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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TYLER HARPER, COMMISSIONER WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2023 VOL. 106, NO. 5 COPYRIGHT 2023

2023 Georgia Grown Executive Chefs named to promote `Farm to Fork' relationships

By Jay Jones

educate them and have a place for them to

jay.jones@agr.georgia.gov

work and learn."

Five chefs covering a wide culinary range were named the 2023 Georgia Grown Executive Chefs by Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler Harper and Georgia Restaurant Association President

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Kees explained his job at Krystal's is developing and perfecting specialty menu items the restaurant chain will have on a seasonal basis. He said the biggest draw to applying to the executive chef program is a chance to experience more Georgia

and CEO Karen Bremer.

products.

The 2023 Executive Chefs are Chef

"We love being here, being headquar-

Robert Butts of Twisted Soul Cookhouse

tered in Georgia," Kees said. "Georgia has

& Pours, Atlanta; Chef Kristina Dahl of

a lot of resources and products made here,

Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia

and it's allowed us to showcase some of

and Helms College, Augusta; Chef Karl

these fantastic products on a larger scale."

Gorline of the Woodall, Atlanta; Chef Ray

Bremer noted in her comments that

Kees of Krystal Restaurants, Atlanta; and

while agriculture is Georgia's largest eco-

Chef Matthew Raiford of Gilliard Farms,

nomic sector and employs the most peo-

Brunswick.

ple, the restaurant industry is the second

The announcement was made during

largest employer in the state. She said

the annual Taste of Georgia Legisla-

the executive chef program is essential in

tive Reception on Feb. 22 at the Georgia

fostering relationships between chefs and

Freight Depot in Atlanta.

farmers and garnering a greater awareness

The chefs are the 12th class selected in

among restaurateurs and consumers about

the Georgia Grown Executive Chef pro- The 2023 class of Georgia Grown Executive Chefs was announced on Feb. 22 in Atlanta. From left to right: Oliva the availability of quality, local products

gram. The chefs will participate in the Rader of Georgia Grown, Holly Chute, senior Georgia Grown executive chef, GRA President Karen Bremer, GRA

on Georgia's restaurant scene.

program to strengthen awareness of Geor- Board Chair Justin Triplett, Chef Robert Butts, Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler Harper, Georgia First Lady "We are thrilled to have these five

gia Grown products around the state. The Marty Kemp, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Chef Kristina Dahl and Chef Ray Kees. Not pictured: Chef Karl Gorline chefs represent our state's culinary scene

program also acknowledges culinary pro- and Chef Matthew Raiford. (GDA/Nick Vassy)

in 2023," Bremer said. "Each is a true

fessionals prioritizing Georgia Grown in

Each chef brings their unique background Middle Georgia. The college, with campuses champion of the Georgia Grown program,

their restaurants, schools and communities. to the program. Butts said using locally at Macon and Augusta, targets students with passionate about promoting the use of local,

Speaking at the reception, Harper grown food fascinates him. He said the food disabilities or from low-income families and seasonal food on their menus and strength-

thanked the chefs for their efforts in using provides an experience and tells a story.

assists them with job training and placement. ening relationships with Georgia suppliers."

Georgia Grown food and products in their "I love to see where my products and pro- She hoped her involvement with Georgia To learn more about the Georgia Grown

business and for being the outlet that helps duce come from, and working with Georgia Grown would help promote Helms College's Executive Chefs program, visit https://www.

"us put the farm on the fork."

Organics gave me that foot in the door to culinary program while allowing students to garestaurants.org/georgia-grown-execu-

"We were honored that these phenomenal work with local farmers, to work with local learn about using locally grown food.

tive-chef-program.

chefs, many of whom are also small busi- produce, and bring that kind of experience to "We send our students to Edgar's Grille Georgia Grown is a program of the Geor-

ness owners, have accepted the distinction my customers," Butts said. "It excites me to (an on-campus restaurant operated by stu- gia Department of Agriculture that provides

of wearing a Georgia Grown chefs coat," talk with them and try new stuff. As a chef, dents) to get that hands-on experience and to branding, education, marketing and business

said Harper. "This program is one of the it makes my creativity blossom."

build their confidence. We also have a farm connections to expand agribusinesses and

many ways our relationship with the Georgia Dahl oversees the culinary program at where the farmer supplies our restaurant the agricultural industry throughout Geor-

Restaurant Association has helped our team Helms College, a postsecondary career venues and the school with fruit and vege- gia. Learn more at www.GeorgiaGrown.

support our growers and producers."

school sponsored by Goodwill Industries of tables," Dahl said. "Everything is there to com.

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Wellness Alliance seeks to promote mental health awareness, access to care

By Jay Jones jay.jones@agr.georgia.gov
Efforts this year to highlight mental health awareness among farmers and rural communities in Georgia are moving forward with a new coalition with Mercer University's Rural Health Innovation Center.
The Georgia Agricultural Wellness Alliance is a coalition of farmers, nonprofits, colleges and universities, health organizations, state agencies, agricultural commissions/associations and agribusiness working to support the well-being of farmers and rural communities in Georgia.
With funding approval last year by the Georgia General Assembly, the Rural Health Innovation Center is looking to hire a director for the Alliance to lead the effort across the different partners.
A link to the director's position description and requirements is https:// bit.ly/3IzyNzA.
Lily Bacom, executive director of the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture, the nonprofit organization of the Georgia Farm Bureau, said the current work is public education and peer-to-peer training to help people begin to talk about mental health issues. Once a director is hired, that person will work with the Rural Health Innovation Center to find ways to increase access to mental healthcare.
"We found in the research that one of the top ways that farmers are
See WELLNESS ALLIANCE, page 16

The 2023 Farm Stress Summit
The University of Georgia Extension hosts the summit for healthcare providers, nonprofits, county officials, faith leaders and others working to combat farm stress within Georgia's rural communities. Organizers said the goal is to learn from each other, connect communities with existing resources and establish partnerships across organizations.
When: 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Monday, March 20
Where: Mercer University School of Medicine, Penfield Hall, 1550 College Street, Macon, Ga. 31207
Registration: Online at http://bit.ly/3Y7zwgW
For more information: email mbowie@uga.edu or call 706-461-9035.
Website: https://extension.uga.edu/topicareas/timely-topics/Rural/farm-stressconference.html

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3910 Ford tractor. 5ft bush New Holland TC30 4WD

FARM

hog included. Low hours. One compact tractor. 772 hours.

MACHINERY

owner. Excellent condition: Great running condition. No is$12,500 firm cash only. No sues: $8900. Tim Moore

text please. No calls after 6pm. Statesboro 912-536-3441

Please specify if machinery is in running condition.

C.F. Collins Dahlonega 706-

973-0021

TO35 Massey Ferguson

1950s model w/attachments

TRACTORS

40hp Kioti 4310 4WD w/load- dirt scoop, Bush Hog harrow, er, 66in grapple, forks, bucket, all-purpose plow blade scrape

(2) 1952 212 Cat motor load- rear remotes, 3rd function, & Bush Hog: $4000 OBO. Eders: $9,500 or trade; 74 3000 Quick Hitch, warranty trans- die Gray Thomaston 706-333-

Ford: $6,250; 76 3600 Ford fers, financing available: 9820

tractor: $6,500; 753 Bobcat: $8,500. W.O Carter Odum 912-586-6861

$28,500. Kevin Milledgeville 478-443-0046
5030 Ford w/front weights &

Wilkes Co. Young Equipment Auction Saturday,March 18th,

Farmer

1948 TE20 Ferguson, looks new battery, runs good, solid 9:30 A.M., McGill-Woodruff

bad, runs good, good tires, tractor. Needs seat, need front Ag. Center,Washington,GA,

good lift: $2000. Original color tire, leaking a little diesel: Call Buy or Sell, Info:706-990-9073,

was blue. H. Adkison Albany for price. Martin Greene Ideal Auctioneer: Eddie Christian

229-894-5115

478-949-3055

Gal# 1672, WCYF Auction LLC

1953 Farmall Super M, 8000 Ford tractor w/5-bottom Louisville, wide front, 3pt hitch, turning plow, 22 disc offset

CUTTERS AND

good tires, excellent condition. Taylor Way harrow. Russell

MOWERS

David Jackson Roopville 770- Adams Fayetteville 770-653-

328-7601

1806

2018 Orange Land Pride,

1970 International 444, Farmall Cub tractor, w/belly FDR1672 grooming mower. w/power steering, very sound, mower, 36in disc plow under High quality, very good condimechanic inspected, ready for belly, scrape blade. Rebuilt tion: $2850. Text or call for work: $5000 OBO. Harriett few years ago: $2500. Don picture or questions. Michael

Mansfield 770-722-2667

Flovilla 404-617-2781

Warren Monroe 770-731-7118

1989 John Deere 2955 tractor Ford 3000 diesel, good rub- 44in DR PRO 44T bush hog

w/John Deere 720 loader, ber, very dependable, great for 4-wheeler, 2in ball, 22hp. 90HP: $15,500. Omer Mc- food plot tractor: $4000. Only 2 seasons old, excellent

Cants Talbotton 706-573- Charles Lizella 478-737-7659 condition, heavy blades, many

5725

upgrades: $2900. Tim West

2010

Kubota

9540

1087hrs

Ford 3910, hitch, hay roll

loader, quick spear, 5ft 3pt

Covington 770-480-2270

cab loader 4x4 2 remotes 24 hitch cutting harrow, 5ft tiller, 5ft Bush Hog, good shape,

speed transmission, pre-emis- all purpose plow: $9000. needs sharpening: $400. W.C.

sions, 1 owner, excellent con- James Black Adairsville 770- Quarles Dawsonville 706-344-

dition: $45,000. William Brown 773-3411

7595

Reidsville 912-213-6558

Ford 800, gas, excellent, 8-foot rotary mower. New

2017 Kubota L4600 tractor 31hrs, barn kept, like new. Leave message, I'll get back to you. Danny Conkle Griffin 770-356-8191

sheet metal complete, all pur- gear boxes: $2950. Tim Moore pose plow, 4ft flail mower, & Statesboro 912-536-3441 other equipment: $7,200; also 8X30ft gooseneck trailer, steel, Bush Hog 5ft SqUealer 160 (3) 8000lb axles: $1200 OBO. frame, gear box good, Woods Ron Hulett Milan 912-363- shaft, stump jumper, blades:

5978

$150. Glenn McBay Madison

Ford 8N tractor w/mower; 770-722-0331

Ford 9N tractor; John Deere Bush Hog 7ft; New Holland

model 60; MF 245. Jack Gar- hay rake, side delivery. Clay

land Locust Grove 404-376- Pentecost Winder 770-601-

8061

3855

JD 2440 w/JD #47 loader . w/forks & hay speer, no bucket, good tires, strong tractor: $9100. C. Anthony Jefferson 706-658-6081

Bush Hog FTH600 finish mower. Excellent condition, minimal use, very reasonable. Call. Please leave message. Bill Main Fayetteville 770-716-

John Deere 6310, CA, 2WD, 2 8220

2017 Kubota L4701D, 4WD, hydrostatic transmission, speed control, 186 hours, always garaged, includes 6ft Bush Hog: $28,500. Gilmer

remotes, 520 hrs., tires 8590%, front weights, 34ince rears, very clean, 2001 model: $59000 firm. Wiley Farm Covington 770-464-3276

Bush Hog FTH720 side discharge finish mower, antiscalp wheel, 3 sets of good used blades, 1 set brand new, and extra new belt. Slate Long

County 706-273-6818

Massey Ferguson 175 Madison 706-318-0402

Perkins diesel 63HP, model

2355 John Deere tractor, ex- year 1971 w/newer MF 1051 Bush Hog, model 2710, 10ft:

cellent shape; (2) rotary mow- 6ft cutter. Reliable and strong. $10,000; NorthStar 55gal

ers, 5ft, good condition: $550 Owned 38 years, power steer- sprayer w/boom arms: $500;

& $650. Holton Douglas 912- ing & all hydraulics: $8500. Bush Hog, 15ft: $12,000; lad-

383-6805 or 912-592-8584 3000 Ford tractor, diesel, runs

James 5555

Barnesville

678-231-

der rack: $250; 500gal fuel tank: $700; NH Haybine 472: $3500. Andy Hartwell 706-

good: $6250. Louis Ward Massey Ferguson 205 w/har- 436-7031

Dublin 478-290-4725

row, turn plow, cultivator,

scrape blade: $3000 OBO. In- Bushhog 287 for parts. Good

800 Ford tractor, good metal, cludes manual, call between gear box, wheels & brackets, &

runs good: $3500. Eddy Tom- 9AM-6PM. Eugine Cook Byron extra wheel bracket: $100.

linson Calhoun 706-280-8068 478-293-8970

Gary Greenville 706-977-4392

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Twin-row Monosem planters Briggs and Stratton Vanguard JD Model 48 Loader w/buck- Sawmill equipment - sawdust in good shape: $22,500; 6-row Motor, 8.5 HP, 2inch horizontal et, sheltered, previously on JD conveyor, 45ft: $5000; GM KMC strip till: $8000; KMC lift shaft; new carburetor, new 3020. Hoses may need replac- power unit: $4000; live deck,

TRAILERS

assist: $3000; nice 8-row Red- spark plug, new oil (uses no ing: $2,300. Leave msg for call homemade: $3500; Mellot live

(1) 14in 1-bottom turning ball hooded sprayer: $3500; oil), powerful engine: $350. back. Robert Fort Valley 478- deck, four strand, 20ft X 15ft

LIVESTOCK

plow; (1) 6ft HD rock rake, KMC 3386 peanut picker: Robert Crittenden Marietta 825-7202 new; (1) 6-shank 1-row culti- $52,500. Zach Albany 229- 770-428-5105

5in: $5500 OBO. Lloyd Long County 912-977-4578

HANDLING

vator; (1) Athens 2-disc turning plow. D. Blansit Trion 706238-0465
(1) 4x8 drag harrow. Paid $430 at Agri Supply, in good shape: $150. W. O. Bell Glennville 912-237-0222
1-2, & 4 row cultivator Cole planters; 2 disc tiller; 2-3, & 4 bottom plows; 1-2 & 4 rolling

881-6383
PICKERS AND HARVESTERS
1988 blueberry harvesters. Sway machine, Cummins engine, excellent condition: $30,000. L.G. Mitcham Ludowici 912-270-4683

Fender for double axle utility trailer: call for price. Charles Sawyer Mount Airy 706-7684776
JD rear wheel weights, cast No. A3404R original equipment off 4020s etc. 140lbs, 6 total: $1200. Ryan Baerne Nicholson 706-757-2672

Model 7610 Ditch Witch trencher for sale. Will trench up to 6ft deep, twelve inches and anything in between. Good condition, don't need it anymore. Asking: $9,500. Benny Colquitt 229-726-4882
New 48in pallet forks for John Deere tractor - hook and pin hook up or global/Euro 3.5 and

Tree spade. Big John 90in on 1997 Ford 9000, 8LL trans, CAT engine 137K miles. Rex Nursery Rex 770-823-6789
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
1 C-Lug rubber track for skid steer. Size 320x86x50. Came

AND HAULING
2 livestock racks for a pickup. One for short bed and one for long bed. Both made of oak and in good condition: $150 each. Chris Newman Canton 770-883-5952
EQUIPMENT

cultivator, New Ground harrow; dirt scoop; hay spear; more. Crosby Blackshear

HAY AND FORAGE
16ft skeleton hay elevator,

OTHER MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS

5K capacity available. Can de- off Case TR270. Has small cut

liver. Raymond Monty Villa in track but should have many

Rica 404-234-0786

hours left: $200. Ron Hunton

TRAILERS AND CARTS

912-337-3739
1-row plant setter with 2 water tanks. Mechanical Transplanter brand model 22C great condition: $1500. Clayton Pierce Dahlonega 706-4828360
2 six 38inch row cultivators.
HEAVY Average condition: $1000
each; Long switch plow, 5
EQUIPMENT shanks: $1500 OBO. George
Peake Hawkinsville 478-9722971
2-row cultivator frame w/Cole planters in excellent condition, still has rubber tires. No rust in seed boxes w/brand new corn & peanut plates: $800. Extra plates included. Billy Ochlockee 229-977-2252

lightly used, works great, kept inside: $750. Call or text. Evie Dinkins Powder Springs 678488-4122
43in 3pt hay fork: $220. Smith Blairsville 727-457-3843
575 New Holland square baler; 8X16 hay wagon; 4-row cultivator; tree planter; 40ft flatbed cotton wagon. James Martin Waynesboro 706-5585005
Hay equipment JD 535, twine: $4000; 8/10 bale grapple/accumulator, new: $3200; 10 wheel Vrake: $2500; Frontier 7 disc 9ft mower: $3500; NH Rolabar rake: $600. David Adairsville 678-883-4863

6ft box blade scrap; 6ft spike aerator; 500-lb fertilizer spreader; 6ft bush hog; boom pole; 16x7 dual axle trailer (needs flooring and tires). John Morris Winston 404-641-2698
6ft Gill Pulverizer, excellent condition: $1000; pair of 32in iron wheels: $200; 250gal propane tank, excellent condition: $400. Joe Cronan McDonough 770-235-3586
Final liquidation on old farm equipment. Some repairable, others for parts. (JD Combine 7720. Case Backhoe, PTO Harvester with dump Buggy and more) Priscilla Yaughn Fort Valley 478-825-8896

Propane tank, 250 gallons with regulator, 5 percent full. You load and transport. Easy access, good condition: $350. Jane Saunders Bethlehem 770-867-2393
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Kingston 678-614-2336

1995 Cat D5C dozer, six way blade, good undercarriage, root rake, open cab, used on farm ready to sell. Douglas Bailey Dudley 478-279-4769 or 478-278-8711

Cat 955 HD track mounted loader, runs good. Joe Allen Cochran 478-689-0400

JCB 214 Series 2

loader/backhoe:

$15,000.

