Tifton, GA – U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) today announced locations for the 2013 Farm Tour on Tuesday, August 28, 2013 and Wednesday, August 29, 2013 to tour a variety of farms and meet with dozens of members of local farming communities throughout the entire 8th Congressional District of Georgia.

Parts of the tour are open to media, and press should RSVP to Amanda Maddox at Amanda.maddox@mail.house.gov. For more information, call Rep. Scott’s Tifton office at (229) 396-5175.

A full itinerary and *media avail details are provided below:
 

2013 Farm Tour

 

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

 

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Tifton

Tour of the Georgia Department of Agriculture Lab

3150 US Hwy 41 South, Tifton, Georgia 31794

*Open to press

 

10:00a.m. – 11:00a.m. – Ty Ty

Tour Farm Labor Housing, Lewis Taylor Farms

195 Ty Ty Omega Road, Tifton, GA 31793

 

2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Moultrie

Tour of Sanderson Farms Poultry Processing Plant

700 GA Highway 133 South, Moultrie, GA

 

3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. – Moultrie

Colquitt County Farm Bureau meeting open to local farmers and agriculture community

1899 Sylvester Highway, Moultrie

*Open to press

 

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Camilla

Tour of Glass Gator Farm

340 Moultrie Road, Camilla, GA

 

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

 

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Berrien County

Tour of Terry Danforth's Farm (Hog and Row Crop)

Corner of Lenox Alapaha and Vickers Church Rd.

*Open to press

 

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Valdosta

Tour of Langdale Saw Mill

1202 Madison Highway, Valdosta, GA

 

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Valdosta

Agriculture Roundtable Discussion and Lunch at Austin's Cattle Company
2101 W Hill Ave, Valdosta, GA 31601

*Open to press

 

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. – Valdosta

Tour of Langdale Tilapia Farm

3109 Spain Ferry Rd, Valdosta, GA

 

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Brooks County

Tour of Brooks County Dairy Farm

200 South Washington Street, Quitman, GA

 

4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. – Hahira

Tour of Fred Wetherington Tobacco Farm

201 Bj Miley Street, Hahira, GA

 

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