Farmers and consumers market bulletin, 2024 January 24

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TYLER HARPER, COMMISSIONER WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2024 VOL. 107, NO. 2 COPYRIGHT 2024

Fruit and vegetable growers raise alarm over increased minimum wages for farm workers

By Jay Jones jay.jones@agr.georgia.gov

SAVANNAH This year, the Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference is seeing an increase in attendance in both attendees and vendors, which may go hand in hand with concerns over an increase in farm labor costs.
The annual conference was held from Jan. 11-13 at the Savannah Convention Center, where the organizers said the pre-registration was up to pre-pandemic levels. Those registering late and on the day of the event will bring the total attendance to over 2,600. The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (GFVGA) hosted the event and Chris Butts, executive director of the GFVGA, said there were 279 exhibitors signed up for the trade show, with 60 companies on a waiting list.
Butts attributed the solid showing to folks adjusting to the new normal of post-Covid but also the desire of people to shake hands and talk to someone in the same room. "You can't do that

Producers and vendors attended the Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference this month in strong numbers not seen since pre-pandemic levels in 2019. Organizers reported total attendance of over 2,600 to visit with 279 exhibitors in Savannah. (GDA/Nick Vassy)

over Zoom; we all get Zoomed out," he said. "We also think it's representative of the chal-
lenges these guys are facing," Butts continued. "They have to come here and look for ways to get more efficient, do more with less, produce a better product with fewer inputs and costs."
Farm labor costs have become a significant concern for producers in Georgia following the U.S. Department of Labor's increase of the minimum wage for a farm worker to $14.68, a 21 percent increase since 2022, when the minimum hourly wage was $11.99.
Butts explained the cost to producers is closer to $20 per hour after factoring transportation and housing of workers.
The wage increase is an annual adjustment made to the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), which is the minimum wage that must be offered to U.S. domestic and foreign agricultural employees of a formula used by the U.S. Department of Labor to nonimmigrant, or H-2A, agri-
See MINIMUM WAGES, page 14

New year brings new phase in eradication of yellow-legged hornets

By Jay Jones
jay.jones@agr.georgia.gov
ATHENS Public awareness and utilizing more tracking technology will be critical in the effort to eradicate the yellow-legged hornet, which moves into a new phase this year, according to Mike Evans, Georgia Department of Agriculture Plant Protection Program director.
Evans provided a report to the Georgia Structural Pest Control Commission meeting on Jan. 9 about last year's initial response to the discovery of the yellow-legged hornet in Savannah and plans for this year. The hornet is an invasive pest discovered in early August that threatens native pollinators.
Evans described 2023 as a very successful response effort. This year will be different

and even more coordinated with pest control professionals, the public, and others, including the University of Georgia Extension Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"This is a long-term project," Evans said. "You have three phases. Phase one is to find all of the nests. Phase two is once you can't track anymore, then you have to have three years of negative data of tracking. If you don't find anything for three years, you can finally declare eradication."
Evans told the commission GDA teams found and destroyed five nests in the first months of response, all in the Savannah area. "The good news, yes, we got rid of five, and the bad news is, well, crap, there were five to get rid of," Evans said.
None of the nests destroyed in Georgia appeared to have begun the production of queens or reproductive males. yellow-legged hornets procreate by producing queens and reproductive males that go dormant over the winter and start new nests in the spring.

However, two hornet specimens were discovered in South Carolina, which indicates new nests may develop there and will be something to watch out for in Georgia, Evans said.
For 2024, Evans said he hopes to expand operations in detection and educating pest control companies and their employees in identifying and reporting the hornets and their nests. Part of that effort includes the GDA producing plastic cards for pest control professionals with identification markers and comparisons to native hornets for reference.
Also, since four out of five nests were found in trees, Evans said there will need to be coordination between arborists and pest control companies when a nest is identified.
Trapping: GDA personnel set out 170 traps last year. Evans said they want to set out more this year. He added they also want to fill 8-10 part-time positions to expand tracking
See YELLOW-LEGGED HORNETS, page 14

The photo shows one of the five nests of the yellow-legged hornet found last year near Savannah. This nest was located by a Georgia Department of Agriculture tracking team on Oct. 11, 2023, in the town of Thunderbolt, 60 feet up in a pine tree. (GDA/Special Photo)

Lifetime of leadership and longleaf conservation

Please deliver this paid subscription to: Published by the Ga. Department of Agriculture Tyler Harper, Commissioner

By Chris Groskreutz Georgia NRCS

Herbert Hodges is a retired military veteran, educator, and timber producer in Emanuel County. His family's farm is an environment where longleaf pine forests and wildlife species can thrive. Named after his father, the Willie Hodges Family Farm Estate is made up of a collective 600 acres, land that has been in the Hodges family since the 1880's.
A New Mission Focus
Hodges served nine years of active duty in the Army before becoming a teacher and serving in the Army Reserve. He eventually became a high school principal and, now retired, Hodges is dedicated to restoring habitat across the property he grew up on.

Herbert Hodges, a retired military veteran, educator, and timber producer in Emanuel County. Herbert is pictured above with his wife, Sandra. (National Wildlife Federation/ Tiffany Woods)
Since 2010, and with help from USDA and the Georgia Forestry Commission, he

has transformed 400 acres into a longleaf ecosystem that continues to surprise him.
"After 12 years of restoration, the wildlife has returned," Hodges said. "I see many more turkeys, fox squirrels, and gopher tortoises. After restoration, they picked up their suitcases and moved in. I don't know where they came from. They weren't there when we were planting."
Now, armed with knowledge and field results, he hopes to encourage producers to improve their land by educating them about assistance from USDA agencies and their partners.
Seeking Assistance Hodges's military and education experience taught him the importance of planning. Naturally, he enlisted USDA's
See LONGLEAF CONSERVATION, page 8

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FARM

BushHog Squealer SQ148-10 48inch rotary cutter. Weight:

MACHINERY

475#. Cutting height: 2-12inch. Hitch: 3-point, Cat 1&QH. Re-

cently serviced, blade sharp-

Please specify if machinery is in running condition.

ened. Stored indoors, good condition: $800. Paul Steffen Waleska 678-665-3389

TRACTORS

Hardee heavy duty commer-

1954 John Deere diesel 70,

cial type bushhog, 6ft: $1600

3pt hitch, power steering, pony

cash. Call for photos. John

motor, factory good condition.

Bogart 678-234-1666

Jerry Edwards Camilla 229-

869-1063

Roto cutter round bale cutter,

1966 John Deere 2020 54hp, wide front end, Bush Hog front end loader w/quick release forks and bucket: $8000. Edward Social Circle 770-3655935

2019 JD 5065, 4WD, frontend loader, cab & air, 800hrs: $50,000; 2023 JD 450E 4x5 baler, only baled 130 bales, net/string wrap: $34,900. David Petit White Plains 706614-3913

3pt hitch, PTO driven w/cylinders. Cut bale in half or quarter: $1000. Bob Brady Augusta 706-373-8397
Service model 72 gyro HD rotary cutter, VG condition:

1992 Ford 4930, needs transmission work: $5000. Brett Jarrard Clayton 706-782-6342

Ford 841 Powemaster, unknown year, diesel engine, power steering, good tires. Sheet metal in good shape. Operates as it should: $3500

$1000 cash; Ferguson model NA-1 dirt scoop, HD: $200; older post hole drill, 4in bit: $100. Adkison Albany 229894-5115

OBO. No calls after 9pm. Todd Fayetteville 404-886-

PLANTING AND

1115

TILLAGE

John Deere 5075E 4WD tractor open station with canopy 5tf Behlen Country power top, 2 sets SCV hookups, drive tiller. Used once, 5hrs, loader ready with joystick con- perfect condition: $1,500 cash, troller, 1070hrs: $24,000. Jeff you transport. Joel Navarro Bacon Dudley 478-697-0485 Covington 404-520-0260

John Deere 520 tractor, new- 7-shank chisel plow: $900;

er tires/battery, runs and lifts 11-shank chisel plow: $950; 4-

work: $2500. Donny Gillis Sop- row Pittsburg cultivator w/all

erton 478-6971374 or gillisd- feet: $500. Raleigh Gibbs

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Abbeville 229-365-3538

Kubota 2015 B3350 4x4 with All 3pt hitch 1-row cultivator outboard hydraulics, 5ft belly w/layoff plow, like new; $300; mower, 3pt hitch, 33HP. Small subsoiler: $150; book pole: dents in hood but looks good, $75. Call 9AM-9PM. Willie ready to work: $9800. Can Coggins Flowery Branch 770send pictures. Steve Brannon 500-9318 Fairmount 770-876-4352

2 Allis Chalmers B with 5ft belly mower. Runs good; 2 Allis Chalmers B restored with cultivators, other parts. Complete, running engine. Reason selling: age, health. Mack Shaw Waycross 912-2837150

Kubota 2017 M5-111 open station w/1854 loader, 2010hrs, orchard tractor, very good condition: $32,000 OBO. Text is best. Glen Butcher Camilla 229-449-3294
L4701 Kubota 2WD/4WD,

Ariens RT7020 rear tine tiller. 7HP Kohler engine, new tires, and tines. Has high-low drive speed. Runs, works great: $350. David Combs Jefferson 706-367-4107
Ferguson 2-row planter: $500; 6ft root rake, new, 6ft

2008 Massey Ferguson model 4243, 80HP cab tractor:

backhoe, loader, bushhog, tiller, boxblade, auger and

box scrape, $1400 for all.

almost new: Terry Madaris

$18,000. Call for details. Neal forks, only 275hrs: $38,000. Rossville 423-883-7264

King Cartersville 770-598- Call or text. C. Patjens Gordon

9777

Co. 678-787-0056

Forest River 4 roe ripper bed-

2012 John Deere 3038e tractor w/loader, 4wd, 230hrs, hy-

CUTTERS AND

der: $1500; Cat 928G 3.0 yd. Bucket: $1500; 350-gallon

drostatic transmission, always sheltered, excellent condition:

MOWERS

stainless steel pull-type sparrer 45ft spray width: $3500.

$19,900. Russ Laplume Good 50in brush cutter: $2950; 60in Wayne Marshall Perry 478-

Hope 678-687-5062

cutter: $3250; 78in grapple: 972-2287

3930 Ford tractor, good condition, clean, good tires, 1700hrs. Call before 7pm and

$1500. All new w/skid steer quick connect. Jim Bishop Heard County 706-675-3943

Four bottom flip plow, total 8 points: $1000. Call. Edger Ellaville 229-942-6326

no text messages. James McClain Dahlonega 706-8645977
8N Ford tractor. Runs well: $3200. Angelia Chambers Lizella 478-474-1026
AC tractors, 3-B's & 1-CA,

60-inch Rebel Bushhog. Fair condition, 6ft reversible scrape blade. Good condition: $450 for both. You load. Text or Call 10am to 8pm. Daran Paden Locust Grove 770-8274072

John Deere 230 harrow. Works well, we just don't need one this size. 28ft harrow: $5500 or best offer. Message if interested. Andy Peacock Pineview 229-313-9182

non-running, good sheet met- 6ft LMC finishing mower, John Deere deer plot drills.

al, also plows, cultivators & good condition, gearbox leak- Works on 3pt. Hitch: $3400.

more: $1800. Wesley Carlan ing: $375. Ronnie Waycross Royce Hulett Hazlehurst 912-

Homer 423-888-7272

912-550-9245

253-0161.

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PLANTING AND TILLAGE

SPRAYERS AND SPREADERS

Band sawmill 16-foot cut length. New predator engine: $6500. David Chambless

TRAILERS

2000 Sooner Rio 3H SL w/ 20ft gooseneck livestock traildressing room and rear rack er, dry storage, cut gate, good compartment. Used very little: floor, lights & brakes: $4500.

Dawson 229-894-1561

Asking $12,000. Karen Ren- Text or leave message. Terry

John Deere/Van Brunt grain drill, 20X7, model B, flutedsteel box, regular seed bin w/small seed & fertilizer bin attachments, single disc furrow openers, parts catalog: $1000. Melvyn Carter Albany 229349-3468
Little Beaver towable hydraulic auger, 3-position handle rotates 180degrees. Auger tilt 20degrees. Accepts 36inch and 42ft auger lengths, 11HP Honda engine: $3200. Bryan Hancock Lawrenceville 770931-4077

1981 International spreader truck. Been sitting, but runs: $7000 OBO. Brett Jarrard Clayton 706-782-6342
John Deere 6000 sprayer for parts. Engine runs well, rebuilt starter, about 90hp, no clutch, bad transmission, tank fair: $1500 OBO. Ethan Shank Metter 912-314-7589
Lewis Brothers housekeeper. Fair/good condition: $7,500. G. Carey Homer 404-314-9866
AG PARTS AND TIRES

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
2018 Deere 210G LC excavator, 3505hrs, 50%UC 40Inch bucket, pin on thumb: $150,000; 2017 Wacker Neuson ET90 excavator, 2042hrs, 75%UC, 18Inch bucket, third function: $57,500. Paul Harrell Cairo 229-377-4020
Case 1455-B track loader, excellent condition: $15,000. Richard Thompson Rossville 423-991-7530

LIVESTOCK HANDLING AND HAULING
1999 Sundowner Value Lite gooseneck, 4-horse slant load trailer. Excellent condition: $11,000. Four saddle racks, dressing room, bed over gooseneck. Text for photos. Alan Blairsville 706-897-2235

nicks Douglasville 404-5453548
2009 Exist, 4H slant load, gooseneck with dressing room. Dressing room insulated and finished with plywood paneling. Good condition: $13,500. Jennifer Peebles Vienna 229-942-2040

McCants Butler 770-468-2650
EQUIPMENT TRAILERS AND
CARTS
6x18 utility trailer, double axle, light fenders, new 14inch tires. Call for price. Charles Sawyer Mount Airy 706-7684776

GRADERS AND BLADES

For sale 1984-1985 931C A set of rear tractor 8-lug Caterpillar. Needs new engine wheels. Will fit Ford 3930, like & left track coil. Engine model

Bulldozer blade fitting 4020 JD tractor. 8Ft, has mounting bolts and hydraulic line hooks

new. Mark Boyles Dawson 229-995-4694
OTHER MACHINERY

3204 PC. Arrangement 4N169. Plenty of working parts: $6700. Conyers 770-605-6107

up to remote on tractor: $1200. William Alcorn Lees-

AND IMPLEMENTS

Ford 555 loader backhoe. Not running. Been sitting. Tires up,

burg 229-894-7708

(1) 6.5ft HD bushhog cutter; was working: $2200. Located

Heavy duty land levelers. Various sizes: $2500 to $3200. Mike Hulett Hazlehurst 913347-1004

(1) 5ft HD bushhog; 1 nice 3pt in Fayette County. hitch boom pole; (1) 3pt hitch Whalen 770-483-4058 Ford 2-bottom spring, 7-rip turning; (1) 3pt hitch large
pond scoop. Darwin Trion

Gerald

Kubota 5ft box blade w/scari- 706-238-0465

fiers, used 2-3 times, 3pt hitch: 3pt boom pole: $150; round

$500. Call after 6:00 p.m. Cecil bale speer: $150; manual p/u

Kilburn Americus 229-924- truck crane hyd jack boom 1k

6339

w/cable wrench: $150. Clyd

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Commerce 706-658-6081
5 implement package deal. 3Pt boom pole, 6ft scraper

blade, 6ft box blade, 8ft pul-

1907 JD Stationary corn com- verizer, diamond plate tractor

bine in good working order on canopy: $2000 for all. David

movable trailer frame: $2500. Amonette Garfield 404-580-

A. Johns Dawson 229-995- 3414

5371

Evers dirt pan 84in cut; new

2004 John Deere 9986. Good cutting blader ex-machine; 220

condition: $75,000; Bowl bug- J.O. Harrow Allscrapes disk ,

gy: $5,000. Ricky Waters Way- excellent condition. David

cross 912-288-3424

Montrose 478-278-5252

36in wide Bag-A-Nut double basket pull-behind harvester, like new: $600. Can pull with mower or ATV/golf cart. Diane Peagler Waycross 912-6149216

Jansen stump grinder, 14hp Kohler engine w/electric start, new battery, runs excellent. Teeth just sharpened plus spare teeth: $1500 OBO. Sells new $2148, plus shipping. Roland McRae-Helena 229-

Case 2055 cotton picker, very 315-6090

good condition, low hours, John Deere sweep gear:

picks good and clean, no Makes PTO power for ice longer planting cotton. Jimmy cream, grits, saw mill. De-

Lanier Portal 912-687-1095 signed for horse or mule pow-

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LAWN AND GARDEN

Shopsmith beltsander, 6inch We have inventory of hard (15) purebred Aberdeen black 20 Registered Charolais reby 48inch. Good condition: and soft woods. Rough cut, Angus heifers bred to purebred placement heifers for sale: $125; Hobart 2912B automatic planed, air dryed, and kiln Angus bull. Heifers and bull $1750 each or $1500 each for slicer. Good condition, new dried. Can custom mill and will registered with American An- groups of five or more. shaft: $1125. Jerry Hicks Bu- mill your logs. Justin Boutwell gus Association. Excellent ge- Franklin Dowell Cartersville

All types and size of trailers Please specify if machinery is ford 770-826-7785

Thomson 706 699 2067

netics. Hoofin' Around Ranch 678-520-0026

for sale. Real reasonable. New in running condition or not.

