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Food Check-Out Week: Eat healthy on a budget
Many Americans made New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and save money. These are hard resolutions to keep, and so, during Food Check-Out Week, Feb. 19-25, Farm Bureau is offering tips to help consumers eat healthy on a budget.

February 21, 2012
C.A. Gray floriculture team competes
February 17, 2012 1 Photo
USDA announces CRP general sign-up
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director, Hobby Stripling, recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a four-week Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general signup March 12 through April 6.

February 17, 2012
Hog show winners
February 15, 2012 4 Photos
FFA connects students with horticulture industry
The Colquitt County High School FFA members’ long hours of practice paid off as they took home their Georgia Green Industry Junior Certification.

February 14, 2012 1 Photo
Growing Georgia, February 2012
February 13, 2012
Sylvester to open farmers market
The Sylvester Downtown Enhancement Program and the City of Sylvester recently announced plans for the opening of Downtown Sylvester Farmers Market.

February 11, 2012
Labor Dept. issues final rule on H2B foreign labor certification
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and its Wage and Hour Division today announced a final rule to improve the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program. The rule, to be published in the Feb. 21 edition of the Federal Register, includes changes to several aspects of the program to ensure that U.S. workers receive greater access to jobs and strengthens worker protections.

February 11, 2012
Peanut Commission Research Report Day will be Feb. 8
The Georgia Peanut Commission will hold the annual Research Report Day Wednesday, Feb. 8, beginning at 9 a.m. at the National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL), located on the University of Georgia Tifton campus. The event provides growers and industry representatives an opportunity to hear the latest reports on research projects funded by GPC in 2011.

February 3, 2012
"Growing Georgia," January 2012
February 2, 2012
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