Steve Broadhurst Americus

229-331-1000

Kubota KX080-4 2017, enclosed cab, AC/heat, radio, 800hrs, 36in bucket, hyd thumb & 6ft rotary mower, (2)

12ft-6ft-4inch Curahee landscaping trailer with a load capacity. Unit is in good condition: $2000. Sammy Stephens Clermont 770-287-2704
16ft heavy duty flatbed equipment trailer: $4000; also, tools and chain saw for sale. Joseph Benise Fayetteville 770-8425828 or 770-634-1408
2002 gooseneck 20ft w/5ft ramp, good condition, 7000# axles, new tires, deck, left brakes. Can send pictures. Neal Villa Rica 678-877-9398
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John Deere 348 square baler, very nice: $18,000; John Deere 468 mega wide round baler w/net wrap: $17,500. Tripp Conner Social Circle 770-6012877

Wood-Mizer LT15 - all parts, Stihl MS291 chainsaw 20in

extended rail, engine may not bar w/extra chain link, like

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You must be a subscriber to advertise in the Market Bulletin Classifieds. All advertisements submitted to the Market Bulletin must be agriculture-related. Please note that some categories require supporting documentation before ads can be published. For questions about these categories, please call 404.656.3722 or email MBClassifieds@ agr.georgia.gov.
Farm Machinery Tractors Cutters and Mowers Planting and Tillage Graders and Blades Pickers and Harvesters Hay and Forage Sprayers and Spreaders Ag Parts and Tires Other Machinery and Implements

Heavy Equipment Forestry and Logging Equipment Construction Equipment
Trailers Livestock Handling and Hauling Equipment Trailers and Carts Crop Trailers, Carts and Bins
Vehicles Trucks Truck Accessories and Parts UTVs/ATVs Golf Cars Boats
Lawn and Garden Garden Tractors Landscape Tools/Materials
Farm Supplies Irrigation Equipment Tools and Hardware

Generators and Compressors Buildings and Materials Lumber Posts and Fencing
Farm Animals Cattle Swine Goats Sheep Equine Stock Dogs Barn Cats Rabbits Poultry/Fowl Poultry/Fowl Requiring Permit or
License Non-Traditional Livestock
Animal Supplies Cattle Supplies Swine Supplies Goat Supplies

Sheep Supplies Tack and Supplies Dog Supplies Rabbit Supplies Poultry Supplies
Miscellaneous Bees, Honey and Supplies Aquaculture and Supplies Feed, Hay and Grain Mulch and Fertilizers Poultry Litter/Compost Plants, Trees and Flowers Hemp Herbs Seeds Timber Firewood Farmers Markets Pick Your Own Things to Eat Oddities Handicrafts and Supplies

Farm Antiques Canning Supplies Other Christmas Trees
Real Estate Farmland for Sale Farmland Rent/Lease Garden Space Rent/Lease
Services Stud Services Boarding Facilities Farm Services
Employment Farm Help Needed Seeking Farm Employment
Wanted Items wanted in all categories will be
advertised here.

EQUIPMENT

1999 Dodge Ram 2500, new tires, good engine/trans, call

LAWN AND

TOOLS AND

4 rolls Centaur White Lightning electric horse fence, Poly-

TRAILERS AND CARTS

for details; Southwest 3pt hitch post hole digger; Pittsburgh cultivator plow, spring trip, 10

GARDEN

HARDWARE
6inch bench grinder: $50;

coated, 12-gauge high-tensile galvanized steel wire. 1320ft: $300 new, asking $200. Exist-

24ftX8ft flatbed dual axle trail- shank. Larry Houston Coving- Please specify if machinery is

er, plywood bed, treated & ton 770-235-3082

in running condition or not.

painted: $1000. Jimmy Rich

Collins 912-426-9099

2011 Chevy Silverado HD 3500, one owner. Well main-

6.5X16ft wood floor trailer, tained w/12ft flatbed, HD metal

GARDEN TRACTORS

Walker Turner jointer: $250; Craftsman 3inch belt sander: $25; Craftsman electric soldering gun: $25; 4-ton body repair kit: $125. B. Read Comer 706783-3666

ing Centaur fencing available for removal. M. Cooley Marble Hill 605-593-2926
Treated wood fence posts approx. 4inX6.5ft. Bundles of

electric brakes, dual 3500lb axles, built sturdy: $1300. Don Jackson 770-550-1794
Big Tex 6.5ftX12ft pull type trailer, wood floor, drop tail gate, shed kept, excellent condition. Tires nearly new. Leave message. Bobby Hawks Nicholson 706-983-0258

sidebodies, top rails & tailgate. Excellent tires, body & running condition: $16,000 negotiable. W. Finch Conyers 770-7147464
2013 Coachman, perfect for traveling w/equine, 30ft, 12Kmi, (6) new tires, (2) slide outs, (2) ACs, Ford V10, queen, 3-

Bad Boy zero turn, 2022, 54in: $3500. Ronald Wiley Auburn 770-307-7152
Scots by JD 46in mower deck: $150; also JD260 48in mower deck: $150. Both are in good condition and ready to use. David Jefferson 706-367-

Heavy duty automotive winch: $75; Craftsman 10-inch compound miter saw: $125; 12-inch radial arm saw: $100; 7-inch circular saw: $50; Yard Shark chipper shredder: $200. B. Read Comer 706-783-3666
Heavy duty shop tables (1) 70inX31inX33in high: $500; (1)

Ranch-hand mobile home. 2BR/2BA, clean, refurbished, gas heat/range, electric AC/hot water, 1in plywood floors w/tires & tongue attached: $27,500. Text please. Marian Ellenwood 404-858-3336

90 or so posts: $7.50/post,

sold only by the bundle. Can

load bundles. Tim Smith

Milledgeville

timber-

smith63@gmail.com

FARM ANIMALS

Livestock listed must be for

Hooper trailer, 16ft bumper burner gas stove/oven, 4107

14ftX4ftX2.5ft high: $1200; axle

LUMBER

specific animals. Ads for free

pull, dove tail, dual axle with fridge/freezer: $59,000 OBO.

w/(2) 9:00X24in tires: $400;

or unwanted livestock will not

brakes, new tires: $2000. Text. Jim Anderson States- Snapper riding lawn mowers, 200gal poly tank & frame: Band-sawn lumber. Pine or be published. All animals of-

Michael Story Luthersville boro 912-682-9108

(14) complete mowers w/en- $150. William Pinehurst 478- hardwood. Siding or framing fered for sale in the Market

678-378-4822

gines. Condition unknown, go- 954-5903

and beams. Oak trailer deck- Bulletin must be healthy and

Mighty Dump - 3pt hitch carry

all hydraulic dump box:

$1,400.

Fred

Granitz

Meansville 478-214-3133

TRUCK ACCESSORIES
AND PARTS

ing out of business, trade-ins, etc.: $75/ea. Deal take all. J.C. Mullins Holly Springs 770595-4987

MIG welder, Lincoln Electric SP 135T, 110 volt, w/argon tank, good condition, wire included. Works & looks good:

ing or blocking. T&G shiplap. Text or call. Larry Moore Grantville 678-278-5709
Custom cut lumber using a

apparently free of any contagious, infectious or communicable disease. Out-of-state an-
imals offered for sale in the Market Bulletin must meet all

$200. T. Bentley Monroe 770- Woodmizer. Pine and hard- Interstate Animal Health

LANDSCAPE TOOLS 480-0499

AND MATERIALS

BUILDINGS AND

wood available for fencing, Movement Requirements, indeck boards, live edge, man- cluding appropriate testing for tles, etc. 20yrs+ exp, delivery the species and a current offi-

Fresh clean long needle pine straw rolls for sale. Pick up, delivery, or spread. Cody Bar-

MATERIALS
(4) 12-ton grain bins: $900 each. Richie McCants Butler

available. Call or text. Danny Mason Williamson 770-3281244
Sawmill lumber - rough cut &

cial Certificate of Veterinary Inspection or NPIP 9-3 for poultry. Individuals may sell their own animals; however, livestock dealers are required

nett Bremen 678-315-7946

478-952-1023

finished, kiln dried, air dried or to have a Livestock Dealer Li-

Trailer - 10ft long, 5ft wide, 4ft high sideboards. Ramp,

(60) 8x12 new cinder blocks, never used: $60/all; new vinyl siding leftovers, cedar color, 4sq/ft: $250; circa 1950 Fergu-

green. Pine, red/white oak, poplar, cherry, & black walnut. AA Farms Hartwell 706-3768968

cense from GDA. For more information, please call the GDA Livestock and Poultry Division at 404.656.3665.

ball hitch: $1500 firm. Frank Ellijay 706-889-0998

VEHICLES

(5) tires, BFGoodrich, all ter-

rain T/A 315/70R17, (5) 17x10

Please specify if vehicles are in chrome 8-lug rims off 2006

running condition.

Hummer, will fit and GMC or

TRUCKS

Chevy 8-lug axle: $700. Jeff Hartwell 229-869-9774

son tractor for parts: $500. Call for details. Claude Callihan Cleveland 706-892-8641
Ductile pipe, 6in 18.5ft long; galvanized angle iron, 2.5in up to 4ft long; heavy duty pipe racks & tables. Other sizes of

Wood-Mizer custom-cut lumber, air-dried, milled. Restorations, timber frames, mantles, flooring, barns, fencing, reclaimed lumber, live-edge lumber, trailer flooring. John Sell Milner 770-480-2326

CATTLE
(1) Wagyu bull - fullblood black Wagyu coming 2yr old bull for sale, rg'd w/AWA; (1) yearling bull calf 50% black, 50% red Wagyu, reg'd w/AAA.

channel & angle iron available. Bill Americus 229-938-1025

POSTS AND

Call/Text. Roman Jacksonville, FL 9043518118

Old bricks from 1915 ware-

FENCING

(25) coming 2y/o Hereford

FARM SUPPLIES 10ft F250 Ford 4X4, 4-door,
power stroke diesel, turnover gooseneck ball, 280K miles: $12,000; 6403 John Deere: $20,000; Amadas 9997 peanut combine, 2005 model, field ready: $18,000. Galen Kreider Register 912-687-5719
1987 Ford Ranger, 4cyl, 5speed, AC. I'm the second owner. Body good, paint bad. Runs good, leaks oil. Single cab, long wide bed. Billie Wilkerson Fortson 256-453-7313
1999 Chevrolet Z71, short bed. 200,000 miles, excellent condition, Michelins, locking cap, bed liner, trailer package, running boards, red and gray. One owner: $12,000. I. Kosior,

2000 GMC diesel engine with 6.8 V8 LGR and transmission. Excellent condition: $2600. Omer McCants Talbotton 706573-5725
2003 GMC pickup tailgate. Fits 2000-2006 GMC/Chevrolet. Text for photos: $150; also set of 4 Sawblade Alum truck wheels, 15x7, 6 lugs, 5.5 spread: $200. Wayne Covington 470-413-7641
UTVs/ATVs
JD 825i Gator, 2014 model, good condition, 90% rubber, 2700hrs. Asking: $9100. Lee Monroe 404-314-7535

Pot-in-pot above ground sockets for 7gal pots. Great for growing trees, provides wind stability & pot shading of inside pot. Deeply discounted. Text preferred. Tim Miller Rayle 706-401-0880
IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT

house. Stacked on pallets and

wrapped.

Approximately

22,000: $300-$500 per pallet

or $1.25 each. Hugh Hamilton

Warrenton 706-825-1526

Plastic pallets. Black, large heavy duty. Over sized. 43 1/2 in(W) x 55 in(L) x 6 in(H). Good condition. Durable: $18 each. Alexander Brooks 678-7239265

Pole barn, 130ft X 32ft, metal roof w/wooden trusses, 4x6 poles, feed room on one side. Needs to be removed from property: call for price. Steve Walters Lavonia 706-491-5587

Steel carport frame 12ft W X 16ft L X 8ft H precut, slip-fit connections. No screws. Nev-

(1) 10ftX50in gate: $50; (1) 12ftX48in gate: $60; (2) 12ftX60in gate: $70/ea; (1) 14ftX50in gate: $90; (50) 12ftX60in corral panels: $60/ea. Glen Davis Statham 706-207-2128
(30) posts, 13 gauge steel Uposts, 6ft tall, powder-coated green, notched design, very good condition: $75/all. Leave message. L. Elliott Conyers 770-597-9269 or 770-9291832
(5) Rolls barbed wire, heavy duty, old stock, no rust: $50/ea; (1) 12ft gate: $80. Jimmy Orr Fayetteville 770-4614023

bulls; (20) 2y/o Braford bulls; (80) open Hereford heifers. Jonny Harris Odum 912-5866585
(4) Reg'd black Angus bulls. Approx 16m/o, ready for light service, calving ease, good disposition. (3) available at: $2500; (1) available: $3000. Call/text. Cloud Cattle, Sam Canton 678-294-4475
(4) Reg'd black Angus bulls. James Miller, 1499, Unadilla Hwy, Hawkinsville 478-8922839 or 478-955-9224
(4) Registered Angus bulls, 16m/o, ready for service, AI sired by Turning Point. Henry Giddens Lyons 912-402-4006

Locust Grove 770-957-6114
2001 Chevrolet 2500 HD Duramax Diesel, single cab, 2WD,

GOLF CARS

Jacto cannon sprayer, 2003 J600CHT 165gal: $4,500; Greenhouse 28ft X 72ft, 3ft

er used: $1000. Omer McCants Talbotton 706-5735725

100 used 6.5ft studded Tposts with T-post TOPRs: $850; Two used Tartar hay baskets: $450; (9) 50-gallon

(4) second calf Angus, (1) calved, (3) 8mos bred. Bred to UGA genetics son w/calving

only 158k miles, second own- Yamaha golf cart, gas burner: bow spacing: $4,000. Lloyd Used corral boards, pressure plastic barrels: $25 each. ease record. Nice: $1600/ea

er: $10,000. Michael Cook $3500.

