Farmers and consumers market bulletin, vol. 98 [i.e. 102], no. 1 (2015 January 7)

Two universities are researching cold-hardy bananas.
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GARY W. BLACK, COMMISSIONER WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2015 VOL. 98, NO. 1 COPYRIGHT 2015

Georgia farmers fill local fungi gap for state's restaurant industry

Georgia's niche varieties of mushrooms are primarily grown for use in restaurants and for sale at farmers markets, as seen here. Photo courtesy Sparta Imperial Mushrooms

By Dallas Duncan
The Peach State's capital boasts a burgeoning food and restaurant scene and the secondhighest consumption of mushrooms in the country.
That's what threw Suzy Currey and company "over the line" and into fungi farming.
Currey and her husband are co-owners of Sparta Imperial Mushrooms in Sparta, Ga. Their involvement in mushroom farming began when they were approached by a friend at Georgia Organics who was looking to start a for-profit agriculture business.
"We all looked and studied on what angle of the food business we could get into, and we ended up with deciding mushrooms," Currey said.
The Curreys converted a nineteenth-century cotton warehouse into a mushroom laboratory and greenhouse, and now grow three fungi shiitake, lion's mane and oyster.
"You've got all those big mushroom producers in the Northeast who do the button mushrooms, portobellos, and we decided to do mushroom varieties that were more interesting medicinally and for health reasons," Currey said. "We thought they offered a more interesting product to our customers."
Most of Sparta's mushrooms are sold in

Atlanta restaurants, grocery stores and farmers markets, Currey said. So are the fungi grown by 5th Kingdom in Atlanta.
"We're in a highly urban environment," said Steven Bell, director of operations for 5th Kingdom. "I think that's the most important aspect of what I do. We're able to grow a tremendous amount of food in a warehouse, within a stone's throw of the State Capitol and the Braves stadium."
Bell, who has experience in landscape architecture, biology and agriculture, wasn't satisfied with job opportunities available to him in 2010. He began looking into Atlanta's food scene and discovered a gap that he could fill.
"We have all of these incredible chefs, arguably one of the most up-and-coming food scenes in the nation, but no one had been supplying mushrooms to the market," he said. "After a year of preparation, I received a loan and jumped in headfirst."
Bell likens mushroom cultivation to cattle farming rather than corn.
"You have mushrooms that physically eat a material. They don't move, but they consume the straw and wood and other products that we feed them, and then you get a harvestable mushroom," he said.
See MUSHROOM, page 7

INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Farm services ads.......................2 Arty's Garden...............................7 Handicraft ads............................ 11 Livestock prices......................... 11
Notice
Deadline to submit ads for the Feb. 18 issue is
noon, Feb. 4.

New loan program offers low interest, flexible options for beginning farmers

By Dallas Duncan
Beginning farmers only account for 22 percent of America's producers, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
Now, thanks to a new loan program from Georgia Development Authority, Josh Thompson of Moultrie, Ga., is upping those percentage points. Thompson was the first recipient of the Securing Tomorrow's Agricultural Resources Today loan program, which debuted at the Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition in October 2014.
Thompson first became involved in agriculture as a middle school FFA livestock showman.
"My family and I got into the cattle business back in 2000 to 2001, and since then we've grown from 10 to 15 head of mama cows to 60-plus head of

mama cows and 100-plus acres of Bermuda hay," he said.
Now Thompson is starting his own operation, focusing on cattle, hay and horses. His parents went through GDA back in the 1990s to purchase their land, and they advised him to do the same. He found Assistant Director Donald Wilder.
"I didn't really know about the [START] program and just went to ask a few questions," Thompson said. "He started informing me about the programs that the Development Authority had. He told me he'd help me any which-way he could, and he's been a big help to me."
Though it is a beginning farmer program, producers don't have to be youngsters to apply for the loan. A beginning farmer is anyone who's been
See LOAN, page 12

Joshua Thompson, left, accepts the state's first Securing Tomorrow's Agricultural Resources Today, or START, loan from Georgia Development Authority's Assistant Director Donald Wilder. Photo courtesy Georgia Development Authority

Mail to: Published by the Ga. Department of Agriculture Gary W. Black, Commissioner

GEORGIA GROWN PROFILE: Georgia Seed Development
Corporation bridges gap between breeders, seed suppliers

By Beth Mohler, fall intern
Since its inception in 1959, Georgia Seed Development has been helping Georgia agriculturalists by producing Foundation seed and promoting varieties developed and released from the University of Georgia. GSD, which started off as an agency of the Departmene, is now a,nonprofit public corporation working to shorten the time required to bring new varieties to the marketplace.
"We provide the bridge between the University of Georgia plant breeders and the commercial companies by producing genetically pure Foundation seed and plants of new varieties, supply quality services that support the commercialization of new varieties and act as a catalyst to enhance plant breeding efforts," Executive Director Roger Boerma said.

GSD is Headquartered in Athens, Ga., and ha another location in Plains tha, houseg the peanut prograD. It serves a magnitude of crops important to Georgia agriculture, such as peanuts, small grains, soybeans, blueberries, turfgrasses and pecans. By offering services for so many crops, GSD focuses on helping the state's agricultural strength its
diversity, Boerma said. GSD decided to become a part of the
Georgia Grown program to join other Georgia-centric businesses. It plans tm include the Georgia Grown logo on seed bags, plant materials and on its website and hopes to participate in Georgia Grown educational programs. GSD encourages anyone interested to stop by for a first-hand look at the progress of the past several years. "We would be honored to provide you a guided tour and share with you our vision for the future," Boerma said.

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35 years experience; lakes, ponds built, restored, repaired; new pipe systems without draining; swamps drained, creeks re-routed, land cleared, home sites, timber clean-up, horse farm work; licensed, insured, references. Bobby Karr Fairburn 678973-7645 770-964-5065
37 years experience laser-grading horse arenas, toppings; custom tree clearing, topsoil, dirt, bulk mulch, gravel, barns pads graded, horse paddocks, residential grading, trackhoe, trucking, driveways built, demolition; insured. Bill Butler Braselton 770-231-4662 770-685-0288
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Garden preparation: plowing, subsoiling, tilling, hilling, mounding for small acreage; discounts for community organizations. Steven Humfleet Lilburn 770-696-9218
Land clearing, Bobcat and dump truck work, Bush Hogging; Henry County. Larry Keigley Stockbridge 770-474-3897
Mud and water no problem; beaver dam removal, creek channel cleaning, drainage ditching, silt removal, lake rimming. Jim Moon Oakfield 229535-6562 229-881-0048
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1974 Sears ST-16 lawn and garden tractor; complete for parts or repair;

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Dixon

Gordon

478-628-

Only farm work or farm help 1983 white GMC tractor with a 15-

wanted advertisements allowed. No ton trailer. J. T Austin Douglasville

commercial, industrial or domestic 770-652-2164 770-652-3383

employment permitted.

1986 Case IH485 farm tractor, 53

Cattle and farm worker, class A and horsepower, power steering, good

heavy equipment operator. Shane rubber, solid tractor, 1,386 hours, quit

Martin Zebulon 770-695-5383

working last year. Wesley Johnson

Farm needs live-in caretaker for six Rutledge 678-614-2043 678-373-

to eight horses; in exchange for apart- 7016

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Smoot Social Circle glennsmoot@ 48-foot flatbed rebel trailer; $7,000.

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Looking for experienced poultry 5448

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serious inquiries only. Pam Duckworth mud hog, duals less than 2,000 hours

Calhoun 706-346-0217

on new engine; $22,500. Mike Waters

Seeking experienced, responsible Statesboro watersfarms@bulloch.net

person for barn work on horse farm; 912-682-7249

20-plus hours weekly. Melanie How- 2-M Farmall, 1-H Farmall for sale;

ington Bishop mommel@mindspring. 2-M Farmall and 1-H Farmall parts,

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Only farm machinery and equipment 2001 Mahindra 4110 (39 horsepow-

owned by the advertiser and used in er) four-wheel drive tractor, loader,

his/her own farming operation can be five-foot Bush Hog; $14,000 OBO.

advertised; those persons advertising Christopher Bauch Molena south-

for machinery and equipment wanted ernman51@hotmail.com 678-326-

must be seeking those items for their own farming operation.
`52 Ford 8N, completely rebuilt, new paint, new rear tires; $3,500 firm. MJ Hemphill Toccoa 706-886-3437
1586 International tractor, runs well,

2853
2004 Kubota; 4x4 GST cab with A/C and radio; front end loader with 980 hours; $24,500; one owner. Ken Martin Jefferson 706-215-1063

new tires, front new seat, new ex- 2004 Massey Ferguson 431 trac-

haust; $4,500. Bill Earnest Folkston tor, 52 horsepower diesel, 200 hours,

billearnest@myway.com 912-276- bucket mower, auger box blade;

4142

$15,000. Pat Waldrop Carrollton

1940s A model Farmall tractor with 678-378-2930

belly mower, used in summer; can 2010 John Deere 8270R tractor,

send pictures; $2,300 OBO. Jerry Jar- 1,560 hours, excellent condition.

rell Unadilla 478-867-3824

Wayne Hobbs Vienna 229-805-

1947 John Deere M, restored, and a new three point hitch, nice tractor; $5,000 firm. Randy Kitchens Covington 404-213-7186
1948 Ferguson tractor, new tires, power take-off, three-point hitch; make offer, call any time. Bobby Barber Statham 678-726-7186

0712
2011 John Deere 5045; two-wheel drive with loader, like new, 108 hours, sheltered. W H Hortman Roberta 478-714-3210 478-345-1699
235 Massey Ferguson with 2345 QT Bush Hog, front end loader and spear; power steering; $5,500. Charles Reynolds Oxford 770-548-3785

1952 Ford 8N, 12-volt, new radia- 240 IHC tractor, 240 model, New tor, starter, alternator, gauges, $2,500; Holland, rake, fluffer, baler, box

five-foot Rotovator, eight-foot front- scrape. Lynne Rhinehart Ringgold

mounted Walton Bladew cylinder, 706-338-7176

seven hoses, $1,200. J.R. Sullivan 240 Massey Ferguson tractor, die-

Vidalia 912-537-4944

sel, power steering, good condition;

1954 WD Allis Chalmers, runs, three- set smooth harrow; $4,700 for both.

point hitch; leave a message please. Wesley Milford Lula 770-983-3155

Danny Farmer Danielsvillle 706-789-

3294

GMD-55 Kuhn disk mower, both stored in barn, good condition. Lamar Long Chatsworth 706-695-5906
35 Ferguson tractor and mower; $5,900. Craig Selph McRae tammyselph@yahoo.com 229-315-8909
5300 John Deere 4x4 with loader, 1,400 hours, $19,000, no cab; Ford 4600 with loader, great condition, $5,800. Buck Dills Blairsville 706897-1235
5488 International tractor, new paint, new interior, cold, A/C with duals. Wesley Taylor Fitzgerald 229-4250870
66-inch box blade with teeth, good condition; $300. Jesse Littlejohn Yatesville 770-468-8607
690B John Deere excavator, good condition, job-ready; $12,000 OBO. L. H. English Douglas 912-592-6555
855 New Holland baler; $2,000. Jimmy Lanier Portal 912-865-2638
8N Ford 1952 tractor, six-volt; homemade trailer; $2,500. Albert Norris Ellijay pat30536@etcmail.com 706273-4171
Adams 20-foot litter spreader, like new. Joe Moore Union Point 706338-2747
Allis Chalmers 160, 40 horsepower, Perkins diesel; 2,500 hours, excellent condition; $5,750. Billy Cagle Cartersville 770-382-9391 770-796-1942
Allis Chalmers G engine, apart, have hood, air cleaner; $350 OBO. Tommy Butler Dawsonville 770-887-4064 678-901-6073
Allis Chalmers HD6B dozer, engine, drive train, rebuilt, 150 hours, excellent condition, under roof; $9,750. Carl Kelley Madison 706-246-0715
Amadas 2100 six-row peanut combine, six-row, 36-inch KMC peanut plow hydraulic, six-row AMDAS reshaker, six-row Buffalo cultivator. Tracy Williams Swainsboro 478-2373237
Belly disk plow for Cub tractor, likenew condition; $250. James E Cantrell Clermont 770-519-2936
Boom pole, nine-foot, extra heavy duty with hook on end; $150. Bobby Grant Dalton 706-226-9389
Box blade, five-foot, no rippers, $200; scrape blade, Bush Hog brand, five-foot, $200. Jim Bishop Franklin 706-675-3943
Bush Hog, cultivator, good condition; $600. James Babb Waynesboro 706-360-8299
Case 3220 tractor with loader, ready to go to work; recently serviced; $10.500. Kurt Sutherland Calhoun 678-986-7221

other related work; statewide ser- 706-224-1259

1955 Farmall 100, a lot of equipment

vice. Robert Hayes Hartwell 706- Sawmilling service with Wood-Miz- for planting; Pavo calls only. Lanny

