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News Articles: Agriculture

tractor in peanut field

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USDA sets 'bridge payment' amounts as farmers wait for long-term solutions

Federal support from the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program will help farmers in the short-term.  But what will help them in the long term?  Georgia farmers and agriculture officials weigh in.

January 08, 2026
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Sofi Gratas
Prairie Star Farm in Allamakee County, Iowa is home to 180 dairy cows. Owners Meghan and John Palmer say growing health care costs add to the financial pressures facing many farm families, including theirs.<br><br><br>

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  • Health

Farmers are about to pay a lot more for health insurance

Tariffs, inflation, and other federal policies have battered U.S. farmers' bottom lines. Now many farmers say the expiration of federal health care subsidies will make their coverage unaffordable.

December 31, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Boden and
  • Drew Hawkins
Rural students in Georgia will have new robotics tools to bridge Gen X and Gen Alpha farmers thanks to Georgia Tech. Amy Zock

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  • News

Can a robot bridge the gap between agriculture of Gen X and Gen Alpha in rural Georgia?

Agriculture companies incorporating robotics techniques in controlled environments are the fastest-growing sector of Georgia’s agribusiness, according to the state’s Department of Economic Development.

November 19, 2025
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By:
  • Kala Hunter and
  • The Ledger Enquirer
President Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on his way to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday.

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  • Economy

Trump scraps tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit in a push to lower prices

President Trump announced the removal of U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and other commodities amid pressure to address high consumer prices.

November 14, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A forecasted radar map of air temperatures across the U.S. on Tuesday morning. Much of Georgia is covered by a blue area showing below freezing temperatures.

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  • News

A blast of Arctic air freezes Georgia. Warming shelters open in Atlanta and farm growing season ends

Temperatures across Georgia will dip well below freezing tonight as an unseasonably cold blast of Arctic air blows across the state.

A blast of Arctic air freezes Georgia. Warming shelters open in Atlanta and farm growing season ends

November 10, 2025
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews and
  • Chase McGee
People gather around a large valve radio in 1940. By that point, over 80% of American households owned a radio.

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  • History

'Broadcasting' has its roots in agriculture. Here's how it made its way into media

The word 'broadcasting' dates back centuries, and originally described a method of sowing seeds. But it took on a new meaning with the rise of radio in the 1920s.

October 17, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
A truck hauling timber is shown on a dirt road surrounded by trees.

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  • News

Georgia forestry considers future after Helene, mill closures and market decline

Tim Lowrimore, president and CEO of the Georgia Forestry Association, talks about his industry's future after a year of storm recovery and mill closures.

October 03, 2025
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
the cotton jassid. Also known as the two-spot cotton leafhopper (or, in science, the Amrasca biguttula) this tiny green bug has spread quickly across much of the state’s okra and cotton-growing regions.

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  • Animals

GA okra and cotton under threat from new invasive pest that’s smaller than a paperclip

Farmers are dealing with a new and unique challenge: the cotton jassid, which has spread quickly across much of the state’s okra and cotton-growing regions.

September 09, 2025
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By:
  • Sundi Rose and
  • The Ledger Enquirer
Lorenzo Sarabia embraces his daughter in their home in Moultrie. Sarabia was one of a number of people detained by ICE in Colquitt County in May with the help of local law enforcement despite a lack of the legal agreement between locals and ICE to performs such arrests.

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  • News

South Georgia ICE arrests reveal a new reality of immigration enforcement

According to records, no local law enforcement in Colquitt County had officers trained by ICE before a May 12 joint patrol shook the immigrant community.

August 28, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas and
  • Grant Blankenship
New World screwworm larva, like the one pictured, will hatch and feed on the flesh of living animals, typically cattle. Cases in humans are rare but can be fatal.

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  • Health

The U.S. confirms its first human case of New World screwworm. What is it?

U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically affects cattle in South America but has spread north in recent years.

August 25, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Wheat being harvested in eastern Washington state

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  • National

Dependent on foreign sales, U.S. wheat farmers hoping longtime partners stick with them

As President Trump's tariffs kick in, American companies that rely on imports are worried about rising costs and passing them onto consumers. But some U.S. exporters are worried too.

August 20, 2025
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Potatoes — both the wild species, and the domesticated ones we buy at the grocery store — evolved from a chance hybridization between two plants some nine million years ago.<br>

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  • Science

The strange-but-true origin story of the humble potato

Scientists have long wondered about how the potato's genetic lineage came to be. Now they know: The plants are a cross between tomatoes and a plant known as Etuberosum.

August 13, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
A robotic arm attached to the International Space Station brings in the spacecraft carrying one of two Orbiting Carbon Observatory instruments, known as OCO-3, in 2019. NASA has put out a call for private groups to potentially take over the cost of maintaining the instrument, which measures carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere.

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  • Climate

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose

The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

August 06, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
A poultry house full of broiler chickens

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  • Business

Massive South Georgia poultry farm proposal halted by judge — for now

Citing a lawsuit, a judge in South Georgia's Coffee County has issued a stop-work order on what some residents say could become the largest chicken farm east of the Mississippi River. 

July 29, 2025
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
Tomatoes in a greenhouse.

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  • Business

With new tariffs on Mexican tomatoes, Georgia's producers could see increased demand

Last week, the Trump administration announced a 17% tariff on tomatoes imported from Mexico. The move might drive Georgia's consumers to buy local.

July 23, 2025
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By:
  • Chase McGee
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