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The Great Recession: A look at local economic sectors
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Dozens of loaves of round bread make their way onto large-scale cooling racks via a conveyor belt inside the King’s Hawaiian Bakery and distribution facility in this November 2011 photo. The company opened the Oakwood facility in October that year with plans to provide about 200 new jobs by 2015.
AgricultureHall County’s biggest agriculture industry, poultry, has endured some tough times, especially in 2008 when the economic downturn began to hit and this past year, as a Midwestern drought drove up the price of corn. “We’re hopeful 2013 and beyond will be better,” said Mike Giles, executive director of the Gainesville-based Georgia Poultry Association. “We don’t anticipate the price of corn to come down dramatically until we get a better feel for the new crop.