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Helene caused at least $6.46 billion in losses to Georgia’s agriculture industry, according to estimates from the University of Georgia College of Agriculture & Environmental Science.
Georgia farmers suffered storm losses of at least $5.5 billion, according to an analysis by the University of Georgia. In North Carolina, a state agency calculated farmers suffered $3.1 billion in crop losses and recovery costs after Helene brought record rainfall and flooding. Separate economic analyses of farm damage tallied losses of up to ...
Here’s how the Georgia Senator’s bill could bring more grocery stores to Columbus’ food desert that, if it gets bipartisan support, could positively shape public health, help farmers, and ...
The Georgia Constitution includes a gratuities clause that prohibits the state government from giving gifts to individuals without a benefit to taxpayers in return. State policy makers have ...
Study shows a nearly 30% of Georgia farmers regularly have suicidal thoughts. There are resources to help. Farming drives billions in GA’s economy, but workers suffer from mental health problems
Outside of Georgia, there are other pecan-producing states like New Mexico that can supplement consumer demand, according to Brad Rubin, a sector manager at Wells Fargo’s Agri-Food Institute.
The current Georgia Farm Bureau was re-formed in 1937 by 50 north Georgia "dirt farmers" who wanted a unified voice in dealing with legislators in both Atlanta and Washington, D.C., That primary mission has not changed and today the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation continues to represent agriculture with a grassroots network of 159 county Farm ...
The farmers' market, set up in a huge tent, was an immediate success, bringing urban consumers direct access to farmers and their products. [1] Wishing to give the market a more permanent home, the Atlanta Woman's Club raised almost $300,000 for a fireproof brick and concrete building which opened on May 1, 1924, [ 1 ] named the Municipal ...