Farm Bill

Florida’s agriculture industry hopes a newly passed bill that would limit local regulations on farmworker housing will bolster efforts to bring in more non-immigrant foreign workers.The bill (SB 1082), which lawmakers unanimously passed, would prevent cities and counties from taking steps to “inhibit” construction of housing for farmworkers on agricultural land. The bill has not been formally sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who can sign, veto or allow the legislation to become law without his signature.

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The federal government will give the Florida Department of Agriculture $5.4 million through the federal Farm Bill to fight a range of diseases and…

The Food Stamp program will be getting an $8 billion cut over the next decade. Most of the money was taken from an initiative called “Heat and Eat” which…

The U.S. Senate is expected to end its debate this week on a bill to renew the Farm Bill which has a big impact on Florida growers. But that a debate over…

Many South Florida lawmakers were upset U-S House leaders decided to campaign instead of working on a long term farm bill. The legislation is important to…