Sidney

Keadle Busby Hinesville 912-977- treated: make offer. M Fowler Frank Carter Hahira 229-686- for all 4. HCSD, Will

County 706-936-7467

Thomaston 706-601-2473

4578

Sharpsburg 678-416-8799

4896

Gainesville 770-533-3295

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2023

FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN 404-656-3722 agr.georgia.gov

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Livestock Sales and Events Calendar

APPLING COUNTY 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 12:30 p.m. at the Baxley Fairgrounds: Goats, sheep, feeder pigs, hogs, calves, poultry and rabbits; A&A Goat Sales, 187 Industrial Drive, Baxley. Call Allen Ahl, 912.590.2096
ATKINSON COUNTY 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 1 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Pearson Livestock, 1168 Highway 441 N, Pearson. Call Michelle S. Mizell, 912.422.3211
BEN HILL COUNTY Every Monday, 1 p.m.: Cattle; South Central Livestock, 146 Broad Road, Fitzgerald. Call Thomas Stripling, 229.423.4400 or 229.423.4436
BLECKLEY COUNTY 2nd & 4th Saturday, 1 p.m.: Goats, sheep, calves, rabbits, poultry. Every Saturday miscellaneous at 10 a.m. Col. Wayne's Auction Co., Bleckley County Barn, 293 Ash St., Cochran. Call Wayne Chambley, 678.544.3105. Lic# AU004496
BUTTS COUNTY Every Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.: Beef cattle; 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.: Dairy cattle; Jackson Regional Stockyard, 467 Fairfield Church Road/ Hwy. 16 W, Jackson. Call Barry Robinson, 770.775.7314
Every Monday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Carroll County Livestock Sales Barn, 225 Salebarn Road, Carrollton. Call Barry Robinson, 770.834.6608 or 770.834.6609
CLARKE COUNTY Every Wednesday, 11 a.m.: Goats and sheep; noon, cattle. Northeast Georgia Livestock, 1200 Winterville Road, Athens. Call Todd Stephens, 706.549.4790

COLQUITT COUNTY

GORDON COUNTY

Every Wednesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle;

Every Thursday, 12:30 p.m.: Cattle,

Moultrie Livestock Co., 1200 1st Street goats, sheep, slaughter hogs; Calhoun

NE, Moultrie. Call Randy Bannister,

Stockyard Hwy. 53, 2270 Rome Road

229.985.1019

SW, Calhoun. Call Dennis Little & Gene

Williams, 706.629.1900

COOK COUNTY

1st & 3rd Saturdays, 1 p.m.: Cows,

GREENE COUNTY

goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Every Monday, noon: Cattle, goats,

Deer Run Auction, 1158 Parrish

sheep; Duvall Livestock Market,

Road, Adel. Call John Strickland,

101 Apalachee Ave., Greensboro.

229.896.4553

Call Jim Malcom, 706.342.5655; JD

HIdgon, 706.817.6829; or main office,

DECATUR COUNTY

706.453.7368

2nd Saturdays, 1 p.m.: Goats,

sheep, chickens, small animals;

JEFF DAVIS COUNTY

Waddell Auction Co., 979 Old Pelham 1st Fridays: Horse sale, 7:30 p.m.;

Road, Climax. Call John Waddell,

Circle Double S, 102 Lumber City

229.246.4955

Highway, Hazlehurst. Call Steve

Underwood, 912.594.6200 (night) or

EMANUEL COUNTY

912.375.5543 (day)

Every Tuesday, 12:30 p.m.: Cattle;

Southern Livestock, 131 Old Hwy 46, LAMAR COUNTY

Oak Park. Call Clay Floyd, Dustin Miller Every Friday, 6 p.m.: Goats, sheep,

and Cody Copelan, 912.578.3263.

chickens, small animals; 5 p.m., farm

miscellaneous, Ga. Lic. #4213; Buggy

2nd & 4th Saturdays, noon: Goats,

Town Auction Market, 1315 Highway

sheep, chickens, small animals; R&R 341 S, Barnesville. Call Krystal Burnett

Goat & Livestock Auction, 560 GA Hwy. 678.972.4599

56 N, Swainsboro. Call Ron & Karen

Claxton, 478.455.4765

LAURENS COUNTY

2nd & 4th Thursday, 6 p.m.: Goats,

FORSYTH COUNTY

sheep, chickens, small animals;

Every Tuesday, noon: Cattle, goats,

Horse Creek Auction Co., 5971 Hwy.

sheep; Lanier Farm's Livestock Corp., 441 S, Dublin. Call Daniel Harrelson,

8325 Jot-Em Down Road, Gainesville. 478.595.5418

Call Tyler Bagwell, 770.844.9223 or

770.844.9231

MADISON COUNTY

Every Friday, 6 p.m.: Chickens, small

FRANKLIN COUNTY

animals; Gray Bell Animal Auction,

Every Tuesday, noon: Cattle, goats,

Hwy. 281, Royston. Call Billy Bell,

sheep; Franklin County Livestock

706.795.3961

Sales, 6461 Stone Bridge Road,

Carnesville. Call Chad Ellison,

MARION COUNTY

706.384.2975 or 706.384.2105

1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7 p.m.: Goats,

sheep, chickens, small animals;

Auction 41, 4275 GA Hwy. 41 N, Buena

Vista. Call Jim Rush, 706.326.3549.

Email rushfam4275@windstream.net

PULASKI COUNTY Every Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.: Cattle, goats, sheep; Pulaski County Stockyard, 1 Houston Street, Hawkinsville. Call John Walker, 478.892.9071
SEMINOLE COUNTY Every Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., 3rd Saturday Special Sale, 1:30 p.m.: Cattle, goats, sheep; Seminole Livestock Exchange, 5061 Hwy. 91, Donalsonville. Call Luke Spooner, 229.524.2305
STEPHENS COUNTY 2nd Saturdays, 5 p.m.: W&W Livestock, Eastanollee Livestock Auction, Eastanollee. Call Brad Wood, 864.903.0296
3rd Saturdays, noon: Goats, sheep; Agri Auction Sales at Eastanollee Livestock Market, Highway 17 between Toccoa and Lavonia. Call Ricky Chatham, 706.491.2812 or Jason Wilson, 706.491.8840
Every Monday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Eastanollee Livestock, 40 Cattle Drive, Eastanollee. Call Mark Smith, 706.779.5944
SUMTER COUNTY Every Monday, 1 p.m.: Cattle; Sumter County Stockyard, 505 Southerfield Road, Americus. Call Aaron and Anna White, 229-380-4901 or 864.704.2487
TAYLOR COUNTY 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.: Feeder pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, small animals. Taylor County Livestock Auction, 1357 Tommy Purvis Jr. Road, Reynolds. Call 678.914.7333
THOMAS COUNTY Every Tuesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle. Thomas County Stockyards, 20975 Hwy. 19 N, Thomasville. Call Danny Burkhart, 229.228.6960

TOOMBS COUNTY 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 11 a.m.: Feeder pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Metter Livestock Auction, 621 Hwy. 1 S, Lyons. Call Lewie Fortner, 478.553.6066
TURNER COUNTY Every Wednesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle; Turner County Stockyards, 1315 Hwy. 41 S, Ashburn. Call Alan Wiggins, 229.567.3371
UPSON COUNTY Every Tuesday, 12 p.m.: Cattle, goats, sheep, horses. Upson County Livestock, 2626 Yatesville Hwy., Thomaston. Call Aaron and Anna White, 864.704.2487 or 770.713.5045
WILKES COUNTY Every Wednesday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Wilkes County Stockyard, Hwy. 78 Bypass/302 Third Street, Washington. Call Sam Moore and Shane Moore, 706.678.2632
Saturday, March 18, 9:30 a.m.: Farm equipment, buy or sell; Wilkes County Young Farmer Equipment Auction, McGill-Woodruff Agricultural Center, 136 Campbell St., Washington. Call Eddie Christian, :706-990-9073. GAL #1672 WCYF Auction LLC
Notices for auctions selling farmrelated items other than livestock must be accompanied by the auction license number of the principal auctioneer or auction firm conducting the auction, per regulations from the Georgia Secretary of State. Auctions without this information will not be published. Have an auction to put on our calendar? Contact Jay Jones at 404.656.3722 or jay.jones@agr. georgia.gov.

CATTLE

5 second calf Hereford cows, Horned Hereford bulls 16-17 registered, 4y/o: $1800 each; months old. Semen tested.

(5) Reg'd black Angus bred heifers; (4) reg'd red Angus bred heifers. Excellent EPDs, top bloodlines, some w/calves at side: $2450/ea. Joe Gibson

1 Hereford bull 3y/o, also registered: $2500. Some cross bred Baldies: $1300.00 each. Eugene Lovett Tennille 478232-8554

Straight Line 1 breeding from proven genetics. Calving ease with strong EPDs. DJ Sheppard White Plains 706-4536879

Rome www.gibsoncattle.com Angus/Hereford cross heifers Red Angus Charolais cross

706-506-3026

born and raised on our farm. bulls, 15m/o, dams reg'd

(5) Reg'd Santa Gertrudis heifers, bred to P. Hereford, will calve in May: $2,000/ea.

9-15 months old: $800 each. Townley Wilson Lexington 770-601-3080

Charolais, sires reg'd Angus. Gentle disposition. Larry Myers Sparks 229-546-5777

Terry Moody Baxley 912-278- Black Angus bulls all sizes: Red Angus heifers, all shots

1041

$900 to $1800 each. Black An- bred and open. Pictures avail-

(7) Purebred black Angus cows w/calves at side; (5) Angus/Hereford cross cows w/calves at side. Cathy Cov-

gus heifers: $900 to $1300 each. All vaccinated. Rodney Brooks Glenwood 912-5235282

able on request. Michael Smith Newnan 770-301-1945
Reg'd Angus and Hereford bulls; Angus/Hereford bulls;

ington 678-313-3640

Breeding age 17-month-old Angus/Hereford heifers; also

Charolais bulls, Calving ease, (14) straws Dream On semen.

(8) Black Baldie, (4) black with growth: $3250. Scott Ennis Ryals 478-278-0678

heifers, Angus/Hereford cross, vaccinated, average wt 600lbs, 10-13m/o: $980/ea. A. Stober Carrollton 770-854-4258.
1-19 Reg'd red Angus bulls,

Carey Madison 706-474-0738
Bulls, black Angus Aristocrat of Wye lineage. LBW, wormed, shots, 12m/o: $1000/ea; 24m/o: $2500/ea. Your choice.

Reg'd Angus bulls 17-18m/o, all up to date shots, very docile. All ET or AI bulls out of SAV bloodlines. Marty Clark Jefferson 770-294-5579

reg'd black Angus bulls, Leave message. Arthur Ferdi- Reg'd Beefmaster bulls black

13m/o, over 1000lbs. Top nand Palmetto 404-867-8773 and polled: $1500 and up. I

bloodlines. Starting at: $1695/bull. Joe Gibson Rome www.gibsoncattle.com 706506-3026

Cattle for sale. Angus and Angus cross. Bulls, heifers, cow/calf pairs. Wayne Ansley Cornelia 706-499-3869

have been breeding black Beefmaster bulls for 15yrs. Larry Bowen Woodland, AL 770-826-2512

Reg'd black Angus bred

Charolais bulls - 3y/o: $2200; heifers, 2y/o, to calve in April,

5y/o: $2500. Ivey Jeanes Gor- excellent condition: $2400.

don 478-233-0347

Lalla Tanner Monroe 770-267-

7179

Dexter bulls, one 3-year-old, one 9-month-old. Older bull registered, drops great calves. Older bull: $2000; younger bull: $750. May trade. Dan Harden Screven 912-713-

Reg'd black Angus bull, 4.5y/o. Easy calving bull, produces nice calves: $2,500. C.D. Watson Monticello 706870-2688

6858

Reg'd black Angus bulls, AI

4y/o black Angus bull, low birth weight, calves on ground, very calm: $1800. Scotty Morris Sale City 229319-5066.

Hereford Brahman bulls, crossed, black w/white faces, 2.5-3y/o. One polled, one banana horns. Gentle. Corky Harvell Pavo 229-200-9081

sired, BSE/DNA tested, 1525m/o Top 1% C.E., W.W., Marb., & R.E; also reg'd bred cows. Ken McMichael Monticello 706-819-9295

Reg'd black Simmental bull, Angus and SimAngus bulls, Hereford bulls, 16m/o, deep 18m/o, AI, low birth weight

18m/o, low birth weight and red in color, Durango/Victor EPD. Leave message. M.C. gentle: $3000. Keith Thrasher blood line: $1,600. Terron Farm, David Pendergrass

Carlton 706-296-4031

Gentry Royston 678-617-1696 706-654-6757

BULLETIN
Machinery Exemptions
www.forms.agr.georgia.gov/GATE/

Exempt:
ATVs and o -road vehicles used for farm, ag processing, and ag service purposes.
Motorized Vehicles
Not Exempt:
Any motorized vehicles designed for on-road use.
Exempt:
Motor oil, oil filters, grease, lube, and hydraulic fluid for ag machinery and equipment. O -road (dyed diesel) used for ag purposes.

All-terrain Vehicles
Not Exempt:
ATVs and o -road vehicles not used for ag purposes.
Exempt:
Machinery and equipment used for agricultural production, processing, and service operations.
Gas & Oil
Not Exempt:
Gasoline or on-road (clear, non-dyed) diesel, including aviation fuel. Replacement parts for on-road use vehicles.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2023

Bulletin Calendar

March 8

March 14

Egg candling class

Beef and Forage Research Update

Margaret Jones Public Library Worth County

University of Georgia

205 East Pope St

Range Cattle Research Station

Sylvester, Ga. 31791

20038 Hwy 129 South

229.386.3489

Alapaha, Ga. 31622

glenda.adams@agr.georgia.gov

229.386.3215

http://bit.ly/3Xw7X1x

jjtucker@uga.edu

http://bit.ly/3JJlleA

March 8-9

Timberland Investment Conference

March 17-26

UGA Harley Langdale Jr. Center for Forest Business International Cherry Blossom Festival

Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island

Carolyn Crayton Park

4750 Amelia Island Parkway

115 Willie Smokie Glover Dr.

Fernandina Beach, Fla. 32034

Macon, Ga. 31201

706.389.8424

478.330.7067

www.ugacfb.com

www.cherryblossom.com

March 8-10 61st Annual Convention Georgia Cattlemen's Association Columbus Convention and Trade Center 801 Front Ave Columbus, Ga. 31901 478.474.6560 www.georgiacattlemen.org

March 18 Seed Starting Class Pleasant Union Farm 1994 Pleasant Union Rd. Canton, Ga. 30114 404.277.7685 pleasantunionfarm@outlook.com www.pleasantunionfarm.com/farm-events.html

March 9 Egg candling class Fannin County Agriculture Facility 43 Station Ridge Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513 470.501.0605 tina.maples@agr.georgia.gov http://bit.ly/3ZYB4fk

March 19 Insect Allies: Predators and Parasitoids in the Garden North Fulton Master Gardeners ONLINE WORKSHOP Register at http://bit.ly/3iCzCi3 404.613.7670 norlethia.harris@uga.edu

March 9-12 American Daffodil Society National Show Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter 4355 Ashford Dunwoody Rd Atlanta, Ga. 30346 https://daffodilusa.org
March 12 An Introduction to Growing Figs in the Southeast North Fulton Master Gardeners ONLINE WORKSHOP Register at http://bit.ly/3iCzCi3 404.613.7670 norlethia.harris@uga.edu
March 12-13 Winter Chautauqua travel and tourism conference Northwest Georgia Travel Association Brasstown Valley Resort 6321 US Highway 76 Young Harris, Ga. 30582 info@georgiamountains.org www.winterchautauqua.com
March 13 Tri County Beekeepers Meeting Program: Beekeeper safety Gillsville City Park 7864 County Line Rd Gillsville, Ga. 30543 678.902.2899 https://tricountybeekeepers.net

Georgia Questival State Botanical Garden of Georgia Alice H. Richards Children's Garden 2450 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, Ga. 30605 706.583.0894 sbgeduc@uga.edu https://botgarden.uga.edu/event/questival/
March 20 2023 Farm Stress Summit UGA Extension Service Mercer University School of Medicine 1550 College St. Macon, Ga. 31207 706.542.3824 mbowie@uga.edu http://bit.ly/3X2IjQY
March 20-24 Georgia Ag Week Events Statewide
March 21 Rethink Waste: Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle UGA Extension Clayton County ONLINE WORKSHOP Register at http://bit.ly/3k6K1D3 770.473.3945 rlhard@uga.edu

Heart of Georgia Beekeepers Meeting Argene Claxton Canning Plant 1701 Houston Lake Rd Perry, Ga. 31069 www.hogba.org
March 24-25 Turner County Fire Ant Festival Downtown Ashburn 229.567.9696 www.fireantfestival.com
March 25-26 Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival Georgia International Horse Park 1996 Centennial Olympic Parkway Conyers, Ga. 30013 770.860.4190 www.conyerscherryblossomfest.com
March 23-26 Georgia Food and Wine Festival Jim R. Miller Park 2245 Callaway Rd, S.W. Marietta, Ga. 30008 770.423.1330 https://georgiafoodandwinefestival.com
March 25-26 Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival Blackburn Park 3493 Ashford Dunwoody Road Brookhaven, Ga. 30319 festival@brookhavenga.gov www.brookhavenga.gov/festival
March 26 Ferns of the Southeast North Fulton Master Gardeners ONLINE WORKSHOP Register at http://bit.ly/3iCzCi3 404.613.7670 norlethia.harris@uga.edu
March 28 Flavor of Georgia contest The Classic Center 300 N Thomas St Athens, Ga. 30601 flavorofga@uga.edu https://flavorofgeorgia.caes.uga.edu/
2023 UGA Small Ruminant Education Series Lincoln County Ag Center 2080 Rowland York Rd Lincolnton, Ga. 30817 706.359.3233 rlstew2@uga.edu https://tinyurl.com/SRES23
March 28-30 Georgia Pecan Growers Association Annual Conference and Trade Show Georgia National Fairgrounds 401 Larry Walker Parkway Perry, Ga. 31069 229.382.2187 https://georgiapecan.org/

March 29 Pesticide Clean Day Georgia Department of Agriculture Tri-County Gin (Coffee County) 561 Sinkhole Road Douglas, Ga. 31535 404.656.4958 ricky.hayes@agr.georgia.gov http://bit.ly/3YHa9DU

April 6 Virtual Lunch and Learn: The Amazing Octopus UGA Extension Camden County ONLINE WORKSHOP Email for registration 912.576.3219 eg43271@uga.edu https://bit.ly/3PIh5Nr

March 30 Produce Safety Rule Training for Farmers and Growers UGA Extension Lowndes County 2102 East Hill Ave Valdosta, Ga. 31601 229.646.6587 emily.menno@agr.georgia.gov http://bit.ly/41bofip
March 31 Small Ruminant Production Journeyman Farmer Training UGA Extension Carroll, Haralson and Paulding 900 Newnan Rd Carrollton, Ga. 30117 770-836-8546 pjburke@uga.edu http://bit.ly/3iDU95J
April 1 Bartow County Spring Tractor Show Gordon County Antique Engine and Tractor Club American Legion Post 42 525 Martin Luther King Jr. St. Cartersville, Ga. 30120 678.986.0362 www.gcaeatc.com
April 2 Annual and Perennial Plants for Water Gardens North Fulton Master Gardeners ONLINE WORKSHOP Register at http://bit.ly/3iCzCi3 404.613.7670 norlethia.harris@uga.edu
April 4 2023 UGA Small Ruminant Education Series Lincoln County Ag Center 2080 Rowland York Rd Lincolnton, Ga. 30817 706.359.3233 rlstew2@uga.edu https://tinyurl.com/SRES23

April 7-8 Spring Garden Expo Hall County Master Gardeners Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center 1855 Calvary Church Rd Gainesville, Ga. 30507 770.535.8293 www.hallmastergardeners.com/spring-expo
April 11 2023 UGA Small Ruminant Education Series Lincoln County Ag Center 2080 Rowland York Rd Lincolnton, Ga. 30817 706.359.3233 rlstew2@uga.edu https://tinyurl.com/SRES23
April 14 Spring Plant Sale State Botanical Garden of Georgia 2450 South Milledge Ave. Athens, Ga. 30605 706.542.1244 garden@uga.edu http://bit.ly/3xIECp7
April 14-16 The Rhododendron Festival (Every weekend through May 12-14) Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds 1311 Music Hall Rd Hiawassee, Ga. 30546 706.896.4191 https://georgiamountainfairgrounds.com
April 18 2023 UGA Small Ruminant Education Series FAMACHA Certification and Farm Tour Oglethorpe County Ag Center 55 Oglethorpe Dr. Crawford, Ga. 30630 706.359.3233 rlstew2@uga.edu https://tinyurl.com/SRES23

April 5 Better Beef Systems Extravaganza Beef and Forage Field Day UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center 15 RDC Road Tifton, Ga. 31793 229.386.3328 francine.henry@uga.edu https://beef.caes.uga.edu/programs/educationalprograms.html

Have an event to put on our calendar? Contact Jay Jones at 404.656.3722 or jay.jones@agr.georgia.gov
We accept calendar submissions for food, craft and agriculture festivals and events. Submissions for festivals that do not specifically promote those industries will not be printed.
Additional pesticide recertification training notices are available on the department website under the Plant Industry Division tab.

