While the Georgia peach crop suffers from a historically bad harvest, things are looking up for another of the state’s biggest cash crops. High rainfall and cool temperatures this spring have led an 18% increase in peanuts planted so far this year, boding well for a great year for the industry. A warm winter may not have been great for peaches, but for the state’s many peanut farmers a good planting season has the ship RISING…
Loeffler to head SBA
Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler was the latest Georgian to be tapped by President-elect Donald Trump for a key role in his upcoming administration, in this case to head up the Small Business Administration. Loeffler will lean on her experience as a successful financial executive as well as her political background in leading the SBA, which doles out loans and provides regulatory support for millions of small businesses nationwide. The appointment has Loeffler’s political star once again RISING…
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