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Produce Transportation Best Practices Released

January 24, 2012 – 5:37 am |  Filed Under: 
Produce Transportation Best Practices Released The North American Produce Transportation Working Group (NAPTWG) has released best practice guidelines for the transportation of produce. The document integrates multiple existing transportation guidelines into one best practices document that can be used throughout North America to provide guidance for seamless product movement and to ensure the ongoing vitality of the carrier sector. The guidelines were reviewed and endorsed by the Blue Book and the Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC) to ensure compliance with industry trading guidelines for North America. The 25-member NAPTWG represents fresh produce transportation stakeholders from associations and industry groups across North
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GFVGA Hosts Educational Meeting On Labor Issues, WALB Features Farmers’ Opinions

January 17, 2012 – 2:06 pm |  Filed Under: 
Click here for the video segment of the story. Tifton, GA - Some South Georgia farmers are having a tough time finding local and migrant workers, which some blame on the new immigration law. "It's been a tremendous drop in the amount of workers we have state of Georgia. We've also had a $140 million dollar loss last year because of the loss of workers," said farmer Bill Brim. Under the new law, employers with 500 or more employees will have to use a federal database called E-Verify to check the employment eligibility. That puts farmers like Brim in
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Southeast Regional Conference Boasts 15% Attendance Increase

January 13, 2012 – 11:38 am |  Filed Under: 
SE Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference Announces Record Numbers for 2012 The SE Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference held on January 5 -8, 2012 at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center in Savannah, Ga., reports a record number of attendees this year, with an increase of more than 15% over 2011 attendance. According to Charles Hall, Executive Director of Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, almost 2,700 growers, exhibitors, educators and legislators attended the 2012 show, making this the 12th consecutive year for conference attendance growth. The conference had 583 attendees in 1999 when it first opened. "The 2012
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Register for the 2012 Annual Ag Forecast Seminars

December 4, 2011 – 2:25 pm |  Filed Under: 
It’s time to register for the 2012 annual Ag Forecast seminars closest to you. We’re also including a networking lunch to give you time to meet and catch up with those around you. Your continued support and promotion of these events is very much needed and appreciated.    The meeting schedule is: • Jan. 23: Macon at the Georgia Farm Bureau Building  • Jan. 24: Tifton at the Tifton Campus Conference Center • Jan. 25: Statesboro at the Nessmith Lane Conference Center • Jan. 26: Gainesville at the Georgia Mountains Center • Jan. 27: Carrollton at the Carroll County Ag Center 
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Vegetable Commission Members and Advisory Board Members

December 4, 2011 – 6:01 am |  Filed Under: 
  Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Vegetables Room 328 Agriculture Building Atlanta, GA  30334 404-656-3678 Phone 404-656-9380 Fax   MEMORANDUM TO:                  Vegetable Commission Members and Advisory Board Members FROM:            Bo Herndon, Chairman RE:                  Meeting Notice DATE:                        December 1, 2011 The ACC for Vegetables will meet on December 7, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held in the NESPAL Conference room-UGA Tifton. The address is 2360 Rainwater Rd. Tifton, GA.  If you go to in the doors on the North side of the building (off the arched Drive, where the flag pole is) the conference room is across the
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Proposed Specialty Crops Gains in the Farm Bill Proposal FAILS with No Agreement from the Deficit Reduction Super Committee

November 29, 2011 – 10:49 pm |  Filed Under: 
  Over the last several months the Chairs and Ranking Members of the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committees crafted a proposal that would save $23 billion dollars in Farm Bill expenditures over the next 10 years.  The concept was to offer up cuts the Agriculture Committees felt would be appropriate rather than leave this in the hands of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to dictate the programs and amounts to be cut.  Most agricultural organizations supported this concept, rather than take a chance on more drastic cuts from the Joint Deficit Committee.  For the Specialty Crop Industry,
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