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Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Farmer partnered with Oakes Farms takes plea deal after hiding more than $6.7M in crop sales (winknews.com) — A farmer who operated Frisbie Farms in or around Immokalee has agreed to plead guilty to falsifying federal crop-insurance claims, after allegedly hiding more than $6.7 million in bell pepper sales. Prosecutors say the scheme, tied to a partnership with Oakes Farms, led to over $1.6 million in overpayments, and the farmer has now agreed to cooperate with a broader agriculture-fraud investigation.
• Florida is losing its federal wildlife staff in droves as species protections decline (tampabay.com) — Immokalee's Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge has seen staffing slashed by about 78 percent over 16 years, leaving just a handful of employees to manage more than 26,000 acres of critical habitat. The article details similar losses across Florida's refuges, raising concerns that shrinking federal wildlife staff and reduced on-the-ground enforcement could further threaten endangered species statewide.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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