CATTLE

Reg'd red Angus yearling Small herd for sale - black Feeder Berkshire pigs - have 95% Nubian goats for sale, all Small Pygmy mixed male heifers & bulls, breeding age, Angus cow/calf pairs and a been dewormed, and all are ages, spotted ones & solid col- "Billy" goats. Seeking owners

Reg'd black Simmental & Sim Angus bulls for sale. Circle A Ranch Sandersville Owner, Dr. Fred E. Cullens, DVM 478232-7264 or Farm Manager, Scott Bussell 478-232-2491
Reg'd Charolais bulls 18 and 16 m/o. Proven calving ease. Excellent performance. Fully vaccinated, semen tested, guaranteed. Ready to work. Call/text. Pictures available on request. C. Padgett Baxley 912-347-4345
Reg'd Charolais bulls, 1626m/o, polled, docile, raised on grass, ready to go: $2500$3500. Text or call & leave message. Shala Phillips Lavonia 706-498-4215
Reg'd polled Hereford bulls; rugged, pasture raised, gentle exc bloodlines & EPDs, small calves, exc growth, western genetics, Ga bred. Bobby Brantley Tennille 478-5538598
Reg'd red Angus bulls, 2 available, 14 m/o. Excellent ends. All vaccinations, semen tested. Fully guaranteed. Call or text. Pictures available on request. C. Padgett Baxley 912-347-4345
Reg'd Sim-Angus bull, 18 months old, black: $2500. Frank Eaves Elberton 706201-7267

good EPDs, western genetics, southern born. Ready to move into breeding herd. Waiting for work. Flying W Farm Cochran 478-934-6998
Reg. black Angus bulls. 15+ months. Performance Data, Verified, tested & vaccinated. Quality Angus Breeding Since 2008. Call or text for details, pricing. Free delivery. Kim Hagen Carrollton 404-386-9918
Registered 2-year-old Hereford bulls and 14-month-old guaranteed open heifers ready to breed. Tim Parks Ellijay 706-635-2531
Registered Angus bull, AAA #19208356, Bridges Foretold AB80, excellent EPD's, 4 years old. Joe Schmenk Dahlonega 706-864-6659 or cell 317-9658769
Registered mini Jersey bull. 43 inches tall. Almost 3 years old. Halter broke: $2000. L. Callahan Rome 706-506-7393
Registered or non-registered pure-bred yearling black Angus bulls: $1400+. Grassraised, all out of registered stock. Three bloodlines to choose from. Triple R Farm. Eugene Ridley Lafayette 706764-6110
Two registered black Angus heifers yearlings. Very good bloodlines. Don Hudgins Marietta 404-886-6849

purebred Semi-Angus bull. (10) cows, (10) calves, (1) bull, only: $21,500. Hartwell Dominion Farms, Lowell Hartwell 864940-2730
Standard Jersey cow, bred to reg'd Dexter bull, due March 2023 w/third calf. Trained to be hand milked; bull & Belfair bred heifer also for sale. Delivery available. Abe Carlton 678-333-3732
Two year old Jersey bull. Gentle, farm raised. Don Hudgins Marietta 404-886-6849
SWINE
Advertisers submitting swine ads must submit proof of a negative brucellosis and pseudorabies test from within the past 30 days. Exceptions are swine from a validated brucellosis-free herd and/or qualified pseudorabies-free herd; these operations must submit proof of those certifications. Buyers are urged to request proof of a negative brucellosis pseudorabies test prior to purchase. Feral hogs may not be offered for sale or advertised in the Market Bulletin.
American Guinea Hogs, born July & December 2022. Paula Covington 404-702-8642

very healthy, 10w/o. Call or text. Brandon White Griffin 470-909-2357
IPP piglets available, 8w/o, sired and farrowed from IPP parents, not reg'd: $95/ea. Text for availability & info. Eric Hogan Lizella 478-955-8891
Kune Kune pigs, (3) guilts, (6) boars: $200/ea, discount on multiple. Spotted black and white and some red and black. Pickup April 1st. Patrick Pittman Dexter 478-484-2389
GOATS
All goats offered for sale must be individually identified in compliance with the USDA Scrapie Program. For more information, please call the GDA Animal Health Division at 404.656.3667.
11m/o. Boer buck, partially intact (castration missed one). Easy to handle but will butt. Tipped horns. Originally, wethered goat, unregistered, approx 100lbs. Delivery available: $400 OBO. Russ Edge Forsyth 478-214-8254
3 year old Nubian/Nigerian buck. Born on property and is black with little white on front legs. Very strong and healthy. Text/call for pics or info. Paula Dawsonville 404-606-1226

ors, does & bucks, starting at: $100. Leave message if no answer. Jose McDonough 678898-5555 Beautiful dwarf Nigerian / Pygmy mix babies. Males: $75; females: $100. Richard Day Monroe 770-267-0004 Lamancha doe, 2y/o. Recently had baby, 1 month ago, white w/dark head: $165. Milligan Martin 706-716-5696 MGR registered fainting goat kids, some blue eyed. Will wean in April. Females: $400; males: $325. L. Hughes Taylorsville 678-800-6162 Myotonic (Fainting) bucklings born in January, polled & horned. Can be reg'd with MGR. Christian Collins Macon 478-808-6097
Reg'd 100% Boer buck, beautiful & great breeder. Born 03/10/2021. Easy handling, weighs appx. 350lbs: $850. Selling to prevent inbreeding. Kelley Williamson 404-858-9884

who are kind hearted, pet loving people. Please leave message. Robert Sybers Stone Mountain 404-713-6393
Two 1yr. old bucks. One black, one brown. Black one bottle fed, Brown one half tame. Pygmy/Boer mix. Probably stay Pygmy size: $125 each. Leave Message. Vicki Wilkerson Jackson 770-6171305
SHEEP
(1) Katahdin ram lamb born January 5, 2023: $350. Call or text for additional information or photos. Kenny Box Springs 706-464-4670
2 Katahdin rams. Top quality. 2 years old: $400 each. Tommy Copelan Eatonton 706473-0613
Beautiful yearling Katahdin Dorper crossed rams for breeding. Call and leave message. Susan Cobb Cedartown 404-218-1615
Katahdin/Dorper cross ewe and ram lambs, beautiful commercial sheep, 4-6m/o: $200$300. Erwin Thomas Dawson 404-401-1588
Reg'd Polypay sheep for sale (2) ewes & (2) lambs: $150/ea. Jim Dahlonega 404764-9931

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STOCK DOGS

(2) Adult India Blue peacocks: $50/ea. Have raised from

NON-TRADITIONAL

Cattle freeze brands, (9) irons, Beeswax foundation-wired zero through nine, 4in tall, cop- and plain. Best prices and

Ads in this category are limited

eggs. Wood Powder Springs 678-979-7102

LIVESTOCK

per alloy w/18in handles: $300. quantity discounts. Selling out. Charles Jefferson 404-317- BJ Weeks Ball Ground

to breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club as herding and/or working dogs (in an agricultural context). Ads for breeds that do not meet those definitions will not be published.

(75) gold comet chicks hatch- Advertisers selling fallow deer, 6173

weeksworks@gmail.com

ing weekly. Will also have a axis deer, sika deer, elk, red Priefert squeeze chute and

few show quality BCM every deer, reindeer and caribou palpation cage. Good condi-

week. Comets: $4/ea; BCM: must submit a current Deer tion: $4000. Jes Strickland

$6/ea. Will discount for 20 Farming License with the ad. Glennville 803-617-8415

plus. Travis Ellington Senoia Farmed deer greater than 12

678-787-9341

m/o are required to have a neg- Two 1,000lbs creep feeders,

Advertisers must submit a copy of a current Rabies Vaccination Certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian for dogs 12 weeks and older and include the ages of all dogs being advertised. Ads submitted without this information will not be published.

Barn cats available for rodent control (shelter rescues). Neutered, vaccinated, delivered to you at no cost. Call or text. Linda Watkinsville 706-343-8173 barncatsgeorgia@gmail.com

Baby chicks hatching last week February; also rabbits. Colleen Freeman Gainesville 678-897-9318

ative Brucellosis test within 30 days and a negative TB test within 90 days to move intrastate. Ads submitted without

good condition: $1000 each or both for $1800. Doug Huff Rincon 706-833-1163
Western Stampede mobile

Baby emus for sale: $300/ea. Mike Edwards Rockmart 678215-4576

a copy of the license and negative sample results (if applicable) will not be published. For information about deer farming

chute, Priefert panels, Bowgate Alley backstop, calf pass panel, hay rings, horse stall, dart gun, 84in Woods planter

Black Rosecomb bantams: licenses, contact the GDA Live- David Cedartown 770-748-

$30/pair. Starting to lay. Chris stock and Poultry Section at 8929

Gallberry honey - Voted Best-Tasting & Flavor of GA winner: $68/gallon including shipping. B. Bruce PO Box 88 Homerville, GA 31634 www.brucesnutnhoney.com

(3) AKC reg'd Belgian Malinois female puppies, born Nov. 13th, shots & dewormed at 6 weeks & 9 weeks: $1000. Calls only. Andrew Frantz Cleveland 706-969-0334

RABBITS
Black Silver Fox, junior bucks and does. Healthy clean bunnies, pure bloodlines. Meat &

Brown Dewy Rose 706-9614897
Bourbon Red hens & toms; White Holland hen & Chocolate hen, hatched spring 2022. Taking reservations for Bourbon

404.656.3665. For information on other hoofed stock, excluding llamas and water buffalo, contact the Georgia Department of Natural Resources at 770.761.3044. Camelids (llama,

XHD cattle panels: $220/ea; 180 XHD cornorless sweep: $3900; 20ft HD cattle guards: $5000; 2-bale covered hay feeder: $2700. Gary Piedmont, AL 256-390-3940

912-487-5001

(5) Great Pyrenees & Anatolian Shephard mix puppies: $800/ea. Received 2 shots & dewormed. Raised on small farm with sheep & chickens. Text/call. Malachi Covington 708-295-7060
(9) Great Pyrenees puppies, born 01/04/2023, UTD shots & dewormed: $300/ea. Don Williams Ringgold 762-2191847
ABCA reg'd Border Collie puppies. Born 2/10/23. Sire is a proven trial dog. Dam is a trained sheep dog, on site: $1000. Call or text. Eli Brown Dawsonville 706-429-5667
AKC Great Pyrenees puppies, raised with sheep, chickens. Both parents on site, great dispositions. UTD shots, wormed: $750. Available 3/17 and 3/31 at 8 weeks. Call/text. C. Patjens Calhoun 678-787-0056
Beautiful 1y/o spaded Anatolian Pyrenees. She is trained with chickens, sheep, and cattle: $500. Photos available upon request. Kenny Box
ANIMAL Springs 706-464-4670

fur rabbits, make great pets,

super calm dispositions. Bun-

nies

crossed

w/New

Zealand/Black Silver Fox.

Porter Bostwick 706-380-

7222

Bunnies, small to large, mixed breeds: $20/ea. Michael Phippen Newnan 770-755-8702

Flemish Giant baby bunnies. Healthy, friendly gentle giants. Party colors and solids: $40. Moore Williamson 770-2289752
Flemish Giant rabbits, 7w/o to 4m/o, bucks & does. Crowley Milner 678-468-1051

Flemish Giant: $60/doe, $50/buck; Continental/Flemish Giant mix: $60/doe, $50/buck; New Zealand: $40/doe, $30/buck; Flemish Giant/New Zealand mix: $40/doe, $30/buck. 6-12w/o, not pedigreed. No delivery. Bailey Elko TheBaileysBunnyBarn@gmail.com. 478-987-4756

Flemish giants for sale. Lee Eason Hogansville 706-5946916
Flemish Giants, Mini Rex & Rex, pedigreed & non-pedi-

Red & Narragansett poults and turkey hatching eggs. Daniel Pine Mountain 678-687-6746
Brown-egg-layers 14w/o pullets: $18.00; ready to butcher free-range young rooster: $15.00; Red Sex Link chicks: $4.50. Call for an appointment. RES Poultry Farm Louisville 478-241-3989
Homer pigeons for sale: $20/3. Tommy Stone Mountain 404-702-0798
Homing pigeons: $10 each. Phillip Smith Tennille 478-7183112
Jumbo Coturnix quail eggs & hatchlings available. NPIP certified & AI clean. Text only. Moss Quail Farm, Kevin Moss Statham 470-334-6013
Jumbo Coturnix quail, pheasants, & chuckers. Every age group from hatching eggs to 8w/o. Manning Family Quail Farm on Facebook & Instagram Glennville 912-237-1952
Looking for any free or cheap hens or pullets. Billy Montgomery Homer 678-591-6410

alpaca) must be individually identified; bison (some people mistakenly call them buffalo) and water buffalo must meet the same requirements as cattle. Antelope must be individually and officially identified, and 6 m/o or older are required to have a negative Brucellosis test within 30 days and a negative TB test within 90 days prior to entering Georgia. PLEASE NOTE: Importation of any cervid into Georgia requires a special permit from the GDA State Veterinarian and DNR. At this time, cervids are not permitted into the State.
4 male alpacas, 3 gelded. Preferred together: $8000. Needs a shelter to keep cool in during summer, shut-in at night. Must know how to deworm monthly. James O'Neill Rome 706-908-1413
Standard Emu chicks available. In middle Georgia. Brandy Brown Orchard Hill 678-886-9635

SWINE SUPPLIES
I have (9) farrowing crates for sale. Call or text. Hales Chatsworth 706-537-5263
DOG SUPPLIES
6-compartment dog trailer built on 5X10 utility, used to haul bird dogs. Box can be removed to covert to utility work: $1250. Good condition. H Chitwood Resaca 706-2640771
Dog box - factory built aluminum, 40 L, 21 W, and 20 inches high. Good condition: $75. Wayne Bartow County 770-624-4383
POULTRY SUPPLIES
Hen house equipment - egg cooler heat/AC, 52in fans, 48in fans, Rotem Platinum Plus controller/backups, drinkers, etc. Deanna Purther Ellijay 530-263-3638
FEED SUPPLIES
For sale feed barrels, clean

Introduction to Beekeeping, March 11 & 18. Learn everything to get started in beekeeping: $50/person. Bees & equipment options available. Come join us. Northeast Georgia Mountain Beekeepers Association Clarkesville/Toccoa www.negabeekeeping.com
Long Langstroth horizontal hive starting at: $425. Fully

EQUIPMENT AND Border Collie puppies, 8 SUPPLIES weeks old, black and white, 3
males and 5 females, working

greed available. Find us on Facebook. Cofield Farms, Sierra Pine Mountain 706-

parents. Ready for new 457-9923

homes. J. Gilstrap Commerce New Zealand solid red and

762-305-1339

broken color. Silver Fox kits

German Shepherd puppies, born 12/23/22, will be ready at 8w/o. Parents on site. Vet

purebred. Kits available March 1: $30 each. Kelly Maxwell Winder 404-925-2369

checked w/1st shot & dewormed: $400/ea cash. Adam

POULTRY/FOWL

w/locking lids: $20/ea; pallets, assembled, one coat primer,

42x42, good: $5. Taylor Haskel several upgrades available.

