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The Florida timber industry could be affected by Hurricane Michael, both now and years down the road. Florida has more than 17 million acres of forests, and the vast majority of those timberlands are working forests. Florida also has more than 400 logging companies across the state... 

Calvin Carlson had a huge problem waiting for him back home. Due to Hurricane Michael, the 21-year-old said the backyard of his parents home in his hometown of Tallahassee, Florida, was overtaken by a fallen 85-foot tall loblolly pine tree, which is the same height as around half of the Leaning Towe... 

Hurricane Michael has taken a toll on Floridas agriculture industry. Still recovering from Hurricane Irma, crop growers in the panhandle will need to tread on to recover from the economic impact. Agricultural economists at the University of Florida predict over 90 percent of the cotton seedlings hav... 
A state lawmaker from North Fort Myers who is a real-estate appraiser and an attorney from Fort Lauderdale who lobbies for the medical-marijuana industry are competing in next months election to replace term-limited Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. Unlike candidates ... 

More than one million acres of field crops and 3.6 million acres of upland forest in Florida were potentially impacted by Hurricane Michael, economists said. No dollar amount of losses has been affixed yet to Michael's damages to agricultural and natural resources industries operating in Fl...