Sliding compound miter Wood-Mizer

custom-cut Mauk 229-649-5581

and used. Lorene Durden Monticello 706-468-1834

GARDEN TRACTORS

saws. 10in Ryobi w/folding lumber, milled, air-dried, (2) purebred red Angus bulls,

stand, almost new; Dewalt restorations, timber frames, 24m/o.

Hubert

Lewis

12in, no stand, needs lower flooring, barns, fencing, tables, Buchanan 770-883-6004

Pioneer cart, good condition,

guard but works well. Make of- mantles, live-edge, reclaimed

for single horse or mule; $650. (2) 70s Craftsman 16hp trac- fer. M. Thornhill Hoschton lumber, and trailer flooring. (5) 18-19 months old, open

Call. Ron Auburn 770-9307- torsw/moewrs, 3pt hitch im- 770-597-8570

John Sell Milner 770-480-2326 black Angus heifers. Vaccinat-

7152

plements, one for parts, running one needs dash repair

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VEHICLES

and battery: $300. Larry McElroy Buckhead 404-797-0587

MATERIALS

POSTS AND

Wade Carey Farm Danielsville 770-856-7807

Please specify if vehicles are in running condition.
TRUCKS

John Deere 430. Above average condition, new tires, battery. 60inch mower deck, 2speed axle, deferential lock, hydraulics, power steering, auto trans. 20HP Yanmar

(1) HeatStar gas heater set up for propane, very good condition, used very little. Costs $375 new, sell for: $250. Bob Cagle Milton 770-337-5586
1,000 square feet of rusty 5-v

FENCING
122-foot chain link fence with hardware: $400. David Blasczyk Dallas 770-445-5646
2 Tartar 7-Bar Red Tubular

(6) registered black Hereford heifers for sale, 9-18 months old. Text or call. Grady Zittrouer Springfield 912-7133470
1 High Park bull for sale. Par-

diesel: $3600. James Harber tin: $1.50/square foot. Can Steel 12 foot gates: $100 each; ents are reg'd miniature Scot-

1987 F-150 302 V8 long bed. Hiawassee 706-896-2445

send pictures. Gary Cumming 1 gray 6-bar tubular steel 12 tish Highland and High Park.

Running when parked. E.

678-270-8958

foot gate: $75. Great condition. Very gentle, multi-colored with

Kennedy Cochran 478-230- New Bob Cat lawn mower for 32in HD front door w/6 rect- Frank Carter Hahira 229-686- white, brown and black. Pen-

5721

sale. Model Z7 2000. Newly angular window panes up top, 4896

ny Crumbley McDonough

1988 Suburban, 6.2 diesel, 4WD: call for pricing; John Deere ripper, off of 650 dozer: $10,000 OBO. Todd Grogan

purchased. Daniel Swartzentruber Montezuma 478-3973542
Two Troy-Bilt Horse tillers.

from 1936 farm house, including hinges. Good condition: $150. Joel Boss Kingston 770-606-9238

Barbed wire, HD, 4 barb, $125. Brooks 378-2564

80+ rods, new Atlantic Steel: Acworth 870-

678-614-1942
15 head commercial Angus calves. 2nd and 3rd calves: $1500 per pair. R. Pittman

Montgomery, AL 334-3207315
1997 International cab & chassis or w/20ft box, DT-466, 5spd, AC, very clean: $7950. Steve Moore Carrollton 404374-3322
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 stripped for parts engine trans, fenders, bumpers, hood, seats, windshield & (4) new tires on wheels. Call for details. Larry Houston Covington

Both in excellent condition. One complete original B&S motor. Other completely rebuilt. New seals and digging tines: One $550, other $650. Larry Smith Rome 706-2341347
LANDSCAPE TOOLS AND MATERIALS
Fresh, clean, red long needle pinestraw installed and cleaned: $5 per bale. Travis

8-stall barn w/tack room to be removed. You tear down and remove. Call for details. Annie Roberson Jonesboro 770-876-4155
New 50 gallon barrels. Clean. Marvin Farrar Dalton 706-5810082
Plastic pallets - black, large heavy duty, over-sized, 43.5in (W) x 55in (L) x 6in (H). Good condition, durable: $19/ea. Alexander Brooks 678-7239265

Fence posts and power poles, different sizes. Pricing according to size and type. Charles Willham Statham 470273-1698
Nice chain link fence, 11ft X 18ft, 6ft high w/gate. Perfect for dog pen: free, you remove. Midland 706-563-3314
Utility poles: free, you cut & haul. John Cumming 470-5805891

Gibson 706-445-0233
15-16 m/o black Angus bulls for sale. BSE/DNA tested sires: Fair-n-Square, Exponential, Growth Fund, Rampage. Top 1%-20% WW/YW. Performance tested. Brett Fausett Dry Branch Angus Dawsonville 706-265-9661
18-24m/o Angus bulls for sale, AI sired, genetics enhanced EPDs, semen tested, calving ease & growth: $3000. Landon Boyett Glennville 912-

770-235-3082

FARM ANIMALS Golden Conyers 770-895- Shop building for sale, you

8083

tear down. Former workshop.

213-4062

TRUCK ACCESSORIES

Good 2x4s, 2x6s with equip-

2 reg'd black Angus cows

FARM SUPPLIES ment included. Make offer. Livestock listed must be for and 2 reg'd red Angus cows. Roy The Rock 706-741-9279 specific animals. Ads for free Great pedigrees, all 3y/o. Joe

AND PARTS
14ft scissor lift dump bed mounted on 60s model GMC: $500. Not running. Richard Holt Lithonia 770-482-6938
Deer Guard Luverne 31071332710 Prowler Max custom stainless steel grille guard Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra 1500. Purchased new, new never used: $500. Peacock Hill Farm Stockbridge 770-860-8989
Pair of pick-up tailgates, 7379 Ford F-100 to F-150: $300$500 cash only. Larry Christensen Ellijay 706-851-3164
UTVs/ATVs

TOOLS AND HARDWARE
Bosch heavy duty hammer drill and jack hammer, great for anchor bolts or concrete break up: $200. Scott Covington 770-367-3281
Harris torch: $45; Holox acetylene regulators: $75; Holox oxygen regulators: $75. All three for $175. Cash only. Leonard Irvin Gainesville 678943-9910
Milwaukee starter kit, M18/12 charger, XC 5.0 battery & CP 2.0 battery, Model 48-59-1852, brand new in unopened box: $180. Paul Perdue Evans 706863-3518

LUMBER
(65) Pine boards tongue & groove w/beveled edge, 3/4x5.5x14ft, no knots, clear grade, excellent condition, air dried. Can send photos. Robert Saint Marys 912-3229287
Band-sawn lumber. Pine or hardwood, siding or framing and beams, oak trailer decking or blocking, T&G shiplap. Text or call. Larry Moore Grantville 678-278-5709
Bandmill sawed lumber, oak and poplar slabs planed on two sides, rough cut pine, poplar and oak. Kiln dried available. Donald Hunter Ellijay 706-889-4354
Sawmill lumber. Rough cut &

or unwanted livestock will not be published. All animals offered for sale in the Market Bulletin must be healthy and apparently free of any contagious, infectious or communicable disease. Out-of-state animals offered for sale in the Market Bulletin must meet all Interstate Animal Health Movement Requirements, including appropriate testing for the species and a current official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection or NPIP 9-3 for poultry. Individuals may sell their own animals; however, livestock dealers are required to have a Livestock Dealer License from GDA. For more information, please call the GDA Livestock and Poultry Division at 404.656.3665.
CATTLE

Gibson Rome 706-506-3026
2 Reg'd SimAngus and 1 Reg'd Simmental bulls. AI sired, DNA tested. Passed BSE; 15 months old: $3000 each. Jessie Driggers Glennville 912-237-0608
2 SimAngus bulls, 1&2y/o, AgBoost Genetic profiled, semen-tested, heifer-safe, ready to work, Swearngin Ranches genetics. Go to Kissinger Cattle on Facebook for pictures/videos: $3500-$4000. Lowell Kissinger Hogansville 770-823-1800
20 fancy commercial heifers mostly black angus with a few red Angus. Sale in groups of 5 or larger. Asking $1600 each. James Maysville 678-6141737

5-year-old Brahman bull. Black/white face. Very gentle: $3000. Radebaugh Ranch Reynolds 772-828-0620
8 Reg. black Angus heifers 12-15 months. One reg Angus cow due in May. Call/text for breeding and price. Delivery available. Cloud Cattle. Sam Cloud Canton 678-294-4475
Angus bulls. DNA, BSE, vaccinated, AHIR, Dam's Production records available. Webstie: www.hagenfarms-angus.com. Kim Hagen Carrollton 404-386-9918 Kim Hagen

finished, kiln dried, air dried or

20 pure bred open polled Beefmaster bulls, register-

Honda Rancher 350, 4WD, Robust Sweet 16 lathe, 2hp, green. Pine, red/white oak, (1) SimAngus bull, born Feb, Hereford heifers, (1) 3-year-old able. Good bloodlines, dispo-

excellent condition, elderly 10 accessories included. Re- poplar, cherry, & black walnut. 2023; (2) Black Baldy bulls, bulls ready for service, top sition, & conformation. Photos

owned, garaged: $3500. Wal- duced: $6000 cash. Email for Slabs available for counter born June, 2023. Contact for bloodlines since 1963. James available. BBU member since

lace German Winder 770-867- more info and photos. tops. AA Farms Hartwell 706- prices. Can text pics. Scott Jeanes Macon 478-972-0912 1982. Cary Bittick Jr. Forsyth

7140

Milledgeville 478-456-0624 376-8968

Price Grantville 404-326-6189 or 478-363-0915

478-957-0095

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CATTLE

SWINE

Black Angus heifers bred back to Angus; also Angus heifer/calf pairs. Call for pricing. Grady Ranch, Bill West Whigham 229-378-7673

Advertisers submitting swine ads must submit proof of a negative brucellosis and pseudorabies test from within the past 30 days. Exceptions are

Black Wagyu premium in- swine from a validated brucel-

credible beef. 100 to 130 losis-free herd and/or qualified

pounds of FDA inspected pseudorabies-free herd; these

boneless vacuum sealed beef. operations must submit proof

Whole, half's, quarters: $1350 of those certifications. Buyers

per quarter. James Purvis Per- are urged to request proof of a

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
BEN HILL COUNTY
Every Monday, 1 p.m.: Cattle;

COOK COUNTY
1st & 3rd Saturdays, 1 p.m.: Cows, goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Deer Run Auction, 1158 Parrish Road, Adel. Call John Strickland, 229.896.4553
DECATUR COUNTY
2nd Saturdays, 1 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals;

LAMAR COUNTY

TAYLOR COUNTY

Every Friday, 6 p.m.: Goats, sheep, 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 6:30 p.m.:

chickens, small animals; 5 p.m., Feeder pigs, goats, sheep,

farm miscellaneous, Ga. Lic. #4213; chickens, small animals. Receiving:

Buggy Town Auction Market, 1315 8 a.m.; Animals sale 2 p.m. Taylor

Highway 341 S, Barnesville. Call County Livestock Auction, 1357

Krystal Burnett 678.972.4599

Tommy Purvis Jr. Road, Reynolds.

Call 678.914.7333

LAURENS COUNTY

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

ry 229-291-1069

negative brucellosis pseudora- South Central Livestock, 146

Waddell Auction Co., 979 Old

sheep, chickens, small animals; Every Tuesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle.

Bulls, 2 y/o. Black Angus, registered. BSE tested. Docile, low birthweight calves. Forage fed only. Lucio Ruiz Monroe

bies test prior to purchase. Feral hogs may not be offered for sale or advertised in the Market Bulletin.

678-9892-9544

(3) Southern blue boars ap-

Broad Road, Fitzgerald. Call Thomas Stripling, 229.423.4400 or 229.423.4436
BLECKLEY COUNTY
2nd & 4th Saturday, 1 p.m.: Goats,

Pelham Road, Climax. Call John Waddell, 229.246.4955
EMANUEL COUNTY
Every Tuesday, 12:30 p.m.: Cattle; Southern Livestock, 131 Old Hwy

Horse Creek Auction Co., 5971 Hwy. 441 S, Dublin. Call Daniel Harrelson, 478.595.5418
MADISON COUNTY
Every Friday, 6 p.m.: Chickens,

Thomas County Stockyards, 20975 Hwy. 19 N, Thomasville. Call Danny Burkhart, 229.228.6960
TOOMBS COUNTY
1st & 3rd Saturdays, 11 a.m.:

Cow pairs (heifer & calf): pox 50lbs heritage breed: sheep, calves, rabbits, poultry.

