, and for the first time in two weeks, the nation's average price of gasoline declined.
The Agribusiness Update
Fourth of July safety in Florida, and the Department of Commerce allocates funding for reliable high-speed internet
California Ag Today
Although immigration policy reform took a big step forward in 2021, the House couldn’t get it across the finish line before the new congress. Western Congressman Mike Simpson says it’s going to take a grassroots effort to get farm labor reform passed in Washington.
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The ag labor shortage continues to be a problem but, according to American Business Immigration Coalition's Enrique Sanchez and Idaho Representative Mike Simpson, it's a problem that also impacts national security.
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The ag labor shortage continues to be a problem but, according to American Business Immigration Coalition's Enrique Sanchez and Idaho Representative Mike Simpson, it's a problem that also impacts national security.