OKEECHOBEE — At daybreak on a misty-blue Wednesday, a herd of cows and bulls are horseplaying on a South Florida prairie when a tractor roars to life, hoisting in its jaws a hay bale as golden as the ...

LAKE HATCHINEHA — Longtime Floridians will recall that in decades past, before Central Florida became a tourist mecca peppered with housing developments from the Atlantic to the Gulf, venturing ...

Across rural America, a quiet reversal is taking shape. Instead of cashing out and carving up their holdings, more ranch ...

(AP) Under the “Fresh From Florida” marketing campaign offered by the state’s agriculture officials to stores and consumers, people are encouraged to buy things that are grown and raised in the ...

Many people think of the Wild West when it comes to cowboys, thanks to popular media and culture. However, they may not know about Florida’s modern cattle industry, its historical background and the ...