376-6708

er; will come to your site to cut lumber Cooper Pavo 229-224-4992

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Bush Hog, drives scraped, post from your timber. Gary Batts Juliette 1959 Allis Chalmers, model D-14

holes, tilling services. Larry Boatright 478-960-9960

tractor; stored under shed, good

Dallas 678-386-1466

Stumps ground neatly below ground restoration project, second owner;

Bush Hog, rotary mow, garden and level; reasonably priced; free esti- $1,200. Claudette Griffin Guyton 912-

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bale square hay; Monroe County area. 867-2718

1962 Dexta Perkins rebuilt engine,

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Clearing, grading, roads, lakes and painting and heavy equipment work ley Dallas 770-974-4772 ponds; rock, dirt delivered; all types in the Fort Valley, Macon area. Fareed 1967 John Deere 3020 restored,

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Case lawn mower, 46-inch deck, Ford 4000 with Bush Hog brand I have a FM60Y five-foot finishTroy-Bilt tillers, all sizes and type. BJ Bush Hog; 1969 model diesel, good ing mower in great condition; asking Gothard McDonough 404-579-4628 condition, with remote hydraulics; $650. John McCombs Rockmart
Case six-foot, heavy swivel scrape $5,500. James Bryant LaGrange 770-301-1843

blade, like new; $295. Bud Green Alto 706-302-7300

John Deere 06 9970 cotton picker,

706-778-9302

Ford 600 tractor, $3,195; 8N Ford, 1,255 hours, excellent condition;

CAT D6 C bulldozer with root rake $2,200; all-purpose plow, $350; $125,000; harrow four-row stalk pull-

and blade; good undercarriage, irriga- scrape blade, $300; harrow, $450; er. Hugh Hosch Waynesboro 770-

tion pipe. James Kinnett McRae 478- boom pole, $100. Norris Houze Hi- 789-3258

285-3486 229-868-2542

ram 404-791-6523

John Deere 110 lawn mower with

Chipper-shredder; Troy-Bilt, five Ford 7610 with Q/C loader, 90-plus round fenders, not running; $500.

horsepower, two extra screens in horsepower, dual remotes, good tires, John Itson Pelham 229-294-0486

boxes, like new; $550. Ron Wolfe Al- new paint, good condition; $16,800. John Deere 1700 air planters, excel-

bany 229-291-4207

Kevin Campbell McDonough 770- lent condition, $7,500; John Deere,

Ditch Witch 4010, A420 backhoe 274-9093

26-foot, 235 harrow, good disk bear-

with trailer, works well; $5,000 OBO. Ford 8N, $1,650; runs well with good ings, field-ready, $4,000. Bobby

Alan Noon Hampton anoonpac@ gmail.com 404-234-0212
Eight-disk Taylor-Way B&B harrow, new 24-inch disks (spring); $850 cash or trade five-foot finish mower. William Mack Maysville 770-294-4994
Eight-foot scrape blade, Rhino, like new; New Idea Manever spreader; 16-

tires, some three-point equipment. Nelson Massey Conyers 770-4832639
Ford sickle mower, seven-foot cut; King Kutter finish mower, six-foot cut; $200 each OBO. Stanley M Daniel Thomaston 706-975-1427

Akridge Ocilla 229-686-0140
John Deere 1972 4320 fully restored, new tires, with loader model 158. Lynn Schultz Louisville 706-526-7262
John Deere 3020, excellent condition, 90 percent, Kobbar; $6,800. Randy Thrash Ocilla 229-347-2368
John Deere 6359 F pumping unit,

foot Gooseneck dump trailer, metal, Four 9N Ford tractors. Robert Col- high pressure 550 GPA per minute,

two-ton self feeders, three-axle. Ju- lins Resaca 706-602-9027

1,850 hours, sheltered, good condi-

lius Dozier Appling 706-447-1630

Four- or five-bottom plow; $500; tion. Floyd Knowles McRae 229-315-

Eight-row KMC disk bedder and ready to plow. Danny Williams Kite 0409 229-362-4855

eight-row red ball hooded sprayer. danbo@pineland.net 478-278-6320 John Deere 7000, four-row bean

Pat West Pinehurst 229-928-7427

Four-foot pull-type side winder Bush planter; 12-foot rotary tiller with

Eight-wheel hay rake, three-point Hog, some rust cuts, good manual brackets for John Deere 71 planters.

excellent, $900; also four-wheel height adjustable; $250 OBO. Chris James Martin Waynesboro 706-558-

rake, three-point, both, $1,100. Da- North Carrollton 770-842-4198

5005

vid Odom Thomaston 706-646-9693 Galion motor grader, T-500-E, sell- John Deere 7810, MFWD, P/S, cab,

770-715-5761

ing for parts; $2,000. Everett Dubose 8,032 hours, three SCVs, very good

Farmall 140 Super A front end loader Carrollton 404-406-7411

condition; $49,000 OBO. Ted Milliron

for Shibaura SD4000AD-0. Clyde Harrell five-bottom switch plow, Shellman 229-317-3795

Parker Chatsworth 706-847-8517 KMC Ripper Spider; 1086 Interna- John Deere 913 F grain platform,

Fertilizer spreader 400 pounds, tional tractor, engine, transmission good condition, field-ready; asking

power take-off driven, $300; 5x16 bumer, pintle hitch wagon, lights, parade-ready, $650 OBO. Roy Watson Senoia 706-538-1185 404-6426766
Finishing mower, Woods, six-foot, heavy duty, like new; $1,250, sells

rebuilt, new clutch, pressure plate, steering pump. Larry Hart Glenwood 478-463-3140
Heavy-duty Case backhoe, 36-inch bucket, $400; five-foot side winder mower, fair condition, $300. L. Hanley

$4,750 OBO. Dylan Kirkley Covington 678-725-4744
John Deere deer plot drill, seven or eight feet wide, works on threepoint hitch; $2,100. Royce Hulett Hazlehurst 912-253-0161 912-3753008

new $2,750. Eddie Watson Waco Hull 706-433-1043

John Deere model WH 53, offset

770-574-7020

Heavy-duty dirt scoop for three- harrow, 14-disk, pull-type with cylin-

Ford 3000 tractor, gas and five-foot point hitch; $250. Russ Berry La- der; $1,100. Shirley Harrison Carlton

Bush Hog; good rubber and sheet Grange 706-302-4619

706-743-5787

metal; $3,800. Mike Crane Bremen Hi-Low hay tacker; $300. George John Deere MRX six-foot Bush Hog,

770-363-4378

Harper Palmetto 770-463-3702

like new; $1,900. Harry Hughes Warm

Springs 706-655-2475

John Deere sickle mower, nine-foot,

$600; John Deere round bale mover,

hauls four rolls, $3,000; livestock

bumper-pull, four-foot, $900. J. W.

Adkins Vienna 229-805-0255

John Deere, hand start older, re-

stored, $3,500; flywheel engine, run-

ning, Maytag, $275. Kermit Simmons

Jefferson 770-867-7550

KMC peanut reshaker, hydraulic

fold, new chains, spockets and D

drive bearings. John Hagan Dixie

229-263-2358

KMC six-row cultivator, 300-gallon

tank and front mount; 125 Case IH

flip plow with drag. Donnie Keene Ab-

beville 229-425-8055

Kubota 7200 BST; 17 horsepower,

all fluids changed, new seat, in family

since new, everything works; $4,500.

Larry Barnes Cumming 678-360-

0266

L-3000 Kubota, four-wheel drive,

power steering, diesel, 30 horse-

power, Bush Hog, harrow, blade,

cultivator, planter; priced seperately.

David Phillips Carnesville 706-498-

5165

Late model 85 horsepower John

Deere/Rainbow four-sixth-inch irriga-

tion pump with three-phase genera-

tor, runs great. Danny Crumley Tifton

229-402-4484

Lawson pasture aerator, $15,000;

Massey Ferguson 43 grain drill, 12

feet, $3,750; New Holland 256 hay

rake, $800. Ted Smith Washington

Dangaflat@yahoo.com 706-214-

0442

Lt40E15 Wood-Mizer; cuts 21-foot

logs, winch log turner, 480- or 220-

volt, three-phase. Tommy Jackson

Juliette 478-986-9446

Mahindra, 65 horsepower tractor,

Alice Johnson of Elko, Ga., sent in this photo of cosmos flowers she grew. They 4x4, front end loader, 210 hours, six-

were planted in February and bloomed until the frost. She said they were very pretty foot box scrape; $24,600. Daniel Hol-

all year long.

combe Adairsville 770-608-2260

Massey Ferguson 230; clean tractor; Sitrex eight-wheel rake; $1,000.

everything works, no leaks, full engine Tommy Vaughn Forsyth 478-256-

rebuild with 99 hours. Philip Hengler 6395

Snellville philbrt4all@gmail.com 770- Sitrex eight-wheel v-rake, $1,500;

608-4790 770-972-2175

New Holland BR7050 roller, 4x4 rolls,

Massey Ferguson 245 tractor, 46 $10,500. Ross Holcomb Lexington

horsepower, diesel power, good con- 706-540-1002

duction. Emory Thomas Jefferson 404-402-3824
Mini compost spreader, made in Canada, ground driven, can be pulled by ATV; 4x9x6 feet; $475. H.M Greene

Six-foot box scrape with rippers, excellent condition; $350. Raymond Harrison Flowery Branch 770-9656287

Tallapoosa 770-833-1035

Six-foot John Deere Bush Hog,

MR1442 Hardee, hydraulic boom $600; six-foot Mowey John Deere,

mower, 13-foot reach; two, four joy- $300; 14-foot John Deere tilt trailer,

sticks, no remotes needed, new; $1,100. Ben McGreggor Macon 478-

$10,000. Joe Hood LaFayette 706- 935-2700

638-8644

Six-foot scrape blade, will offset

New 66-inch box scrape; $400. if needed, Mohawk, $425; five-foot

Wayne Morris Dallas 770-445-5347 scrape blade, Frontier, $325. W.A. Al-

New Holland 1049 bale wagon, 160 len Commerce 706-677-3300

bales, Ford gas V-8, downsizing hay Taylor-Way 28-foot harrow, like new

operation; $12,000 OBO. Frank Flem- disk with drag; in good condition,

ing Athens 706-202-0533

field-ready. Donnie Hopkins Fitzger-

New Holland 640 baler, auto, tie ald 229-424-3261

wide pick-up, good conditon. Bob Hill Taylor-Way backhoe, 6.5, 18-inch

Griffin 770-227-2383

bucks, green, red ball, six- or four-row

New Holland hay rake, six-foot hooder, sprayer, green. Lora Hosch

Bush Hog, 18-disk section harrow, 60 Buford 770-945-3971

horsepower gear box, all good con- Three-point hitch, offset with power

dition. Clay Pentecost Winder 601-3855

770-

take-off tills, DPOPS seed and covers, good condition; $2,500. Bob

One Farmall Cub tractor with cul- Brady Augusta 706-373-8397

tivators; with equipment. Jerry Taylor Tyrone 770-632-1278 770-6321278
One John Deere 320 skid steer loader, good price; one Case CPX .610/ pkr, $60,000. Ralph Nutt Cordele

Tractor: Massey Ferguson 245; good condition; 1984, `85; owned by same family entire life, garage-kept. Steve Graham Powder Springs 770-7576197

229-276-5336

Troy-Bilt horse garden tiller and at-

Peanut wagon, $100; one-row cultivator, $100. Tillie J Harris Preston 228-939-0214

tachments, Kohler engine; $700; excellent condition. Shawn Davis Marietta 404-202-2599

Planters, cultivators, John Deere and Troy-Bilt walk-behind jet sweeper, Cole planters; subsoilers, Bush Hogs, leaf blower; 6.5 horsepower, good

16-disk harrows, bottom plows; cash. condition. Drucilla Stowers Dawson-

Carl Crosby Blackshear 912-449- ville, 770-789-4052

6573

Two 1960 Dexta diesel tractors,

Savage pecan cleaner, elevator, nut one good with bad transmission,

sizer; great condition; all for $12,000 other good transmission; $3,500.