46, Oak Park. Call Clay Floyd,

small animals; Gray Bell Animal

Feeder pigs, goats, sheep,

$1800; heifers: $1400; bulls, 2- $60/ea. Dale Thompson Sylva- Every Saturday miscellaneous at Dustin Miller and Cody Copelan, Auction, Hwy. 281, Royston. Call chickens, small animals; Metter

3y/o: $2500; 3-4y/o: $2800. nia 912-682-9855

Farm-raised, vaccinated, good Hampshire, Yorkshire, Berk-

health. Jorge Caycay Hazle- shire, Duroc boars weaned to

hurst 912-253-1247

service age, validated herd

10 a.m. Col. Wayne's Auction Co., Bleckley County Barn, 293 Ash St., Cochran. Call Wayne Chambley, 678.544.3105. Lic# AU004496

912.578.3263.
2nd & 4th Saturdays, noon: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; R&R Goat & Livestock Auction, 560

Billy Bell, 706.795.3961
MARION COUNTY
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals;

Livestock Auction, 621 Hwy. 1 S, Lyons. Call Lewie Fortner, 478.553.6066
TURNER COUNTY

Gelbvieh bull, 3.5y/o. Bred #211. Performance info. Lawhim to Angus cows producing ton Kemp Dudley 478-697Balancer calves. Retained 2521

heifers on are site. Mark Jef- Young pigs, male and female,

ferson 706-983-0101

and cut hogs. Tasha Gratham

Villa Rica 770-313-0088 Gentle 2.5 years old purebred

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

GA Hwy. 56 N, Swainsboro. Call Ron & Karen Claxton, 478.455.4765
FORSYTH COUNTY
Every Tuesday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Lanier Farm's Livestock Corp., 8325 Jot-Em Down Road,

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,

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,

gray Brahman bulls for sale. Dwane Anderson Jesup 912-

GOATS

Barry Robinson, 770.775.7314

Gainesville. Call Tyler Bagwell, 770.844.9223 or 770.844.9231

goats, sheep; Pulaski County Stockyard, 1 Houston Street,

goats, sheep, horses. Upson County Livestock, 2626 Yatesville

294-4926 or 912-427-6430

All goats offered for sale must

CAROLL COUNTY Every Monday, noon: Cattle, goats, FRANKLIN COUNTY

Hawkinsville. Call John Walker, 478.892.9071

Hwy., Thomaston. Call Aaron and Anna White, 864.704.2487 or

Heifers, 18m/o-2y/o: $1600; be individually identified in sheep; Carroll County Livestock Every Tuesday, noon: Cattle, goats,

770.713.5045

2-3y/o: $2000. Farm-raised, compliance with the USDA Sales Barn, 225 Salebarn Road, sheep; Franklin County Livestock SEMINOLE COUNTY

vaccinated, good health. Angie Scrapie Program. For more in- Carrollton. Call Eric Thompson,

Sales, 6461 Stone Bridge Road,

Every Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., 3rd WILKES COUNTY

Wooten Hazlehurst 912-375- formation, please call the GDA 678.372.3776

Carnesville. Call Chad Ellison,

Saturday Special Sale, 1:30 p.m.: Every Wednesday, noon: Cattle,

3366, ext 307

Animal Health Division at

706.384.2975 or 706.384.2105

Cattle, goats, sheep; Seminole

goats, sheep; Wilkes County

Miniature Zebu cattle. Great 404.656.3667.

CLARKE COUNTY Every Wednesday, 11 a.m.: Goats GORDON COUNTY

Livestock Exchange, 5061 Hwy. 91, Stockyard, Hwy. 78 Bypass/302 Donalsonville. Call Luke Spooner, Third Street, Washington. Call

for small/mini farms. Also, 1 solid black Nigerian dwarf and sheep; noon, cattle. Northeast Every Thursday, 12:30 p.m.: Cattle, 229.524.2305

Sam Moore and Shane Moore,

great for single family freezer: doeling, 1 black and white Georgia Livestock, 1200 Winterville goats, sheep, slaughter hogs;

706.678.2632

bulls from $300, cows from Nigerian dwarf doeling. Both Road, Athens. Call Todd Stephens, Calhoun Stockyard Hwy. 53, 2270 STEPHENS COUNTY

$500. Casey Turner Canton are 7 month old: $150 each. 706.549.4790

Rome Road SW, Calhoun. Call

2nd Saturdays, 5 p.m.: W&W

770-877-0549

Call or text. Richard McWhort-

Dennis Little & Gene Williams,

Livestock, Eastanollee Livestock

Notices for auctions selling

Reg'd Beefmaster bulls black er Carrollton 770-301-5912
and polled: $1800 and up. I 3 male Nigerian Dwarf goats, have been breeding black 2 years old, white blue eyes. Beefmaster bulls for 15yrs. 10 months, black and tan, one Larry Bowen Woodland, AL 8 weeks, solid black, beautiful

Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, 12 p.m.: University of Georgia 31st Edition Focus on Genomic Enhanced EPDs Sale. 30 Angus and Hereford bulls, 3 reg'd Angus open heifers, 25 Angus-cross heifers.

706.629.1900
GREENE COUNTY
Every Monday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Duvall Livestock Market, 101 Apalachee Ave., Greensboro.

Auction, Eastanollee. Call Brad Wood, 864.903.0296
3rd Saturdays, noon: Goats, sheep; Agri Auction Sales at Eastanollee Livestock Market, Highway 17

farm-related items other than livestock must be accompanied by the auction license number of the principal auctioneer or auction firm conducting the auction, per regulations

770-826-2512

blue eyes. Virginia Lee UGA Livestock Instructional

Call Jim Malcom, 706.342.5655; between Toccoa and Lavonia. Call from the Georgia Secretary

Reg'd black Angus bulls, 1-2 Danville 478-319-5461 y/o, BSE/DNA tested, sired by Enhance, Fireball, Quantum, Transcendent, Vernious. Also reg'd bred cows and heifers. McMichael Angus Farm, Ken McMichael Monticello 706819-9295

Arena, 2600 S. Milledge Ave, Athens. Call Carroll T. Cannon, 229.881.0721 or 229.881.2705. CannonMarketingCompany@gmail. com.
COLQUITT COUNTY
Every Wednesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle; Moultrie Livestock Co., 1200 1st

JD Hidgon, 706.817.6829; or main office, 706.453.7368
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY
1st Fridays: Horse sale, 7:30 p.m.; Circle Double S, 102 Lumber City Highway, Hazlehurst. Call Steve Underwood, 912.594.6200 (night) or 912.375.5543 (day)

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

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.

Reg'd polled Hereford bulls

Street NE, Moultrie. Call Randy

Every Monday, 1 p.m.: Cattle;

rugged, pasture raised, gentle exc bloodlines & EPDs, small calves, exc growth, western genetics, Ga bred. Bobby

Adorable Nigerian Dwarf Kids, Excellent milk lines and conformations. ADGA regis-

Bannister, 229.985.1019

Sumter County Stockyard, 505 Southerfield Road, Americus. Call Aaron and Anna White, 229.380.4901 or 864.704.2487

Brantley 8598

Tennille

478-553-

tered. Call for pictures and more information. River Gar-

Reg'd polled Hereford cow calf pairs (4): $1900; Two 2year-old bulls: $1800. Ricky Worsham Macon 478-7456642 or 478-233-7963
Reg'd red Angus bulls, breading age & yearly heifers. Andras New Direction bloodline. Great EPD, good prices. Jorge Haber Midland 706-323-2405

den Farm Suches 770-6010467
Boer cross bucks 6-9 months of age pictures available upon request: $150 each. Debbie Hampton 678-283-4364
Boer goats 1 1/2 y/o Black Dapple herd sire: $700; 6 m/o bucks: $400-$500; 4 y/o Nannies $300 up. Steve Gore Tal-

Registered purebred Kiko doelings, born February 2023, 10 head: $400 per head. A. McDaniel Irwinville 229-3391413 almcdaniel85@gmail.com
Savannah/Kiko billies 2y/o: $500; 9m/o: $300; 6-7m/o: $200. Call or text for pics. Joel Myers Pembroke 912-6570410

EQUINE
Advertisers in the Equine category must submit a current negative Coggins test for each equine advertised. This includes horses, ponies and donkeys. Buyers are urged to request verification of a negative Coggins from the advertiser

STOCK DOGS
Ads in this category are limited 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.

AKC reg'd Australian Shepherd puppies, vet-checked, tails docked and dew claws removed. Red and white tri and red merle. M. Duke Whitesburg 770-707-6924
Australia shepherd dog, 2 years old male, brown, black and white. Registered and UTD on shots. James Brown

Reg. black Angus bulls. 2 y/o. B.E tested. Forage raised docile. Easy calving. High weening weights: $2800. Lalla Tanner Monroe 770-267-7179
Registered Angus bull DOB

lapoosa 470-241-0483
Full blood Savanna buck. 10 months old. Gentle and tame: $450. Emma Hartwell 706391-7267
Goats: South East Spanish

SHEEP
2.5y/o Katahdin ram, part of the Louisiana herd improvement for heat and parasite resistance: $350. Ron Parman Talking Rock 706-889-8717

before purchasing any equine. Generalized ads such as those selling "many horses," "variety to choose from" or "free" animals will not be published. For more information, please call the GDA Equine Health Division

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.

Ty Ty 229-272-2653
Australian shepherd and Boykin spaniel mix puppies ready Jan. 10. Family, farm, hunting and tracking dogs. Intelligent and affectionate:

10/04/2021 for sale. AAA 100%, predominately Low

at 404.656.3713.

Ads submitted without

20154716 +7 CED and 1.8 BW $B 196 top 10% in breed. Easy to handle: $4500. Nelson Rhinehart Calhoun 770-5482219

Country Registered, forage fed rotational grazing. Also, heritage breed turkeys and chickens. Peacock Hill Farm Stockbridge 770-860-8989

Bred Katahdin ewes. Excellent health ( no foot rot, bred for parasite resistance for 17 yrs). Will be lambing in spring: $325 to $400. Scott Hancock

Gorgeous and oh so sweet mini jack donkey, 6 months old. Jax is out of a spotted mommy and spotted daddy. Pics available on request. Deb-

information published.

will

not

SimAngus bull 14 months old Kiko goats. Yearling 100% Sautee Nacoochee 404-310- bie Blythe 706-829-6116

EPD's CE 12.6,BW 0.1, New Zealand doelings: $600; 2558

this $100/ea. Lyle Richland 706be 566-1145
Border Collie puppies for sale. Born around 12/20/23: $600. Call to reserve yours. Weston Wadel Waynesboro 478-299-8690

WW85.4, YW 134.4 API 127.6, Purebred and New Zealand

Standard donkey, Jenny,

TI 83.4. Call of text. Gary Minyard Royston 706-201-5619
Six (6) 2-year-old registered black Angus bulls for sale. Se-

yearling bucks: $250. G. Slappey Carrollton 678-7734093 oakgrovekikos@gmail.com

Cotswold ram, registered. Selling to prevent in breeding, amazing fleece: $300. Philip Busman Milton 770-714-2523.

gray, 8y/o, good guard donkey. Wynn Copeland Greensboro 706-453-7687

men tested and ready to Nigerian dwarf goat, male:

Great Pyrenees puppies, 8w/o, good around cattle, goats and chickens: $400. Please text. Michael Siegel Atlanta 404-705-9626

breed. Jordan Vaughn Forsyth 478-214-0632

$100. John Cumbie 678-776-2977

Monroe

Katahdin. Registered breeding age ram. Nationally ac-

Two 2yr old commercial black angus heifers. Ready to breed. Very docile, hand raised, un-

Nigerian Dwarf kids born 11/22/23. All disbudded or polled, multiple colors to

claimed genetics. Mike Jones West Point 706-773-3612

Kangal livestock guardian (2) Great Pyrenees/Anatolian puppies. Registered, 100% Shepherd females (sisters), South East Spanish goats pregreat guard dogs, spayed, dominately Low Country regischipped, shots current, 18m/o. tered. Heritage breed turkeys,

vax, pasture raised. Delivery choose from: doelings, buck-

Needs home/farm w/acreage chickens all forage fed rota-

possible local. Text for lings, wethers available. Cobly Reg. White Dorper rams, 7 to

to roam/protect. Shane Tal- tional grazing. Peacock Hill

photos/details. Jessica Ellijay Davis Lake Park 229-561- 9 months old. Dale Carter

lapoosa 678-794-3223

Farm Stockbridge 770-860-

352-617-5401

1467

Baxley 912-240-0427

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2024

Bulletin Calendar Feb. 17 Wild Edible Plants of Southern Appalachia

Georgia Native Plant Society

Ongoing thru Feb. 9 Online Fruit Tree Sale Food Well Alliance Online ordering and in-person pick-up https://www.fruittreesale.com/

Jan. 30-Feb. 1 Georgia Watermelon Association Annual Conference King & Prince Resort 201 Arnold Rd St. Simons, Ga. 31522

North Metro Atlanta Chapter Alpharetta Library 10 Park Plaza Alpharetta, Ga. 30009 northmetroatlanta@gnps.org https://bit.ly/4aiJN1a

970 Jefferson St. N.W. Atlanta Ga. 30318 fruittreesale@foodwellalliance.org
Jan. 24 Mental Health Day at the Capitol Georgia Freight Depot

706.845.8575 dcheplick@asginfo.net www.georgiawatermelonassociation. org

Camellia Waxing Workshop Massee Lane Camellia Garden 100 Massee Lane Fort Valley, Ga. 31030

Jan. 31-Feb. 1 Bridging the GAPS: Approaches

478.396.6548 www.americancamellias.com

65 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, S.W. Atlanta, Ga. 30303 lisa.pace@gpsn.org https://tinyurl.com/MHD12424
Is Your Concept Ready to Be Franchised? UGA Small Business Development Center

for Treating Preharvest Ag Water On-Farm UGA Extension Food Science & Technology Online Course Register at https://bit.ly/3T2tY8L 706.542.0272 jah56214@uga.edu

Feb. 17-18 WinterFest Arts Tour Helen Arts & Heritage Center and Sautee Nacoochee Center 283 Ga. Highway 255 North Sautee Nacoochee, Ga. 30571 706.878.3330 www.winterfestartstour.com

ONLINE WEBINAR

Feb. 1-3

Enroll at https://bit.ly/4780qdz

Journeyman Farmers Certificate

770.414.3110

Program

ejames@georgiasbdc.org

Small Fruit and Vegetable

production

Jan. 25

UGA Extension Henry County

Georgia Cotton Commission Annual 841.288.8421

Meeting

tdaly@uga.edu

UGA Tifton Campus Conference https://bitly.ws/346wJ

Feb. 21-25 Georgia Junior National Livestock Show Georgia National Fairgrounds 401 Larry Walker Parkway Perry, Ga. 31069 706.542.8892 hkalino@uga.edu

Center 15 RDC Rd Tifton, Ga. 31794 478.988.4235 https://georgiacottoncommission. org/
Jan. 26

Feb. 5 Equine Exchange: Horse Perception and Senses Online Webinar series Register at https://bit.ly/3Rjmjla 706.359.3233 rlstew2@uga.edu

Feb. 22-24 Georgia National Rodeo Georgia National Fairgrounds 401 Larry Walker Parkway Perry, Ga. 31069 1.800.987.3247 www.georgianationalrodeo.com

Journeyman Farmers Certificate Program Small Farm Business Planning UGA Extension Henry County 841.288.8421 tdaly@uga.edu https://bitly.ws/33Xsr
2024 Georgia Ag Forecast

Feb. 6 Caring for Orchids workshop UGA Extension Clayton County South Metro Orchid Society Register at bit.ly/ claytonorchidsignup 1262 Government Circle Jonesboro, Ga. 30236

