Citrus Canker Eradication Program

The open house held at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center showed off what UF agricultural researchers are doing to solve problems growing citrus and vegetables

A Lee County circuit court judge recently ruled that Florida’s Department of Agriculture needs to reimburse Lee residents for removing their healthy…

A Lee County Circuit court judge will decide in about a week if Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam can continue denying reimbursement to…

The Florida Supreme Court will not overturn the governor’s vetoes of money the state owes some residents for destroying their citrus trees. However,…

A Lee County circuit court judge said the state agriculture department needs to repay local residents for destroyed citrus trees, or explain why it…

Residents in Lee and Broward Counties took Gov. Rick Scott to the Florida Supreme Court this week. They’re trying to overturn Scott’s vetoes of state…

UPDATED: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 2:20 PMGov. Rick Scott has vetoed a part of the state budget that would’ve compensated residents in Lee and Broward…

The trial is the next step in a lawsuit that was first filed in 2003.Last year, Judge Keith Kyle ruled the Florida Department of Agriculture and its head,…