OBO. Thomas Clements Rutledge Morris C Gilreath Gainesville 770-

770-335-6315

532-1424

Sawmill under shelter with 48- and Two five-foot Bush Hogs with power

54-inch blades; edger and large deisel take-off shafts, $400 each; dirt scoop,

motor. Melvin Thomas Gainesville $150; all in good condition. Kenny

770-534-7163

Crumley Oxford 770-787-5499

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2015

Backhoe, year 2000 or newer, Kom- 55-gallon food grade metal drums, Hit-and-miss five horsepower, econ-

Livestock Sales and Events

atsu or name brand with cab heat/air, lids; 55-gallon plastic drums, food omy with belt pulley, Plessville, runwould like with extended hoe. Roy grade, two plastic bung plugs in top; ning. W C Quarles Dawsonville 706-

Calendar

Garrett Bowden 777-258-5627

$20 each. Windle Sneed Ellijay 706- 265-3732

Belt-driven grain grist mill. David 276-7027

Horton 2007 24-inch, six-ton equip-

Hein Dunwoody 404-803-9433

6.5x16 flatbed trailer, dual wheels; ment trailer, treated floor, two five-

APPLING COUNTY 1st & 3rd Saturdays: S&D Goat Sales,
Baxley Fairgrounds; begins at 12:30 p.m.; goats, pigs, poultry, calves. Call Steve Smith, 912-367-9268 or 912-278-1460
ATKINSON COUNTY 2nd & 4th Saturdays: Livestock auc-
tion at Pearson Livestock; sale at 1

MARION COUNTY Every Thursday: Auction 41 Goat
Sale, miscellaneous equipment; 6 p.m. goat sale; 7 p.m. poultry and small animals; 4275 Georgia Highway 41 N, Buena Vista. Call Jim Rush, 706-326-3549 or 229-649-9940. Email auction41@windstream.net

Cultivators for Farmall Cub, mid needs tires, wiring; $1,500 OBO. Hen- sixteenths coupler, good condition;

1950s, red, call with what you have. ry Cooper Conyers 404-520-3546 $3,500. Debbie Breazeale Washing-

David G Holley Harlem 706-556-6984 65 heavy rough-side block fence ton 706-678-2003

Ford 309 corn planters; in good posts, $2 each. E. Sims Carnesville John Deere, HD battery, SWCOM-

condition, or planters with useable 706-384-5279

30H, 700 CCA, new with warranty;

parts. Marvin Pritchett Ellijay 706- Antique (1800s or older) Georgia $140. James T Archer Dacula 770-

273-0452

grain bins from farm. Glenn Eskew 963-6036

Ford 4000 row crop tractor, want die- Madison gteskew@gsu.edu 706- L.B. white chicken house, furnaces.

sel engine with wide front end. Chuck 818-8815

Helen Davis Waleska 770-796-5981

Phillips Cumming 678-414-2313

Barrels, plastic heavy-duty, 55-gal- Large greenhouse heaters, four

p.m.; goats, sheep, poultry, small animals; 1168 Highway 441 N, Pearson; Call 229-798-0271 or 912-422-3211
BLECKLEY COUNTY 2nd & 4th Saturdays: Farm miscel-
laneous at 10 a.m.; goats, chickens at 1 p.m.; Buggy Town Auction, 290 Ash Street, Cochran; GAL #3177. Call Jimmy Burnette, 770-584-0388 or 678-972-4599
COOK COUNTY 1st & 3rd Saturdays: Small animal
sale; goats, sheep and poultry, 1 p.m.; miscellaneous merchandise, 6 p.m.; Deer Run Auction; Highway 76, Adel-Nashville Highway, Adel; GAL 001800. Call 229-560-2898 or 229-896-4553

NEWTON COUNTY 2nd & 4th Saturdays: Pony Express
Stockyard Horse & Tack Auction, 5 p.m.; GAL AUNR002843; 1852 Highway 11 S, Covington. Call Scott Bridges, 704-434-6389 or 704-473-8715
STEPHENS COUNTY Every Thursday: Chickens, rabbits,
related small animal sale; Northeast Georgia Sale; 6 p.m.; GAL #3478; Eastanollee Livestock Market, Highway 17 between Toccoa and Lavonia. Call 706-779-5944 or 706-599-7606
2nd Saturdays: W and W Livestock, LLC Horse Sales, Eastanollee Livestock Auction, Eastanollee. Call Brad Wood, 864-903-0296

DECATUR COUNTY 2nd & 4th Saturdays: Livestock auc-
tion, Waddell Auction Barn; Climax; goats, sheep, poultry, small animals at 1 p.m.; miscellaneous at 10 a.m.; GAL AU003249. Call 229-246-4955 or 229-416-7217
EMANUEL COUNTY 2nd & 4th Saturdays: R&R Goat and
Livestock Auction; goats, 12 p.m.; chickens, caged animals to follow; 526 Georgia Highway 56 N, Swainsboro; Ron Claxton, GAL #3485. Call 478-237-8825 (days)

3rd Saturdays: Goat and sheep sale, 12 p.m.; Agri Auction Sales at Eastanollee Livestock Market; Highway 17 between Toccoa and Lavonia. Call Ricky Chatham, 706-491-2812 or Jason Wilson, 706-491-8840
TAYLOR COUNTY 1st & 3rd Tuesdays: Poultry, goat and
feeder-breeder pig sale; poultry, 6 p.m.; hogs and goats, 7 p.m. RockRidge Livestock Auction, off SR 128, south of Reynolds. Call 478-847-3664 or 706-975-5732

JEFF DAVIS COUNTY 1st & 3rd Fridays: Horse sale, 7:30
p.m.; Circle Double S, 102 Lumber City Highway, Hazlehurst. Call Steve Underwood, 912-5946200 (night) or 912-375-5543 (day)
JONES COUNTY Every Saturday: Spring selling hours:
hatching eggs, biddies at 5:30 p.m.; goats and sheep, 7 p.m.; poultry, small animals follow; merchandise, 4 p.m.; 1035 Monticello Highway, gray; GAL AU-C002992; www.bradleywaysideauction.com. Call Nancy Wilson, 478-986-4413 Email bradleywaysideauction@ gmail.com
LAMAR COUNTY Every Friday: Farm miscellaneous at 5
p.m.; baby chickens, eggs at 6 p.m.; goats and poultry at 7 p.m.; Buggy Town Auction, 1315 Highway 341 S, Barnesville; GAL #3177. Call 770-358-0872/1786

TELFAIR COUNTY 2nd & 4th Thursdays: Chickens, fowl,
goats and sheep; check-in at 1 p.m., sale at 6:30 p.m. Horse Creek Auction, between Dublin and McRae off Highway 441. Call 478-595-5418
TOOMBS COUNTY 1st & 3rd Saturdays: Livestock sale
starts at 10 a.m.; tack, horses; pigs at 11:30; cows at 12; goats at 1 p.m.; poultry sale follows; Metter Livestock Market, Lyons; GAL 3415. Call Lewie Fortner, 478-553-6066
WHITE COUNTY Every Saturday: Small animals,
chickens, rabbits, sheep, goats and horse sale; 4 p.m.; Coker Sale Barn, Duncan Bridge Road at Old Chattahoochee Livestock Barn. Call Wayne Coker, 706-540-8418

Ford 7109 loader, fits Ford 2120 lon, 20-inch screw top, air tight, food heaters total; kerosene or diesel fuel;

FWD tractor. Brian Moffett Senoia grade; $35, while supplies last. Bill $1,250 each. Mike Rhodes Dexter

678-329-7677

Sewell Brunswick 912-270-8278

478-875-3630

Fuel tank for 3930 New Holland Ford Blue 55-gallon plastic drums, closed Lick tank, two-wheel, 285-gallon

Tractor. Harvey Myers Social Circle tops, two twist-off caps, food grade, tank; great condition; $150. Mark

770-464-2039

other types sometimes available. Eu- Woodham Madison 706-752-0077

John Deere 3940 silage chopper, for gene Needham Loganville 770-466- Miller Dialare 250 AC/DC welder,

parts. Pete Miller Attapulgus 229- 4284

220-volt. Charles Benton Newnan

254-3987

Cedar paneling, aeromatic Eastern 770-251-5628

Log tongs, large size for lifting and red hardwood, dry storage, 31 years, Money-making ice cream factory:

skididng. John Edmonson Midland approximately 400 feet; $700. E. two 1931 John Deere hit-and-miss

706-568-1281

Hood Cleveland 706-878-6040

engines, three old fashioned ice

Pecan sweeper; Weiss McNair, Flory Chore-Time feed lines, all pans cream churns, three trailers; $10,000.

or Weiss; tractor-mounted. Cason An- flood, used less than five years. excel- Jess Arnett Tifton 229-382-6517

derson Kathleen 478-952-2875

lent condition. Lynda Hackney Rocky No. 15 cooking-grade wash pot;

Propane-powered tractor, at least Face 706-673-9548

blacksmith tools, anvils, tongs,

45 horsepower, in good condition. T. Clean 55-gallon metal drums with Hardees, broad ax (horseshoe) ham-

Busby Dawson 229-343-3627

lids. Leonard Crane Dawsonville mer. Ben Hendrick Austell 770-948-

Reynolds dirt pan, five-yard. Vinh Ta 678-947-6744 404-210-1516

9842

Buena Vista 229-314-0530

Custom cut lumber, Wood-Mizer Refrigeration equipment from Kolsawn lumber; air, kiln-dried milled; pac: walk-in cooler, freezer and cooler

FARM SUPPLIES

barns, fences, flooring, paneling, three-phase; $200. John Carter Tig-

houses, cabinetry, horse shavings. nall harvestmoonjohn@gmail.com

If you have questions regarding ads John Sell Milner 770-480-2326

706-401-7558

in this category, call 404-656-3722. Dual tank air compressor, electric Round hay hauler, forks with hand-

1,000 feet lumber and turning start, gas, Honda motor, new; $600. operated wrench; $100. William

blocks; tiger maple, ambrosia maple, Loretta McClure Carrollton 770-490- Hutchings Sandersville 478-552-

basswood, oak, poplar, cherry, pine. David Gray Bowdon 770-655-4674
14x25-foot greenhouse, metal frame and metal louver vent; $350. Terry M Archer Lizella 478-836-9137
15-, 20-, 30-gallon plastic, bung plugs, 55-gallon lock ring metal, 55-gallon burn barrel, 55-gallon stainless, etc. Jimmy Cannon Canton 770889-2342
150-bushel gravity grain wagon; $800. Clark Powell Wrightsville 478864-3700
16-foot long, seven-foot wide trailer with sides, pull-out ramps, two axles, trailer box model; $800. Kenneth Funderburk Waverly Hall 706-5822654
20 aluminum pallets, skids; 24 by 36 by 3 inches; $15 each. Josh Daniels Atlanta 678-600-1671

3149
Duerr 20-ton log splitter, five horsepower, Briggs, vertical, horizontal, sheltered, original owner, ready to work; $675 OBO. Sam Saliba Jr. Marietta 770-514-1431
Five fluted steel poles with base, 28 feet long, top four inches wide, bottom eight inches wide; $200 each. Billy Greer Hampton 404-444-2436
Flooring oak and pine; tongue and groove; various widths, also beadboard and wood shavings; call for prices. William Briggs Union City/Atlanta 404-349-2315
Four stainless steel gasoline tanks, four-gallon, with straps; $10 each. Carl Dobson Atlanta 404-247-7343
Generator: Honda EM5000S, with GEM/TRAN house hookup; never used; $1,700. Judy Wallace Jackson 770-775-0876 404-427-0960

0606
Sawmill lumber: pine, poplar, oak, cedar, walnut, etc.; boards, beams, slabs, portable sawing; starting at 25 cents. Todd Chaney Cartersville 404861-7402
Sears comb. heat, A/C unit, 230 vac, natural, LP gas, outdoor installation, never used, for farm and barn; $1,800. Jim Bullard Marietta 678-488-1027
Shop Smith model 5 with attachments and accessories, hardly used; $1,650. M Bailey Redan 770-4822812
Six rolls 2x4 welded wire, 12.5 gauge,100 feet; never used; $75 each or all for $400. Roger Dalton Winder 678-863-2133
Six to eight used utility poles, excellent condition; can be used for fences, barn upkeep, etc. Allen Smith Pow-

20-foot bumper pull heavy-duty Greenhouse: Turner 8x14 with Gal- der Springs 770-943-6640

trailer with dove tail, ramps, dual ax- valume frame and fiberglass covering; Six-inch, 20-foot blue PVC pipe,

les; $2,500. Lamar Bryant Cleveland pictures available; asking $350. Lee $30; six-inch, 22-foot suction pipe

706-878-8509

Rusk Woodstock leerusk@bellsouth. with strainer, $250. Mark Carroll

2005 Delta Gooseneck trailer, over net 770-928-1195 770-928-1195

Plainville 706-234-5344 706-266-

the top tool box, sheltered, like new; Heavy-duty four-shank subsoiler; 6871

$3,500. Kenneth Corbin Chickamau- 200-gallon round steel fuel tank, Three new trailer tires and wheels,

ga 706-539-1208 423-260-6602

$200; Gill roll over, $400; and other 235-30-16 on white spoked, six-lug

2014 Gooseneck enclosed trailer, items. Dennis Christopher Mansfield wheels; $325 for all. J. L. Petty Su-

never used, 7,000-pound torsion 770-385-0714 404-558-1637

wanee 770-656-1821

axles, remote control hydralic jack,

extras; $18,000 OBO. Dave Harris Gainesville 678-617-2074
21 feet, eight-inch wide steel beam;

Georgia producers donated 10

can used for cattle gate, stablizing barn, etc. Bobby Robinson Bartow

million pounds of

Notices for auctions selling farm-related items other than livestock must be accompanied by the auction license number of the principal auctioneer or auction firm conduction the auction, per regulations from the Georgia Secretary

678-767-8731 225 five-foot iron posts in Clarkes-
ville, Ga.; to be used on farm pasture,

produce to food banks this year.

of State. Auctions without this information will not be published.

fencing, etc. Al Thornton Cumming

Have an auction to put on our calendar? Contact Dallas Duncan at 404-656- 678-357-5432

For more infor-

3722 or dallas.duncan@agr.georgia.gov.