Barnesville 478-391-1638

Free delivery within 30 miles. Jon Cordell Gainesville 404-

Fresh raw cow's milk for pet 353-0951

CATTLE SUPPLIES consumption. Not pasteurized,

(2) calf electric

pullers: fence

$25/ea; (9) chargers:

not homogenized, the real stuff. Jonathan Kreider Metter 912-687-5720

Nucs, queens, packages & beekeeping classes. Melissa Monticello www.gsbeez.com.

$100/ea; (2) goat milk stands Oats for feed, cleaned and 312-909-3050

wooden: $100 & metal: $200. bagged: $15.00 for 50 lbs. Al-

D. Jones Flowery Branch lan Brittain Jackson 404-328-

Hartwell 706-371-2064

Any person engaged in buying

770-967-6948

5756

Great Pyredane puppies for live poultry of any kind for sale. Going quickly. Check out resale, or in selling live poultry

MISCELLANEOUS

www.greatpyredane.com for of any kind bought for resale,

more on the breed. Call for must be licensed by the GDA.

more information. Billy Comer Possessing such a license does Lowman Whitehackle, Al-

706-343-7425

not by itself disqualify an indi- bany, Blueface Hatch,

Great Pyrenees X Great Dane vidual from advertising poultry puppies - ready 3/10. Sire is in the Market Bulletin. Mallard working LGD. Exposed to ducks must be at least three chickens, goats, and cattle. generations from the wild Worming & 1st shots: $500/ea, before they can be advertised $100 to reserve pick. Scalf in the Market Bulletin. Advertis-

Gilmore Hatch - select brood trios, select pairs, individuals, also hatching eggs. David Bagley Cumming dbagley79@gmail.com 770315-3481

Woodbury 615-397-4664
Italian Maremma Sheepdog puppy, 8w/o male w/first set of shots. Excellent disposition, surrounded by goats, chickens, cows: $600. Mother on property. Wee Woods Farm, Ms. Lu Danielsville 706-2547717

ers must include this informa-

tion in notices submitted for

publication. Out-of-state poul-

try must have a negative Avian

Influenza test and negative pul-

lorum test within 21 days of en-

tering Georgia. For more infor-

mation, call the GDA Livestock

and

Poultry

Division,

404.656.3665.

Narragansett turkeys, toms and hens, 2021-2022 hatched. Just beginning to lay for 2023 season. NPIP certified. Malcolm Coleman Cobbtown 912-362-0314
Pigeons - white rollers, turner rollers, colored rollers & white homers: $20/pair. Wyatt John-

BARN CATS

son Midville 478-494-3240 (15) varieties game fowl: $75-

$125/pair or $15-$25/hen; (15) Royal Palm turkeys, 4m/o,

150gal Behlen Polytuff stock tanks: $150/ea firm. Frank Ellijay 706-889-0998

Only agriculture-related items

may be advertised in this Category.

Overwintered five frame nucs. 3 frames brood, 2

BEES, HONEY

frames honey and pollen available March 1st: $185

AND SUPPLIES

per nuc. Includes nice wooden hive. Leave message or

3lb package bees: $140; text. Kolby Browne Clyo

March 5-frame nucs: $200. 912-663-7277

Multiple discounts available on

some supplies. David Mc- Remove honey bees from a Daniel Rome 706-389-5425 structure for a fee; remove a

5-frame nucs for sale late March or early April. Survivor

swarm for free. Also, wanted bee equipment. Leonard Day

and full blood Italian queens Macon 478-719-5588

mid, late April. Call for info.

Laura or William Thacker Swarms removed: free of

Dahlonega 706-265-3040 678-207-7809

or

charge. No structures. Joe Clark Upson County 706-975

-1096

Apiary owner retiring. For

Barn cats available: no varieties peafowl: $250- raised by hen, free range:

sale, new and used bee equip- Used 32 frame Kelly Extrac-

charge. Calls only. Jeannette $400/ea. Ray Watts Macon $70/ea. Leave message to

ment, bee trailers, freezers, & tor, pump wax melter. Make

Temple 770-316-9480

478-361-3468

make appointment. Nathaniel

feed buckets. Jimmy Rich offer; unassembled frames

Hewell Gillesville 770-869-

Floyd Felines has rescue cats (2) 100% Easter Egger 3469

for rodent control in barn/gar- roosters, born 7/18/22.

den homes. Cats are Ready to stud. Sell or trade Various breeds of Coturnix

neutered/vaccinated & come for hens in kind. Jerilyn Ter- quail for sale, 4-5w/o including

at no charge. Must provide rell County 229-815-0971

blue egg layers: $5/ea; Also

daily food, water. Will deliver.

have hatching eggs available:

Text/email. Angie Rome 706- (2) 1y/o Royal Palm toms: $25/30 eggs. Text only.

512-7004 angieyanceygae@g- $100/ea. Sam Molena 678- Michael Ostrozynski Wood-

mail.com

588-5183

stock 470-376-1281

Calf-Tel calf hutches: $250/ea firm. S. Wright Ellijay 706-889-0998.

Collins 912-426-9099 or jim- New: $1.00; 10-frame used

myr@pineland.net

honey suppers Med: $45.

Bee removal Valdosta and Southwest Georgia (100-mile

Leonard Day Macon 478-7195588#

radius). Structural bee removal Wooden Solar wax melter: for a fee, swarms free. Li- $60; 3 pollen traps: $40 each. censed and insured. Blossom Mead Supplies, 4-6 gallon car-

Bee Removal. S. Peterson Val- boy. Roy Rush Cairo 404-683-

dosta 229-563-3050

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2023

State Botanical Garden at UGA encourages planting for pollinators

By Laurel Clark
The University of Georgia
With so many options available, it can be challenging to know what plants to add to your home garden that will look beautiful and help the environment. The State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia is helping gardeners by selecting four Georgia Pollinator Plants of the Year.
The program, a collaboration between the State Botanical Garden, UGA Extension and green industry partners, began in 2020. The program annually promotes four top-performing landscape plants that support pollinators. Plants are chosen for the following categories: spring bloomer, summer bloomer, fall bloomer and Georgia native.
The pollinator plant of the year program was designed to encourage the use of high-impact plants that support pollinators in private and commercial gardens. It is funded in part by the Vaughn-Jordan Foundation.
"Our audience has been very receptive to the program," said Heather Alley, the garden's conservation horticulturist. "These plants always sell beautifully at our plant sales. One of our partner growers has enjoyed highlighting these plants, and their customers are excited about them."
The 2023 plants in the four categories of the program are: Spring bloomer Blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis). Blue wild indigo is a 4-foot-tall perennial wildflower in the pea family. In spring, this plant has tall spikes of eye-catching cobalt blue flowers. Conservation value: Supports many native bees and other pollinators. Summer bloomer Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa). Wild bergamot is a perennial in the mint family that grows 4 to 5 feet tall, with long-lasting white, lavender or magenta summer blooms that attract many different pollinators. Conservation value: Supports many native bees, hummingbirds and butterflies. Fall bloomer Aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium). Aromatic aster is a perennial wildflower in

The UGA State Botanical Garden in Athens announced Georgia's pollinators of 2023 to encourage planting these plants in private and commercial gardens to attract pollinating insects and animals throughout the year. Clockwise from top left: Blue Wild Indigo, Wild Bergamot, Aromatic Aster and Joe Pye Weed. (UGA Botanical Garden)
the sunflower family that grows 3 to 4 feet tall with purple flowers in the fall. Conservation value: Supports many native bees, butterflies, hover flies and wasps.
Georgia native Coastal plain Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium dubium). Coastal plain Joe Pye weed is a perennial wildflower in the sunflower family that grows 3 to 5 feet tall with profuse but tiny mauve flowers that bloom from July through September. Conservation value: Supports bumble bees, small bees, hummingbirds and butterflies.
Alley said all the plants selected this year complement each other with cool, blue undertones. They are also easy to maintain.
The plants are nominated by gardeners, horticulturists, entomologists, ecologists and green industry professionals

throughout Georgia and selected by a committee. The committee announces the plants a year in advance to give growers time to increase the stock of the plants for the public.
Becky Griffin is the community and school garden coordinator for UGA Extension and serves on the pollinator plants of the year committee. She is also the coordinator of the Great Southeast Pollinator Census, a citizen science project created by UGA designed for everyone to participate and make a difference in pollinator conservation.
Griffin said serving on the committee and talking about the nominated plants is a great way to get pollinator plants to the public. She also helps market the pollinator plants to people who want to start pollinator gardens and encourages those who wish to participate in the pollinator census to plant them in their home gardens.
"Planting plants that attract pollinators is a conservation action that we can all do," said Griffin. "Research has shown that if you build the habitat, they will come. Planting pollinator plants directly impacts our pollinators, which are important for our food crops in Georgia."
Griffin said you can add the pollinator plants of the year to your space, whether that's a farm, subdivision or apartment complex.
Although new plants are selected each year, Alley said the goal is to continue promoting all the pollinator plants of the year selections over time. All the plants can work together for a beautiful collection of pollinator favorites that can be added to yearly.
The State Botanical Garden, a unit of UGA Public Service and Outreach, sells the pollinator plants of the year at its spring and fall plant sales and in the garden's gift shop, and works with growers and retailers in Georgia to produce and market the plants.
For more information about the pollinator plants of the year program and a directory of native plant nurseries, visit https://t.uga.edu/649. For more information about the Great Southeast Pollinator Census, visit https://gsepc.org/

Georgia Cooking: Corned Beef and Cabbage

St. Patrick's Day comes this month and one of the best ways to mark the occasion is preparing this recipe from the pages of The Essential Market Bulletin Cookbook.

3 large carrots, peeled, cut in 1-inch pieces
2 medium to large, sweet onions, peeled, cut in 2-inch pieces
10-12 small red potatoes, cut in half

to cover by about a half an inch. Bring water to a boil, then lower to simmer and partially cover with a lid. Cook for about 2 to 3 hours or until just fork tender.

Georgia Grown in Season

Ingredients 1 home-cured or store-bought corned
beef brisket (preferably flat cut) One half of a cabbage, cut in 1- to
2-inch wedges

Instructions In a large pot, place corned beef brisket and, if store bought, the pickling spice included in the package. Fill pot with enough water

Add vegetables to the pot and continue to cook at a simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Remove corned beef brisket from the pot and place on a cutting board. Remove any unwanted large portions of fat attached. Slice the meat against the grain.

Cabbage Carrots Citrus Collards Kale Lettuce

Mushrooms Spinach Strawberries Turnips

To serve, place a few slices each of corned beef in shallow bowls. Place some of the vegetables in each bowl with a slotted spoon and ad some of the cooking liquid. Serve as is or with mustard or horseradish as an accompaniment.
Serves about six people depending on the size of the brisket.
Home-cured corned beef
One 4- to 6-lb brisket (preferably flat cut)
1 gallon of water 2 cups Diamond Crystal Kosher salt
or 1 cup Morton's Kosher salt

3 Tbsps pickling spice 5 tsps pink salt, also called Prague
powder (pickling salt, not Himalayan pink salt) cup light brown sugar 1 small cinnamon stick
In a large pot, bring all ingredients to a boil, then immediately remove from heat. Let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until well chilled. In a container large enough to submerge brisket, place brisket and enough brine to cover completely. Refrigerate 5-6 days or until meat turns pink. Remove from brine just before cooking.

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Farming left life-long impression on Jimmy Carter

By Jay Jones

retrospect, the farm work sounds primitive and

jay.jones@agr.georgia.gov

burdensome, but at the time, it was accepted farm

practice, and my dad himself was an unusually

Before Jimmy Carter was president or governor

hard worker. Also, he was my best friend."

or state senator, he was a farmer.

Public service was another aspect Jimmy Carter

Last month, the Carter Center and Presidential

learned from his father. Earl Carter became one of

Library announced that Carter, 98, decided to for-

the first directors of the Rural Electrification Pro-

go continued medical intervention for hospice care.

gram in 1937. He also served on the Sumter Coun-

The announcement said that after a series of short

ty Board of Education. Earl Carter was elected to

hospital stays, Carter decided to "spend his remain-

the Georgia House of Representatives in 1952, one

ing time at home with his family and receive hos-

year before his death.

pice care."

The Carter family moved to Plains in 1949 after

News reports have since cited Carter's accom-

Jimmy graduated from high school and entered the

plishments at the national and global level and

U.S. Naval Academy. Earl Carter continued farm-

within Georgia's communities. On Feb. 21, both

ing and established the family warehouse business,

houses of the Georgia General Assembly honored

selling seeds and fertilizer. When Earl Carter died

him. Carter served as the 39th president of the Unit-

in 1953, Jimmy Carter obtained a release from the

ed States, the first elected president from Georgia

U.S. Navy and returned home to run the family

and the first Southern elected president since 1848.

business.

But before all that, Carter grew up on a farm in

"When his dad died in 1953, he had such a

the unincorporated community of Archery, three

strong connection to farming and to the commu-

miles from Plains in southwest Georgia. Annette

nity and the commitment to the family that he left

Wise, a board member of the Plains Historical

a promising naval career to move back to Plains to

Trust along with the Carters, has known them since

continue the family business," Wise said.

the early 1970s and said farming significantly im-

Carter himself noted that connection to family,

pacted Carter's life. "In talking about the commitment to the land
and to his roots in Plains, it all stems back to his childhood and growing up in a loving and caring

Jimmy and Billy Carter examine peanuts on the Carter farm in Sumter County in 1977. Carter attributed growing up on a farm as having a significant impact on later life. (Courtesy, Georgia Archives/Vanishing Georgia Collection, sum097)

farm and community. In Why Not the Best, Carter explains that the decision to leave the Navy and move back home was the only serious argument between him and his wife, Roselynn. She didn't want

community," Wise said.

Wise recalled conversations where Carter did a lot of work in to move back home after living in Hawaii, San Diego and then,

In his 1975 autobiography, Why Not the Best, written as a the field then. "He followed Jack Clark and other people, su- at the time, in upstate New York. She relented and the rest is

lead-up to his presidential run, Carter documented his early pervisors and workers, on the farm and doing everything from history.

life on the family farm. He described life on the farm during mopping the cotton to helping with the mules and plowing," "The early years of my life on the farm were full and en-

the depression as it "more nearly resembled farm life of fully Wise said.

joyable, isolated but not lonely," Carter wrote. "We always had

two thousand years ago than farm life today."

Clark was a Black tenant farmer in charge of horses and enough to eat, no economic hardship, but no money to waste.

Carter was four years old in 1928 when the family moved mules at the farm. "Mopping the cotton" was a labor intensive We felt close to nature, close to members of our family, and

to Archery. His father, Earl Carter, grew cotton, corn and sug- task to cover cotton boils in the fields with a mixture of mo- close to God."

ar cane. He also was among the first in the area to experiment lasses and pesticides to protect the plants from boil weevils.

The Plains Historical Trust maintains a website about Jim-

with peanuts. In the book, Carter writes he had a lot of work Carter said in his book that he was not one to complain. He my Carter and planning tips for a visit to Plains. The website

assigned to him in the field he had two sisters, Gloria and noted times when his father disciplined him with a switch, but also has resources for teachers at https://jimmycarter.info/.

Ruth. He was the only boy until Billy was born when Carter none was done for not completing his chores.

For more information about the Jimmy Carter National

was 13.

"My father was a very firm but understanding director of Historical Park, go to www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/jim-

The Carters had tenant farmers help with the crops, but my life and habits," Carter writes in Why Not the Best. "In my_carter_nhs.html.

UGA, Fort Valley State Extension team up to provide free estate planning services

By Cal Powell

Thomas said. "With education, people make better,

The University of Georgia

more informed decisions and they feel more em-

powered to make those decisions."

While many people like to plan every detail of

The workshops covered estate planning ba-

their lives, planning for death is not often high on

sics such as creating a living will or an advanced

the list.

healthcare directive, which allows a person's health

The statistics bear this out. According to the

care wishes to be carried out while still alive but

most recent data, the rate of Americans dying with-

incapacitated; a last will and testament, which ad-

out a will, called intestacy, is between 40 to 70 per-

dresses decisions related to property and other as-

cent, depending on factors such as race and income

sets after death; and assigning an executor, which

levels.

allows another person to manage and oversee the

University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, in

distribution of assets on your behalf.

tandem with Fort Valley State University Coopera-

Facilitators also explained the power of attor-

tive Extension and the U.S. Department of Agricul-

ney designation, which allows a designee to make

ture Farm Service Agency, recently offered a free

financial decisions if the client is unable to do so.

program for underserved landowners in 18 middle

"On the educational Zoom workshops we did,

Georgia counties to address the issue.

