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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.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack recently announced that 23 counties in Georgia have been named primary or contiguous natural disaster areas due to a recent drought

Thursday, January 10, 2013  Updated with video; Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack has announced that all 29 counties within the Second Congressional District of Georgia have been named primary or contiguous to natural disaster areas due to a recent drought.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012  Updated with video; United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan traveled to Georgia on Monday to tour farms affected by the drought.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  It’s the countdown to commencement at Albany State University.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  Officials ask Dept. of Agriculture for help.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011  Camilla native Krysta Harden is now the new chief of staff for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Harden was previously the USDA’s assistant secretary for congressional relations.

Monday, October 25, 2010  Congressman Sanford Bishop and Sec. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visit FUEL to discuss how Southwest Georgia is an innovator for the nation's clean energy movement.