30-foot, seven-ton Gooseneck trail-

er with dovetail; $3,800. Jeremy Gar-

Vermeer two-piece Traveler, pea bean sheller; three-point hitch pal-

Farm Machinery Wanted

rett Kite 478-521-2340 300-gallon elliptical tank and brack-

let mover, three-point quick hitch for 1972 Massey Ferguson parts tractor, et; $900. Derrick Irby Montezuma

fast-hitching wagons. Dave McKim seven-foot rotary mower; leave phone 478-217-0004

Montezuma 478-472-8096

number. John Gunn Jr. Reynolds 300-plus gallon plastic tank (tote) in

Wahlberg smoothing harrow, 20- 478-847-3387

metal cages, five-inch caps on top,

disk, adjustable angle, like new; $650. 8N Ford and Farmall Cub tractors for valve in bottom; $50 each. C. Stovall

Harvel Hamm Carrollton 770-854- parts, running or not. Thomas Tucker Dahlonega 678-491-9838

6675

Lithia Springs 770-941-2354

4x8 chicken coop with trap door.

Wood-Mizer LT15, 13 horsepower, Backhoe, 2000 year or newer, prefer Deborah Shand Loganville 770-294Kohler, manual start, 10-foot six Komatsu or Volvo cab air, e-mail with 3418

bed, can be extended; $4,500 cash. picture. Roy Garrett Bowdon RG- 500-gallon LP gas tank; $450, will

Leonard Draper Cedartown 770- LUKE418@AOL.COM 770-258-5627 load. Dewayne Thompson States-

748-2042

770-328-2110

boro 912-531-3490

mation on how your farm can get involved in this campaign, contact Dustin Lard of the Georgia Food Bank Association at 912-764-7675, or visit georgiafoodbankassociation.org.

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Tractor tire, 14x9x28, $75; two trac- Black polled registered Beefmas- Registered Angus bulls, 15 months, Two heavy-bred Charolais-cross ADGA Alpines, dairy goats, CAE-

tor tires, 8x16, $50; hay fork spear, ter bulls; 18 to 22 months old, gentle excellent bloodlines, docile, semen- cows. Brandon Webb Crandall 706- free, healthy milkers, yearling klds

three-point hitch, $100. Joe Neill vet breeding, soundness tested and tested, good frames without free 483-8957

for sale; $350 to $600. Angela Peevy

Newnan 770-253-4261

passed. David Flood Tunnel Hill 706- choice feeding. Rucker McDonald Two Simmental-Red Angus cross Dacula apeevy@montagefarm.com

Tractor tire, size 9.5; 15S; tri-rib, 537-3633

Calhoun 770-313-7080

bulls; one registered Red Angus bull, 678-873-3017

great condition; $60. Harold Jones Black registered polled Beefmaster Registered Angus calves, two bulls, calving ease 9, birth weight 3.3, 11 Boer buck; 8 months, grandson

LaFayette 706-639-3982

bulls, 16 to 24 months; gentle, se- two heifers, 7 to 10 months; excel- months. Joe Gibson Rome 706-506- of Powell/Holman Bingos Super-

Trusses; $4 and up; call for sizes men-tested, wormed, shots; Synergy, lent bloodlines: GAR Fusion, Traveler; 3026

man, Bingos Supermans King; solid,

and prices. Scott Clark Nashville Sir Kaffan, Black Magic bloodlines. calving ease. David Strawn Clermont Young Simbrah and Simmental bulls square, wide, Enobled. Dez Tolar

bclark7@windstream.net 229-686- Vernon Turner Dalton 706-278-7814 678-617-9717

and heifers. Cliff Adams Bowdon Homer 678-943-3076

2778

Bred Angus-Hereford cross cows, Registered Beefmaster polled bulls, 770-258-2069

Experienced Shetland starter herd

Two 13.6x28 tires, repairable, free; also exposed heifers, six bred Angus- red or black, good builds. Cary Bittick

Swine

available; three ewes and one ram,

one carryall, three-point hitch, 23x48, Hereford cross heifers, due Dec. 15. Forsyth 478-957-0095

unique colors, call if interested. Hope

$250. Carl Smith Jonesboro 770- B. Hall Pavo 229-859-2764

Registered Black Angus bull, 3 years If you have questions regarding ads Bennett Cleveland 706-348-7279

478-2742

Breeding age (15 months and old- old, good bloodline. John Davis Mc- in this category, call 404-656-3722.

Four Boer-Kiko mix billy goats; very

Two 34-inch Massey spin-out rims, $100 each; John Deere 60 - inch commerical mower deck for 750 tractor, $700; good condition. James Wilhite Jefferson 706-870-4470
Two four-foot Hired Hand curtain vent machines, new in box; $600 each OBO. Bob Orton Buena Vista

er) Simmental, SimAngus, Charolais bulls, semen-tested, low birth EPDs. Scott Carey Madison 706-474-0738
Calving ease, milking ability, gentleness, registered polled Shorthorn bulls, show heifers, steers, excellent quality, Club Calf member. Ken Bridges Commerce 706-768-3480

Donough 770-603-2368
Registered Black Angus bull, Traveler 71, Bando Emulous, New Design; 32 months; registered Gelbvieh cows. Dennis Hinton Covington 770-7862014
Registered Black Angus bull; 13 months, complete and objective, very

Advertisers submitting swine ads must submit proof of a negative brucellosis and pseudorabies test from within the past 30 days. Exceptions are swine from a validated brucellosisfree and qualified pseudorabies-free herd; these operations must submit proof of that certification. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the test

healthy, good looking goats; $110 each. Judit Varga Conyers 770-4025357
Fullblood registered Dorper ram, 15 months, approximately 250 pounds, Codon tested QR. Robin Rau Colquitt Shelbyacres@windstream.net 229416-5199

229-815-7927

Charolais-Angus, young bulls, cross, good carcass EPDs. Dennis Scott needs to be sent along with it. For ads Gulf Coast wethers; outstanding

Two greenhouses; 20x96 feet, heat- great bulls, see to believe. Danny Sylvania 912-682-4422

submitted online, the test can be at- fine crimpy wool, perfect for spinners;

ers, fans, drippers, 2x8-foot tables Brady Hephzibah 706-231-8563

Registered Black Angus bulls, 1 to 3 tached using the attachments button. photos and wool sample available.

and some supplies. Ronald Rakestraw CMC Limousin, Lim-Flex bulls, lead- years; AI-sired, calving ease, docile, Buyers are urged to request proof of Pamela Johnson Kingsland Didge@

Dallas 404-216-6859

ing AI sires; performance ultrasound, halter broke, semen-tested, excellent a negative brucellosis and pseudora- tds.net 678-340-7507

Two large concrete water troughs; all black, polled, 12 to 24 months old. pedigrees; $2,000 to $4,000. Smasher bies test prior to purchase.

High percentage Boer billy goat; 5

never used; $300 for both; 1,000-gal- Jerry Bradley Covington 678-201- Bradley McDonough 770-560-6100 Hampshire, Yorkshire, Duroc bred years old, can email pictures. Bar-

lon, you move. Don Sellers Athens 2287 678-201-2287

Registered Black Angus bulls, 12 gilts, $450 each; bred sows, $400 bara Osborne Americus bhosborne@

706-424-5365 706-548-7660

Five registered Red Angus yearling months old, October 2014; AI-Com- each. Allen Oglesby Lyons aogles- bellsouth.net 229-924-1925 229-886-

Two used tires; 16.9x38 with 75 per- bulls, excellent bloodline, EPDs, easy rade, Rito Revenue, Signature; Autry by@larandafarms.com 912-293- 7386

cent tread; mounted on Ford; 10.00x16 calving, good price. Jorge Haber Mid- Farms. Gary Autry Ringgold 423- 1697

Kiko goats: 100 percent New Zea-

tri-rib tires on wheels. Mark McWhorter land 706-323-2405

902-5925

Landrace-Yorkshire cross baby pigs; land NKR registered. J. R. Watson

Whitesburg 706-302-6733

Forage developed, maternal, old- Registered Black Angus bulls, 2 call for more info. Jeff Malone Gordon Tifton jrw7398@hotmail.com 229-

LIVESTOCK Two-plus 18-4-38 snap-on duals,
50 tread with clamp; $1,000. Hubert Lewis Beecham 770-883-6004
Used chicken house; galvalume metal roofing tin, $24; 3x24.5 feet, good shape with very little rust. Gary Taft Pearson 912-422-7768
Used materials for 40x60 pole barn; 2x6 trusses, tin, lathing and ridgecap, $2,950; delivery available. Bill Durham Summerville 706-252-1084
Ziggity drinkers, Chore-Time feeders and other miscellaneous poultry house equipment; used building materials, cement blocks, boards, lumber. Joshua Martin Clarkesville 678897-7072
All livestock must have been in the advertiser's possession for at least 90 days before they can be advertised. Livestock listed must be for specific animals. Generalized ads such as "many breeds of cattle" or "want horses, any amount" will not be published. Ads for free or unwanted livestock will not be published. Ads for cats, dogs, reptiles, rodents and other animals not specifically bred for on-farm use will not be published.
Cattle
If you have any questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-6563722.

line Wye Angus bulls; heifer safe; 2 to 3 years old; $3,500 to $4,500. Dan Glenn Fitzgerald 229-457-1136
Four black bulls and one white steer, approximate weight 650 to 800 pounds; $7,000 for all five. Sam Stephens Clermont 770-287- 270
Four bred Black Angus; three bred black, white face, one Black Angus bull; $15,500. William Reynolds Macon 478-550-0629
Gelbvieh bulls; cow-calf pairs; bred cows; all registered purebred; bred for easy calving, fast growth. John Kiss Gainesville 770-531-1126
Good selection of 2-year-old Hereford and F1 Braford bulls. Jonny Harris Odum 912-586-6585
Hereford bull, 24 months on Nov. 30; grandson DR World Class; sementested. Ennis Ryals Dublin 478-6763127
Hereford bulls, 15 months old, AIsired, low birth weights, open heifers, cow-calf pairs. Taylor Neighbors Americus 229-337-0038
Hereford bulls, 18 to 24 months old, Domino bloodline; $2,500. Jimmy Drake Roswell 864-933-2790
Hereford bulls, great bloodlines and performance, tested carcass data available, semen-tested, low birth, red necked. Lowry Hunt III Madison 706-342-0264
Limousin bulls, 2 to 4 years old, top

years old, had all shots, using AI since 1980; great EPDs; ready for your herd. James Miller Hawkinsville 478-8922839
Registered Black Angus bulls, semen-tested, 18 months and 2 years; $2,500 to $3,000. Lalla Tanner Monroe lalla_tanner@hotmail.com 770267-7179 678-823-5742
Registered Black Angus bulls; 14 months, excellent bloodlines, all shots. William Hix Comer 706-2485851 706-540-2470
Registered Black Angus yearling bulls; year old; New Design and War Alliance bloodlines; $1,500. Eugene Ridley LaFayette 706-764-6110
Registered black Limousin bull; 68-pound birth weight, 1,350 pounds, 16 months old; $2,800. Bruce Parker Butler 478-214-0473
Registered Hereford bulls, 16 months old and fully tested, highly bred; $2,500 firm and worth it. Hardy Edwards Winterville 706-714-9012
Registered Hereford, 4 years old; two registered Angus bulls, 2 years old; $3,000 to $4,000. Lee McFarlin Martin 706-491-0750
Registered Jersey milk cow, 4 years old; bred, due March 15. Vernon Caldwell Sugar Valley 762-231-9291
Registered polled Hereford bull, year old. Dale Dylong Oxford 404-4568357

