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U.S Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visits Georgia lawmakers, farmers - MSN
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Georgia on Wednesday to meet with Georgia agricultural leaders, lawmakers and farmers. Her visit comes as ...
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Hurricane damage puts further strain on rural areas in Georgia
According to the USDA’s most recent Census of Agriculture, in 2022, agriculture employed 323,300 people in Georgia, making it the state’s largest industry. Broiler chickens and cotton are the ...
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Georgia candidate gets it wrong on agriculture’s footprint
In 2021, Georgia agriculture was a $4.6 billion industry, so collectively, it’s not peanuts. (Georgia ranks No. 1 in the nation in peanut production, and it also leads the nation in producing ...
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The Hidden Tragedy Of Hurricane Michael And Georgia Agriculture - How It Affects You - Forbes
If you look at the table below from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (based on 2015 numbers), Georgia ranked 1st in broilers, peanuts, pecans, and spring onions. It ranked 2nd in cotton.
The Financial14y
The Crisis and Potential of Agriculture in Georgia
agriculture-in-georgia.jpg. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. The FINANCIAL — “6,000 tons of tomatoes which are imported in winter from Turkey into Georgia can be substituted by building ...
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New State-of-the-Art BrightFarms Greenhouse in Georgia is Creating Jobs, Driving Sustainable Agriculture and Improving Food Security Across the Southeast - KTLA
MACON, Ga., June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, BrightFarms, a national leader in indoor farming, celebrated the opening of its newest greenhouse in Macon, Georgia. The facility is the most ...