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Tuesday, June 11, 2013  U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia voted for final passage of the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 on Monday and released a statement.

Monday, June 10, 2013  Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton has named two new coaches to take over their baseball and tennis programs.

Sunday, June 02, 2013  Updated with video; Officials have charged a Worth County man in connection to the 'puppy mill' that was discovered Thursday.

Friday, May 31, 2013  Updated with video; A puppy mill has surrendered their dogs after Best Friends Humane Society received an anonymous tip about barking dogs Thursday morning.

Monday, May 27, 2013  Bugles across America was started several years back to ensure that every veteran had a bugle player to play Taps at their funeral.

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

Thursday, May 23, 2013  Updated with video; The Georgia Department of Agriculture gave thousands of dollars Tuesday to 19 animal shelters across Georgia.

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

Thursday, May 16, 2013  UPDATE: Mumford has been found. The Americus Police Department and Georgia Bureau of Investigation need your help finding an abducted Americus child.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Albany Technical College is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; For seven years, no one has entered the historic H. H. Tift Building on the University of Georgia's Tifton Campus while officials waited for the money to renovate it, but that wait is over now that $4.7 million dollars of the state's budget was allotted towards the project

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Today, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., former chairman and former ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, voted to move the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 out of committee.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes 12 years after similar Monsanto push failed

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Updated with video; The Dougherty County School System is looking into joining a program that would provide free lunches for every student.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Oklahoma congressman proposes $20 billion spending cut over 10 years in nation's food stamps program