I could see the light come on for people," Thom-

A part of the Georgia Farmers Initiative for

as said. "And when those people tell other people,

Training and Sustainability (GA-FITS) program,

that's when you know they've got it."

their efforts helped 61 Georgians complete estate

Post-workshop evaluations showed 70 percent of

plans through estate planning education and tech-

participants said they learned new and useful infor-

nical assistance.

mation, and 77 percent reported they would share

"It's an important topic because it goes across

the information with friends and family.

all demographics," said Keishon Thomas, a UGA

"This will give my family members peace of

Extension Family and Consumer Sciences agent in Bibb County. "At some point we all must leave here, and we're not sure how or when we're going to leave. It's a lot easier when you have estate planning

FVSU Extension Agent Brenda Maddox (left) stands with a client (center) and UGA Extension Agent Keishon Thomas at a workshop for the Georgia Farmers Initiative for Training and Sustainability (GA-FITS) program, which helps Georgians complete estate plans through estate planning education and technical assistance. (Special Photo/UGA-CAES)

mind upon my death and during a time of need," one Houston County participant wrote. "The clinic was very helpful, professional and informative. It helped me to finalize my assets and prioritize what

in place."

is important for my life."

The issue of intestacy is especially pronounced in Geor- Heirs' property is most predominant among Black landhold- In addition to Thomas, UGA Extension FACS Agent Ida

gia.

ers, contributing to millions of acres of land loss over the last Jackson and Fort Valley State FACS Agents Brenda Maddox

A recent study by the USDA Forest Service and UGA's century among that demographic.

and Millicent Price helped facilitate the program, primarily

Carl Vinson Institute of Government on 10 Georgia counties The estate-planning program targeted more than 22,000 to existing Extension clients.

estimated that nearly 40,000 acres are likely heirs' property, Georgians. Ultimately, 235 participants received estate plan- Thomas said the group plans to offer the program again.

or "a home or land that passes from generation to generation ning education via 17 workshops. In addition to education, the For more information, contact Thomas at thomaskj@uga.edu

without a legally designated owner."

program offered free legal assistance, which helped residents or Jackson at idajackson@uga.edu. Maddox and Price can be

This results in ownership divided among living descen- secure more than 470 acres of land valued at $3.3 million. reached at maddoxb@fvsu.edu and pricem@fvsu.edu.

dants, which can create significant challenges for the owners Attorneys working on the project provided direct educa- "I feel like this is what Extension is for," Thomas said.

of the property, including land loss and complex legal issues. tion and technical assistance, contributing more than $14,000 "This is so needed because it's an area where people don't

One study of 14 Southern states estimated that 6.8 million in in-kind donations.

have a lot of education or a lot of access to information."

acres of heirs' property exist, with a value of $47.3 billion. "We educate, but we also remove that barrier of cost,"

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COMMITTED TO AG. COMMITTED TO YOU.

"I have peace of mind knowing my loan officer is ready and willing to work with me at any time. Farm Credit understands my operation. They invest in me, our community, and the future of agriculture."
Kristy Arnold, Boggy Creek Farm

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AQUACULTURE AND

Bass, bluegill, hybrid bream, 2022 Coastal bermuda: $65 4x5.5 net-wrap John Deere Horse/cow hay, 2022 Fescue/ Aged horse manure mixed shellcracker, sterile grass carp, and $75. UGA tested. Reggie rolls stored under shelter, rain Orchard mix: $4.00 at the barn. with shavings: $10 per load.

SUPPLIES

channel catfish, koi. Lake man- Wrightsville 478-484-0746

free, excellent quality. Delivery John Petrel LaFayette 706- Can load with tractor. M Hight

Advertisers selling sterile triploid grass carp must submit a current Wild Animal License from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Ads without this license will not be published. Entities producing and selling or reselling domestic fish in Georgia are required to obtain a free Aquaculture Registration Permit. For more information on aquaculture rules and licensing in Georgia, including a listing of domestic fish and other fish species requiring a Wild Animal License, visit https://georgiawildlife.com/aquaculture or call

agement. David Cochran Ellijay 706-889-8113

Grass

carp,

Bluegill,

Threadfin shad, Shellcracker

and Catfish. Delivery available

at: $2.50/mile, one way. Brian

Simmons Hawkinsville 478-

892-3144

Koi and Goldfish for sale. All sizes and colors. Call for more info. Glenn Kicklighter Sander-
sville 478-232-7704

Red wigglers, night crawlers delivered. Pickens County and surrounding areas. Text preferred. Hollis Morris Jasper 706-299-0377

2022 Hay for sale, 4x4 rolls, mostly rye grass, fertilized, sprayed, & barn-stored: $35/ea. Delivery available for extra charge. Rodney Johnson Tallapoosa 678-378-6562

2022 mulch hay. 4x5 rows. Johnson grass, crab and fescue: $12. Net wrapped, tightly rolled. Norman Callaway Comer 706-207-9444

2022 Peanut hay: $50.00/roll at barn. Delivery available. Call Glenn Brinson Tarrytown 912288-5960

2022 Russell Bermudagrass -

(500) 4x5 fertilized, net-

wrapped,

barn-sheltered:

available for mileage. Josh Pennino Sparta 706-340-3146
4x5.5 net-wrapped John Deere rolls inside and outside stored. Prices vary delivery available for mileage. Josh Pennino Sparta 706-340-3146
Available now - Coastal Bermuda hay, 4x5 rolled bales, well fertilized, covered. Carl Sconyers Twin City 478-7632344 or 478-494-7926
Bermuda, mixed hay. Fertilized & rain free, horse quality: $9/sq; $60-$80/round bales in barn. Large quantity delivery available. S. Stana Carrollton 770-241-3201

313-6628
Mixed grass 4x5 net-wrapped hay bales, rain free: $45 per bale. R. Chadwick Adairsville 770-608-0637
Mixed grass hay, 4x5, rain free, net-wrapped. John Cordele 229-322-8480 or 229273-3597
Oats, combine run. Bright, pretty oats. John Cordele 229322-8480 or 229-273-3597
Oats, combine run. Bright, pretty oats. John Cordele 229322-8480 or 229-273-3597
Russel hay, 4x5 rolls (120) barn kept & rain free, (RFQ)

Macon 478-960-2008
Aged horse manure, ready for garden: free, you load; $15, we load. P. Boarders Woodstock 678-772-0750
Compost available for pickup or delivery: $40/yd. Wholesale pricing available. Please call. Wesley Savannah 912313-4460
Horse manure and pine shavings. Free with pick up. Jerry Douglasville 770 3371516
Horse manure w/shavings, aged or fresh: free. I load w/Bobcat. Paulding/Cobb/Bar-

770.761.3044.

Townsend catfish skinner: $5000. Ladon Tucker Chula

$85/bale, 10+ @ $80/bale; outside hay: $60-70/bale. Delivery

Bermuda, mixed hay. Fertilized & rain free, horse quality:

112, crude protein (11.6%): $60/ea; $50/ea if buy all. No

tow area. Robert Acorth 770974-2010

229-426-9052
FEED, HAY AND GRAIN
2022 4x5 rolls, barn-stored Jiggs Bermuda, UGA tested,

negotiable. VM/text. Pruitt Statesboro 912-682-4481
2022 Russell hay, UGA tested, 4x5 net-wrap rolls. Excellent horse & cattle quality: $75/roll. Lonnie McKinney Cordele 229-947-2878

$9/sq; $60-$80/round bales in barn. Large quantity delivery available. S. Stana Carrollton 770-241-3201
Fescue square bales, horse quality, cut July 2022, always sheltered: $8/bale. Buyer picks up, cash only. Text only. L.

delivery, will load. Paul Brooklet 912-690-2832
Rye grass rolls & squares, Fescue squares, bermuda rolls; crabgrass rolls & squares. Perry Marlowe Comer 678-227-9110

Horse manure, mixed with shavings: free. Danny West Fayetteville 404-771-4041
Long leaf pine straw - delivery and installation available. Tight bales, fresh good color. Josh Bulloch Manchester 404-925-

1999 Mercury 4-stroke 5HP outboard: $750. Bill Garrett Manchester 706-604-2242
A-1 Big Reds/Euro great fishing: $40/lb; Red wigglers perfect for fishing and composting: $35/lb. Lew Bush Byron bigreds1@cox.net 478-9554780
All sizes - Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Threadfin,

net wrapped: $45/roll. (200) rolls available. Rucker McDonald Calhoun Calhoun 770-3137080
2022 Bahai/Bermuda mix hay, net wrapped, 4x5 round bales: $50/ea outside, $70/ea inside. Bahai/Bermuda mix square bales, stored in the barn: $6/ea. Raymond Bailey Louisville 404-379-9802 or 404-379-9804
2022 Bahia/Bermuda net wrapped mix hay, 4x5 round bales: $50 outside; $70 stored in barn; square bales in the barn: $6.00. Raymond Bailey Louisville 404-379-9802

2022 square bales, Bermuda crabgrass mix, sprayed, fertilized & weed free: $6 each at barn. K. Wood Hoschton 770867-4332
2022 Tifton 44 Bermuda hay, horse quality: $6.50/bale. Ken Owens Monroe 404-312-3555
2022 Tifton 44 Bermuda, horse quality, fertilized, weed free, barn stored, 4x5 rolls: $85. Tim Hunter Conyers 770331-7749 or 770-483-8712
4x5 net-wrapped rolls of Tift85 & Tift44 Bermuda: $45/roll; also Tift85 & Tift44 mulch hay: $35/roll. J.W. Adkins Vienna 229-805-0255

Lewis Canton 770-428-7996
Hay for sale, well fertilized: $50/roll in barn. Jesse Griffin 770-228-3664
Hay sale - 2022 barn-stored Coastal Bermuda, UGA inspected, RFQ 135, 4x5 round bales, 175 available: $80/ea. Discount available on 30+ bales. Pierce Screven Co 912659-9726 or 912-925-9796
Hay, Bermuda-Bahia mixed 4x5 round bales. Tight bales, well fertilized. Our cows eat it every day: $75. Steve Meeks Kite 912-536-3844
Horse hay fescue: $10/bale. Limed, fertilized, no weeds, big

Wheat straw for sale, 4x5 round bales: $20/roll loaded, 10 bale min, no delivery. Phillip Lexington 706-255-8494
MULCH AND FERTILIZERS
2022 Wheat straw: $3.50/bale at barn. Delivery available. Call Gary Brinson Tarrytown 912286-3191

1076
POULTRY LITTER/COMPOST
Free poultry litter. Clean out 400ft X 40ft breeder house with posts and slats. Keep litter and slats for free. Peck drinkers/feeders cheap. Maurice Johnson Demorest 404707-4868

Gizzard Shad, Shellcracker 2022 coastal Bermuda, some 4x5 rolls Coastal Bahia mix, 40-45in avg, heavy 60lb avg.

and more. Free delivery or pick Fescue, x-large sq bales: outside: $50/ea; sorghum, in- Square bales stored inside.

up. Danny Austin Roberta $6.50/ea. Horse hay in barn. N. dividually wrapped: $50/ea. Ricky Davis Adairsville 678-

478-391-9068

Harris Winder 770-867-0733 Dannie Metter 912-314-9568 800-8106

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PLANTS, TREES AND FLOWERS

Old time orange meat rat- 100% Piedmontese beef for Beautiful emerald green emu tlesnake watermelon: $5/(20) sale - grass-fed & finished. No eggs, cleaned & blown out. seeds + S.A.S.E. C. Anthony . growth hormones, no antibi- Jackie Paul Conyers 770-597-

CANNING SUPPLIES

REAL ESTATE

567 Bennett Cemetery RD Jef- otics. Harvesting late February, 1510

Advertisements selling officially protected plants must include a permit to sell such plants. Ads submitted without this permit will not be published. For infor-

ferson, GA 30549 or 706-6050201
Old-timey cayenne, rooster spur, peter pepper seeds: (25) seeds, $2/pk + SASE. Terry

early March delivery. Peaceful Acres Ranch, Anne Madison 252-665-1102
2022 Desirable pecans, ready to eat: $12 per lb +postage.

Chair and rocker caning of all kinds; also wicker and rattan repair. Over 40 years of experience. Duke Dufresne Statham H: 770-725-2554 or C: 706-

Lots of clean mason jars for canning quarts, pints, half pints, regular and large mouth: $3/doz. Lawson Hooper Covington 770-354-0406

All farm property listed within this category (for sale or rent/lease) must consist of 10 acres or more. Out-of-state subscribers owning farm

mation on the sale or shipment

of protected plants, visit

www.fws.org/Endangered/per-

mits/index.html or call the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service,

404.679.7097. For questions

about

ginseng,

visit

https://www.fws.gov/Endan-

gered/permits/index.html or

call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 404.679.7097.

Figs (three varieties) mulberries, Christmas roses: $5/ea; thornless blackberries, beautyberries, burning bushes, harlequin glorybowers, & nandinas, weeping cherries, hydrangeas, forsythia: $3.50/ea; fig cuttings, dew berries: $2.50/ea. Free Monkey grass. Carla Marietta 770-428-2227

Madaris 2017 Cloud Springs Rd Rossville GA 30741
Old-timey Hot Cow Horn, Red Peter pepper seed, Rutger and German pink tomato seed: $1/pack with SASE. Amory Hall 130 Ellison St Maysville GA 30558 470-201-9105
Old-timey white field corn seed 2021 crop. Family-kept seed, 10-12ft stalks w/2-3 cobs per stalk: $4/lb plus shipping or local pickup. Smith Auburn 770-826-0266.
Purple Martin gourd seeds from 8 to 12inches diameter gourds: $5 cash for 25 seeds + SASE. John Sills 5266 Durand Hwy Warm Springs GA 31830
Tifton 9 Bahia grass seed,

Will machine crack, shell, separate your whole pecans: 50 cents per lb. Russell Eaton Stockbridge 770-506-2727
2022 Desirable pecans, shelled, fresh, in 1lb sealed, resealable bags - halves: $11; pieces: $10. All +shipping. Call for bulk prices - in shell, cracked & shelled. The Pecan Barn Blythe 706-421-3936
2022 Pecan pieces for sale: $9/lb; pecan halves: $10/lb. Vickie Hogan Clarkesville 706-768-5441
2022 pecans for sale. Shelled and cleaned. Ready for freezer: $11 per lb. Peggy Griffin Clarkesville 706-768-8417
2022 shelled Elliott pecans,

340-5523
Chair caning in Tiger. Please call for estimate. Donald Becker Rabun County 770-8079783
Handmade grapevine wreaths with pinecone flowers and handmade bows for all occasions, seasons. Handmade baskets. Photos on Facebook: JimCor Creations. Send message on Facebook or Call/text. Cori Bennett Mauk 941-9298399
Large quantity of grape vines for making wreaths. Best offer. S. Wright Fairmount 706-6290406
Vintage hand-braided rug, 104in diameter, minor separation. Perfect for lodge or cabin:

OTHER
(4) Low Boy 8x14.5 tires & wheels, load range F; (1) mobile home only tire & rim for spare, 200mi on tires: $300/all (5). Jeff Baker Rydal 770-6067513
27gal Rubbermaid totes w/lids, costs new $14/ea, sell for: $8/ea w/minimum purchase of 10. Text preferred. Tim Miller Rayle 706-401-0880
55gal food-grade stainless steel; 55gal metal burn barrels; 55gal food-grade plastic barrels; 275/330gal plastic totes; also tote cages. Tom Allanson Cumming 678-231-2324
7,000gal poly tank w/2in out-

property within Georgia are allowed to advertise in this category. Real estate agents, businesses, brokers or dealers that sell land on a commission basis are not eligible to advertise.
FARMLAND FOR SALE
10ac & Cape Cod near Toccoa Falls, 1000ft Chattahoochee border, 4ac cleared, topsoil intact, hardwoods. City water/gas crossing property. GA Power trenched transformer excess capacity: $330,000. John Summerville, SC 843-291-1126
11.2ac, cypress log cabin, completely fenced, two out

Pachysandra plants: $10/50

bare-root plants. Great

Georgia certified. Great for pasture or hay, fast growing,

ready to eat-bake-freeze-enjoy: $12/lb. +shipping. Call/text

$125 OBO. Call/text after 5pm. A. Hollis Milledgeville 706-

let: $2500; (3) 3,000 bu grain bins w/floor: $1000; set 12-row

buildings, drive-thru barn, creek, Harrison school district,

ground cover for shade. It is 40lb bags: $210/bag. Wes Mark Parker 229-726-4238 829-3759

KMC markers: $1500. William no liens, two highway en-

evergreen and deer/rabbit Gaston proof. Large Supply. Olson 0570 Marietta 770-490-5685

Americus 229-331- Tressie Parker 229-400-3304

Moultrie Facebook: Parker

TIMBER

Pecans

FARM ANTIQUES
Corn shellers grinders; cross-

Pinehurst 478-954-5903
Carpenter bees are back - I make traps that work, shipped,

trances: $1.35 million. Sam Saliba Cobb County 770-5141431

Pawpaw seedlings for sale. 1year-old: $15 each, 3 for $30, or 10 for $80. 2-years-old: $25 each, 3 for $50, or 10 for $135. Jay Doolittle College Park 404-422-0828
Peach tree seedlings, 3-4ft tall, bare root, fast growing, blooms 3yrs: $1/ea. Can not mail, pick up only. R. Hottle City of South Fulton 404-344-

Timber must be individually owned and produced by the advertiser on his or her personal property. No companies or businesses are permitted to advertise timberland in this Category. Timberland advertised must be at least one acre. Timber wanted ads will not be published.