478-454-7006
Red Wattle-cross pigs; five males, three females, born Nov. 12, 2014; $80 each. Kenny Campbell Winston 770-378-4314 770-546-0711
Registered Berkshire boars, born July 4, only two left; new litter coming soon; reserve now. Duke Burgess Louisville 478-625-0542
Registered litter, great Black piglets, born Aug. 10, 2014; $300 each; vet certified, disease-free, call for bloodlines. James Whitaker Warner Robins 478-929-2001
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1 year and up does, 6 months and up bucks; $150 and up. Chris Nichols Hogansville 706-594-1910 706-9751335
100 percent Boer billies, 10 months old, Texas Bon Joli bloodline; red, $350; paint, $250; traditional, $225. Steve Gore Tallapoosa 770-5742829
100 percent registered white Kiko buck(proven); born Jan. 15, 2014, great bloodline; $300. John Woodruff Tifton jmwoodruff@bellsouth.net 229-388-0677 229-425-0801
30 Kiko, Boer, Spanish nannies most 2 years; $90 to $130. Pete Conner Folkston 912-286-7081

382-2994
Kiko: white with light brown head; Boer-cross, female, 11 months old. Steve Shenk Bartow 478-290-4600
LaMancha buckling, 8 months old, good milking line, bottle fed, friendly; $100. Paul van Loenen Bartow 478364-6960
Nigerian Dwarf buck, 8 months old, black and white, not registered, but excellent bloodline; $100. Greg Davis Maysville 678-283-8298
One Spanish paint doe; three colors: red, black, white; 1 year old; $250. Ken Hatley Zebulon 770-358-1300
One young Boer billy goat. Eugene Cook Blairsville 706-745-8724 706897-5828
Purebred white Dorper rams, 8 to 9 months from registered stock, ready to breed, healthy; $300 each. Evans Bevill Springfield evans0989@gmail. com 912-631-8512
Registered purebred Kiko does; price varies per doe, all exposed to NZ billy. Ernest Beasley Statesboro 912-682-7091
Two 100 percent Kiko bucks, outstanding bloodlines, produces lots of color. Ed Drexler Fitzgerald 229-4239931
Two purebred Nigerian Dwarf bucks; 7 months old, friendly, disbudded; $175 each; email for pictures. Kaitlyn Johns Washington happylittlebaker@ yahoo.com 706-293-2578

13 pairs, October calves; one Si- A-1 homozygous black, homozygous Registered polled Hereford bulls, 16

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190 pairs Angus-cross cows, calves sire by registered Angus bulls; $3,000 per pair. Janet Studstill Nashville 229-415-8990
2-year-old fullblood black Senepol bull. Bobby Griffin Elko 478-2300422
3.5-year-old registered miniature Jersey bull; proven breeder; $2,000. Belinda Schell Warner Robins 478954-3840
Angus heifers: one purebred, two Angus-cross; all three are 13 to 18 months old, solid black; $4,500. Mark Woodham Madison 404-379-8037
Angus semen, Special Focus, 10 straws; $175. Calvin Minchew Macon

Performance-tested black full-blood Simmental, SimAngus bulls, cow-calf pairs, heifers; AI, embryo bred, easy calving, high milk, satisfaction guaranteed. Milton Martin Jr. Clarkesville 770-519-0008
Polled Hereford bulls, 11 to 15 months old, top bloodlines. James Jeanes Gray 478-972-0912
Red Angus bulls; 14 months old, ready for breeding; Leachman, 5L, Buffalo Creek bloodlines. Michael Smith Newnan 770-301-1945 770253-7099
Registered AI Black Angus bulls; four 2-year-olds and eight 1-year-olds; 27 cows with calves. Alvin Mashburn Ringgold 423-421-1007

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Registered polled Hereford bulls, gentle, rugged pasture-raised, easy calving, good EPDs and bloodlines. Bobby Brantley Tennille 478-5524328
Registered Texas Longhorn heifers; top bloodlines, priced reasonably. Billy Walker Rhine 229-385-8950
Service-aged purebred Black Angus and black Simmental bulls, extensive AI breeding experience; registered and semen-tested. William Clanton Odum 912-221-1383 912-586-2388
Seven registered Charolais heifers, BVD-tested, breed early fall, some ready now, you pick; $1,500; take all, $1,435. Carol Kicliter Marshallville

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2015

GUEST COLUMN: Preserving Georgia's agricultural history

A story that goes undocumented or an extraordinary individual who goes

unrecognized is like a tiny bit of Georgia's history lost forever.

Over the past 18 years, as executive director of the Georgia Agricultural Hall

of Fame, I have had the privilege of hearing the stories of some of the most

influential people in the history of agriculture in Georgia. Thankfully, because

of the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame, these stories and their lead character

will not be lost to time, but preserved for the generations to come.

I'm captivated by the innovated spirit of the members of the Georgia Ag-

ricultural Hall of Fame. Like the agricultural pioneer Naomi Woodroof, one

of the first women to receive a degree in agriculture in the United States, and

FIELDS

the first woman scientist at the Georgia Experiment Station in Griffin and the Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton. She was born in 1900 and her story

was captured and preserved in the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame 97 years later.

Do you know the name Alvin Newton? Maybe not, but I'm sure you know the things he is credit-

ed with creating that changed the face of Georgia agriculture forever. Alvin Newton of Colquitt, Ga.,

installed the first center-pivot irrigation system in Georgia in 1967 and led the way for the adoption

of center-pivot irrigation through his tractor and farm equipment business, Newton-Hamrick Co. He

also built southwest Georgia's first hydro-cooler for sweet corn, which allowed the shipment of

sweet corn throughout North America and opened up the vegetable industry to Georgia.

These are just two of the 76 extraordinary individuals whose stories are preserved in the Georgia

Agricultural Hall of Fame, each one weaving a thread of ingenuity with the next to create a rich

tapestry that is Georgia's agricultural history.

It's vitally important that we preserve our history and pay tribute to the individuals who shaped

our state and laid the path for a prosperous agricultural future. The University of Georgia College of

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association is asking for your help in identifying

nominations for its most distinguished award, the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame.

If you know a story that needs to be told and the story's lead character that deserves recognition

for his or her outstanding contributions to Georgia agriculture, the CAES Alumni Association invites

you to make a nomination. Recipients will be honored in Athens on Friday, Sept. 25, 2015.

Juli Fields is the director of alumni relations for UGA CAES. She can be reached at 706-5423390. To obtain guidelines and a nomination form for the 2015 induction into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame, please visit www.caes.uga.edu/alumni. Applications must be submitted by March 15, 2015.

Winter fuel tips
Courtesy Department Press Office
As cold weather hits and temperatures continue to drop, Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary W. Black reminds Market Bulletin readers to properly handle and store fuel during the winter: u Purchase recommended fuel. Lawn mowers and other small
engine equipment are designed to run on gasoline blended with no more than 10 percent ethanol, or E10. u Store fuel in proper containers. Never store fuel in containers with open or leaking spouts. Leaking spouts are a fire safety hazard and promote the absorption of moisture, which can cause fuel to turn stale quicker. u Shake the fuel container for 30 seconds just prior to filling your equipment. This practice ensures the fuel is mixed properly. u Always store fuel in a cool, dry area. This will reduce the formation of condensation inside the fuel container. Fuel should never be stored in houses or by open flames. u Drain fuel from equipment's tank, or use a fuel stabilizer. When preparing to put your equipment into winter storage, drain all of the fuel from your equipment's tank or add a fuel stabilizer. Fuel stabilizers are effective only if they are mixed with fresh fuel and properly stored. Remember, nothing can restore old, stale fuel.
For more tips and information regarding proper fuel use and storage, contact the Department's Fuel and Measures Division at 404-656-3605 or visit www.agr.georgia.gov/fuel-measures-division.aspx.

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agriCULTURE
Letter from the editor
Happy 2015, folks! One of my favorite sayings ever is "party like it's 1999." If you're reading this issue and are under the age of 15, chances are you have no idea where that saying originated from. Let me indoctrinate you (from what I remember, being the tender age of 10 at the time). In 1999, people thought that technology was going to implode on itself because whoever invented computers may not have built the year 2000 into the calendar, so people wouldn't be able to save files, make changes to files or live life in general come Jan. 1. Hence, in addition to being the dawn of a new millennium, which in itself was a fabulous reason to stay up `til midnight, it was also what people thought would be the last day to send emails, instant messages or open Microsoft Word. As I said, I was 10, so my memories of the millennium are as follows: u It was the first night I remember being allowed to stay up until midnight u I was so excited to dress up my American Girl of Today doll in a special
"Celebrate 2000" outfit that involved lots of lavender glitter u My brother and I argued over who got to play with Ty 2K, the com-
memorative Beanie Baby u We started watching fireworks at breakfast on New Year's Eve and it
continued until New Year's Day u There was a boat that went around the world and crossed each time zone
at exactly midnight I was fascinated by the fact that in Australia, it was New Year's Day when we were still celebrating New Year's Eve. I will never forget watching "Good Morning America" that morning and seeing reporters show highlights of the fireworks show at the Sydney Opera House. As the day went on, we saw highlights of London, Moscow, Hong Kong and pretty much every other major city ring in the 21st century with a spectacular light show. Anticlimactically, the extended Duncan family lit sparklers in our backyard. Once the new year was rung in and we all got approximately six hours of sleep, it was time to wake up, get to cooking and start the New Year's traditions that require us to gather around the table. For those of you who may not be from the South, a typical Southern New Year's Day menu includes blackeyed peas, cornbread, ham and collards, each of which signify different blessings for the coming 365 days. The peas mean prosperity, cornbread and collards are money and pork stands for progress. Reflecting on my own food traditions, and the myriad of celebrations worldwide, got me thinking: What do people elsewhere eat on Jan. 1? With a little help from Martha Stewart and Epicurious, I bring you five celebratory dishes. Sorry these came a little late for 2015, but hey, there's always next year! u Grapes: Yeah, just plain grapes! In Spain (and Colombia, if you watch
Gloria on the show "Modern Family"), people eat 12 grapes at midnight to signify what the coming year will bring. For example, if the second grape is a bit sour, February might be a rough month. u Sauerkraut: In America, we eat collard greens to symbolize money. In Germany, they do sauerkraut. Hmm ... wonder if I ate a pork bratwurst topped with sauerkraut, if it meant I'd make more money this year ... u Fishy dishes: According to what I found on Epicurious, lots of countries include fish in their new year menus. But Japan's fish traditions take the cake. The Japanese eat herring roe (fish eggs) for fertility, shrimp for long lives and dried sardines for a good harvest. I wonder how many Georgia farmers are going to go out and buy sardines after reading this bullet point. u Cake: It's customary in many countries to enjoy a usually round cake or pastry of some sort. In Mexico, it's the rosca de reyes, a ring-shaped cake with candied fruit; the Greeks have round vasilopita; and of course, doughnuts are popular. In addition to eating the cakes, many bakers hide trinkets and coins inside to symbolize luck and prosperity. And farmers, I think I just found y'all an agritourism draw for New Year's Day. In Belarus, unmarried women sit in a circle, place a pile of hay in front of them and wait as a rooster is let loose. The first girl to be visited by the rooster will be the first to get married that year.
Dallas Duncan is the editor of the Market Bulletin. Originally from Evans, Ga., she graduated in May 2011 with a double major in animal science and ag-
ricultural communication from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences. She previously worked for The Red & Black, The Times newspaper in Gainesville, Ga., and Georgia Cattlemen's Association.

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ARTY'S GARDEN: Winter flowers are a special lot

We have been conditioned to

with a family friend in Charlotte,

think winter is supposed to be

NC., with cut crystal vases of

bleak and plants are supposed

`Debutante' pink camellias deco-

to be barren or brown between

rating her home. How fortunate

November and March. In Georgia,

we are to live in camellia country!

however, our gardens can be as

Although I love flowering

beautiful in winter as in any other

cherries, I wish more gardeners

season. With a little planning, we

would plant Prunus mume (pro-

can even have flowers in bloom.

nounced PROO-nus MEW-may),

Some flowers in the winter gar-

another flowering tree that is just

den are primarily autumn bloomers

as beautiful. It is sometimes called

that escaped freezing blasts. Some

mume or Japanese flowering

are primarily spring bloomers, but

apricot, but you are more likely

have light dormancies and tease us

to hear it called by its botanical

with a few flowers during warm

name. Depending on weather and

spells in January or February.

variety, it will bloom from January

Some fully belong to the season

to March. Some blooms may get

and display not a petal before De-

killed by the cold, but more will

cember and hide their faces from

open. It is sweetly fragrant.

the blistering heat of April.