Feb. 23 Category 24 Ornamental and Turf Exam review UGA Extension Henry County Online Course http://tinyurl.com/ery9ymmz 770.288.8421 tdaly@uga.edu

UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Dept. of Agricultural Applied Economics UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center 15 RDC Rd Tifton, Ga. 31794

770.473.3945 https://bit.ly/3Tz4dw
Feb. 6 & 13 5th Annual Horse Owners Webinar Series (HOWS) Applied Equine Nutrition Register at https://bit.ly/3MZ1E3q

Feb. 23-24 2023 Southeastern Pecan Growers Association Convention Beau Rivage Resort & Casino 875 Beach Blvd Biloxi, Miss. 39530 https://sepga.com/

706.542.5046 https://agforecast.caes.uga.edu/

706.359.3233 rlstew2@uga.edu

Feb. 23-25 Biennial Flower Show: Primavera

Jan. 27 Beekeeping: A year in the bee yard, care and challenges of honey bee management Lake Country Beekeepers Association

Feb. 9-11 2022 Fisharama/Turkeyrama Georgia Wildlife Federation Georgia National Fairgrounds Heritage Hall 401 Larry Walker Parkway

Atlanta Botanical Garden 1345 Piedmont Ave., N.E. Atlanta, Ga. 30309 404.876.5859 dcowens@atlantabg.org https://atlantabg.org/calendar/

Sparta Hancock County Library 8984 E. Broad St. Sparta, Ga. 31087 lakecountrybees@gmail.com Facebook: lakecountrybees
Brunswick Rockin Stewbilee Mary Ross Waterfront Park

Perry, Ga. 31069 470.660.3880 www.gwf.org
Feb. 13 Beekeeper Short Course: Nucs, packages & swarms Three-part workshop for beginners

Feb. 24 Learn & Burn Workshop North Georgia Technical College 1500 Hwy 197 N Clarkesville, Ga. 30523 info.ccrcd@gmail.com 706.894.1591

Brunswick Ga. 31520 Facebook: @Brunswickstewbilee https://brunswickstewbilee.com
Showdown in the Swamp Steer & Heifer Show Okefenokee Fairgrounds 2335 Knight Ave

UGA Extension Clayton County 1262 Government Circle Jonesboro, Ga. 30236 770.473.3945 https://bit.ly/3Tz4dwU

Feb. 28 150th Anniversary Celebration Georgia Department of Agriculture Georgia State Capitol 206 Washington St, S.W.

Lunch and Learn: Basics of Pruning UGA Extension Henry County

Atlanta, Ga. 30334 https://agr.georgia.gov/

Waycross, Ga. 31503

97 Lake Dow Rd

912.286.1881

McDonough, Ga. 30252

showdownintheswamp@yahoo.com 770.288.8421

Facebook: Showdown in the

tdaly@uga.edu

Swamp

Feb. 14

Jan. 28

Georgia 4-H Day at the Capitol

Georgia Wine Producers Annual 206 Washington St. S.W.

Conference

Atlanta, Ga. 30303

City Center Marriott

706.542.4444

240 Coliseum Dr

bjand626@uga.edu

Feb. 28-Mar 1 Equine Welfare Assessment Skills Certification Three-day course UGA Instructional Livestock Arena 2600 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, Ga. 30606 706.359.3233 rlstew2@uga.edu https://bit.ly/47qZsZH

Macon, Ga. 31217 706.897.1758 info@georgiawineproducers.org https://www.georgiawineproducers. org/
Jan. 30-Feb. 1 International Production and Processing Expo Georgia World Congress Center 285 Andrew Young International

Feb. 15 Beekeeper Short Course: Extracting honey Three-part workshop for beginners UGA Extension Clayton County 1262 Government Circle Jonesboro, Ga. 30236 770.473.3945 https://bit.ly/3Tz4dwU

March 3-4 Winter Chautauqua travel and tourism conference Northwest Georgia Travel Association Berry College 2277 Martha Berry Hwy NW, Mt. Berry, Ga. 30149 info@georgiamountains.org www.winterchautauqua.com

Blvd, NW Atlanta, Ga. 30313 770.493.9401 info@ippexpo.org www.ippexpo.org

Feb. 16-17 Georgia Beekeepers Association Conference Middle GA State University, Robert F. Hatcher, Sr. Conference Center 100 University Parkway Macon, GA 31206

March 4 Equine Exchange: Types of Equine Behaviors Online Webinar series Register at https://bit.ly/3Rjmjla 706.359.3233 rlstew2@uga.edu

www.gabeekeeping.com

March 7 10 Reasons Why Snakes are Great for the Ecosystem UGA Extension Gwinnett County Virtual Event Email for registration 678.377.4026 lisa.klein@gwinnettcounty.com https://bit.ly/47vJoGj
March 8 UGA Extension Southeastern Green Industry Update Pesticide and Arborist Credits Online course http://tinyurl.com/2w9pbhhy 770.288.8421 tdaly@uga.edu
March 12 Spring Gardening workshop Speaker: UGA Extension Specialist Bob Westerfield UGA Extension Clayton County 1262 Government Circle Jonesboro, Ga. 30236 770.473.3945 https://bit.ly/3Tz4dwU
March 13 Lunch and Learn: Spring Gardening UGA Extension Pike County Virtual Event Email for registration 770.567.2010 brooklyne.wassel@uga.edu https://bit.ly/41Q0qNQ
March 14 Lunch & Learn: Frogs of Georgia UGA Extension Gwinnett County Virtual Event Email for registration 912.576.3219 eg43271@uga.edu https://bit.ly/48ryylQ
March 13-15 62nd Annual Convention Georgia Cattlemen's Association Columbus Convention and Trade Center 801 Front Ave Columbus, Ga. 31901 478.474.6560 www.georgiacattlemen.org
March 18-22 National Ag Week Georgia Department of Agriculture Various locations http://georgiaagweek.com/ https://www.agday.org/
March 19-21 Georgia Pecan Growers Association Annual Conference and Trade Show Georgia National Fairgrounds 401 Larry Walker Parkway Perry, Ga. 31069 229.382.2187 mary@georgiapecan.org https://georgiapecan.org/
March 21 Where Do I Start? Planning a Vegetable Garden 101 Virtual Series UGA Extension Gwinnett County Register at https://bit.ly/48NetpW 678.377.4026 lisa.klein@gwinnettcounty.com
March 23-24 Clover Jam 4-H Conference Camp Jekyll 550 South Beachview Dr Jekyll Island, Ga. 31527 Contact your local UGA Cooperative Extension office https://bit.ly/3RK1azC
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.

STOCK DOGS

POULTRY/FOWL

Ads in this category are limited Any person engaged in buying

to breeds recognized by the live poultry of any kind for

American Kennel Club as resale, or in selling live poultry

herding and/or working dogs of any kind bought for resale,

(in an agricultural context). Ads must be licensed by the GDA.

for breeds that do not meet Possessing such a license does

those definitions will not be not by itself disqualify an indi-

published.

vidual from advertising poultry

in the Market Bulletin. Mallard

Advertisers must submit a copy ducks must be at least three

of a current Rabies Vaccination generations from the wild

Certificate signed by a licensed before they can be advertised

veterinarian for dogs 12 weeks in the Market Bulletin. Advertis-

and older and include the ages ers must include this informa-

of all dogs being advertised. tion in notices submitted for

Ads submitted without this publication. Out-of-state poul-

information will not be try must have a negative Avian

published.

Influenza test and negative pul-

Male LGD Italian Maremma -Kangal 1 yr Dec 25. Trained with goats. Extremely large dog, great demeanor. Current

lorum test within 21 days of en-

tering Georgia. For more infor-

mation, call the GDA Livestock

and

Poultry

Division,

on rabies and shots, neutered: 404.656.3665.

$1800. Wee Woods Farm (5) Young roosters. (4) Do-

Danielsville 706-254-7717

minicker, (1) Ameraucana:

$5/ea. Jones Flowery Branch

770-718-7253

BARN CATS

5m/o Red Star pullets, just starting to lay. James Odom

Jonesboro 770-639-6976

75 chicks hatching weekly. Breeds include - Golden Comets: $4/ea; RIR $4/ea; show quality French Black Copper Marans: $8/ea. Travis Ellington Senoia 678-787-9341

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

Assorted breeds baby to adult; chicks sexed and unsexed; ducks, guineas, Ayam Cemani also. Sherry AmersonWhite Augusta blackberrycreekminifarm@gmail.com 706-833-5535
Black Copper Mara roosters, Oklahoma bloodlines; Narragansett turkeys. Jakes & Jennies. Everything 2023 hatch. Malcolm Coleman Cobbtown 912-362-0314
Bourbon Red and Narragansett turkeys, 8-9m/o. Males and females. They will start to breed in spring. Edward Sezonov Snellville 770-361-1871

Barn cats available: no charge. Calls only. Jeannette Temple 770-316-9480

Bourbon Red turkeys, 19w/o, toms & hens: $120/pr, $75/ea; Rhode Island Red chickens rooster for sale, 20w/o:

$14/ea. Call or text. Carl Taylor

Floyd Felines has barn cats in Meansville 404-408-8466

NW GA at no cost to you. Cats Coturnix quail and eggs avail-

are neutered/vaccinated. Must able and black copper maran

provide daily food, water. eggs and chicks available.

Email/text. Floyd Felines, Ang- Moss Quail and Poultry. NPIP

ie Rome spayfloydfelines@g- #57-1995. Can ship eggs.

mail.com 706-512-7004

Text. Kevin Moss Statham

470-334-6013

Fertile Emu hatching eggs for

RABBITS

sale. chicks will be possible White, Blondes, or Standards:

$200. Heath Biggers Cleve-

Flemish giants for sale. Lee land 706-573-9177

Eason Hogansville 706-5946916

Johnny Mitchell Leiper Hatch for sale, 1.5-2y/o.

Greg Watson Watkinsville

New Zealand blue buck for 706-202-2909

sale, 1.5y/o; black cross doe; New Zealand & Flemish Giant. (8) bunnies from above cross; $100/all. Mike Barnesville 404-788-8190

Laying hens available. 4 months old. Splash-laced Red Wyandottes and Speckled Sussex:: $25/each. Call or text Cale Kimmons Canton 470-

448-8078

Rex New Zealand mix. Born Peacocks for sale: $150Nov 1st: $10 each cash. Kevin $350. Please call or text. Candi

Buecher Sylvania 717-433- Whitman Opelika, AL 706-

1094

326-2812

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POULTRY/FOWL

Reg'd llamas for sale cham- Bee supplies, hand-made A-1 quality, farm-grown chan- 2023 Bermuda fescue mix, 2023 Fescue Bermuda mix, pion bloodline 9m/o medium frames, super; Cowen 60 nel catfish priced by size. Ask 4x5 rolls, string-tied, rain-free horse quality, net-wrapped, in-

wool male; champion bloodline frame extractor; Cowen un- about other species & avail- in barn: $35/roll. James Bram- side & outside. Call for prices, Any person engaged in buying 7y/o suri female (proven dam); capper; Cowen deboxer; cap- ability. Flynt Gilbert Zebulon lett Greensboro 706-347-0190 delivery available. Coy Baker

live poultry of any kind for resale, or in selling live poultry of any kind bought for resale, must be licensed by the GDA. Possessing such a license does
ANIMAL not by itself disqualify an indiEQUIPMENT AND vidual from advertising poultry
in the Market Bulletin. Mallard
SUPPLIES ducks must be at least three
generations from the wild before they can be advertised in the Market Bulletin. Advertisers must include this information in notices submitted for publication. Out-of-state poultry must have a negative Avian

3y/o heavy wool male. All correct, halter trained. Tignall 352-205-6110
CATTLE SUPPLIES
175# 11X5ft 8in XHD cattle panels: $250/ea; 140# 11X5ft 8in panels; $220/ea; 6-piece 180 sweep: $4500; head

per auger; Cowen cappings spinner; 2in gear pump, other supplies. Patsy Tiger 706-7824995
Beekeeping equipment for sale; new full depth frames with foundation, silver queen decal per, 36 frame dadant extractor, double jacket sump tank and more. Jim Garvine Byron 478-396-3611
For sale 32 frame Walter Kelly extractor w/pump & wax melter: $1500. Leonard Day Macon 478-719-5588

770-567-1223 or 770-4680725

All sizes - Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Threadfin, Gizzard Shad, Shellcracker and more. Free delivery or pick up. Danny Austin Roberta 478-391-9068

Bass, bluegill, hybrid bream, shellcracker, sterile grass carp, channel catfish, koi. Lake management. David Cochran Ellijay 706-889-8113

Grass

carp,

Bluegill,

Threadfin shad, Shellcracker

2023 Bermuda hay, horse quality, fertilized, weed-free, rain-free, barn-stored. 4x5 rolls: $90; square bales: $10. James Vinson Rutledge 478360-3931
2023 Bermuda hay. 2000+ square bales, fertilized, weedand rain-free: $7 per bale. Curtis Durden Lyons 912-2451081
2023 coastal Bermuda Bahia mix, 4x5 rolls, fertilized & limed, triple net-wrapped: $55/roll, delivery available, 3

Loganville 770-466-4609
2023 Fescue hay, 4X4 rolls. Limed, fertilized, rain-free, weed-free and barn stored: $55 each. Delivery Available. Text or call. Cloud Cattle. Sam Cloud Canton 678-294-4475
2023 fescue mix hay for sale. Round: $55; Square: $8. Sprayed and fertilized, barn kept. Kenny Sargent Rockmart 770-490-1227
2023 Fescue, 4x5 round bales, twine-wrapped, baled

Influenza test and negative pul- catch: $900; slide gates: $600; lorum test within 21 days of en- covered 2-bale hay feeders:

and Catfish. Delivery available at: $2.50/mile, one way. Brian

bale minimum. Jim Rogers Cochran 386-416-9901

June w/Rye

3, was overseeded grass, fertilized w/10-

tering Georgia. For more infor- $2000-$3000. Singleton Peidmation, call the GDA Livestock mont 256-390-3940

Simmons 892-3144

Hawkinsville

478-

2023 coastal bermuda hay, 5x5, cover-edge net-wrap,

10-10, no chicken liter, good quality. Jim Martin 706-244-

and

Poultry

Division, 2023 hay round bales for

Koi and Goldfish for sale. All UGA-tested RFQ 137, shel- 3915

404.656.3665.

sale. 4x5 bales rain free and

Laying hens: $20; Roosters: stored inside. Tommy Trotter $15; Silkies-Polish: $25; Clarkesville 706-968-0094

sizes and colors. Call for more info. Glenn Kicklighter Sandersville 478-232-7704

tered: $80/ea. Terry Rogers Dudley 478-595-9846
2023 coastal Bermuda, some

2023 Fescue/Orchid/Bermuda mix hay, fertilized & barnkept, horse quality. Square

Leghorn, Marans, American, Western Stampede mobile

game, multiple breeds. Peg chute, Priefert panels, Bow- Gallberry honey - Voted

Hill Shiloh 706-577-5801

gate Alley backstop, calf pass Best-Tasting & Flavor of GA

FEED, HAY AND GRAIN

Fescue, x-large sq bales: bales: $6/ea; round 4x5 bales:

$7.50/ea. Horse hay in barn. N. $50/ea.

