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Hemp production in Georgia on hold until funding secured

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2009 file photo, then Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin works at his desk in Atlanta. Irvin, whose four decades in office made him one of the longest-serving statewide officials in U.S., died at the age of 88, the department he once ran confirmed Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. First appointed as state agriculture head in 1969 by then-Gov. Lester Maddox, Irvin went on to win 10 consecutive elections before deciding to retire in 2011 because of age and health reasons. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Tommy Irvin, longtime Georgia agriculture chief, dies at 88

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Georgia peach crop faces nearly 80 percent loss this year

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File- In this May 10, 2011 file photo, a fieldworker snips onion bulbs on a Vidalia onion farm in Lyons, Ga. Delbert Bland, who grows Vidalia onions on about 3,000 acres in southeast Georgia, won the first round of a court battle with Commissioner Gary Black when a Fulton County judge ruled March 19, 2014, the commissioner overstepped his authority by ordering that no Vidalia onions could be packed for shipping before April 21. Black is telling growers he still plans to enforce the restriction while the state appeals. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Ga. judge won’t stop new Vidalia onion rule

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Bitter court feud over sweet Vidalia onions

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Ga. executive order blocks propane price gouging

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Slavery paintings coming down from Atlanta office

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Slavery paintings anger Georgia agriculture chief

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