PANAMA CITY — Few think of Florida when they think of cattle drives — that seems like the subject of a Western film, not a tale set in the piney swamps and grass flats of the Sunshine State. But a new ...

(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 ...

Recently, on a hot summer morning with cumulus clouds towering overhead, black cattle grazed in South Florida fields, dotting the horizon along with clumps of palm trees. At the Big Cypress ...

Cattle ranches protect Florida’s last frontier from development and are crucial to protecting wildlife and water, natural landscape and wetlands. Much of the land on our ranch has been left in its ...

Throughout Florida, ranchers raise and care for thousands of head of beef cattle before sending them out of state to continue their growth. Despite ranking 10th nationally in the number of cattle, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Cattle rancher Billy Kempfer would love for Florida to pay him for the development rights on his land, keeping it as ranchland forever. But it all comes down to the list. His St. Cloud ...

GREEN COVE SPRINGS | Jim Farley's had some cowboys from out West come and work on his Florida cattle ranches. Showboaters, he calls them. Didn't last long. Didn't have what it takes to be a Florida ...

Florida, with its lush grasslands, ranks 10th in the nation for its beef cattle herds — nearly 2 million head. And the Seminole Tribe of Florida... South Florida's Seminole Cowboys: Cattle Is 'In Our ...