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Ga. might cut help for farmers to get US visas for migrant workers

...worker retention and a lack of available workers.Georgia Farm Bureau, the state's largest lobbying group for growers...said Jon Huffmaster, legislative director for the Georgia Farm Bureau. He said he was uncertain how many farmers used...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-23/ga-might-cut-help-farmers-get
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Southeast tries to work through persistent drought

...moisture is still low after years of dry weather, said Joe McManus, assistant director of commodities for the Georgia Farm Bureau."We're only a week away from a serious problem," he said. "We still have a lot of growing to do before...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-05-28/southeast-tries-work-through-persis
Put Anderson in Congress

...Lee also has connections over the entire district because of his time in the Georgia General Assembly and the Georgia Farm Bureau. This will make him more electable in November.Lee Anderson is the logical choice July 31.David BirdsongAppling

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2012-07-28/put-anderson-congress
Myron Hadden

...Sunday School teacher for many years. He was also a member of the Jefferson Hospital Authority, American Legion, Georgia Farm Bureau and Georgia Sheriff's Assoc. He was a former director of the Bank of Stapleton, and a co-owner of both the...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000157938820
Richard Brown

...and operator of The Sports Shop from 1961 to 1994. Mr. Brown was a member of the GA Sheriff's Association, the GA Farm Bureau, charter member of the Emanuel County Sportsman's Club and the Swainsboro Tiger Booster Club. He was preceded in...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000159170055
Paul Newton

...also served as a Board Member of the American Soybean Assn., was a Georgia Soybean Assn. Organizer, Member of Georgia Farm Bureau, served as Screven County Commissioner for 10 years, was a former president of the Georgia Crop Improvement Assn...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000161159724
Deal orders farm labor inquiry

...collect easily bruised crops that cannot be harvested by machine.The state's largest farm lobbying group, the Georgia Farm Bureau, has argued that immigration policies should be set by the federal government, not the state.State lawmakers...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-05-28/deal-orders-farm-labor-inquir
Deal offers farmers a solution to immigration crackdown

...of the E-Verify database.Farmers have urged Georgia's leaders to keep out of the immigration debate. The Georgia Farm Bureau, the state's largest farm lobbying group, says the issue should be reserved for the federal government.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-06-14/deal-offers-farmers-solution-
Will work on farm labor problem, Gov. Deal vows

...Ga. - Gov. Nathan Deal promised delegates at the Georgia Farm Bureau convention that he will work to ensure they have...Georgia residents will not accept, he said.The Georgia Farm Bureau membership includes a lot of Georgians. When those...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-12-06/will-work-farm-labor-probl