Latest news, weather and high school sports for Albany and Southwest Georgia

Friday, May 24, 2013  New meat labels go into effect, telling consumers where animals were born, raised, slaughtered

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  High crop prices entice farmers to expand planting into old golf courses, wildlife preserves

Sunday, May 19, 2013  With summer just around the corner, farmers in Southwest Georgia are staying busy. However this season is a bit different, as officials in Washington have stolen the farming community's attention.

Friday, May 17, 2013  Organic industry's political clout grows on Capitol Hill as consumers demand organic foods

Friday, May 10, 2013  Updated with video; With all of the rainfall accumulated since January and lower than average temperatures, local farmers say not only they've saved money not having to irrigate but they're predicting this 2013 could have a great crop season.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  In the Facebook story of the day you wanted to know how big of a problem wild hogs are in the area.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The Southwest Georgia Project, Inc. is hosting A Farmer's Field Day at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture in Tifton.

Monday, April 01, 2013  The Georgia Deaprtment of Education has created the Farm to School initiative about three years ago, but now, more organizations are coming together to navigate school nutrition and support local farmers.

Saturday, March 30, 2013  Updated with video; In our Facebook story of the day, you wanted to know how local farmers feel about the severe drought being over.

Monday, March 25, 2013  California farmers team up to build bio-refinery that will convert sugar beets to ethanol

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Updated with video; Peanut planting season is just around the corner with spring beginning to creep into the forecast.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Updated with video; Students donate a box of toiletry items to the Lily Pad Sane Center.

Friday, February 08, 2013  Updated with video; Thursday may have been a rainy day, but 23 counties across Georgia have been designated as natural disaster areas due to the recent drought.

Friday, February 08, 2013  Updated with video; Shane Kelley, a farmer in Newton, was selected as a winner in America's Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Updated with video; The University of Georgia Tifton Conference Center held their annual Agriculture Forecast Seminar Wednesday morning.