Some winter-flowering plants

I love the lot of them.

such as Algerian iris and Clematis

A few of the winter-flowering

cirrhosa are available from only a

plants you can include in your

few sources. Some garden centers

landscape are pansies, violas, paperwhites, Algerian iris (Iris unguicularis), snowdrops, Bowles' Mauve wallflower, snow crocus, wintersweet, winter honeysuckle

FLOWERS blooming in the author's garden on the first day of winter included wintersweet, laurustinus, `Yuletide' sasanqua camellia, rosemary and paperwhites.

do not carry winter-flowering plants because most customers shop in the spring and purchase only what looks best at the moment.

(Lonicera fragrantissima), mahonias, camellias, winter

If you are unfamiliar with winter-flowering plants and

jasmine, Clematis cirrhosa, winter-flowering Higan

how beautiful gardens can be in winter, visit a public

cherry (Prunus x subhirtella `Autumnalis'), rosemary, garden in January. A few Georgia gardens with winter

Daphne odora, witch-hazels, hellebores, laurustinus

flowers include the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in

(Viburnum tinus), flowering quinces (Chaenomeles ja- Athens, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Massee Lane Gardens

ponica and C. speciosa) and Prunus mume. Thrift (Phlox in Fort Valley (home to the camellia collection of Ameri-

subulata) has its main period of bloom in the spring, but can Camellia Society) and Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery.

some varieties will produce a few flowers throughout

Some people are surprised, even shocked, when

winter if planted in sunny, protected spots. Some candy- I come bearing winter flowers. I enjoy providing a

tuft varieties behave the same way.

surprise and telling others about winter flowers. They're

Many winter flowers are small, concentrating their

special, and I wish I had room for a lot more.

energies on pollinator-luring fragrances rather than large

Arty Schronce is the Department's resident garden-

petals that may be lost to sudden blasts of frigid weather. ing expert. He is a lifelong gardener and a horticulture

Notable exceptions are camellias, which produce some graduate of North Carolina State University. Blooming

of the largest flowers of any garden shrubs.

in his garden on the first day of winter this year were

I remember placing deep red blooms of `Professor

paperwhites, rosemary, violas, laurustinus, gray-leaved

Charles S. Sargent' on my grandmother's grave the Janu- conradina, old-fashioned Korean chrysanthemums,

ary she died. A happier memory is a Christmas Eve spent wintersweet and `Yuletide' sasanqua camellia.

FEATURE RECIPE:
Grits with mushroom ragout

Editor's Note: You read on page 1 that Atlanta consumes more mushrooms than almost anywhere else in the country. Whether you purchase yours from a supermarket, farmers market or neighbor's backyard farm, we think they'd work well in this recipe from Georgia Grown Senior Executive Chef Holly Chute. She recommends a blend of lion's mane, shiitake and oyster mushrooms. This recipe is rich and hearty enough to be eaten as an entre with a side salad.

Ingredients: 1 pound assorted mushrooms, chopped 1 shallot, diced 8 tablespoons butter 1/3 cup white wine

2 cups cream, divided 4 cups chicken broth 1.5 cups stone-ground grits 2 cloves garlic, minced Salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions: 1. Melt four tablespoons butter in a saucepan. Add garlic and cook until
fragrant. Pour in chicken broth and one cup cream and bring to a boil. 2. Whisk the grits into the boiling liquid. Bring it back to a boil, then lower
it to a simmer. Add salt and pepper to taste. 3. Cook grits, stirring periodically, for 40 to 60 minutes, depending on the
coarseness of the grits. 4. While grits are cooking, melt the remaining four tablespoons in a skillet.
Add shallots and cook until soft. 5. Add mushrooms to skillet and continue cooking over medium heat until
soft. 6. Pour wine into mushroom mixture and cook until wine is reduced by
half. Add remaining cup of cream and salt and pepper. Cook five to 10 minutes, or until thickened. 7. Serve ragout poured over grits.

Valdosta farmer sets new record for highest corn yield

Randy Dowdy of Valdosta, Ga., produced the alltime high yield in the 2014 National Corn Growers Association contest. His 503 bushels per acre were a world record. Photo courtesy Randy Dowdy

By Dallas Duncan
Randy Dowdy is now a world record holder. The Valdosta, Ga., corn grower set an alltime high yield record in the 2014 National Corn Yield Contest with 503 bushels per acre. "You're going to have a certain amount of folks that don't believe it's true because they're not seeing it," Dowdy said. "But then you've got a lot of people who want to figure out what they can do differently. That's what it's about, having that open mind that the potential is greater than what they're seeing." Dowdy is a first-generation farmer who planted his initial corn crop in 2008. He said he didn't know anything about growing corn, so he leaned on experienced producers and researchers. "I tried things outside the box. I try to be a student of the crop, understand how it grows and try some unconventional things,"

Dowdy said. Some of these methods included experi-
menting with fungicides, herbicides, lime sources and trying to plant populations higher than normal.
Dowdy gives credit to "God's favor" for his 2014 crop. He said he tries to have an open mind and understand what stresses affect yield production, so he can be a step ahead.
He first competed in the contest in 2010. "We won the contest that year in Georgia and since then I've been a national winner on some scale, sometimes in multiple categories. This year we won six times nationally," Dowdy said. "God blessed us to have a new world record, and it's great that it came from Georgia." The contest began 50 years ago with 20 entrants, said Rachel Jungerman-Orf, contest manager with National Corn Growers Association.

"It was basically just a friendly competition with your local neighbors to see how your corn was doing compared to your neighbor's corn," she said. "We try to keep it that way now that it's grown to 9,000 entries."
Farmers fill out an entry form detailing their hybrids and cultivation practices as well as a harvest form, Jungerman-Orf said.
Dowdy planted hybrids of DeKalb and Pioneer corn this year. He said there's no one answer to what varieties farmers should plant.
"I believe in diversification to spread risk across hybrids and across relative maturity dates and population," Dowdy said.
His 2014 crop, which goes into fuel and livestock feed, started out wet conditions and adverse weather.
"That tried my faith," Dowdy said. "But at the end of the day, God's grace was more than sufficient and he gave us great weather in the latter part of the season."

MUSHROOM: Indoor growth allows for cultivation statewide

To grow mushrooms, farmers must take mycelium, which is the mushroom tissue not usually visible aboveground, culture it in laboratory conditions and put it in their bag of growing medium. Bell uses pressure-cooked grain for his medium.
"You then transfer your pure culture into the material that it's going to eat. For our oyster mushrooms, we use straw and cottonseed hull," he said. "Most of those materials are from the state of Georgia. Ninety percent of our mushrooms are Georgia-grown on Georgia

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straw and Georgia cotton." Sparta starts out by inoculating organic
rye grain the farm is certified organic with mushroom cultures grown on the farm. The grain is put in bags of sterilized hardwood sawdust, which are then put into greenhouses. After approximately eight weeks in the first greenhouse, the bags are moved to a grow house to fruit. Harvest is about a week later, Currey said.
Unlike Northeastern varieties of mushrooms, the varieties Bell and Currey grow re-

quire shaded light to mimic the fungi's native forest environments.
And though both Sparta and 5th Kingdom are located above the state's fall line, it is possible to grow mushrooms anywhere in the state.
"Because they are grown indoors, it can be done north or south, there are just some differences in energy costs," Bell said. "North Georgia is going to be more conducive to mushroom growing because of the cooler temperatures. You have a more mild climate, whereas you have a month or two more of heat

in south Georgia." Bell, who grows oyster and shiitake mush-
rooms at the moment, said it's his personal mission to expand the market and introduce Georgia's chefs and citizens to mushrooms and their flavors.
"We're constantly trying out new strains and innovating in our ability to control the environment," Bell said. "The chefs appreciate good food, especially when they can have something they haven't had in the past that will make them stand out."

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Black tucker saddle, River Plantation trail No. 146, size 15.5, includes saddle, breast collar and headstall; $1,100. Joan Sims Bowdon 770-3281642
Dressage saddle, 17.5 inches, leather, no known maker, very comfortable, good shape, medium tree; $200. Ellen Wright Grantville 678-929-7040
Four-passenger wagnette, burgundy and black, fifth wheel cut under, shafts for single draft horse; $3,600. Douglas Collins Blairsville 706-897-5220
Meadowbrook cart, in very good condition; $975; great for horse shows or parades; call or email. Julie Handschin Conyers juliehandschin@ gmail.com 678-860-7701
Three-horse 1997 Exxis slant load Gooseneck trailer, custom living, aw-

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15 varieties of peafowl, 1 year and up, cocks and hen. Ray Watts Macon 478-361-3468
2014 hatch black copper Marans, Americanas, Welsummers, Delawares, New Hampsher Reds, Buckeyes; $15 each. Jimmy Young Metter 912-682-2917

wheaten Marans, large fowl. Mike Brown LaGrange 706-884-8217
Show-quality; Old English, Columbian, splash, quail, blue quail, Fawn, blue brassy back, B.B. red, others. Randy Shoemake Carrollton 678796-9222
Two Buff Orpington roosters, 8 months old; $2. Mary Beachman Newborn 706-468-5840
Poultry/Fowl Requiring Permit/License
If you have questions regarding this category, call 404-656-3722.
Advertisers selling wood ducks must submit a USDA permit with their ad. Ads for wood ducks that do not have this permit will not be published. For information on these permits, call the US Fish & Wildlife Service Atlanta office at 404-679-7319. Advertisers

in this category, call 404-656-3722.
Advertisers selling fallow deer, axis deer, sika deer, elk, red deer, reindeer and caribou must submit a current deer farming license with their ads. Ads submitted without this license will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the license needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the license can be attached using the attachments button. For information about the deer farming license, contact the Georgia Department of Agriculture at 404656-3667. For information on other hoofed stock, excluding llamas and buffalo, contact the Georgia Department of Natural Resources at 770-761-3044.

Miniature donkeys: guard or breed- ning, tack, heat and air; $12,000 OBO. Baby chicks: American Dominique, selling quail must be accompanied If you have questions regarding ads

ing; donkey jack, $200; nice colors; Diane Davies Madison 706-342-3859 Buff Orpington, Rhode Island Red, by a copy of the commercial quail in this category, call 404-656-3722.

jennies, $300 and up; small, registered donkeys. Bill Wray Perry 478825-1297

Two saddles with bridles, reins; $300 for both. James Young Gainesville 770-540-0858

pure breeds; reasonable prices. Monte Poitevint Lakeland 229-482-3854
Black shoulder peacocks, 9 months

breeder's license. Ads for quail that do not have this license will not be published. For information on these

20 to 25 young cows, 3 to 6 years old with calves or bred, nice beef type. Gerald Scott Twin City 478-494-2880

Miniature riding mare, 33 inches, sorrel and white, pretty and smart, can deliver, call for pictures; $450. J Wilkes Athens 706-207-9366
Paso Fino geldings under saddle
LIVESTOCK HANDLING (two), $1,500 each; Paso Fino mare,
well-trained, gentle, $3,000, smooth ride. Ron Conner Crawfordville classicfino@gmail.com 770-310-9835 770-310-9835
POA stud, 13-plus hands, leopard color, 13 years old, gentle; pictures upon request. Jenny Eckman Hamilton 706-464-7228 706-324-7678
Registered Tennessee Walking Horse mare, 7 years old, 16 hands, intermediate rider. Tony Green Fairmount 770-605-0888
Equine Miscellaneous
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
`04 Kiefer two-plus-one Gooseneck trailer, DR; side, rear ramps; seven feet, six inches; straight stalls or two box stalls. Stacey Grosvenor Watkinsville 706-207-5390
RABBITS 17-inch AP Courbette Optima Eng-
lish saddle, excellent condition, used four times for showing; $500. Allison Fling Woodbury 706-302-9091

