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11:28 am
Fri March 29, 2013

Plans To Preserve Old Florida Livestock Mooooving Forward

Credit Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Cracker Cow and Calf

Well before the western cowboy, the founding of the United States, or even the Mayflower landing at Plymouth Rock, cracker cattle and cracker horses lived in Florida. Now the breed that almost went extinct in the 1960s is back on the rise.

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Environment
6:04 pm
Thu March 21, 2013

Business And Environmental Groups Happy With Everglades-Restoration Bill

Should the byproduct of coal power plants be classified as a hazardous material? Do environmentalists and the farming industry agree on Everglades restoration? The Florida Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee looked into those questions Thursday.

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