Citrus growers and vegetable growers appeared Thursday to have weathered the statewide freeze better than expected, but tomato growers took a hit as temperatures stayed below freezing long enough to cause damage to some of those crops. ...more

February 5, 2009

Growers across the state are accessing damage to crops from a freeze that penetrated as far south as the Everglades. Temperatures hovered in the high 20s in eastern Hillsborough County while staying in the 30s in Tampa early this morning. Even normally toasty Pinellas County saw temperatures at the upper edge of the 30s. ...more

January 22, 2009

Freezing temperatures forecast for tonight from the Panhandle to the Everglades pose a serious threat to the state's agriculture industry. ...more

January 22, 2009

For those willing to brave the summer sun, plucking tomatoes hot off the vine is a longstanding Florida treat. ...more

June 21, 2008

For those willing to brave the summer sun, plucking tomatoes hot off the vine is a longstanding Florida treat. ...more

June 20, 2008

The two-year drought gripping nearly all of Florida has extracted a toll in the hundreds of millions of dollars from the state's agriculture industry and people could begin seeing a pinch in the produce aisle next month. ...more

February 19, 2008

BEERS TO YOU: Beer lovers can look forward to the Holiday Ale Festival and Tasting at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at New World Brewery in Ybor City. More than 50 holiday ales will be featured. My favorites: Bad Elf, Very Bad Elf, Seriously Bad Elf, Criminally Bad Elf, Insanely Bad Elf and Santa's Butt. ...more

November 27, 2007

SARASOTA - Two or three times a day, laboratory technicians load chilled metal boxes onto small planes at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. ...more

October 7, 2007