Atlanta-based AGCO Corp.‘s foundation is partnering with a British charity to train poultry farmers in Zambia, aiming to boost production in a country where it has preached the promise of mechanization for years. AGCO and Self Help Africa will work with 100 smallholder farmers in Zambia’s Chongwe district, as well as 50 female farmers appointed […]
Mexicans in the South: From Agriculture Diplomacy to Anti-Immigrant Dialogue
Since the early 1900s, Mexicans settling in the Southern United States have always straddled a line between discrimination and assimilation, but the today’s rancorous debate over immigration policy has its roots in more recent shifts. That was the consensus of Mexican Consul General Javier Diaz de Leon and Julie M. Weise, author of Corazon de Dixie: […]
Italian Tomato Sauce Factory to Employ 250, Source Locally in Southeast Georgia
An Italian manufacturer of tomato sauce will spend $20 million to set up a factory in Alma, Ga., that will bring together flavors from Georgia and Italy. La Regina Atlantica, the U.S. subsidiary of La Regina di San Marzano in the famous Italian region known for its tomatoes, is set to employ 250 people at the […]
Georgia Lawmakers Push to Add Poultry to U.K. Trade Talks
U.S. lawmakers including four members of Georgia’s congressional delegation are seeking assurances that market access for American poultry will be on the table in any discussions of a trade deal with the United Kingdom. American-made chicken and turkey have been practically banned from the European Union since 1997 over testing procedures and antimicrobial washes used in sterilization. So-called […]
A Network of African Business Influencers, Minted in Atlanta
The Mandela Washington Fellows who visited Atlanta for six weeks in June and July were emphatically positive about the leadership program that brought them across the Atlantic. The U.S. State Department’s Young African Leaders Initiative touched down in the city for the sixth straight year, once again bringing cohorts of 25 leaders each to three […]
NAFTA Debate Explores Need to Balance Free, Fair Trade for Georgia
Talking trade today — and especially NAFTA — often means maintaining civil discourse or delving into details, but rarely both. Getting too far into the weeds can lead to one side crying foul about specific disadvantages, while tiptoeing to avoid partisan passions can lead to only superficial discussion of real issues. Speakers from a variety […]
Georgia Leaders Applaud Trump’s Removal of Steel and Aluminum Tariffs From NAFTA Partners
Georgia lawmakers are praising President Trump’s decision to exempt Mexico and Canada from steel and aluminum tariffs, which some legislators have seen as a precursor to a congressional vote on the renegotiated North American free-trade agreement. The so-called U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement was reached as a successor to NAFTA earlier this year, but it has yet to […]
Classic Cars to Cranberry Powder: Local Organizations Post Tangible Trade Leads
Local economic development leaders often make the case that Georgia-made products are in high demand overseas. In the past few weeks, they have posted the lists to prove it. The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s office in Brazil, which always seems busy, has sourced credible buyers for a range of products, from RFID technology, aerospace […]
Georgia Fertilizer Factory Part of Big U.S. Plans for Brazilian Agribusiness Firm
After completing four years of research in south Georgia, a Brazilian fertilizer company is setting up a crop-nutrition plant in the region that will employ 80 people. The $1 million plant in Moultrie is the latest step in Forquímica‘s major ambitions for the U.S. market. “We want to be bigger than we are in Brazil,” Reginaldo Zandonade, […]
Agriculture an Avenue for Improving Georgia-Peru Trade
When Miguel Aleman was posted at Peru’s embassy in Beijing in the early 2000s, he started to see South American table grapes popping up at Chinese New Year celebrations. The only problem? They were coming in from neighboring Chile, not his country. The diplomat, now Peru’s consul general in Atlanta, sent word back to Lima […]
