{"id":256,"date":"2016-09-27T23:35:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T23:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/stemitl\/?p=256"},"modified":"2016-10-04T00:07:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T00:07:03","slug":"agriculture-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/stemitl\/2016\/09\/27\/agriculture-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agriculture is an important part of Georgia’s economy and culture. \u00a0Georgia is a large and diverse state in the Southeastern United States with geography and terrain\u00a0ranging from coastal beaches and marshlands, large swamps, flat farmland, foothills and mountains. \u00a0The state is almost 60,000 square miles (over 100,000 square km) and has a population of over 10 million as of 2015.<\/p>\n

Georgia is well known for growing several cash crops-<\/p>\n

cotton<\/p>\n

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peanuts<\/p>\n

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pecans,<\/p>\n

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peaches<\/p>\n

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onions<\/p>\n

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Also, poultry (chicken) farming dominates the norther part of the state.<\/p>\n

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Agriculture is an important part of Georgia’s economy and culture. \u00a0Georgia is a large and diverse state in the Southeastern United States with geography and terrain\u00a0ranging from coastal beaches and marshlands, large swamps, flat farmland, foothills and mountains. \u00a0The state is almost 60,000 square miles (over 100,000 square km) and \u2026<\/p>\n

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