Senator Warnock, other state leaders meet with farmers to discuss mental health
"The price of a cotton picker is over $1 million now, but cotton is relatively the same price as it's been for the last 40 or 50 years," President of the Georgia Agribusiness Council Will Bentley said. "When you do that math, there's no way for a small producer to really survive."
MUSELLA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Farming isn’t as simple as it used to be. Will Bentley, President of the Georgia Agribusiness Council, says there’s lots of stress involved in the occupation these days. One example he gave was the price of cotton versus how much it costs to harvest it. “The price of a cotton picker is over $1 million now,…