PERRY, Ga. (Farm Monitor) — Georgia state leaders are examining what can be done to keep family farms profitable as rising costs put pressure on producers.
Georgia Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Russ Goodman says lawmakers are hearing from experts as they consider policies to support family farms and future generations.
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper says farmers are facing a profitability problem as costs for fuel, fertilizer and labor have increased while commodity prices have not kept pace.
Harper says those pressures are also making it more difficult for the next generation to afford to take over family farms.
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