Ron

Teams

Harris Winder 770-867-0733 Cartersville 770-715-1368

panel, hay rings, horse stall, Live Emu chicks for sale. We and dart gun. Also, poultry have White, Blondes, and house for sale. David Hooper Standards hatching this sea- Cedartown 770-748-8929 son. Please call or text. Heath

Biggers Cleveland 706-5739177

TACK AND SUPPLIES

Pigeons - white rollers, turner rollers, colored rollers & white 17inch Tucker gen 2 western homers: $22/pair. Wyatt John- saddle in excellent condition: son Midville 478-494-3240 Asking $1650. Please call for
photos. Sammy Stephens

Solid white male peacocks, 4 Clermont 770-287-2704

winner: $68/gallon including shipping. B. Bruce PO Box 88 Homerville, GA 31634 www.brucesnutnhoney.com 912-487-5001

100+ 2023 Bahia TiftQuick 2023 cutting large round 2023 High protein UGA tested 4x5, UGA RFQ 118-110, twine- bales Bermuda, crabgrass hay for sale - barn-stored wrapped, outside: $35-45/roll. some weeds. Fertilized. Cow rd/sq Alicia & Russell, Bermu-

Linda Broxton 912-592-4339 quality only, stored outside. da grass. Delivery Available.

2023 4X6 net-wrapped round Bermuda hay, sheltered,

You haul: $29. C. Gray Crawford 706-743-3692

Heath Pittman Vidalia 912293-2535 or 912-537-9721

sprayed, fertilized, excellent quality: $50/bale or $60/bale. Delivered within 30 miles in bulk quantities. Ronnie Johnson Millen 706-214-3710

2023 fall mixed grasses (mostly fescue), firm full squares: $4.00 at the barn. John Petrel Walker County 706-313-6628

2023 horse quality coastal bermuda, large quantity, semi trailers welcome. Square bales: $8/ea; 4x6 round bales: $80/ea; 4x5 cow hay, round

2023 4x6 Russell Bermuda 2023 fertilized/UGA forage bales: $40/ea. Daniel Dollar

years old: $250. Ask for Diane. Arena Rascal Pro drag, 4.5ft

grass round bales, fertilized, quality tested, 240 bales, un- Dublin 478-278-7352

Roy Hall Macon 478-808-9128 w/ripper teeth, excellent condi-

net-wrapped, UGA Extension der cover, 4x5 net-wrapped,

White doves, any age. Release for weddings, funerals &

tion: $2650. Dinah McGee Fairburn 770-964-3888

tested: $70/bale, 150+ avail- Alicia Bermuda: $70/bale; 2023 horse quality fescue

able. Timothy Lake Danville mixed grass: $60/bale. $5/roll square bales: $6 per bale. Glen

478-697-2784

extra if picking up less than 5. Edmonds Mount Airy 706-

events. Also good for eating. Saddle, made by Billy Cook

Also have cages, traps and saddle maker, fifteen inch,

displays. Call for details. Clif- oxbow stirrups, new fleece,

ford Cabe Toccoa 706-244- new girth, new halter comes

2799

with pads, leggins and stand:

Asking $400. Roger Keebaugh

Young laying hens starting to Gainesville 770-869-7941

Insulated horizontal hives with 20 unwaxed frames: Pagoda $750, house $550. Serious inquiries only to cuss@treadsalve.com. Free delivery 70 miles from I-20 exit 19. Shawn Walls Bre-

2023 Alicia Bermuda hay, 4x5 net wrapped rolls, RFQ rang-

Steve Echols Tignall 706-4010350

599-3673 2023 mixed grass hay - horse

ing from 83-138, 340 bales 2023 Hay for sale, mixed or cattle, 4x5 round, barn

available: $55-75/bale, accord- grass, 4x5 round rolls: $45/ea. stored: $50/bale. Terry

ing to quality. Danny Var- Will load. Ryan Baerne Nichol- Dishroon Mansfield 770-317-

nadore Alma 912-282-5330 son 706-247-6240

8455

lay, different breeds: $20/ea.
Randy Sparta 478-251-0615 POULTRY SUPPLIES

men

NON-TRADITIONAL LIVESTOCK

3 broilers houses equipment. 125kW 2y/o generator/transfer switches, cool cells, heaters, fans, drinkers, & feed bins.

Nucs, queens, packages & beekeeping classes. Melissa Monticello www.gsbeez.com. 312-909-3050

Advertisers selling fallow deer, Most in pretty good condition. Remove honey bees from a

axis deer, sika deer, elk, red deer, reindeer and caribou must submit a current Deer Farming License with the ad. Farmed deer greater than 12

George Talmo 678-677-0310
Custom designed mobile hen hotel 26X8. Outside egg boxes, inside hen nesting boxes. Will accommodate 250 hens:

structure for a fee, licensed and insured; remove a swarm for free. Also, wanted bee equipment. Leonard Day Macon 478-719-5588

GROW YOUR CAREER
WITH A GDA INTERNSHIP

m/o are required to have a neg- $4000 OBO. May consider Swarms removed: free; re-

ative Brucellosis test within 30 trade for farm machinery. move from structures: fee; lo-

days and a negative TB test Scott Hancock Sautee Na- cal honey for sale; also bee-

within 90 days to move in- coochee 404-310-2558

keeping equipment wanted.

trastate. Ads submitted without

Upson County 706-975 -1096

a copy of the license and negative sample results (if applica-

FEED SUPPLIES

AQUACULTURE AND

ble) will not be published. For Lucknow 2260 feed/mixer information about deer farming wagon, vertical twin screw,

SUPPLIES

licenses, contact the GDA Livestock and Poultry Section at 404.656.3665. For information on other hoofed stock, excluding llamas and water buffalo,

new unloading chain, 36in extension, good scales & tires, 1k RPM, rear unloading door: $10,000. Call/text. JB Haygood Yatesville 770-468-6043

Advertisers selling sterile triploid grass carp must submit a current Wild Animal License from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Ads with-

contact the Georgia Depart- Mixed grass hay, UGA tested: out this license will not be pub-

ment of Natural Resources at $8/square, horse hay; $55 lished. Entities producing and

770.761.3044. Camelids (llama, round, barn; $40 round, in selling or reselling domestic

alpaca) must be individually field. Melvin Hoschton 706- fish in Georgia are required to

identified; bison (some people 362-2737

obtain a free Aquaculture Reg-

MISCELLANEOUS mistakenly call them buffalo)
and water buffalo must meet

istration Permit. For more information on aquaculture rules

the same requirements as cat-

and licensing in Georgia, in-

tle. Antelope must be individually and officially identified, and 6 m/o or older are required to have a negative Brucellosis test

Only agriculture-related items may be advertised in this Category.

cluding a listing of domestic fish and other fish species requiring a Wild Animal License, visit https://georgiawildlife.-

within 30 days and a negative

BEES, HONEY

com/aquaculture or call

TB test within 90 days prior to entering Georgia. PLEASE

AND SUPPLIES

770.761.3044.

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.

Bee removal licensed and insured. Serving Athens and 50mile radius. Residential and commercial. Daniel Peterson Blossom Bee Removal Athens 229-563-3050

10-12inch sterile grass carp, all size bluegills, largemouth bass, shellcracker, catfish, crappie, fathead minnows, shiners, fish feeders, aeration. Keith Edge Soperton 478-6978994

Emu chicks hatching now: Bee removal Valdosta and A-1 Big Reds/Euro Great $300 each. DNA sexed. On ap- Southwest Georgia (100-mile Fishing: $40/lb; Red Wigglers: proved and vetted breeders radius). Structural bee removal $35/lb. Perfect for fishing. Also list for emus. On Facebook: for a fee, swarms free. Li- composting & worm castings Bird South Farm. Call or text. censed and insured. Blossom available. Lew Bush Byron Brandy Brown Griffin 678- Bee Removal. S. Peterson Val- smokefj@gmail.com 478-955-

Accepting applications now through February 12, 2024
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2024

Focus on Food: Creating an affordable marketing plan is key in sales growth

By Katie Takacs

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Longleaf Conservation: Tree farmer helps USDA to develop new forestry management practices
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Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to help revitalize his land.
Through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the former Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), the Hodges family worked with Sidney Lanier, a now retired district conservationist, and Soil Conservation Technician Sonya Merrion.
"I can't take credit for what Sidney and Sonya started with the Hodges family, but I am honored to have helped them keep building on their successes," said Vontice Jackson, a NRCS district conservationist.
They installed and maintained a suite of climate-smart forestry and wildlife habitat practices, including establishing and managing almost 270 acres of longleaf pine and slash pine forest. With NRCS assistance, they installed over 16 miles of firebreaks as they maintain a wildfire resilient forest stand.
Paying it Forward
Hodges is an ordained minister who practices what he preaches and shares the good news of his heart. When it comes to his love for the land, he can't help but share his life lessons with others and learn from his mistakes. A strong conservation advocate, Hodges helps connect minority landowners to resources to achieve their conservation goals.
Over the years, the Hodges family has hosted many groups to teach climate resilient land management techniques that reduce the wildfire risk, sequester carbon emissions, and provide for a healthier and more diverse wildlife population.
"My second profession was education," Hodges said. "I believe when people learn better, they'll do better. I wanted

Herbert Hodges speaks to a group of forest landowners in front of a stand of longleaf pine trees. (National Wildlife Federation/Tiffany Woods)
to talk to minority landowners and inform them of things they can do to manage their property when they're not actively using the land."
The Ohoopee River Soil and Water Conservation District partnered with the Hodges family to host these field days, along with other federal, state, and local conservation agencies.
Leading by Example In 2021, Hodges was selected by NRCS in Georgia and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) to lead the first Long-

leaf for All landowner mentorship model, a new peer-to-peer learning program for underserved landowners. Collaborating with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Georgia Forestry Commission, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Wildlife Federation, and many other partners in the longleaf and wildlife community, the Hodges's farm served as a training ground to help underserved communities learn about longleaf forestland management and how to keep land in their family for future generations.
Among these efforts in 2023 were a Longleaf Alliance Landowner Academy held in May, an Estate Planning Workshop in early November with the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center, and a USFS led, farm tour later that month including international agricultural leaders who visited Georgia for a two-week tour from Atlanta to Savannah.
Due to the success of this collective effort, the NWF is expanding the model to Alabama and South Carolina in 2024 in partnership with NRCS.
With an eye on a healthier and more climate-friendly future, the Hodges family will continue to build on and preserve their legacy of overcoming challenges in life and on the land, one tree at a time.
Visit local farms, ranches, forests, and resource areas through the USDA'sFridays on the Farm stories at https:// bit.ly/48QD64P. For more information about USDA programs and services, visit https://www.farmers.gov/, or contact yourlocal USDA service center.
Chris Groskreutz is a public affairs specialist for Natural
Resources Conservation Service in Georgia. You can con-
tact him at chris.groskreutz@usda.gov.

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Worms work for you to make compost and reduce food waste
By Jay Jones jay.jones@agr.georgia.gov

JONESBORO The workshop at the University of Georgia Extension Service Clayton County office could have been called "Fun with Worms." Still, when it comes to the slimy red wigglers, it's all work in creating compost castings for your garden.
The workshop was really called "Composting with Worms," was led by UGA Extension Agent Autumn Czander in December. She explained to the group that worms can provide a rich compost of castings that costs nothing except for time and patience.
"It is really expensive to buy worm compost. When I was looking into this, there was a bag I found, yay big, and it was about $30. That is way too much money to spend on compost, but I understand now why it's so expensive," Czander said as she motioned her hands to the size of a 30-pound bag. "When you're starting out, it is not necessarily the easiest thing to learn, but once you figure it out, it's pretty simple."
Czander then explained how worms work. Worms are detritivores, things that eat dead stuff. They are attracted to things breaking down in the dirt. They are tiny eating machines that take small particles into their mouths. The worms break down their food by ingesting small particles of sand that grind the food down in their stomachs like a bird's gizzard.
"They're going to swallow things whole and just hope their body digests it," Czander explained. "The sand particles work like mortar and pestle, and they use the contractions of their stomach to rub things together until they break down."
What comes out of the other end of the worm is, well, worm poop. "The nicer way to say it is castings, but we're dealing with worm poop," Czander said.
The castings are not so much fertilizer but a way to make the soil more alive. Castings improve the soil's water retention and improve soil aeration. Castings also feed beneficial soil microorganisms that produce, store, and slowly release nutrients into the soil to feed plants.
Her tools for everyone attending were a wheelbarrow full of wet shredded newspaper, 10-gallon plastic bins with holes drilled into the lids, a bowl of kitchen scraps, dirt, and 12 small paper cups, each filled with about 500 hungry red wiggler worms.
Czander demonstrated to the group how to start the worm colony by placing the newspaper strips in the bin, then placing the kitchen scraps in the middle, followed by the worms and a small amount of dirt mixed in.
Czander said the dirt can come from your garden and provide the sand particles they need to digest the food. Worms will only eat vegetables and fruit scraps, so avoid placing any meat, dairy, or egg leftovers in the bin.

Autumn Czander, a UGA Extension Agent in Clayton County, shows the result of successfully composting with worms in a plastic bin at home. At a recent workshop, she taught that worms can produce castings for the garden with the right amount of moisture, food, and temperature. (GDA/Jay Jones)

The food scraps should also be chopped up to help the worms out. Czander said you can freeze chunks of food scrap to parcel out to the worms as the feeding dictates.
Czander cautioned everyone in the workshop that worms work on their schedule, but they can help their production with the right temperature and steady amount of food provided.
"It's important when you're keeping worms to remember what they like and don't like. They like moisture. They like temperatures they are comfortable with not too cold or not too hot," Czander said. "When it's miserably cold out, they're not going to do anything except climb into a little ball at the bottom and just chill out, literally. If it's too hot, they will have a hard time keeping up with the bacteria that break down the food for them."
She recommended keeping the bins in the house, noting that if the worms are doing their thing, there should not be any smell. If the bin smells, it probably means they are being

overfed. Czander advised patience is a virtue in keeping worms.
She said with the proper adjustments to moisture, food and temperature, the worms will be producing castings in about 8-10 weeks. Once the worms are happy, they will reproduce and production will ramp up.
About 10 people attended the workshop, ranging in age from retirees to high school. There were a few master gardeners, some of whom were looking to learn to "supercharge" their current composting efforts.
Jasmine Garcia, a student at Elite Scholars Academy, a magnet school in Clayton County, said she is the school's garden club president and was attending to learn about composting with worms.
"I'm looking for new ways to introduce composting because our main mission is to reduce food waste," Garcia said.
For more information, contact Czander at autumn.czander@uga.edu or call 770-473-5434.

Georgia Cooking: Smashed roasted sweet potatoes with pecan red pepper sauce

Smashing and then roasting sweet potatoes creates a naturally sweet caramelization. Top it with a simple pecan-red pepper sauce, and you have a perfectly tangy complement to balance the dish. Serving Size: 4 Cook Time: 45 mins
Ingredients For the potatoes: 2 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed 2 tsps extra virgin olive oil tsp kosher salt 1/8 tsp freshly cracked black pepper For the sauce: cup pecan pieces, toasted, divided 2 jarred roasted red bell peppers,
roughly chopped 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 garlic clove 1/8 tsp freshly cracked black pepper For garnishing: cup crumbled feta cheese 1 tsp finely minced fresh parsley

Instructions Preheat the oven to 425 F. 1.Prick sweet potatoes all
over with a fork. Place on a microwave-safe plate and cover with a clean paper towel. Microwave on high for 8 minutes, flipping over halfway through cooking time. The potatoes should be fork tender. If not, continue cooking in oneminute increments. Let cool slightly. 2.Slice potatoes into 1inch rounds and transfer them to a foil-lined baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Gently smash each potato with the back of a large spatula, keeping the potatoes as intact as possible. Drizzle the potatoes with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place them in the oven and roast for 30 minutes or until potatoes are lightly brown and crispy.

