Representative Terry England

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Representative Terry England has spent his entire working life as a farmer and agri-businessman. He and his wife, the former Cindy Casper, are life-long residents of Barrow County and live on a farm that has been in the family since his great-great grandfather came home after the Civil War. Since 1998, Terry is the owner and operator of The Homeport Farm Mart (a farm and garden supply retailer) located in Winder. Terry and Cindy are active members in the First Baptist Church of Auburn. Terry serves as Chairman of Deacons and is involved in many other church activities, while Cindy is very involved in the Church Youth and Child Care Ministries.

Terry is a 1984 graduate of Winder-Barrow High School and attended the University of Georgia, majoring in Agricultural Engineering. He is a 1994 graduate of the Georgia Agri-Leaders Forum, a statewide leadership program for the agricultural industry. This program allows its participants to see and understand issues that affect our state from all sides, not just from the agricultural standpoint. Having been a student and continuing supporter of agricultural education and the Future Farmers of America organization, Terry has served as local and Georgia FFA Alumni President and as a member of the National FFA Alumni Executive Council. In 2003, he was awarded the highest honor that the National FFA organization presents, the Honorary American FFA Degree.

During his terms in the General Assembly, Representative England sponsored and passed several pieces of Legislation of interest to citizens in the 108th District. They included a Barrow County Homestead Exemption expansion for senior citizens that are economically depressed, created the Agriculture Education and Career/Technical Advisory Commissions, Co-sponsored the Historical Documents Act of 2006 allowing documents such as the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public buildings, along with co-sponsoring numerous other measures that reduced taxes and improved the lives of all Georgians.

Appointed to the Appropriations Committee by former Speaker Glen Richardson, he was named Vice-Chair of the K-12 Education Sub-Committee by Speaker Ralston. Terry also currently serves as Co-chair of the Agricultural Education Advisory Commission, as a member of the Career/Technical Advisory Commission, the Governor’s Workforce Investment Board, the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority Overview Committee as well as the Vice-Chair of the Southern Legislative Conference Agriculture and Rural Development Committee and the National Council of State Legislatures Agriculture and Energy Committee. Terry serves as a member of the House Agriculture Committee, and as a member of the Industrial Relations Committee as well as the Natural Resources and Environment Committee He was elected by his fellow House members in 2007 to serve as Chairman of the bi-partisan House Rural Caucus.

Terry’s spare time finds him restoring antique tractors, helping bale hay and performing other chores on a friend’s, as well as his own, farm, spending time with family and friends and enjoying his Black Lab, Wiley.