[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 103 (Thursday, July 25, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1396-E1397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING ARMOND MORRIS AS THE LANCASTER SUNBELT EXPO SOUTHEASTERN 
                     FARMER OF THE YEAR FOR GEORGIA

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                          HON. SAXBY CHAMBLISS

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 25, 2002

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize and 
congratulate Armond Morris, of Ocilla, for his recent selection as 
Georgia's Lancaster Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year. 
Armond has farmed in South

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Georgia for the past 38 years. Throughout those years, his operation 
has grown to over 2,000 acres and includes several different crops, 
such as cotton, peanuts, corn, watermelons, and cantaloupes.
  Armond's service and contribution to the agriculture community go 
well beyond the fields and dirt roads of South Georgia. Armond is the 
current chairman of the Georgia Peanut Commission, which represents 
over 7,000 peanut farmers in Georgia. Conducting programs that deal 
with the research and promotion of Georgia peanuts. Armond is also a 
board member of the American Peanut Council, which is responsible for 
peanut farmers across the country. Armond is not alone with his service 
to the agriculture community. He and his wife, Brenda, manage Morris 
Agricultural Services. Morris Agricultural Services is a USDA-approved 
peanut buying point and it also provides South Georgia farmers with 
chemicals and fertilizer.
  Armond will join seven other state winners at the Sunbelt 
Agricultural Expo, which is held in my hometown of Moultrie, Georgia, 
in October. Armond and the other state winners will be recognized at 
the Expo, and one of them will be named the Lancaster Sunbelt Expo 
Southeastern Farmer of the Year.
  Agriculture is very important to South Georgia and Armond represents 
the type of farmer the agriculture community needs in the future. He 
has helped out his fellow farmers and his community throughout his 38 
years of farming, and I know that this help will continue.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope you will join me in recognizing and 
congratulating Armond Morris on his outstanding achievements and 
service to our nation.

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