Georgia agriculture commissioner to testify about farm labor on Capitol Hill

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By Jeremy Redmon
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
5:40 p.m. Monday, October 3, 2011

Georgia’s agriculture commissioner and a South Georgia blueberry farmer are scheduled to testify Tuesday at a congressional hearing on farm labor shortages, state immigration laws and guest-worker programs.

The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security has billed the 10 a.m. hearing as a discussion of “America’s Agriculture Labor Crisis: Enacting a Practical Solution.â€