Beautiful farm fresh eggs in assorted colors: $6/doz. Rebecca Little Monroe 678-5358417
Freezer beef USDA Inspected, Vacuum sealed 10lb, 25lb, 50lb boxes and whole, half, and quarter beefs. Grain fed, Angus/Hereford Cross. Joshua Meeks Kite 478-494-1432

cut saws; plow stocks; old farm tools; post striking anvil; meal bin; wood tool boxes; vises, furniture farm sinks and cauldrons. Bill Blairsville 706897-0106
For sale, cash only square nails, wooden knobs & other misc hardware for furniture: reasonable. John Powder Springs 404-805-0978

w/instruction, lots of 5: $85. Call for info. Bill Timmerman Harlem 803-640-6265
Converse waders, size 11: $40; large dog igloo: $50; all leather cowboy boots, size M7.5: $50; new deer stand, needs seat: $50; bird/rabbit cages: call for prices. B. Maynard Cleveland 706-865-5945

182ac bordered by creek and

(2) dirt roads. Great for hunting

group. Old farmhouse & dairy

barn,

partly

fenced:

$3000/acre. C. Dumas Hilld-

boro 706-476-0874

21.68ac w/barn, well, greenhouse, creek, & pasture: $260,000. J. Henshaw Rydal 770-386-3144

0568
Privacy trees - direct from our farm & we plant for you. Thuja Green Giants, Leyland cypress. John Monticello 770862-7442
Rooted yellow Angel Trumpet stalks: $12/mailed; $5/pickup; Japanese Maples, Lenton Rose now blooming, pink or white: $5. Leave text message. Tillman Farm Hoschton 706654-8639
Sawtooth oaks, Chinese chestnuts, crape myrtles,

3-4 acres of large pine, saw logs & pulpwood. Mostly uprooted. Timber: free, w/removal. Easy access. David Upole Griffin 678-588-6319
FIREWOOD
Firewood must be cut from the advertiser's personal property. Ads for firewood must use the cord when specifying the amount of firewood for sale.
Seasoned oak: $110/quarter

Locally-grown premium beef, USDA inspected, half/whole available, custom cuts: $4.50/lb hanging weight. Also, ground beef, sausage, steaks, roast, beef sticks & jerky. Potts Bros Farm Jefferson 706-3675823
Old-fashioned, pure, north Georgia, Young Harris sorghum cane syrup, pints. Call for details. Charles Jasper 706-273-4294 or 706-692-5846

Metal simple trees for mules, (2) sets. Mule harness $60; simple trees: $50 OBO. Joe Yeargin Dallas 770-778-3441
Mule-drawn hay rack; cross cut saw; cast iron wash pot; Champion shop blower. Kenneth Keller Toccoa 706-8868754
Vintage corn sheller, includes wooden box, good condition. Pics available. Jeff Caudell Clarkesville 706-244-0251

Inman Antique Expo, March 4-5 - antique tractors, trucks, equipment, working exhibits including sawmill, planing mill, shingle mill, blacksmith, grist mill, more. 283 Hill's Bridge Rd Fayetteville, GA 30215. www.mintersfarm.com 770461-2840
Super sack's Bulk Bag, 35in X 35in X 35in: $10/bag. Discount for multiple bags purchased. Call for more info. Jeff Jefferson 706-215-1025

30acres, 500ft HWY frontage, mature timber, small stream w/large stream on back, great hunting: $4,500/ac. H. Mayfield Oglethorpe County 770-5404705
40ac working cattle farm, fenced, cross fenced, (5) barns & cattle working facilities, (4) ponds, concrete waterers in each pasture: $235,000. Gary Trantham Buckhannon 304613-8311

Japanese maples, 5 varieties of azaleas, gardenias, Catalpa trees. Mark Wrightsville 478455-2981

cord w/local delivery included. All quantities available. Bob Lewis Fayetteville 770-4614083

Pecans, not shelled, in 5lb bags: $10/bag. No shipping. J. Cook Dawsonville 706-4292898

Market Bulletin Farmland Ad Form

Tree yearlings for sale - red Seasoned or green oak fire-

Ad guidelines: Only farmland of 5 acres or more may be advertised. Include

bud, red maple, persimmon, wood. 1/2 cord: $150.

price, acreage and county where the property is located. All property must be for

gardenia, etc. All reasonable Truckload or any quantity offers. Call or text for more in- available. Delivery available. formation. Aron Walsh Stock- Text/call Larry Moore

sale by the owner. Limit descriptive terms to property characteristics or structures. A maximum word count of 30 including name, address, phone number and

bridge 404-431-1510

Grantville 678-278-5709

your city of residence is permitted in Farmland ads. Only one ad per subscriber

Variegated liriope & mondo grass, 1gal pots: $2/each; nandina, 1gal pots: $5/ea; Ginkgo trees, 1gal pots: $10/each. K. Patman Athens 706-549-4487

Seasoned, split firewood - 1/2 cord: $95; cord: $170; 15 pieces for campfire bundle: $25. Green wood 1/2 cord: $85; cord: $150. All prices

SEEDS

+tax. AA Farms Hartwell 706376-8968

Reg'd Santa Gertrudis farm raised beef: $5.50/lb. Local pickup, pre-order now. Brannon Holt Gilmer

Advertisements selling seeds must include a current state laboratory report (fewer than nine

FARMERS MARKETS

www.gsfbeef.com 706-2738713

months old) for purity, noxious weeks and germination for each seed lot advertised. Ads submitted without this information will not be published. For more information regarding certified seed,

Weekly Farmers Market in downtown Thomasville. Saturdays 9AM to 1PM. Fresh produce, eggs, meat, flowers, honey, jams, bread, fruits and

Water-ground meal, flour & grits: $5/5lbs + postage. Mike Buckner 780 Fielders Mill RD Junction City GA 31812 706269-3630

call the GDA Seed Division, more. New vendors welcomed.

229.386.3557.

Email: laura@hubsandhops.-

ODDITIES

2022 light or dark pink mixed com.

Gourds for sale. New crop, all

Zinnia seeds: 50+ $3 (cash) + Self Addressed Stamped En-

THINGS TO EAT

sizes. Jimmy McDonald Sylvester 229-777-0444

velope (SASE). Donna Miltimore 1766 Pleasant Hill Rd.,

Advertisers producing and offering for sale shell eggs at retail to

NE, Ranger GA 30734

the end consumer must obtain

HANDICRAFTS AND SUPPLIES

2022 Texas Star hibiscus an egg candling certificate from

seeds. Hummingbirds love the the Georgia Department of Agri- 4-Leaf clovers are lucky.

large red flowers. Send email culture. The department offers Real clovers laminated with

to csirmans@aol.com for infor- training in egg candling. Email decorations. Makes very nice

mation. John and Claire Sirmans Macon
Castor bean, Loofah or Mini Orna corn seeds: $3/25 seeds

candling@agr.georgia.gov or call 404.656.3627 for more information.
2022 black Walnuts, shelled, large, extra clean meats:

gifts. Be ready for St. Patrick's Day. Call before 8pm, leave message. Chris Colley Loganville 770-466-2173

or $10/100 seeds. Please send $28/qt, postage paid. Hoyt All types of chair caning, re-

SASE + cash. J. Shelnutt PO Payne McCaysville 706-492- finishing & repairs. James

Box 1212 Loganville 30052 7781

Lewis Perry 478-987-4243

per issue. You must be a paid subscriber to advertise in the Market Bulletin.
Subscriber number ___________________ County _________________
I hereby certify that this notice meets all the necessary requirements for publication in the Market Bulletin:
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FARMLAND FOR
SERVICES EMPLOYMENT SALE
45.5 acres, half open. Fronts State HWY 37, near Morgan. Mixed woods: $3500/acre. Jim Andrews 45 1st AVE Edison GA 39846 jtajr51@yahoo.com 229-835-2483
WANTED 48.7ac w/2ac pond, barndo-
minium w/unique features, barn/shop w/3ph power: $585,000. Finance w/10%.Text please. Ed Ellard Newborn 770-330-7800
9.5 acres with house, detached carport, workshop, garage. Has year round spring. Utilities gas, water, electric. Located in Powder Springs, Brownsville Rd: $125,000.00 per acre. DC Edmonson Cobb County 678-758-8923

FARM SERVICES
20+ years experience w/all types tractor/bobcat farm/residential work, bush hogging & mowing, fertilizing, clearing & plowing, seeding/drainage, roads/driveways, grading & erosion control, pasture land maintenance. Will travel. W. Finch Conyers 770-714-7464
25 years experience in farm, tractor & Bobcat work, bush hogging/lawn mowing, grading/clearing, plowing/garden, deer plots, fence/heavy equipment welding, post holes. Larry Houston Covington 770235-3082/770-235-3782
33 years of experience heavy/light grading,land clearing, Lakes/pond build or repairs. Riding arenas build or repair, laser grading, no-till drilling, bushhog, driveways, pipe installation, homesites. Greg Hammett Sharpsburg 404-392-5918

Coyote & hog control, day or night, fully suppressed, thermal scopes: free. Servicing all of GA. Very experienced. Zeb Brown Dallas 678-873-6234
Custom tree/land clearing barns, pasture, residences. Leave property clean. Demolition. Laser grading pads for barns, homes, riding arenas. Build/refurbish toppings/driveways. Drainage correction. Insured. Bill Atlanta 770-2314662
Electric fence charger repair. Wilfred Milam 8001 S Giles Rd Douglasville Ga. 30135 770942-4672
Farm 911 Signs-Farm Safety and Emergency Signage. An information source for greater peace of mind. Website: www.farm911signs.com Daren Sue Truex Cumming 678-6286767
Farm fence specialist - installation, paint, pressure-wash & repair. Serving NE Georgia. Dan Gilbert Cumming 229325-3163

Loader/backhoe, grading, bush hogging, aeration, tree cutting, branch trimming, pruning, lawn mowing, leaf mulching, chain saw & blade sharpening. Rockdale and surrounding counties. G. Kelecheck Conyers 770-5974878
Portable sawmill service, 25 yrs experience, quality work. Prices start at: $0.65/BF or hourly rates are available. Stanford Farm and Saw Service, Bruce Stanford Jones County 478-256-5763
Russell Bermuda sprigging service no till or plant by plow. Perfect for livestock including cattle & horses. Call us to learn more today. Covering all of Northeast Georgia. Taylor Catalano Toccoa 706-3913560

Farm Help Needed and Seeking Farm Employment ads must be related to agricultural farm work. Ads submitted for domestic help, companions, baby sitters, housekeepers, etc. will not be published.
FARM HELP NEEDED
Farm manager needed. Looking for a full time farm manager having experience w/hay operation/general farm duties. Pay based on experience. Email resume. Waverly Hall info@woodcraftbymacdonald.com
Four house broiler farm looking for help. Roughly 25hrs per week. Good salary, no housing. Winterville 706-713-1452
Holstein dairy farm looking for assistant herdsman. Nancy Clark Madison 706-818-2204

SEEKING FARM EMPLOYMENT
50y/o adult male looking for farm work. Years of experience in tractor work, bush hogging, carpentry & fencing. Michael Martin Thomaston 678-416-1424
Items wanted in all Classified Categories will be advertised here.
1957-1962 Ford 861 PowerMaster tractor wanted. I want good condition, ready to work. Richard Ivey Eatonton 706473-0140
25-50 acres of wooded land, high and dry, may have a small spring. Good road frontage in Haralson, Carroll, Paulding or Douglas counties. Roland Aldridge Bremen 386-7172541
3pt. hitch post whole digger. 5ft or 6ft landscapers rake, rock rake. Within 80 miles of Macon. Ask for Billy. L. Mathis

Secluded mountain acreage 31+- acres 4/3 and 2/1 w/garages. Wooded, running

44 years of experience. Bush For land improvement: Geor-

hogging, light clearing, grad- gia Chew Crew in need of

ing, potholes, gardens, food rental pasture with overgrowth,

plots, aerating, seeding, discing,

fertilizing, hauling,

water, power, 5+ acres. Optional lease/own. Have own

fence removal, etc. Rick Alli- camper and fencing. Georgia

son Buford 678-200-2040

Chew Crew Danielsville 706-

Ag/farm fencing, all types in- 254-7717

State wide brush cutting. Underbrush clearing, small tree clearing, brush cleanup,

Macon 478-954-7911

Looking for someone to do repair on rot wood on side of house, upper level. Have all tools and equipment to do job. Text me. Free estimate. Harris Jefferson 706-338-3165

Ag items wanted, we pick through barns, workshops or basements. Items of interest include - old signs, furniture, kitchen items, tools, oddities, advertising, etc: cash paid. Mike Canton 516-238-4738

water, pond, waterfall: stalled & repaired. 14yrs expe- Lakes/ponds built, repaired, bush hogging, property and

$750,000 cash. 10mi to rience. Land management ser- new pipe systems, land clear- fence lines, overgrown ar-

Cash paid for older axes and

town. Additional adjoining vices: consulting, mowing, ing, swamps drained, creeks eas. Thomas Bowlin 678- Someone needed to work on hatchets, individually or collec-

7+- acres available soon. seeding, food plots, wildlife rerouted, drainage problems, 972-4647

a broiler farm. Salary & hous- tions. Any condition, with or

Marc Lindley Blue Ridge habitat. Casey Kent Good wetlands restoration, bush

ing. No drugs or alcohol. Ed- without handles. Rusty old

706-224-0598

Hope 678-446-8520

hogging home sites. Tim Harp-

ward Lewis Blue Ridge 706- tools still desired. Doug Black-

er Peachtree City 770-527- Stump grinding. Call today for 633-7056

burn Augusta 404-702-9581

Bush hog your pasture or 1565

your free estimate. Military and

FARMLAND FOR RENT/LEASE

field or till your garden. Larry

Senior discounts. Billy Swaf-

Boatright Dallas 678-386-1466 Mobile welding service all ford Comer 706-343-7425

types of welding, certified,

Bush hog, rotary mow,

garden and food plot, harrow

50 acre hay field for lease, and plow, bale square hay.

suitable for livestock. Will need Monroe County area. Jimmy

to repair fence. Brad Homer Waldrep Forsyth 478-951-

770-380-4468

5563

45 years of experience. Call for details. Within 60mi. Campbell's Welding, Randy Campbell Griffin 678-6030175

Stumps ground neatly below ground level, free estimate and reasonably priced. Glen Whitley Bethlehem 770-867-2718 or 770-307-7098

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2023

Hunting land lease. Will pay

Wanted - JD 6330 or 6430

your taxes on land. Three

tractor 4WD w/loader & cab,

hunters, trophy hunters, we

low hrs, in excellent condition.

don't shoot everything that

Hugh Hosch Auburn 770-789-

moves. Pasture and woods

3258

preferred north of I-20. Jim Bartlett Cumming 770-6054483

Wanted - serger machine, any model, near Cobb or Cherokee counties. Bobbie Garrison

Hunting lease wanted: established hunting club searching for acreage to lease near Monticello. All small & large tracts considered. Dan Ergle Snellville 770-921-2701 or 770-3801180

Looking for signed or unsigned pottery. I am especially interested in Meaders and anything from north GA. Will buy one piece or entire collection. Stan Clark Maysville 770-654-8422

Woodstock 404-403-4102
Wanted 3pt tractor tree saw for clearing small trees & brush. D. Ellington Montrose 478-278-3547
Wanted 8ft stainless steel uncapping tank; also honey

ISO farmland, 50+ acres, to rent for hay/straw to bale be-

Looking to lease pasture land for small cattle herd (under 10).

supers & hive bodies w/frames that have drawn combs. Gage

hind combine. Oglethorpe, Green, Clarke, Oconee,

Preferably in Jackson or Madison County but willing to look

Killian 2696

Murphy,

NC

828-557-

Wilkes, Madison, Hart, Jackson, Franklin or Elbert counties. Please text. Chris Lexington 706-296-3630

farther out. Call or text Paul Smith Jefferson 678-780-9763
Need a rear tine tiller that is running or can be repaired

Wanted Hunting lease on 100-300 acres in either Crisp, Dooly, Pulaski, Turner or Wilcox County. Sam Robinson

ISO renter - 1BR home on easily. Don't need a new tiller Lake City, FL 386-365-6765

14acres. Reduced rent for light price on it. Tommy Cannon

maintenance. Drug test re- Rockmart 678-914-6528

Wanted impeller cover to fit

quired along w/application. Townsend Sandersville 770867-1693
Looking for (2) tires, 8.3-24 on 7in rim 8-24 for Massey Fergu-

Need hay cut and baled, approximately 1st week in May, 5+/-acres, thick fescue mix. Please text. J. Adairsville 678918-6636.

