LEE COUNTY, GA - News release from Monsanto Fund

In a world where technology trumps all, schools often find themselves scrambling to keep up. Thanks to a local farmer and America’s Farmers Grow CommunitiesSM, Terrell Academy can add another SMART Board to its classrooms.

Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, gives farmers the opportunity to win $2,500 for their favorite local nonprofit organizations. Rodney Harrell was the winning farmer in Lee County, and he chose to direct the donation to Terrell Academy.

ALBANY, GA - The Downtown Albany Market will be open for one more Saturday before it closes Saturday November 12 from.

The market is open from 8 a.m.- 1 p.m.  at the parking deck on the corner of Jackson St. and Broad Ave.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – News release from United States Senator, Saxby Chambliss

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., applauded Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s decision to declare 150 drought-stricken counties in Georgia disaster areas, as requested by Gov. Nathan Deal. Since April 2011, many parts of Georgia have experienced extreme weather conditions and suffered numerous crop losses. With the USDA Secretarial Disaster Designation, Georgia farmers will be able to apply for emergency loans and other benefits to ease losses.