...complete financial side of things."The necessity of having those conversations will only increase. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the number of U.S. farmers older than 65 grew by nearly 22 percent between 2002 and 2007. Farmers 75...

...the daughter of the late Alvah Hugh Hooks and the late Adelle Young Hooks. She was retired from the Georgia Department of Agriculture with 34 years of service. Ms. Rabun had a passion for mothers in prison and was very active in prison ministry...

...regulating major fertilizer factories, disaster prevention is mostly up to the companies themselves.The Georgia Department of Agriculture licenses 156 firms within the state and 540 from outside that sell 4,612 fertilizer products. Eleven companies...

...thousands of unwanted puppies and kittens born every year because of irresponsible pet owners. Since the Georgia Department of Agriculture has been reluctant to engage in dialogue on this issue, it is up to local governments to enact legislation...

...smart grid is really focused on reliability and safety and keeping the lights on," Parker said.The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the loans as part of the federal program for electric membership cooperatives like the 38 EMCs that jointly...

...year with 25 percent more acres devoted to tobacco this season, according to crop estimates by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's recently released planting report.Certainly not the cash crop it used to be, flue-cured tobacco was...

...rolls for the very same reason."When are we going to get smarter? No time soon, apparently: The U.S. Department of Agriculture says there is $750 million in food stamp fraud each year ? more than double the number cited in a 2006-2008...

...the best hunting spots. Twenty-one hunters (75 percent) harvested at least one wild turkey.The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, which manages the U.S. Energy Department site, allows no other wild turkey hunts on the...

...shutting down a Columbia County animal rescue.Those reports were summed up in a final notice filed by Georgia Department of Agriculture inspectors Jan. 23 after a series of visits to Happy Tails Rescue in Appling.Those inspections started as...

...Care Trust Fund, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and a dog and cat sterilization program of the state Department of Agriculture.But the biggest loser under legislation that went into effect in 2010 is the state Department of Natural Resources...