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Scott, Fla. Cabinet approve no-bid farming leases

By Bill Kaczor
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet on Wednesday rejected environmentalists’ opposition and approved no-bid, 30-year lease extensions with two agriculture companies for their use of state lands in exchange for other property needed for Everglades restoration.

The four officials unanimously agreed the extensions on about 14,000 acres in Palm Beach County for vegetable grower A. Duda and Sons Inc. and sugar cane company Florida Crystals Corp. are in the public interest.

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