Farm show highlights the latest in agricultural technology

MOULTRIE - Few farmers are complaining about the gray, rainy day as the 25th annual Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition opens in south Georgia. <br> <br> Farmers will need the rain -- along with the expo&#39;s harvesting demonstrations, entertainment and farm technology -- to change their fortunes as they try to get through the five-year drought. <br> <br> The show, which runs through Thursday, features 600 acres of corn, peanuts and cotton for harvesting demonstrations and 100 acres of displays. About 200,000 visitors are expected. <br> <br> U.S. Representative Saxby Chambliss, who is running for one of Georgia&#39;s U.S. Senate seats -- visited Sunbelt today. <br> <br> He announced that the USDA has approved a disaster declaration for 147 counties that have lost crops and livestock because of the drought. <br> <br> Twenty-two counties had already been declared disaster areas because of unusual weather -- particularly severe freezing last winter.