3.Meanwhile, combine the red pepper with 1/4 cup pecans, olive oil, garlic and black pepper in a small food processor and puree until smooth. Transfer to a small skillet and cook over low heat, stirring often, for 5 minutes.
4.Transfer potatoes to a serving plate and top with a dollop of pecan-

(Photo by American Pecan Council)

Georgia Grown in Season

Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Citrus Collards Kale Lettuce Mushrooms

Sweet Potatoes
Spinach
Winter Squash
Turnips

red pepper sauce. Garnish with remaining toasted pecans, feta and parsley. Recipe note: If you want to save time, skip cooking the red pepper sauce. Recipe courtesy of Sara Haas, RDN, LDN for the American Pecan Council.

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Spring Vegetable Planting Chart

Vegetable
Asparagus
Beans, bush pole lima pole lima

Days to Maturity
2nd year
50-60 65-75 65-75 80-85

Planting Dates
Jan. 15-Mar. 15
Mar. 15-May 1 Mar. 15-May 10 Mar. 15-June 1 Mar. 15-June 1

Seeds/ Plants per
100 ft.
50 roots
1/2 pound 1/2 pound 1/2 pound 1/2 pound

Spacing Rows per
plants
36" x 18"-24"
36" x 2"-4" 36" x 4"-12" 36" x 3"-4" 36" x 6"-8"

Depth to
Plant
6"
1"-1 1/2" 1"-1 1/2" 1"-1 1/2" 1"-1 1/2"

Beets Broccoli Butterpea

55-65 60-80
70

Feb. 15-April 1 Feb. 15-March 15
April 1-May 1

1 ounce 100 plants 1/2 pound

18"-36" x 2" 36" x 12" 36" x 3"-4"

1/2" 1"-1 1/2"

Cabbage

70-120

Jan. 15-Mar. 15

100 plants

36" x 12"

Cantaloupe

80-90

Mar. 20-June 20

1 ounce

60" x 36"

1"

Carrot

70-95 Jan. 15-March 20

1/2 ounce

18-36" x 2"-3"

1/4"

Cauliflower
Collards Corn, yellow white bi-color
Cucumber: slicing pickling gynoecious Eggplant
Kale
Lettuce
Mustard
Okra
Onion, green dry bulb
Peas: garden (English) edible pod Southern

60-75 55-85 65-90 65-90 65-90
50-65 50-65 50-65 75-90 50-70 60-85 40-50 55-65 60-90 100-120
60-70 60-70 60-70

Mar. 1-April 1 Feb. 1-March 15 Mar. 15-June 1 Mar. 15-June 1 Mar. 15-June 1
April 1-May 15 April 1-May 15 April 1-May 15 April 1-May 15 Feb. 1-Mar. 10 Jan. 15-Mar. 1 Jan. 15-April 1 April 1-June 1 Jan. 1-Mar. 15 Jan. 1-Mar. 15
Jan. 15-Feb. 15 Jan. 15-Feb. 15 April-Aug. 10

100 plants 1/2 ounce 1/4 pound 1/4 pound 1/4 pound
1 ounce 1 ounce 1 ounce 50 plants 1/2 ounce 1/4 ounce 1/2 ounce 1 ounce 300 plants 300 plants
1 pound 1 pound 1/2 pound

36" x 12" 36" x 8"-16" 36" x 12"-18" 36" x 12"-18" 36" x 12"-18"
60" x 12" 60" x 12" 60" x 12" 36" x 24" 36" x 8"-16" 18"-36" x 8-12" 18"-36" x 2" 36" x 12" 18"-36" x 3" 18"-36" x 3"-4"
36" x 2" 36" x 2" 36" x 3"-4"

1/2" 1"-1 1/2" 1"-1 1/2" 1"-1 1/2"
1/2"-3/4" 1/2"-3/4" 1/2"-3/4"
1/2" 1/8" 1/2" 1"
1"-2" 1"-2" 1"-2"

Peppers, bell hot hot-sweet

65-80 65-95

April 1-June 1 April 1-June 1 April 1-June 1

50 plants 50 plants 50 plants

36" x 24" 36" x 24" 36" x 24"

Potatoes, Irish Sweet
Pumpkin, tiny pie type small large giant
Radish
Spinach
Squash: summer (zuchini) winter
Tomato: cherry grape determinate indeterminate
Turnip
Watermelon: lg. round small

70-90 90-120
85-120 85-120 85-120 85-120 85-120 25-30 40-45
40-55
85-120 70-90 70-90 70-90 70-90 40-60
80-90 80-90 80-90

Jan.15-Mar. 1 April 15-June 15
May 15-July 1 (Depending on maturity date)
Jan. 15-April 1 Jan. 15-Mar. 15
April 1-May 15
April 1-July 1 Mar. 25-May 1 Mar. 25-May 1 Mar. 25-May 1 Mar. 25-May 1 Jan. 15-April 1 Mar. 20-May 1 Mar. 20-May 1 Mar. 20-May 1

12 pounds 100 plants
1 ounce 1 ounce 1 ounce 1 ounce 1 ounce 1 ounce 1 ounce
1/2 ounce
1/2 ounce 50 plants 50 plants 50 plants 50 plants 1/2 ounce
1 ounce 1 ounce 1 ounce

36" x 12" 36" x 12"
72" x 48" 72" x 48" 72" x 48" 72" x 48" 72" x 48" 24" x 1" 18"-36" x 2"
36" x 24"
60" x 36" 48" x 24" 48" x 24" 48" x 24" 48" x 24" 18"-36" x 2"
72" x 36-48" 72" x 36-48" 72" x 36-48"

4"-5"
1" 1" 1" 1" 1" 1/2" 1/2"-3/4"
1"-2" 1"-2"
1/2" 1"-2"

Adapted from the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service

FEED, HAY AND GRAIN
2023 mixed hay. 4X5 rolls, fertilized, inside. Joe Cronan McDonough 770-235-3586
2023 mixed-grass hay, 4x5 rolls, fertilized, rain-free, in barn: $50/roll. Mike Keesee Monroe 470-899-9668
2023 net-wrap fescue hay, 5x5 bales, avg. 1,150lbs: $35/bale, minimum 8 bales. No deliveries. Charles Stewart Siloam706-817-1862
2023 rolls, 4x5 fescue cow hay: $50; Horse hay: $65. Delivery available for fee. Tim Garmon Jefferson 706-3674775
2023 Russell and Alicia Bermudagrass, 4x5 fertilized, net-wrapped, in-barn: $70$80/bale; square: $8/bale. Delivery negotiable. VM/text. W. Pruitt Statesboro 912-6824481
2023 Russell Bermuda fertilized, 4x5 rolls. Good horse or cattle hay: $65/bale. George Temples & Steve Albritton Mauk 678-591-4916
2023 Russell hay, UGA tested, 4x5 net-wrap rolls. Excellent horse & cattle quality: $75/roll. Lonnie McKinney Cordele 229-947-2878
2023 sheltered peanut hay: $50/roll at barn. Delivery available. Glenn Brinson Tarrytown 912-288-5960
2023 Tift 44 hay, square bales, fertilized and sprayed: $7.50 per bale at barn. K. Wood Hoschton 770-8674332
2023 Tift44 Bermuda hay square bales. Good quality, fertilized, sprayed for weeds: $9/bale. Kept in barn: $12/bale delivery within 25 radius. Cash only. Text/call. M. Spratlin Monroe 678-863-0388
4x5 round bales, dry, clean, net wrapped, fescue/clover mix, dry, clean, horse or cow quality: $45. Larry Spruill Roopville 770-328-6472
4x5.5 JD netwrap rolls, some stored inside, some outside, rain free, weed free. Starting at: $65. Delivery available for mileage. Josh Pennino Sparta 706-340-3146
Available now Coastal Bermuda hay, 5x5 twinewrapped rolled bales: $40/ea. Carl Sconyers Twin City 478763-2344 or 478-494-7926
Bermuda, Fescue, 4x5, net -wrapped hay, outside, 120 bales: $45/bale; 60 bales rainfree in barn: $55/bale, fertilized, sprayed. Tom Commerce 762-305-1339
Bermuda, mixed hay. Fertilized and rain free, horse quality: $9/square; $60-$80 round bales in barn. Large quantity delivery available. S. Stana Carrollton 770-241-3201
Coastal hay, 4x6 bales: $70. David Montrose 478-2785252
Fescue and Bermuda grass mixed. Horse and cow quality, in barn: $65; Fescue and Bermuda grass mixed. Cow quality, stored outside: $45. Steve Arnold Nicholson 706207-4356
Hay for sale - 5x5.5, netwrapped, inside & outside: $45 & up. Todd Grogan Montgomery, AL 334-320-7315
Hay for sale. Horse & cow quality, rolls & square bales. Call for pick up. Donald, 4540 Three Bridge RD Gillsville 770-540-8599
Hay, mixed grass, 4x5, netwrapped, rain-free. Pretty grass. John Bullington Cordelle 229-322-8480 or 229-273-3597

Hay. Round bales: $40-$50 per bale. Brett Burke Millen 706-871-5785
Horse quality rye grass square bales: $6; horse quality crabgrass square bales: $6. James Lyles Ringgold 423227-7929
Lespedeza square bales: $12/ea, (10 bale min). AA Farms Hartwell 706-376-8968
New crop oats, combine run. Bright, pretty oats. John Cordele 229-322-8480 or 229273-3597
Perennial peanut hay for sale. Square bales only: $12 per bale. Jay Eckles Chauncey 478-231-8641
MULCH AND FERTILIZERS

2023 wheat straw. $3.50/bale at barn. Delivery available. Gary Brinson Tarrytown 912286-3191
Horse manure and wood shavings. Free with pick up. Jerry Douglasville 770 3371516
Horse manure, mixed with shavings: free. Danny West Fayetteville 404-771-4041
Mulch hay square bales for sale and straw: $6 per bale. Shawn Cox Covington 678409-6233
PLANTS, TREES AND FLOWERS

Advertisements selling officially

protected plants must include a

permit to sell such plants. Ads

submitted without this permit

will not be published. For infor-

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

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call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 404.679.7097.

Camellia Waxing Workshop, Saturday, Feb 17, 11:00 a.m., Massee Lane Camellia Garden, 100 Massee Lane, Ft Valley, Ga. Jonanne Beckman 478396-6548
Chinquapin trees, 1y/o bare root seedlings, 6 for: $60. Charles Adams 4880 Lakeland DR, Marietta, GA 30068 678313-1873
Fruit trees, 4-6ft, 3gal: $29/ea; blueberries & pink/blue hydrangeas, 1gal: $11/ea; camellias, 1gal: $13/ea; red Japanese maples, 1gal: $19/ea; red Japanese maples dictum, 3gal: $69/ea. 9mi south of Columbus. Doug Seale, AL 678-618-0352

Privacy trees. We install for you. We grow Thuja Giants and Leyland Cypress. Serving all of Georgia for 11 years John Cowherd Monti-
cello 770-862-7442

Trees. maples, Japanese maples, oaks, white pines, tulip, poplars, pecans etc. Rhonda Gainesville 706-4002888

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SEEDS

Farm fresh eggs for sale by Corn shellers grinders; cross- Wooden farm wagon. Over 7 pieces, 33-foot aluminum the dozen. Beautiful assorted cut saws; plow stocks; old 100y/o, needs work. Must sell, poles for sale. 4-hole base:

CHRISTMAS TREES

REAL ESTATE Advertisements selling seeds
must include a current state laboratory report (fewer than nine 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, call the GDA Seed Division, 229.386.3557.
Old-timey white field corn seed 2023 crop. Family kept seed. 10-12 foot stalks with 23 cobs per stalk: $4/lb plus shipping or local pickup. J. Smith Auburn 770-826-0266
FIREWOOD

colors: $5 per dozen. Rebecca Little Monroe 678-535-8417
For sale 2023 pecans, shelled and cleaned, mostly halves. Ready to eat or freeze: $10/pound. Leon Cheek Eastanollee 706-491-3447
Freezer beef, raised on farm, USDA inspected. Halves or whole: $4.50/lb, hanging weight. Custom cut, wrapped & ready for freezer. James Shelton Cleveland, TN 423650-1497
Locally-grown beef, USDA inspected, half/whole available, custom cuts: $5.25/lb hanging weight. We offer ground beef, sausage, steaks, jerky & slaughter your cattle. Potts

farm tools; post striking anvil; meal bin; wood tool boxes; vises, furniture farm sinks and cauldrons. Bill Blairsville 706897-0106
Fairbanks Morse platform scales: $100. Jim Clark Blue Ridge 706-455-7427
Great collection of antiques including farm tools, tractor implements, glassware, furniture and more. Downsizing, everything must go. TH Williams Madison 404-2911129
Rare Griswold 885/886/975 waffle iron #8 pat 12/1/08 and

cannot mess with anymore. Needs someone with skills. Have accessories, parts & tools. Extra wagon wheels available. Jim Clarkston 404472-7367
CANNING SUPPLIES
Misc. canning jars, approximately 100 available: free. Wayne Powder Springs 404558-2606
OTHER
3 doors: $35 each; Axle puller: $20; Slip clutch: $40;

$300 each or package price. Vick Murphy Moultrie 229891-5616
Converse waders, size 11: $40; large dog igloo: $50; all leather cowboy boots, size M7.5: $50; bird/small animal cages: call for prices; deck/porch railings w/spindles: $75/all. B. Maynard Cleveland 770-550-0216
Free beaver removal. No charge in the following counties: Henry, Clayton, Rockdale, Newton, Fayette and Butts. Whit Bruce McDonough 678346-1876

50gal syrup kettle w/grinder: $1500; 60gal syrup kettle w/grinder: $2000; also looking for gaited horses. Charles Jackson Collins 912-336-1665
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 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

Firewood must be cut from the Family Meats Jefferson 706- Enterprise sausage or apple LeSabre 2500 top liner: $20.

advertise.

advertiser's personal property. Ads for firewood must use the cord when specifying the amount of firewood for sale.