Two-horse Amish-built wagon, rubber tires, disk brakes; $1,400. Frank Green Tiger 706-490-1718
Waterproof breathable Avalanchrain rug horse blanket, 135/60-6.3 (75 percent), never used, excellent condition; $150. Nin D Garrett Tyrone 770-4874883
Youth saddle, 15-inch seat, ridden twice; $100. Jackie Burch Blue Ridge 706-632-5137
Boarding Facilities
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
Advertisers must submit a current staple license in order to advertise boarding and breeding facilities. Ads submitted without this information will not be published. For questions regarding licenses and applications, call 404-656-3713.
Home for retired horses; pasture, barn, free choice hay; daily feeding, care; stable license 11940. Joe Douglas Villa Rica 770-402-6590
Opening for one to two horses, private farm; north Forsyth; 12 x16-foot stalls, mats, fan, custom feeding; owner's residence; adults only. Reena Yonkosky Cumming 770-889-4561

old; $75 each. Shirley Causey Albany 229-395-6300
Breeder pheasants; 2011 to 2014 red gold, $45 to $70 per pair; Amhearst, $90 per pair. Leon Simmons Cleveland 706-865-7603
Buff Cochin rooster; 7 months old, beautiful and huge; $35. Joan Kiser Commerce 706-247-0976
Flight-conditioned Ringneck pheasants, ready to go. Ron Guthrie Nashville 229-300-0284
Game fowl: jimm yeast green leg hatch, law grays and leipers, call before 9. Daniel Vickery Royston 706436-6567
Gamefowl: Sid Taylor, YL hatch, Sweater hatch, Sweater grey, White Hackel and Mug, Gilmore; hens, pullets, crosses. Tom Lilley Jeffersonville 478-945-6139
Games: chickens, hens, pullets, stags, hatch and Kelso-hatch cross. Allen Culverhouse Thomaston 706646-3781
Grown guineas, $9 each; Mallard ducks, $13 each; Three generations from the wild as required. Eugene Johns Waycross 912-283-3332
Guineas, 6 months old, very healthy; $12 each. James Lawrence Alto 706-

licenses, call the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division at 770-918-6401. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the permit/license needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the permit/license can be attached using the attachments button.
4-week-old quail available and more on the way; quantity determines pricing; $3 and under. James Williams Statesboro 803-466-0629 912-6901495
Bobwhite quail available for the 2014 season, call for pricing. Ralph Holley Temple 770-562-3820
Bobwhite quail, flight conditioned, now available for the 2014 and 2015 season, call for pricing. Rembert Hancock Fairmount 404-376-0550 706337-5711
Bobwhite, Coturnix quail eggs: $70 for 100, $140 for 500, $270 for 1,000. Willie Strickland Pooler stricklandgamebird.com 912-748-5769
Jumbo Wisconsin Bobwhite quail eggs; $48 for 100, $168 for 600, $260 for 1,000; year-round. Raymond Meadows Wadley mead5345@wadleyquailfarm.com 478-252-5345
Poultry/Fowl Wanted

Donkey, standard jenny, very tame, northeast Georgia area. Arnold Kaye Jr Danielsville 706-795-2064
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
16-foot Neckover livestock trailer; 6,000-pound axles, eight-lug wheels; $3,200; leave message. Mark Boyles Dawson 229-995-4694
16-foot Ponderosa bumper-pull stock trailer, rubber mats, new tires, excellent condition; $3,000. Richard Mocko Lilburn 706-207-4886
Big Valley 16-foot Gooseneck livestock trailer, good condition, sell or trade; on 20-foot flatbed Gooseneck trailer. Al Garner Soperton 912-5293921
Gooseneck two-horse slant load with living quarters and cowboy bathroom; good condition; $7,000. Robert Harris Patterson 912-670-1133
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
English Angora rabbits; beautiful wool, different colors; $50 each. So-

778-3447

.Pure Java peacocks, a gentleman nya Babcock Royston 770-853-4806

India Blue peacocks, 1 year old, no at an auction had four pairs, if you see New Zealand Whites and multi-col-

hens; $75 each. Bill Shipp Winston this ad, contact me. Harrell Whitener ored babies; ready for pick up. John

770-949-5516 770-949-5516

Coosa friendsfor lifeinc@yahoo.com Howell Covington dhowell466@bell-

Laying hens, Golden Comet; 1 year 256-422-5224

south.net 770-786-0514

old, $15 each; 18 months, $10 each. Adult Mallard, Rouen, Indian Run- Selling out: Dutch breeding stock,

Kenneth Cook Dallas, spreadin- ner ducks for lake on farm: Greene ages 9 months to 2 years, several

goaksfarm@att.net 770-231-4632

County. Ed Oneal Greenboro registered, also 5-month-olds. Ka-

Laying hens; $10 each; also young ed.rockbottomfarm@gmail.com 770- tie Hufford Cleveland 706-219-4766

chicks. David Dye Rockmart david- 363-4750

706-969-1953

dye110@live.com 470-336-9849 More than hundreds of white doves.

Blue or black Sumatra bantams. Jimmy Ray Dalton 706-483-0053

FEED, HAY AND GRAIN

Lee Adams Macon 478-228-1782
Muscovy ducks; $10 each. Laura Willis Cochran 478-308-9045

Female guineas in Clarkesville area. Vickie Hogan Clarkesville 706-7685441

If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
All feed, hay and grain ads must in-

Naragansett turkeys: four hens, two Pigeons, any type, will trap pigeons clude the variety offered for sale. Ads

toms, pets, sold as trios; one tom and free, will pick up pigeons free. Gregg for mulch hay will not be accepted in

two hens only; raised from incubators. Leonard Roswell 404-580-6268

this category; they will be published

S. Stephens Hoschton 706-654-2867 Pure Madigan grey game rooster, in the Fertilizers & Mulches category.

Old English Bantams, show stock: must be pure; north Georgia area. $40; 48 4x5 rolled hay bermuda,

BB reds, Old English quail, Blue Don Long Ellijay 706-889-2106

stored in barn. Allen Hunter Watkins-

Splash, blacks, blues, Brassy Backs, blue Brassy Backs, Opals. Mack Mc-

ALTERNATIVE

ville 706-769-1120 706-340-3334 `14 alicia hay, square bales, 15.4

LIVESTOCK Burnett Tyrone 770-487-2233

percent protein, horse quality, $7.25;

Old English bantams; BB red, golden Duckwing, brown red, lemon blue. Mitch Pohlel Loganville 770-4645052
Pea fowl: three India Blue pea chicks, hatched Aug. 27, 2014; $45 each. Leigh Hamilton Dahlonega 706-531-6211
Rhode Island Red pullets, also New Hampshire Red pullets, healthy, wellgrown birds. Brian Sturdy Dahlonega

If you have questions regarding this category, call 404-656-3722.
Alpaca herd: Huacaya; five females, three are proven, four males, one is gelded; $5,000. Brenda Gruwell Milledgeville brenda.gruwell@yahoo. com 478-251-5174
Alpaca males; out of Magical Farm's champion herdsire or junior herdsire quality; $100 and up. Carolyn Crafts

wheat straw, clean, bright, square bales, $4. Neil Wingfield Leesburg 229-407-0371
`14 Bermuda hay; center-pivot irrigated; 5x6, approximately 1,600-pound rolls; stored under barn; $55 per roll; in Cuthbert, Ga. Will Harris Bluffton 229-317-0203
`14 bermudagrass; horse quality hay, square bales in 21-bale bundles; we load, excellent quality; can deliver. Mike Council Cordele 229-406-1321

706-865-9201

Madison 770-519-5731

`14 coastal bermuda, horse quality,

Karla Bradley of Locust Grove, Ga., submitted this photo of Levi and Mollie Mitch- Ringneck doves, all young to breed- Two alpacas; selling together, white fertilized, UGA soil specs, square; 4x5

ell. They helped grow these enormous sweet potatoes and thought the resemblance ing age; call for more information. female, quality fiber, bred or open; round bales in barn; delivery, stack

to their duck was neat. They grew a wheelbarrow full and enjoyed digging them up, Sandra Smith Covington 770-337- $1,500 OBO. L L Whitlock Baldwin available. Olin Trammell Forsyth 478-

and can't wait for this year's crop.

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`14 Tifton 44 bermuda hay, excel- 35 square bales, fescue 2013 cut, lent horse quality, fresh cut and dry in barn dry; $3 per bale. Michelle Weeks

AG SEED FOR SALE

Angel trumpets, banana trees, black magic elephant ears, ginger lillies,

FLOWERS REQUIRING

barn; $6 each. Paige Bullock Dallas Colbert petpalswinder@yahoo.com If you have questions regarding this lotus, pond plants and more. Patrice

770-402-2421

770-363-2948

category, call 404-656-3722.

Cook Covington 770-787-6141

PERMITS

2012 fescue hay, in barn, dry, 4x5; 4x5 -wrapped 2014 first and second Advertisers must submit a current Azaleas, Japanese maples, garde- If you have questions regarding this $25 per roll. Harry McCord Carrollton cut; alicia, Tift 85 mix; fertilized, no state laboratory report, fewer than nia, hosta, hydrangeas, roses. Linda category, call 404-656-3722.

harrymccord@att.net 770-830-0005 rain, excellent condition. Walker Blitch nine months old, for purity, noxious Waites Fairburn 770-964-6414

Advertisers selling officially pro-

MISCELLANEOUS 404-213-1190 2014 bermuda hay, 4x5 netwrapped, rain- and weed-free, limed and fertilized to UGA specs; analysis available. William Page Wrightsville 478-864-2942
2014 bermuda hay, horse quality, barn-stored, you load; $5 per bale; about 200 available. W. Abrams Milner 770-228-3865
2014 bermuda, fescue fertilized hay; 4x4 rolls, $35, squares $5; all in barn. Burton Eichel Thomson 706-421-4945
2014 coastal bermuda hay, 4x5 netwrapped rolls, stored in barn, horse quality. Fred Sackett Butler 478-9525399
2014 coastal bermuda hay, fertilized, rain-free, under shelter, round bales, net-wrapped; $50. Morris Lively Collins 912-213-8249
2014 coastal bermuda hay, horse quality; $5 per bale at barn; delivery available. Glenn Brinson Tarrytown 912-288-5960
2014 coastal bermuda hay, wellfertilized, weed- and rain-free, horse quality, approximately 2,100 bales; $4.50 per bale. Curtis Durden Lyons 912-526-3189 912-245-1081
2014 coastal bermuda hay; 4x5 round, square and mulch hay. Larry Morgan Lizella 478-781-1990 478-

Statesboro 912-687-6960
Alfalfa: square bales, $8 to $12; fescue square bales, $3.50; hay is high quality, fertilized well. Dale Hall Calhoun 706-506-0351
Bermuda, fescue; 4x5 round bales, horse quality, $45; bermuda square bales, $6. Sherrel Astin Villa Rica 678-794-0880
Coastal, bahia mix; 800- to 1,000-pound bales, baled with Claas baler; $60 inside, $35 to $45 outside, $25 mulch. Coy Baker Loganville 770-466-4609
Fescue mixed; square bale, not horse quality. Lamar Cox Fayetteville 404-824-7569
Fescue: square bales, good clean horse quality, fertilized, rain-free, under cover; $4 per bale; deliver locally, $6 per bale. Kim Kosciusko Monroe 603-608-5905
Hay: bermuda, fescue mix, large rolls, in barn; $45 each. Dan Tant Barnesville, Ga 404-772-3262
Horse quality bermuda hay in barn, 4x5 rolls, fertilized, rain- and weedfree; $60 each. Bo Rohrabaugh Stockbridge 770-238-8773
Horse quality bermuda hay; 20,000 square bales; 200 round rolls; 300 rolls peanut hay. Paul Harris Odum 912-294-2470

weeds and germination for each seed lot advertised. Ads submitted without this information will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, this report needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the report can be attached using the attachments button. Seed lots must be uniform and cannot exceed 400 50-pound bags. Certain varieties of seed are protected from propagation unless they are grown as a class of certified seed. These include Florida 304, Coker 9152, Coker 9835, 6738 soybean, Haskell, Bennings and others. For questions regarding certified seed, call the Department's Seed Division at 404-656-3635.
2014 combine-run oats; Morgan County, near Madison. Frank Eaton Buckhead 706-342-0727 706-4740689
Georgia 230 certified cotton seed; $150 for 50 pounds. Stacy L Heard Colquitt 229-205-0864
Ag Plants for Sale
Bare-root Chandler strawberry plants; disease-free, naturally grown to organic standards; call for prices, bulk available. Julia Asherman Jeffersonville jasher@saic.edu 617-7770117 617-777-0117
Best-ever yellow meat watermelon; for 25 seeds, send SASE and $20

