A standing-room-only crowd turned out in Jackson County Monday evening as Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson addressed growing concerns over two new agricultural interdiction stations under construction for the area, one on U.S. 231 near the Alabama line and another on Highway 2 near the Georgia border.

Construction is underway on a new Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services agricultural inspection station near Campbellton, marking a significant addition to the state’s border protection network in Jackson County.