ISSUE 1088 BRONSON HEARS DAMAGE REPORTS, AID REQUESTS Representatives from Florida’s diverse agriculture sectors met with Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson Thursday (November 3) to report damage estimates from Hurricane Wilma. Bronson will use the figures when he travels to Washington, D. C. this week (November 7) to request federal aid. Some sectors, like sugarcane, have not yet been able to tally the extent of damage, but with about half the commodities reporting, estimates range up to about $1.2 billion. In addition to commodity reports, producers as well as farm labor advocates expressed the need for emergency housing for workers. FFVA’s Mike Stuart, Danny Raulerson and Tony DiMare participated in Thursday’s meeting in Clewiston.
ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP (Members-Only articles are indicated in bold.) BRONSON HEARS DAMAGE REPORTS, AID REQUESTS USDA TO SURVEY STORM DAMAGE TO CITRUS LOANS AVAILABLE FOR HURRICANE DAMAGE GAO FINDS CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM VULNERABLE TO ABUSE FFVA HELPS FORM NEW GROUP TO CERTIFY GOOD FARM LABOR PRACTICES SENATE VOTES DOWN CAP ON FARM SUBSIDIES OFFICIALS, SCIENTISTS DETERMINING STATEGY TO FIGHT CITRUS GREENING RULING SETS PRECEDENT FOR AG LANDOWNERS
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