367-5823
Multiplying onions for sale. Grown by Eugene White: $30/gal plus shipping. Vanessa

press pat 08/27/01. Both cleaned and oiled: $150 each or both for $250. Bill McGraw Watkinsville 706-614-0867

Paul Bailey Redan 770-4822812
30/55 gallon 0pen head steel

New pallets available for sale. Good for hay and dry storage. Cumming 470-201-0055

FARMLAND FOR SALE

All hardwood firewood split and seasoned: $350 a cord. Al Roberts Fayetteville 404-5436984

White Lithonia 770-787-6037
Water-ground meal, whole wheat flour & grits: $5/5lbs + postage. Will grind your grain. Mike Buckner Junction City

Vintage, well used white enamel ware pans, aluminum pans. Very reasonable prices, leave message. Cobb Co.

drums: $14-$20; Stainless steel: $125; All size open head plastic: $12-$24; Plastic pallets: $6.-$275; Gallon tote tank: $75. William Chambers

Wood burning stove insert; whole house wood-burning furnace; goat trailer 5x18; Charlie Conner Flowery

128 acres of land for sale. 2 ponds, 100 acres of cultivation, borders Banks an Pine Forest Church Rd, north of Cairo: $8500/acre. Steve

Fat lighter sticks for sale: $10 GA 706-269-3630

770-422-9871

Fairburn 678-409-0704

Branch 678-618-5516

Perkins Climax 229-220-1167

per bundle. Bob Lewis Fayet-

teville 770-461-4083

ODDITIES

Seasoned firewood, cut to Martin gourds for sale. Larry length, stacked, ready for pick- Heard Chula 229-402-0375

up: free. Mclain Stockbridge

770-474-2044

Martin gourds for sale: $4/ea.

Andy Talking Rock/Jasper

Seasoned or green oak fire- 706-346-3142

wood: 1/2 cord: $150. Truckload or any quantity available. Delivery available. Text/call. Larry Moore Grantville 678278-5709

Visit our farm or call for gourds. The Gourd Pile, 874 Morrison Road, Barney 229775-2123

Seasoned split firewood, all HANDICRAFTS AND

hardwood, different sizes

SUPPLIES

available. Half cord: $100 in-

cluding local delivery and 4-Leaf clovers are lucky. Real

stacking. Will deliver further at 4-Leaf clovers laminated with

extra charge. Ron Teams decorations added. Beautiful

Cartersville 770-715-1368

gifts. Good price. Please call

before 8pm. Chris Loganville

Seasoned, split firewood: 1/2 770-466-2173

cord: $95; cord: $170; green Afghans all sizes and all colwood - 1/2 cord: $85; cord: ors up to king size: $20-$50. $150. All prices +tax. AA M. Pursley 253 Ryan Rd

Farms Hartwell 706-376-8968 Winder Ga. 30680 678-979-

FARMERS

0057 All types of chair caning, re-

MARKETS

finishing & repairs. James

Lewis Perry 478-987-4243 or

New farmers market coming 478-550-5122

to North Brookhaven, one of Beautify emerald green emu

the wealthiest communities in eggs. Cleaned out and empty.

Atlanta vendor spaces avail- Can be used for decorating,

able. Located in front of estab- painting or carving. Jackie

lished restaurants. Call for de- Paul Oxford 770-597-1510

tails. www.oldfivepoints.com Atlanta 404-936-1818

Birdhouse & feeder kits. Great for craft or hobby. Assemble

Rooster's Market offers Old-fashioned, pure, north Georgia, Young Harris sorghum cane syrup, pints. Rooster's Market 54 Rooster Way Jasper 706-301-8176

and give as gift. 29-83 pieces, Cypress wood, only glue required: $13.95-$14.95. Alan Johnston Rutledge 706-4740379 www.wood-r-us.com
Chair caning in Tiger. Please call for estimate. Donald Beck-

THINGS TO EAT

er Rabun County 770-8079783

Chair/rocker caning of all

Advertisers producing and offer- kinds. Wicker/rattan repair.

ing for sale shell eggs at retail to Over 40 years of experience.

the end consumer must obtain Also antique furniture for sale,

an egg candling certificate from call for current inventory. Duke

the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The department offers training in egg candling. Email

Dufresne Statham 770-7252554 or (cell) 706-340-5523

candling@agr.georgia.gov or call Memory Bears made out of

404.656.3627 for more informa- your loved ones clothing. Call

tion.

for more info. Sherry McDaniel

2023 Desirable pecans ready Buford 770-366-1306

to eat: $12 per lb +postage. Metal art, items made from

Will crack, shell, separate your horseshoes crosses, butter-

whole pecans: 75 cents per lb. flies, roosters, pumpkins, etc.

Russell Eaton Stockbridge Eddie Comer 706-247-5267

770-506-2727

Plenty of crepe myrtle straight

2023 pecans for sale: Shelled limbs, 2-4in diameter for wood

and cleaned. Ready for freez- turning projects: free. Leave

er: $11 per lb. Peggy Griffin message. Wendell Hiram 770-

Clarkesville 706-768-8417

943-6979

FORESTERS

2023 shelled Elliott pecans, FARM ANTIQUES

ready to eat-bake-freeze-en-

joy: $12/lb. +shipping. Call/text Corn shellers, grinders, wash

Mark Parker 229-726-4238 pots, oil lamps, lanterns, Cole-

Tressie Parker 229-400-3304 man gas stoves and Coleman

Moultrie Facebook: Parker lanterns. Jimmy McLane

Pecans

Hartwell 706-436-0145

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FARMLAND FOR SALE

95-acre farm, row crop, tim- 45 years of experience. Bush Bush hog, rotary mow, garber, irrigated, deep well, high- hogging, light clearing, grad- den and food plot, harrow and way frontage, farmland, 6 ing, post holes, gardens, food plow, bale square hay. Monroe

Free beaver removal. No charge in the following counties: Henry, Clayton, Rockdale,

miles from town: $6,000/acre. plots, aerating, fertilizing, County area. Jimmy Waldrep

Newton, Fayette and Butts.

15ac Murphy NC, Liberty Paul Bridges Jeff Davis Coun- seeding, discing, hauling, Forsyth 478-951-5563

Whit Bruce McDonough 678-

Community, Fescue grass, ty www.owacc.com

fence removal, etc. Rick Alli-

346-1876

SERVICES large timber, y/r, stream,
paved road frontage, good well & electricity: $15,000/ac. R. F. Pollard Kennesaw 770427-1201
168 acres, Hwy. 319 frontage, timberland, hunting, cabin, buildings, electricity, water, just 5 miles N of E. Dublin: $600,000. Paul Bridges. Laurens County www.owacc.com 912-246-2681
212-acre farm, pasture, row crop, highway frontage, improvements, irrigated, 10 acre lake, hunting, 6 miles from town: $6,000/acre. Olin Wooten Jeff Davis County www.owacc.com
272-acre farm, single family house, 2 metal barns, 2 ponds, deep well, buildings, blueberry plants, pinestraw, timberland: $6,000/acre. Olin Wooten Jeff Davis and Appling counties www.owacc.com 912-3753366

Oldest goat livestock market in Georgia. US-Hwy 441 frontage, flea market, storage, signs, apartments, rentals & more: $425,000. Call for more details. Karen Rentz Atkinson County www.owacc.com 912375-6016
BOARDING FACILITIES
The Georgia Animal Protection Act requires boarding and breeding facilities to be licensed. A current license number must be submitted with notices for publication in the "Boarding Facilities" category. Notices submitted without this information will not be published. For more information, please call the GDA Equine Health Division, 404.656.3713.

son Buford 678-200-2040
Ag/farm fencing, all types installed and repaired. 15yrs experience. Land management services: consulting, mowing, seeding, food plots, wildlife habitat. Casey Kent Good Hope 678-446-8520
All sorts of tractor work backhoe, track hoe, light grading, skid steer, plowing, bush hogging, etc. Georgia, Alabama & Tennessee. Licensed & insured. Chad Zeis Whitesburg 678-201-2386
Bobcat/tractor work, seed drill, bush-hogging, post-hole, food plots, land clearing, driveways, roads, grading, plowing/tilling, pasture maintenance. Oconee and surrounding counties. www.mikesfarmandpropertymgmt.com. Michael Ebright Watkinsville 770-363-5092

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 Douglasville 770-942-4672
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 tractor and implement repair; also welding service. 40+ years experience, retired mechanic. Carey Macon 478491-3660

Dump truck and tractor service. Gravel, sands, soils, hourly truck service, grading, clearing, pond construction, arena grading, site work, mulching. Serves Northeast and middle GA. northeastgahauling.com Justin Bailey Loganville 678-618-0071
Fence specialist - installation, paint, pressure-wash & repair. All fences come with low prices. Free gate installment with pasture fence. Serving NE Georgia. Dan Gilbert Cumming 229-325-3163

Hauling horses or horse transportation, new 2022 twohorse trailer. Any distance, anytime. Call for more info. AM Horsemanship Atlanta 678308-4002
ISO tenant for 1BR home. 17acres, light yard maintenance required for low monthly rent of $700. All utilities installed. James Townsend Sandersville 770-867-1693
Lakes/ponds built, repaired, new pipe systems, and clearing, swamps drained, creeks rerouted, drainage problems wetlands restoration, bush hogging home sites. Tim Harper Peachtree City 770-5271565
Land clearing & skid steer work: $175hr, 4hr min. Joe Ledbetter Forsyth 678-3267366

29+ acres w/move-in ready

home. Fenced pasture land, Boarding services spaces

for livestock/horses, farming, large patio/deck great for large

now available. Stall & pasture boarding. Call for details and

family, 4 wells & private pond. rates. SBE Farms, Shane Wil-

Mr. Gray Washington Co. son Kingston 404-210-5227

478-357-2765 45.5 acres, half open, rest

FARM SERVICES

woods, spring, stream, fronts 25 years experience in farm,

ST HWY 37, near Morgan: tractor & Bobcat work, bush

$3500/acre. Jim Andrews 45 1st AVE Edison GA 39846

hogging/lawn ing/clearing,

mowing, gradplowing/garden,

jtajr51@yahoo.com 229-308- deer plots, fence/welding

4892

heavy equipment, post holes.

48-acre farm, pond, row crop, timber, US 23 Alma Highway,

Larry Houston Covington 770235-3082/770-235-3782

farmland, 4 miles from town: 40 years' experience - horse

$8000/acre. Olin Wooten Jeff arenas laser graded, tree

Davis County www.owacc.- clearing, driveways built/re-

com 912-375-3366

graded, gravel, barns graded,

drainage correction, trucking, 93 acres w/frontage on HWY demolition. Luke Butler US 80, w/creek, pond, well, Braselton 770-685-0288 turkey, deer, and 71.5 acres of

markable timber, mostly hardwoods: $300,000. James Beck

Bush hog your pasture or field and till your garden. Larry

A cord is defined as 128 cubic feet of wood stacked by the line or row in a compact manner with individual pieces touching; it can be four feet

Twiggs Co. 478-747-3599

Boatright Dallas 678-386-1466 high, four feet wide (deep), and eight feet long, or any combination of these measurements (height, width and length) that yields 128 cubic feet.

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FARM SERVICES
Landscaping, brush clearing, bush hogging, new gravel driveways and pads, or repair of existing gravel, stubborn burn piles restacked, light demolition. Cody Barnett Bre-

22002244AAddvveerrttiissiinngg DDeeaaddlliinneess Immediate opening for Span-
ish-speaking male or couple needed to work on bird farm.

Live-in position, 5hr/day, 5

days/week: $200/weekly inc. small apartment. Serious inquiries only. Tere Lopez Oxford 770-787-2955

PuPbulibclaictaiotinondadtaete: :
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Loader/backhoe, grading, bush hogging, aeration, tree cutting, branch trimming, pruning, lawn mowing, leaf mulching, chain saw & blade

State wide brush cutting. Underbrush clearing, small tree clearing, brush cleanup, bush hogging, property and

Need two and half acres cleared in Burke County near Hwy 24 and Raccoon Road. Billy Holmes Waynesboro 917-414-6202
Two house layer farm. Couple

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sharpening. Rockdale and sur- fence lines, overgrown ar- preferred, non-drinking, no

rounding

counties.

G. eas. Thomas Bowlin 678- drugs. Housing plus salary.

MaMrcahrc6h,62,0220424

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Kelecheck Conyers 770-597- 972-4647 4878

References required. Experience w/layer farm is preferred.

MaMrcahrc2h02,02,0220424

MMaarrcchh88, ,22002424

Tree removal, tree trimming, Gainesville Metal buildings & carport bush hogging and mowing, cloud.com covers. Great for storing hay, land clearing, laser grading,

jasenallison@i-

tractors, trucks, etc. Free de- roads/driveways, erosion conliver & installation. Tonya trol, hauling, garden and food Cumming www.maxsteel- plot plowing/installation. Ira

SEEKING FARM EMPLOYMENT

buildings.com 770-757-4226 Richter Locust Grove and sur-

rounding areas 404-516-3153 Responsible adult male look-

Mobile professional horse

ing for local farm work. Years

training, 30+ years of experience. Working initiate colts,

EMPLOYMENT

of experience in tractor work, bush hogging, carpentry &

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horse behavior issues, etc. For

fencing. Michael Martin

June 12, 2024

May 31, 2024

more info, call. AM Horseman- Farm Help Needed and Seek- Thomaston 678-416-1424

June 12, 2024

May 31, 2024

ship Atlanta 678-308-4002

ing Farm Employment ads

June 26, 2024

June 14, 2024

must be related to agricultural Mobile welding service all farm work. Ads submitted for

WANTED

types of welding, certified, 45 domestic help, companions,

years of experience. Call for details. Within 60mi. Campbell's Welding, Randy Campbell Griffin 678-603-0175

baby sitters, housekeepers, etc. will not be published.
FARM HELP

Items wanted in all Classified Categories will be advertised here.

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NEEDED

Looking for a 931C Caterpillar

Sawmill blade resharp, sharpen, set, and oil: $10 each; Woodmizer expert. 30 years experience, advanced sharpening equipment, satisfaction guaranteed. 10 blade mini-

Farm manager needed. Looking for a full time farm manager having experience w/hay operation/general farm duties. Pay based on experience.

engine. Engine model 3204PC. Also, looking to sell 931C Caterpillar parts if engine is unobtainable. You pull parts. Parts negotiable. Conyers 770-605-6107

mum. Daniel Williams Athens Email resume. Waverly Hall

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706-224-6830

info@woodcraftbymacdonald.- Looking for a Hoelscher 110

com

bale fork. D. Simmons Com-

Skid steer services mulching, grapple, root raking,

Honest, mature person to mer 706-255-7292

small load hauling. Call or text and let us know how we can help you with your next project. Matthew Bulloch & surrounding counties 706741-6497

maintain property and equipment. Salary based on experience. 1BR furnished house included. Drug and background check required. Good driving record. No pets. Conyers 770605-6107

Looking for a sickle mower for any kind of tractor reasonably priced. Call or text. Jim Young Gainesville 770-5400858
Looking for any free or cheap

Stumps ground neatly below Need 2-4 acres of mus- poultry - chicken, duck, turkey, ground level, free estimate and cadines set out in Burke Coun- geese, emu; also looking for

reasonably priced. Glen Whit- ty. Billy Holmes Waynesboro cheap rabbits. Michael Phip-

ley Bethlehem 770-307-7098 917-414-6202

pen Newnan 770-755-8702

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Jan. 8, 2025

Dec. 27, 2024

If ad due date falls on a holiday, please submit on the first available business day before the holiday.

The Georgia Agriculture Com- speak will be allowed to comment.

