Wilton Simpson: USDA Should Declare Florida Disaster Due to Cold Blast, Help Farmers

Florida asks USDA for rapid disaster assistance as freezing storm threatens crops

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson on Friday asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make federal disaster assistance available to farmers ahead of a winter storm forecast to bring freezing temperatures and high winds across much of the state. In a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Simpson requested that USDA issue a disaster declaration for counties expected to be impacted by the storm, which forecaste…

Wilton Simpson: USDA should declare Florida disaster due to cold blast, help farmers

As Florida is in the grips of cold blast that plunged temperatures into the 20s in large swaths of the state, appeals for federal relief for affected farmers are already underway. Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson sent a request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeking a Disaster Declaration for Florida counties  impacted by the so-called “bomb cyclone” winter storm. The system slammed areas of the country from the Midwest t…

Winter storm in the southern U.S. cancels 2100 flights, threatens citrus crops

A winter storm is dropping snow across the U.S. South, where more than 2.100 flights have been canceled, as the eastern US faces a continued deep freeze, threatening records all the way to south Florida and menacing citrus crops.

Southern US winter storm snarls air travel for a second weekend

More than 1,500 flights have been cancelled. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Southern US Winter Storm Snarls Air Travel, Threatens Citrus

Winter storm, chill cancel 2,100 flights, threatens citrus

A winter storm is dropping snow across the South, where more than 2.100 flights have been canceled, as the eastern U.S. faces a continued deep freeze, threatening records all the way to South Florida and menacing citrus crops. Winter storm warnings cover parts of southern Virginia, eastern Tennessee, the Carolinas and northeastern Georgia as the storm builds along the southern Atlantic coast, ...