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Agriculture experience influences Florida Senate candidate Wilton Simpson

By Erin Rauch on November 5th, 2012 | Last updated: November 6, 2012 at 7:39 am

Unopposed Florida Senate District 18 candidate, Wilton Simpson, said agriculture will be a top priority during his two-year term. Simpson is the president of Pasco County Farm Bureau’s board of directors and has been a member of the Florida Farm Bureau since the late 1970s.

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Drought in middle America could hurt Floridians

By Alexys Martinez on July 30th, 2012 | Last updated: December 7, 2012 at 9:38 pm

The drought plaguing the Midwest is the worst since the 1950s. Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Alexys Martinez spoke with Frankie Hall, the director for the Agricultural Policy Division for the Florida Farm Bureau, about how the dry spell is affecting us [...]