Superior sprinkler pump, model 96220. 2hp model, bought from Lowe's. Give price. Text. Gay Garfield 578-982-5755 arg30425@hughes.net

son tractor. R. Wasdin Screven 912-579-2303

Raven zucchini seeds. Also, Hansel eggplant seeds. M. Ray

Wanted manure spreader, suitable for small food plots.

Looking for 9ft or larger 3pt Aragon 706-237-0247

Donald Kline Mauk 478-3919159

hitch disc harrow. Gabe Want to buy Fisher Grandpa

Pierce Roswell 404-567- Bear wood heater in good Wanted Troy-Bilt Horse or

1909

condition. Bob Brookshire Big Red rear tine tiller. Prefer

Monroe 404-895-6469

in good condition. Would con-

Looking for a New Holland

sider non-running. Dan

L555 skid steer running or not Want to buy Rooster Spur Langston Milledgeville 478-

with Kubota engine reasonable Pepper plants in the Newnan 258-0202

priced. Brian Garrett Franklin area. Larry Brown Grantville

770-328-5212

404-578-2178

Wanting to have a pole barn

Looking for a portable band saw mill; also looking for mini skid steer. Kenneth Taylor

Want to buy stock trailer, bumper pull, 14-16ft long. Kendall Morris Barnesville

built 40-foot wide x 36-foot deep. Phil Bowen Powder Spring 678-773-8736

Cleveland 706-224-6169

770-358-6800

Looking for Jennies or Jacks within 100 miles. Wayne Luck Cumming 678-886-4640

Wanted - 3 to 6-ton grain bin. If you have one to sell call. Cliff Hampton 404-273-9516

Looking for running butter bean seeds, by the name of Carolina or Sieva. James Odum Guyton 843-816-3155
Need parts for Land Pride 4x4 UTV Trekker 4420ST. J. Simmons Colbert 706-248-7590

Wanted - hunting lease in Wilcox/Pulaski/Dooly/Dodge /Bleckley. 50-1000 acres for myself and my son. Respectful Christians and Florida residents. John Oldsmar,
FL 352-238-2865

LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS

Average prices for February 2023 at Georgia Auction Markets, Georgia Department of Agriculture and U.S.D.A. Cooperative Federal-State Livestock Market News and Grading Service. For daily quotations, call (229) 226-1641 (7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
(Cattle prices expressed in price/hundredweight)

SLAUGHTER CLASSES

AVERAGES

COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean .................. 90.45 Boners 80-85% Lean.................... 88.75 Lean 85-90% Lean ....................... 76.65

BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1000-2100 lbs ............................. 106.27

FEEDER CLASSES: WEIGHTED AVG PRICES STEERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE ....................................1 .................... 2
300-350 lbs ..........230.89 ........... 217.47 350-400 lbs ..........225.24 ........... 212.29 400-450 lbs ..........217.35 ........... 204.45 450-500 lbs ..........208.70 ........... 193.80 500-550 lbs ..........199.84 ........... 189.10 550-600 lbs ..........195.38 ........... 181.03 600-650 lbs ..........183.15 ........... 175.12 650-700 lbs ..........179.76 ........... 183.17

HEIFERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE .....................................1 .................... 2
300-350 lbs ..........192.06 ........... 178.48 350-400 lbs ..........188.25 ........... 172.87 400-450 lbs ..........180.50 ........... 169.43 450-500 lbs .........176.62 ........... 162.77 500-550 lbs ..........170.52 ........... 158.45 550-600 lbs ..........164.27 ........... 148.94 600-650 lbs ..........160.95 ........... 142.44 650-700 lbs ..........153.01 ........... 136.97

BULLS: MEDIUM AND LARGE .....................................1 .................... 2
300-350 lbs ..........225.12 ........... 208.29 350-400 lbs ..........216.96 ........... 199.01 400-450 lbs ..........204.61 ........... 192.25 450-500 lbs .........191.93 ........... 180.94 500-550 lbs ..........184.66 ........... 172.68 550-600 lbs ..........172.88 ........... 163.26 600-650 lbs ..........165.87 ........... 157.56 650-700 lbs ..........160.91 ........... 146.32
GOATS (priced per head) SLAUGHTER CLASSES SELECTION 2 ACTUAL WEIGHT
BILLIES/BUCKS 70-75 lbs ..................................... 162.05 80-85 lbs ..................................... 198.42 90-95 lbs ..................................... 198.12 100-145 lbs ................................. 258.70 150-180 lbs ................................. 334.64 NANNIES/DOES 60-65 lbs ..................................... 114.04 70-75 lbs ..................................... 142.65 80-85 lbs ..................................... 148.87 90-95 lbs ..................................... 170.93 100-125 lbs ................................. 187.66 KIDS & YEARLINGS 20-25 lbs ....................................... 75.53 30-35 lbs ....................................... 94.75 40-45 lbs ..................................... 107.38 50-55 lbs ..................................... 127.87 60-65 lbs ..................................... 124.37 70-75 lbs ..................................... 148.06

Producers can obtain daily cattle prices by Internet at the following website: http://www.ams.usda.gov Once at the site, select Market News and Transportation Data in the left column. Click on Livestock, Meats, Grain and Hay under the heading Market News Reports by Program. Next, click on Cattle under the heading Browse by Commodity. Then click on Feeder and Replacement Cattle Auctions and select Georgia.

Pecan growers look forward to increased exports, profits as India reduces tariffs

By Emily Cabrera

as health-conscious consumers were attracted to pecans'

The University of Georgia

benefits, allowing growers to sell their product reason-

ably well in the U.S., explained Wells.

Georgia pecan growers are celebrating a huge win as

However, in October 2018, shortly after the trade wars

India reduced tariffs on imported pecans by 70 percent

began, Hurricane Michael the first Category 5 hurri-

last week following a decades-long effort to open that

cane to make landfall in the U.S. -- devastated the indus-

market for the popular tree nut.

try as it tore through south Georgia where most pecans

Trade missions over the years have sought out viable

are grown in the state.

market opportunities for pecans, which are native to the

Scott Hudson, owner of Hudson Pecan Company, said,

southeastern U.S. and northern Mexico, but with a histor-

"If there is a silver lining, it would be that we had to plant

ically 100 percent customs tax on pecans, the market was

back our orchards with thousands of new trees. We pri-

essentially closed to the global pecan industry -- until

marily selected newer, hybrid varieties that require fewer

now.

inputs, have less disease, and are cheaper and easier to

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, along with Bob Redding of the

grow overall. Georgia will be better for it in the next five

National Pecan Federation, state and federal representa-

to ten years as those trees start coming into production."

tives and grower associations, worked with trade negotia-

After another difficult production season with re-

tors and Indian government officials to finally secure this

cord-high input prices and lower domestic and global

monumental opportunity as of Feb. 1. Jeff Worn, president and chief executive officer at
South Georgia Pecan Company, explained that while this is a huge success for the pecan industry, getting the tariffs decreased is just the first step.

Trade missions over the years have sought out viable market opportunities for pecans, which are native to the southeastern U.S. and northern Mexico, but with a historic 100 percent customs tax on pecans, the market was essentially closed to the global pecan industry, until now. (Special Photo/Lenny Wells)

sales in the prolonged wake of the COVID pandemic, Hudson said he is going into next season with renewed optimism in light of the tariff cuts.
Hudson explained that despite best efforts to sell pecans domestically over the last few years, the global

Worn, who is on the American Pecan Council Board and probably never heard of or tasted a pecan, but once they try surplus has driven prices down, especially when competing

serves on the marketing committee for the American Pecan it, they will be hooked."

with other countries that are able to sell their product for a

Promotion Board, said, "I've been traveling to India since Growers anticipate that exports to India, which has the lower price.

2011 doing initial discovery, gaining a better understanding world's second-largest population, will help grow the pecan "There is a lot of competition between pecan growers

of consumer diets and forming partnerships with potential industry back from setbacks endured in recent years.

here in the U.S. and around the world, but at the end of the

investors who already do a considerable amount of trade "China had been a significant buyer of pecans globally, day, we just need to sell all the pecans in order to grow as

with almonds, walnuts and pistachios. We've done extensive buying between 70 to 80 percent of Georgia pecans direct- an industry. We need every market we can get right now. It's

research at the federal marketing level to understand the In- ly," said Lenny Wells, University of Georgia Cooperative like my father and grandfather always said, `It doesn't matter

dian consumer, which will help guide marketing efforts and Extension pecan specialist and horticulture professor in the who grows the pecan or who sells the pecan, as long as it's

give our boards the confidence to invest."

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. "When grown and as long as it's sold,'" he said.

Now the work begins on educating consumers on why the trade wars started in 2018 between the U.S. and China, Hudson said he's hopeful that Indian consumers will truly

pecans are a superior nut product, explained Will Easterlin, our growers had to reabsorb those exports and move their get a taste of Georgia pecans and experience the difference.

owner of Easterlin Pecan Company, a leading supplier of product to the domestic market."

"And if demand goes through the roof," he said, "I can tell

Georgia pecans. "A large percentage of that population has Fortunately, demand had been increasing domestically you we will plant more trees."

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Georgie's Drive
Thru Rhine
Hello! I'm Georgie, the Georgia Grown mascot. I travel the state of Georgia promoting our #1 industry, agriculture! When I was young, I read stories about the lumberjack Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. The pair competed against "modern" equipment and found they couldn't hold up against the chainsaw and a train. It's funny because what replaced Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox was replaced by John the Green Deere and a big blue log truck!
I went to see logging firsthand and the equipment I saw was a whole forest of John Deeres: a 643L-II Feller Buncher, a 648L-II Skidder, and a 437D Knuckle Boom Loader. The Feller Buncher replaced the chainsaw a long

time ago, making the logging woods a much safer place to work. With a cutting blade of over four feet wide, it sawed down trees, held them together and dropped them into a pile for the skidder to pick up. The skidder grabbed up the felled pines and dragged them along a skid row to the loading ramp with its giant grapple. The 437D loader then picked the trees up, delimbed them and loaded about four tons at a time onto a waiting log truck.

A 648L-II Skidder prepares to carry a load of freshly cut trees at a tree farm near Rhine in Dodge County. The skidder will bring the trees to a loader, pictured below, which removes the limbs and loads the trees onto a truck. The operation can handle four tons per load. (GDA/Lee Lancaster)

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FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN 404-656-3722 agr.georgia.gov

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2023

Mercer University, Children's Healthcare announce rural pediatric initiative

Staff Reports

network of pediatricians focused on

rural pediatric health.

Mercer University School of

Expanding Behavioral and

Medicine (MUSM) and Children's

Mental Health Support. MUSM

Healthcare of Atlanta (Children's)

and Children's will work with

announced they will be working

schools, pediatricians and hospitals

together to launch a major initia-

to develop a comprehensive ap-

tive focused on improving pediat-

proach to pediatric mental health in

ric healthcare in rural Georgia.

two communities with virtual men-

The announcement made Feb.

tal health services and a focus on

22 by Gov. Brian Kemp at the

suicide awareness and prevention.

Georgia State Capitol with legis-

The "Kid Ready" project in-

lators and healthcare leaders in at-

volves eight rural hospitals in

tendance, includes a series of pilot

Clinch, Coffee, Crisp, Dodge,

programs focused on improving

Rabun, Pulaski, Upson and Wash-

access to pediatric care close to

ington counties.

home. The affiliation will be fund-

Physician-to-physician support

ed by a dedicated and long-term

and provider training involves five

sustainable fund of $200 million

rural pediatricians: Dr. Grace Da-

that the Children's Board of Trust-

vis, Worth County; Dr. Leah Helton,

ees allocated in 2022, according to

Laurens County; Dr. Brittany Lord,

a joint press release.

Dodge County; Dr. Jennifer Stroud,

One of the top priorities that

Coffee County; and Dr. Jennifer

Mercer has already identified is

Tarbutton, Washington County.

an urgent need for more pediatri-

Donna Hyland, Children's chief

cians throughout Georgia. To help

executive officer, said during the

increase access to pediatricians in

announcement that she is looking

rural counties, Children's is fund-

forward to contributing resources

ing 10 full-tuition scholarships in Georgia Governor Brian Kemp addresses a gathering of state legislators and officials from Mercer University School of Medicine and support to care for sick and in-

2023 through a program at Mercer and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta inside the Georgia State Capital on Feb. 22. He announced a new initiative toward improving University School of Medicine for pediatric healthcare across rural Georgia. (Photo: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta)

jured children and keep them safe through prevention and advocacy

medical students specializing in

programs.

pediatrics who commit to serving in rural Georgia for at least areas of the state.

"The past few years have impacted kids and healthcare

four years after residency.

"I believe this is a transformational opportunity for the providers across the state," Hyland said. "Children's is very

In addition, the funding will allow the School of Medi- state of Georgia and rural children. It also aligns perfectly excited to work with Mercer University School of Medicine

cine to leverage its understanding of healthcare needs of rural with MUSM's mission to meet the primary care and health and the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center because they

communities to conduct and evaluate the pilot programs. Chil- needs of rural medically underserved areas of Georgia, to are a trusted community partner and best suited to guide us

dren's will provide the specialized pediatric clinical knowl- which we are committed," Sumner said. "We could not be in addressing the current and future needs of Georgia's rural

edge needed to launch and sustain those programs.

more honored and grateful to be working with Children's, a pediatric population. We believe that together we can make an

"On behalf of all Georgians, especially those who live in critically important and outstanding system, to enhance the impact for kids in Georgia's rural communities now and for

rural parts of our state, I want to thank Mercer University lives of Georgia's kids."

generations to come."

School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta for The proposed Rural Healthcare pilots and projects will in- This year, Children's will be expanding support for Atlanta

partnering to tackle this critical need," Kemp said. "Since day clude the following:

Ronald McDonald House Charities. Children's has pledged a

one on the job, my administration has worked to bring more Helping Rural Hospitals be "Kid Ready." To help rural significant financial contribution to Atlanta Ronald McDon-

healthcare options and better health outcomes to all parts of hospitals better prepare and treat pediatric patients in emer- ald House Charities to allow them to further their mission

our state, and this partnership will help us make an important gency departments, this initiative will assist rural hospitals to transform pediatric healthcare access and experiences for

step toward that goal. I'm grateful for their efforts and look enrolled in the pilot program to be considered "Kid Ready." families with ill, injured or recovering children through a net-

forward to the impact this program will have."

Supporting Rural Pediatricians. Training and resources work of Houses, Family Rooms, Care Mobiles, and communi-

MUSM Dean Jean R. Sumner said she believed the new will be provided to physicians focused on challenges regularly ty resources and providing a home away from home for those

affiliation between Mercer and Children's is a significant step faced in rural practices. MUSM has identified a need for spe- who must travel to Atlanta for healthcare.

forward to improving access to pediatric medicine in the rural cialty consult services via telehealth for rural patients and a

Wellness Alliance: Public awareness, education key effort in suicide prevention
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coping is by talking to friends and family; it is a kind of a first level of support before you decide, `Okay, maybe I need to go talk to a professional,'" Bacom said. "So, there are lots of peer support training that you can do, so people feel more empowered to have those uncomfortable conversations."
Attention to mental health in rural areas grew from the University of Georgia's Extension Service and School of Social Work responding to a 2018 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that showed farming had the third-highest suicide rate of any occupation. Additional research showed that in Georgia, the rate for farmers was about 51 per 100,000, compared with 14.9 per 100,000 for the overall population of workers.
UGA Extension Service began to coordinate with local health organizations and faith leaders to create the beginning of a connection between farmers and those people who can help them. County Extension agents also received training to recognize someone dealing with mental stress and direct them to help, such as the Georgia Crisis and Access Line (1-

800-715-4225). The Georgia Department of Agriculture is a long-term
supporter of mental health awareness and is a Georgia Agricultural Wellness Alliance partner. In 2021, the GDA received a grant from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to increase outreach throughout the state and promote options for farmer stress.
The grant has allowed the GDA to join the Farmer Ranch Stress Assistance Network, State Departments of Agriculture (FRSAN-SDA) project that focuses on a holistic approach to addressing the farming community's stress and mental health challenges, according to Venessa Sims, GDA director of Emergency Management.
Sims said the goal is to overcome the stigma of discussing mental health and suicide prevention. She said someone can be in a dark place dealing with a crisis, but reaching out and offering help can bring them light. "The best thing you can do is to ask that question and direct them to resources," Sims said.

Sims referred to this approach as Question, Persuade and Refer. "It's a take on CPR, but it's QPR. You want to question them about it, persuade them that their life matters, and refer them to help," Sims said.
The GDA has free bookmarks and business card-sized handouts geared toward agriculture, food service, and hospitality sector employees and are available at https://agr. georgia.gov/disaster-relief.
Additional agriculture mental health resources can be found at https://agrisafe.org/healthcare/mental-health and https://extension.uga.edu/topic-areas/timely-topics/Rural. html.
For our veterans and veteran farmers, the Department of Veterans Affairs established 1-800-MyVA411 (1-800698-2411) in 2020 to help veterans, their family members, caregivers, and survivors understand and access the broad spectrum of VA benefits and services.

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