Call 404.656.3722 with questions. Looking for John Deere Rope-making machines. I Wanted International truck,

modity Commission for Wine &

square baler in good condition. plan on using these to make late 1970s or early 80s, -Ton

Grapes (Georgia Wine & Grape

The proposed market order will

Kermit Jefferson 770-867- rope, so they would need to be through 1-ton, flatbed or pick-

7550

somewhat complete and/or up, for garden use and haul

Commission) will hold a public hearing pertaining to the proposed Market Order for Wine and Grapes to be voted on February 1st March 2, 2024, by licensed Geogia Wineries. This hearing will be held at:

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wineries producing 1,000 or more liters of wine annually. For passage,

chickens white, brown, black. Terry Riverdale 478390-2847 or 770-210-0475

Leghorn chickens. Call me if you have them. Johnnie Collins 912-693-5625

Monday January 29, 2024 Macon Marriott City Center 240 Coliseum Drive

there must be an a rmative vote on 66% of eligible ballots returned. If passed the market order is in

Need chicken manure to be delivered and spread on 30 acres in Ball Ground on an established pasture sometime in

Wanted - female Boer goat for companion w/another goat. Barn, vet references available. Willing to pay up to $300. James Winder 770-867-2994

Wanted, guard dog for sheep and cattle. Prefer 1y/o or older. No vicious dogs. No calls after 7:30 pm, text OK. J.A. Conner Folkston 912-286-7081

Macon, GA 31217 12 noon
At the hearing, any persons desiring to comment, must register to speak. Only those registering to

e ect for three years and it must be voted on again to be continued. Funds collected from assessments can only be used for the purpose of research, education, and promotion.

the spring. Steve Weatherby Ball Ground 404-932-6918

Wanted combine

6-8ft pull that can be

behind rebuilt.

Need someone to cut bamboo for free and take home with you. Must clean up your mess. Hardy Rocky Face 706673-4650

Lamar Edwards Clayton 706782-5436
Wanted New Holland stack wagon/bale wagon. For parts, any model and condition considered. Paul Ellijay 678-230-

Wanting recipes for chowchow from your great grandmother's recipe file. It is green and hot; also wanting wedding cake & frosting recipes. Jo Woodward Fairbanks, AK

Needed ASAP, but will take 3250

G2jo@mail.com

For more information contact:

anytime. In search of cornbread turkey dressing recipe

Andy Harrison

that contains Pepperidge Farms herb stuffing mix from

Georgia Department of Agriculture Manager, Commodity Commissions

central GA between 19601980. Patricia Tampa 727937-5240

Andy.Harrison@agr.georgia.gov 404 -710- 1196

Old Chevrolet GMC tailgate from 1950's or 1960's. Perry Ridgeway Jackson 678-6144335

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2024

UGA researchers secure $4 million to tackle silverleaf whitefly problem

By Emily Cabrera

use of insecticide applications.

strategic planning before the planting season.

The University of Georgia

While traditional pest management strategies use insecti- The team's effort has focused on identifying short-term

cide applications early and often to help knock back popula- solutions to meet farmers' immediate needs and investing in

In 2017, an outbreak of a small, white bug -- about a tions, in the case of whiteflies, the practice is extraordinarily medium- and long-term projects to form the comprehensive

millimeter in size -- swept through south Georgia, causing expensive and is becoming less effective.

understanding required to make holistic, sustainable man-

widespread damage totaling more than $150 million to the "It's the worst pest you can possibly imagine," Moore agement decisions in the future.

vegetable industry that year.

said. "Adults with insecticide-resistance genes survive and For example, the team is evaluating both the role of in-

Now fully established throughout the state, silverleaf pass the trait to their offspring. As more susceptible white- secticides and how insecticide resistance might evolve in

whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) have proven to be a persistent flies are eliminated from a population, the proportion of re- response to insecticides. Diamide and neonicotinoid insecti-

threat to numerous economically important crops, caus- sistant insects increases, leaving less opportunity for tradi- cides remain the cornerstone of whitefly management in veg-

ing direct damage through feeding, and transmitting more tionally effective insecticides to do their intended job."

etable crops. Researchers at UGA used molecular RNA-seq

than 100 plant viruses. These insects are "true

and RNAi to understand genetic mechanisms

bugs," as entomologists call them, more related

behind resistance to these common insecti-

to aphids than to flies. As a true bug (or He-

cides and to identify the genes involved. The

mipteran) they have piercing mouthparts used

long-term goal is to develop control strategies

to feed by sucking sap from inside the leaf.

that are informed by how resistance evolves.

They may be small, but they are a major pest.

More immediate control may come from

A multidisciplinary team of researchers in

using integrated pest management techniques.

the University of Georgia College of Agricul-

The team at Auburn has developed row-cover

tural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) re-

products that reduce whitefly pressure. They

cently renewed a $4 million contract with the

have found that silver covers improve yield

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agri-

and insecticide efficacy. Team members at

cultural Research Service (ARS) to build upon

UGA have examined the relationship between

their previous work. The team aims to better

weather and whitefly outbreaks and have found

understand this emerging pest and develop

that water availability was a major factor for

targeted interventions to mitigate the impact

outbreaks, providing additional tools for man-

of whiteflies on vegetable production in the

agement.

Southeast.

Overall, the research program is designed

Allen Moore, a research professor in the

to attack the whitefly problem from multiple

UGA Department of Entomology, leads the

angles. Perhaps most importantly, Moore said

multi-institutional team of researchers from

the unique approach of this research collective

UGA, Fort Valley State University and Auburn

is the implementation of team science -- a

University in collaboration with USDA ARS in

diverse research group communicating in tan-

Charleston, SC.

dem, problem-solving together.

While this pest has been around for several Silverleaf whiteflies are notoriously difficult to control. Due to a combination of warmer winter

"It's not a geneticist working alone in the

years, the industry still faces an emergency as whiteflies are notoriously difficult to control, Moore said.
He explained that with a combination of

temperatures, a wide host range and the ability to reproduce asexually, whitefly populations increase
rapidly. Very few crop varieties are resistant to whiteflies and the viruses they carry, and scouting for the insect is time-consuming, as they're mostly only found on the underside of leaves. (UGA-CAES/ Special Photo)

laboratory, it's not the field biologist working alone in the field, it's bringing everyone together all at once and talking to each other and trying to build off what each other understands,"

warmer winter temperatures, a wide host range

he said. "This work isn't being done in isola-

and the ability to reproduce asexually, whitefly populations To respond to this dynamic nature and the imperative to tion, we are making more rapid progress by working as a

increase rapidly. Additionally, very few crop varieties are re- develop effective management strategies, the research team collective than as individual researchers."

sistant to whiteflies and the viruses they carry. Scouting for is focused on finding integrated pest management solutions Emily Cabrera is a writer and public relations coordina-

the insect is time-consuming, as they're mostly only found that combine the use of cultural practices and chemical and tor for the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sci-

on the underside of leaves, further complicating the effective biological controls to diversify interventions and improve ences at the University of Georgia.

Yellow-legged Hornets: Public awareness, tracking technology key in eradicating invasive species

Continued From Page 1

and trapping efforts. Evans said the GDA and partners are looking to establish
a citizen observation network where residents can make their own traps, put them out and register them with the GDA. He said Washington State did a similar thing successfully as they tracked the Giant Asian hornet beginning in 2021.
Evans said the most significant challenge here will be setting up a process for a public trapping network.
"If you have 500 traps from homeowners, I don't know if we can go through 500 photos weekly, but the idea is you have extra eyes, and I think Washington State benefited from that very much, and we want to do the same thing," Evans said.

Tracking: Evans said they will use electronic tracking devices more this year. In Europe, agricultural authorities used small electronic devices with some success so that they will be used more in Georgia in 2024.
Evans said the availability of the devices limited their use of electronic tracking last year. He noted that the devices are not off-the-shelf products and have to be made to order, so there was a lag time in getting them in the field. Evans said they have enough tracking devices available this year.
"That would cut down on hunting tremendously," Evans said. He added that most of last year's tracking involved releasing captured hornets, tying a ribbon to them, and following them toward their nests. "The circle slowly gets smaller

until you find the nest. It's time-consuming and labor-intensive. We don't want to do that in 2024."
Public awareness: GDA has worked to make the public aware of the yellow-legged hornet through the media and an email newsletter, The Yellow-Legged Ledger, that provides the latest updates and information about the hornet. You can subscribe to the Ledger by visiting the GDA webpage: https:// agr.georgia.gov/yellow-legged-hornet.
"Four out of five nests found in trees were in backyards. One nest was reported by the homeowner, and we found the other four," Evans said. "Anybody could have seen them, so we want to have more eyes out there, more reports and more information coming our way."

Minimum Wages: Produce, fruit growers seek more information from federal authorities

Continued From Page 1

cultural workers. H-2A refers to the class of visas used by workers to temporarily enter the U.S. to work.
Butts explained that the initial goal of AEWR was to protect the wages of Americans doing the same work. The problem producers argue is that no American workers are willing to take the work, which can be physically demanding in the fields, packing houses and processing facilities.
The higher wages required are compounded when foreign countries that compete with American producers have the advantage of a much lower labor cost. "Our foreign competitors have figured out the market here and are paying (workers) $2 an hour," Butts said.
"The intent is to protect the wages of a domestic worker, so in an attempt to protect somebody that doesn't exist, we're pricing our own American growers out of the market," Butts said. "The only recourse an American grower has is to hire fewer workers, which means he will have few-

er acres in production. Butts admitted that both labor and trade policy are
singularly complicated, noting that Congress enacted the last comprehensive national immigration reform in 1986. "We're dealing with policies that are really old and don't reflect the current realities. I mean, look at how much growth there has been in the H-2A program just in Georgia," Butts said.
During the conference, the GFVGA board of directors announced they filed a federal Freedom of Information request to the U.S. Department of Labor to see what formula was used to establish the wage increase. Federal officials survey growers each year to set the AEWR. However, several board members said they never received a survey.
"Our concern is that we don't know growers who are participating in the surveys. So, where are they getting the information?" Butts said. "And then, how do they use that

data to arrive at the new average? All of that is kind of done behind the curtain, and they don't necessarily want to tell us how that works."
The information request followed a letter sent by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr to U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that expressed great concern over the updated AEWR rate. Carr wrote the rate change "lacks any transparency whatsoever and appears to be arbitrarily crafted."
The GFVGA board also voted at its meeting during the conference to create a study group to reach out to producers in neighboring states to press their federal elected officials on the farm labor issue.
"I think we're exploring every avenue that we can to gain a better understanding of how the data is collected and how that data is used to set that rate," Butts said.

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Fun on the Farm! An acre of activities for young people.

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Georgie's Drive to Savannah
Hello! I'm Georgie, the Georgia Grown mascot. I travel the state of Georgia promoting our #1 industry, agriculture! While visiting Savannah last week, I found a rarely mentioned monument on River Street, known as "A World Apart." This World War II monument sits on the waterfront near where a shipyard once existed where nearly 100 cargo ships, known as Liberty ships, were constructed during the war.
Sitting in the shadow of the Hyatt hotel, the monument features a copper and bronze globe that is nearly 20 feet tall. The globe is split into two halves, symbolic of the war's two separate European and Pacific Theatres. Inside the monument's halves are 12 granite plaques listing the 527 Chatham County residents killed during the war. The monument reads:
"A WORLD APART"
World War II Memorial Honoring all veterans of Chatham County who gave their lives to retain the freedom of the United States of America and saved the world from tyranny.

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Located east of the Barnard Street Ramp in Savannah, "A World Apart" is a memorial to World War II veterans. The monument by sculptor Kim Brandell, was dedicated on Veteran's Day 2010. (GDA/Lee Lancaster)

Recipes for Tiny Tasters!

Traditional rice pudding

By Janelle Spivey, 7th grade student from Bulloch County

Rice pudding is a delicious, traditional Southern dessert. It's versatile, nutritious and perfect for almost any occasion.

(Special Photo)

Ingredients 1 cups water cup white rice 1 can (12 oz.) evaporated milk cup sugar 1 teaspoons vanilla extract teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon nutmeg teaspoon salt 2 large eggs, lightly beaten

Directions Place water and rice in medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, then cover. Cook for 12-15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Stir in evaporated milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.

Makes: 4 servings Prep time: 25 minutes
Stir a portion of rice mixture into the eggs. Add egg mixture to rice mixture and blend well with a whisk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly for 2 minutes. Serve warm or chilled. Courtesy of 2018 Pantry Pride Cookbook, Georgia 4-H

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

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2024

Ian Waller, center left with belt, of Nichols, Cauley and Associates, celebrates his firm's win as the Grand Prize Hunger Champion of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants annual Food Fight fund drive benefiting Feeding Georgia. (GDA/Jay Jones)

Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper recognizes directors of Georgia's regional food banks during the Wild Hog Supper on Jan. 7. Also recognized were the chairmen of the state House and Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs committees, Rep. Robert Dickey, R-Musella, right, and Sen. Russ Goodman, R-Cogdell. (GDA/Jay Jones)

Wild Hog Supper spotlights efforts to end food insecurity

By Jay Jones jay.jones@agr.georgia.gov
ATLANTA The 61st annual Wild Hog Supper, held on Jan. 7, is the traditional kick-off of this month's Georgia General Assembly session. The event is also a major fundraiser for Feeding Georgia to support food banks across the state to fight food insecurity.
The event was held in the historic Georgia Depot near the Georgia Capitol and was attended by state legislators, elected officials, and sponsors supporting Feeding Georgia, a non-profit organization composed of seven regional Feeding America food banks in the state. The food banks work with 2,000 pantries to distribute food to 156,500 individuals weekly.
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper and Feeding Georgia Executive Director Danah Craft were co-

hosts of the supper. Both touted the Farm to Food Bank program, an initiative encouraging farmers to donate surplus produce, including aesthetically imperfect fruits and vegetables that might not meet retail standards. Craft said the initiative, begun a decade ago, has developed a strong partnership between her organization, Georgia's farmers, and the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Harper said farmers and producers have stepped up their participation in the Farm to Food Bank Program by donating 14 million pounds of produce annually.
"It gives us the opportunity to give back to those in need, especially those families with food insecurity. It gives us the ability to connect our farmers, our producers, and our No. 1 industry with those who need the food the most," Harper said.
Also, Feeding Georgia recognized lawyers and accountants from across the state at the supper for raising money to

end food insecurity in the state through annual fundraising. Georgia Attorney General recognized the Georgia Bar
Association's annual Food Freezy fund drive held each spring. Last year, 14,000 lawyers across 200 law firms and legal organizations raised $829,239.
The Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) with their annual Food Fight fund drive raised an impressive $347,537 from efforts by 5,865 employees representing 67 accounting firms in Georgia.
"We could not do our work without you," Craft said during a pre-supper recognition. "Last year, the food banks distributed 36 percent more food than in 2019, pre-pandemic levels. Also, a lot of those pandemic food programs have ended, so they are having to do that with fewer resources."
To learn more about Feeding Georgia and ways to help, visit https://feedinggeorgia.org/.

Members of Georgia 4-H served as volunteers during the Wild Hog Supper earlier this month. One of their duties was to tell attendees that dinner was ready by ringing cowbells. (GDA/Jay Jones)

Miss Cobb County 2024 Audrey Kittila, left, and Miss Cobb County Teen 2024 Carrington Manous were among the attendees at the Wild Hog Supper in Atlanta. (GDA/Jay Jones)

Diners at the 61st annual Wild Hog Supper enjoyed whole hog barbeque and Southern sides inside the Georgia Depot in Atlanta on Jan. 7. (GDA/Jay Jones)

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