Florida ranching lasts longer than most residents imagine. Beef production sits at the center of the state’s agricultural heritage for more than 400 years, anchored in a working landscape that often ...

The meat and gift shop is in a 1940s cracker house and sells an array of clothes, home décor and food such as jams, cheeses ...

As 1,000 people move to Florida every day, it’s more important than ever that lawmakers focus on ways to protect water, native wildlife and natural landscape. Agricultural lands supply wide, open ...

Industries argue that working cattle on state lands could also help cut down on the amount and distribution of exotic plants ...

MYAKKA CITY, Fla. — Welcome to Myakka City, about 30 miles east of Sarasota. The ranch is a glimpse into what Florida used to be. “Every single pavement, road, house, hospital or school, at one point ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Lynda Rehse is one of hundreds of riders, cowboys, cowgirls, muleskinners and cooks that make up this caravan of animals, cow dogs and film makers.

OKEECHOBEE — At daybreak on a misty-blue Wednesday, a herd of cows and bulls are horseplaying on a South Florida prairie when a tractor roars to life, hoisting in its jaws a hay bale as golden as the ...

"These ranches are selling like hotcakes," Great Florida Cattle Drive 2026 brings awareness to industry and landscape and why they need to be preserved ...

New book reveals untold story of Muskogee-speaking Cow Creek Seminoles' connection to Adams Ranch and Fort Pierce after Polly ...

Panthers are back. Florida’s still-imperiled big cat–one of the largest in the country–has bounced back from just 20 individuals to more than 160 during the last 30 years. But it’s now in danger of ...