Longtime resident Veronica S. Prostko, a former Plant City Bar Association and American Business Women's Association president, has been named director of external affairs at the MacDonald Training Center's James Ranch on Cork Road. ...more

October 22, 2008 |

PLANT CITY Karen Berry, publisher of a Plant City-based magazine, has been named the Florida Farm Bureau's Ag Journalist of the Year. ...more

September 19, 2008 |

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September 1, 2008 |

Sandy Hawkins says she has grit. To back up her claim, Hawkins points to the past 19 years she has spent as a single mother and the long hours working two jobs while attending college and law school full time. ...more

August 15, 2008 |

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August 4, 2008 |

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July 28, 2008 |

TAMPA - A request to raise home insurance rates for customers of the Florida Farm Bureau was rejected today in a final order issued by Florida's Office of Insurance Regulation. ...more

July 1, 2008 |

LAKE PLACID — Ag-Venture won a statewide award Friday as the outstanding volunteer program from Florida Agriculture in the Classroom, a division of Florida Farm Bureau. ...more

June 14, 2008 |

The head of Allstate Floridian pleaded poverty as the reason behind rising homeowners insurance rates on Monday, insisting the back-to-back four-storm seasons of 2004-05 nearly crippled the company and continue to squeeze its ability to cover claims. ...more

February 4, 2008 |

DAYTONA BEACH – Being economically viable while sustaining the environment is possible and Butler Oaks Farm and Buck Island Ranch are shining examples. Butler Oaks in Lorida and Buck Island near Lake Placid were two of four agricultural operations in the state recognized Friday for their leadership in promoting progressive environmental practices during the Florida Farm Bureau Federation's annual meeting. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles H. Bronson presented the 2007 Commissioner's Agricultural-Environmental Leadership Awards at the Daytona Beach Hilton. Nominations for the awards were received earlier this year by a screening committee composed of scientific and technical experts with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which selected the finalists. ...more

October 14, 2007 |