Bee balm, mole plant, iris, columbine, pink yarrow, money plants; $2 per tablespoon, SASE. F. Brooks 674 New Rosedale Rd. Armuchee 30105
Black bamboo, golden bamboo, beauty berry, cannas, others. David Pelton Covington 678-654-0571
Crape myrtle trees: pink and white in 20-gallon pots; $35 each, no shipping. Myrtle Russell Bonaire 478923-1951
Daffodils: White Mount Hood, old time yellow, old time double bloomers, white narcissis, blue bells, mole bean seed. E. Beach Duluth 770-4761163
Four-oclocks, different colors, large sunflower seeds; 1 tablespoon, $1 plus SASE. M V Pursley 253 Ryan Road Winder 30680 770-540-1567 770-307-5645
Giant cosmos seeds, six to eight feet not unusual, 60-plus seeds; $1 plus SASE. Ira Bray 70 Wilkes Ct. Newnan 30263 770-253-0392
Grancey Greybeard seeds, yellow four-o-clock seeds, red four-o-clock seeds; $1 per package with SASE. L. H Norton Metter 912-885-7067
Lenten roses, Hellebores plants; $1 to $4 each, depending on size. Tom Johnson Atlanta 404-234-8427

tected plants must have a permit to sell such plants. Ads submitted without this permit will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the permit needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the permit can be attached using the attachments button. For information on the sale or shipment of protected plants, call the Protected Plant Program at 770-918-6411.
Flowers Wanted
500-plus red spider lily bulbs; will travel and dig up; south Georgia area; call me with details. John Culpepper Quitman 229-292-0869
Rooster comb seeds. Pauline Spence Cleveland 706-809-1714
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
50- to 60-gallon cast iron kettle, Supreme Comfort wood burning cook stove. Bennie Robinson Reynolds 478-472-9427
Ashley wood-burning heater, good condition, three feet high, 21 inches wide. Benny Epps Tunnel Hill 706673-9442
Fat lighter stumps; large truck load, 25 cents per pound. Henry Beckworth Gibson henshi9913@att.net 706-598-

972-5977

Horse quality hay, well fertilized, to address shown. Jack Jones 353 Old timey zinnias, $3 per half-cup, 2106

2014 coastal bermuda, horse qual- hybrid bermuda, large square bales; Jones Road Climax 39834 229-327- $5 per cup; marigolds, $1 per table- Large dog houses for sale, well-built,

ity, fertilized, limed, rain-free, 4x5 net- $5.50 in barn; delivery available. 5353

spoon; cash, two stamps, SASE. well-designed, strong, make your

wrapped; $60. Grace Brady Hephzi- Woody Johnson Locust Grove 678- Blueberry plants, $2 each; four to Mildred Bryan 916 Elm Dr. Monroe farm dog happy with a new home.

bah 706-231-0985

588-0777

six feet tall, taking orders for February 30655 770-267-3098

Wayne Knight Auburn 678-425-4550

2014 coastal bermuda, horse qual- Large bales of bermuda, bahia, mix shipment. Sidney Roland Demorest Red castor bean or loofah sponge Old hand-hewn log cabin, excellent

ity, square bales; $5.50 per bale. Win- hay; tested very good; approximately 706-754-6700

seeds; 25 for $3, 100 for $10; send condition; delivery and set up avail-

ford Jackson Newnan 770-463-3739 150 bales, barn-stored; in Sasser, Ga. Figs, three varieties, mulberries, $5; SASE. Joy Shelnutt P.O. Box 1212 able anywhere. Kerry Hix Chatsworth

2014 coastal, fescue mix, cow hay; Jerry Melton Albany 229-603-2208 self-pollinating Issai, kiwi, $6; sweet Loganville 30052

706-695-6431

$35 per roll (outside); 4x4 bales, limed and fertilized; delivery avail. Lowinston Jackson Grantville 770-583-2385
2014 corn stalks, 4x6, net-wrap corn, blown down; full of grain. Trey Smith Clermont 770-519-9230
2014 fescue and orchardgrass, 4x4 rolls in barn; $25. Lonce Hulsey Cleveland 706-865-5247
2014 fescue hay, round bales,

Mulch hay; 1,000-pound round bales, $30 per bale. Jeff Deen Milledgeville 478-452-2889
Oats cleaned and bagged, 32 pounds; $8. Tommy Rice Ray City 229-455-5812
Perennial peanut hay, 2014 crop, square bales, average 50 to 55 pounds; delivery available; $9 picked up. Zach Shanklin Albany 229-881-

shrub, $3; dewberries, raspberries, $2; much more. Carla Houghton Marietta 770-428-2227
Fruit trees, $5; berry bushes, $1.50; wildlife trees, $2; Leylands, $2; shipping available, volume discounts. Kelly Blizman Perry blueberrygirl2@ windstream.net 478-955-6025
Japanese maples; many varieties and sizes, weeping red and green;

Red spider lilies, $5 per dozen; Indian paint brush plants, $5 each. June Hurst Whigham 229-762-4476
Seeds: mullein pink, touch-me-nots, four-o-clocks, money plant, morning glory, hibiscus, devil's trumpet, Siberian iris; $1 teaspoon, SASE, cash. G. Robertson 2966 Cardinal Lake Cir. Duluth 30096

Two gas circle heaters, excellent condition, $50 each; two old timey wheat cradles, $50 each. Doris Garrett Cumming 770-887-4116
Wild hog traps, 4x4x8, continuous catch spring-loaded door, removeable top, large and small hogs. J. D Conger Norman Park 229-769-3253 229-339-0104
Bees, Honey & Supplies

4x5; $35; Ramsey Hill. Keith Harper Gainesville 770-519-5017
2014 fescue hay, square bales; $4. Ricky Wehunt Hoschton 706-254-

6383
Rolled hay, 4x5; $25 to $30. Reese Barnard Adairville 706-629-2490 706-629-9019

weeping Serpentine Blue cedar available. Jim Veccie Fayetteville jveccie@gmail.com 770-652-6127
Pecan trees: grafted, bare root; call

Swamp hibiscus, Texas star seed (25); roughed up for germination; SASE plus $1. Sgt. Douglas S Capps Comer 770-490-5537

10-frame bee hives, $75 and fiveframe bee hives, $60; also make supers and inner cover. Eliseo Delia Mineral Bluff 706-492-5119

2639

Round bales, orchard, fescue grass, to place you order for January 2015.

2014 fescue mixed hay, 4x5 rolls or square bales, barn-stored, delivery available. Jimmy Payne Rockmart 404-557-8448
2014 fescue, orchard; RFQ tested, 108.9 sqs., $4.25; 4x4, $30; all horse quality, under roof on pallets. Jon Anderson Sautee 770-402-9867
2014 good quality peanut hay; net wrap, 4x5 bales; $40 per roll; Bulloch.

rain-free, 4x4; $18 per roll; delivery available. Ron Smith LaFayette jpetrel@floorsoft.com 706-537-8841
Shelled yellow corn; $6 for 40-pound bag. Janie Willis Dahlonega 706-8675177
Top quality hay, 4x6 rolls, 1,000 pounds; alicia, Tift 9; wrapped, fertilized; 2014 peanut hay; wrapped, will deliver. Josh Yawn Milan 229-315-7339

Andy Smith Hawkinsville browndalepecanfarms@gmail.com 478-2258433
Privacy trees; middle Georgia tree farm now taking orders for winter delivery and planting; Leylands, Thujas, more. John Cowherd Monticello 770862-7442
Red sugar cane: 55 ents per stalk, ready to cut. Hubert Keller Pooler

PUBLIC NOTICE:
Georgia Pork Producers Association and National Pork Board

Dwayne Conner Statesboro 912- Feed, Hay and Grain Wanted 912-925-0868 912-658-3260

536-1381

150 square bales of good hay for my Several varieties of sugar cane; for

2014 hay; fescue, rye square bale, goats and sheep, may need delivered. sale by stalk, row or field. D.W. Wright

$4 each; rolled bales, 6x5, $50 in Patsy Brown Jackson 770-504-9507 Moultrie 229-891-7632 229-324-

barn, $45 outside. Jim Robinson Bermuda square bales, 100 to 150 3133

The election of pork producer delegate candidates for the 2016 National Pork Producers (Pork Act) Delegate Body will take place at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015,

Good Hope 770-207-4700

bales delivered to Grayson, 30017; must

Ag Seed/Plants Wanted

in conjunction with a meeting of Georgia Pork Producers

We eat FLOWERS FOR SALE 2014 russell bermuda hay; 4x5, net-
wrapped bale; $45, delivered. Tommy Rider Waynesboro 706-554-9785
2014 Tift 44 and 85; high quality horse hay, squares and rolls; delivery available. Durand Deal Tifton 229388-5054

be horse quality. Terry Russell Grayson petparty1@aol.com 770-682-8670
Round bales of cow hay in Martin and Lavonia area. Charles Alexander Martin 706-779-3581

Corn in bulk or barrel. Ben Cunningham Fitzgerald bbcunning@hughes. net 229-831-7190
Paw paw trees, will come to your place and dig them. Marvin Garner Resaca 706-625-5291

2014 Tift bermuda hay; square and

round bales, horse quality, stored in

barn, delivery available. Dick Stratton

If you have questions about this

Association in the auditorium of the Georgia Farm Bureau building in Macon, Ga. This meeting will immediately follow the 2015 Georgia Pork Congress. All Georgia pork producers are invited to attend. Any producer age 18 or older, who is a resident of the state and has paid all assessments due, may be consid-

Locust Grove 770-842-9317 770914-6153
2014 Tifton 85 bermuda; horse qual-

category, call 404-656-3722.
$1 per packet seeds with SASE: purple cone, black-eyed Susan, tiger

ered as a delegate candidate or participate in the election. All eligible producers are encouraged to bring with

ity hay, limed, fertilized; $6 per square

lily, giant lily, amaryla. Hans Gruetzen- them a sales receipt proving that hogs were sold in their

bale delivered. Charlie Jackson Lawrenceville jackson_c19@yahoo.com 678-910-0561
2014, 4x5, net-wrapped bermuda hay, Tifton 78, cow quality; $35, delivery available. V Felkel Millen 912-

FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER.

bach 978 County Farm Road Dalton 30721 MuscadinesAndMore@Gmail. com
25 single hollyhock seeds, $3; 10 Texas Star hibiscus seeds, $2 plus SASE. Donna Miltimore 1396 Kiley

name and the checkoff deducted. For more information, contact Georgia Pork Producers Association, PO Box 1566, Bainbridge, GA, or call 229246-8297.

682-5813

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Bulletin Calendar

Jan. 8 11 Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference International Trade and Convention Center Savannah, Ga. www.seregionalconference.com
Jan. 9 10 Georgia Farm Credit Winter Pig Classic Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter Perry, Ga. 229-254-3886
Jan. 10 Houston County Commercial Dairy Heifer Show Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter 478-230-4108
Georgia Iris Society Meeting Northlake Barbara Loar Library Tucker, Ga. 678-583-8603
Georgia 4-H Life Smart Training Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter Perry, Ga. 706-542-8756
Jan. 10 11 4-H Counselor Selection Rock Eagle 4-H Center Eatonton, Ga. 706-542-8926
Jan. 11 GJSB Sunglo Feeds Throw-down Futurity Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter 229-221-7381
Jan. 12 14 Georgia Dairy Conference Savannah Riverfront Marriott Savannah, Ga. 706-310-0020
Jan. 13 Money Smarts Class Gilmer County Extension Office Ellijay, Ga. 706-635-4426
Jan. 14 Georgia Soybean Commodity Commission Meeting Georgia Farm Bureau Office Macon, Ga. 770-542-2351
Georgia Ag Forecast Meeting Brenau Georgia Mountain Center Gainesville, Ga. 706-583-0347
Jan. 14 15 Manager ServSafe Training Henry County Extension Office McDonough, Ga. 770-288-8421
Jan. 15 Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation Annual Meeting Holiday Inn Express Perry, Ga. 1-800-269-9926
Deadline for superior Angus nominations to the Georgia Beef Expo Sale, to be held April 3. 770-307-7178
Georgia Ag Forecast Meeting Clarence Brown Conference Center Cartersville, Ga. 706-583-0347
Nutrition Know-How Class Gilmer County Extension Office Ellijay, Ga. 706-635-4426
Georgia Peanut Farm Show & Conference UGA-Tifton Campus Tifton, Ga. 229-386-3470

Jan. 16 Georgia Ag Forecast Meeting Cloud Livestock Facility Bainbridge, Ga. 706-583-0347
Jan. 17 Georgia Farm Bureau District II Young Farmer Steer and Heifer Show White County Agri-Science Center Cleveland, Ga. 706-988-0018
Jan. 17 18 Georgia 4-H Communications and Technology Team Retreat Rock Eagle 4-H Center Eatonton, Ga. 706-542-9237
Jan. 20 21 41st Annual Southern Dairy Conference Hilton Garden Inn Millennium Center Atlanta, Ga. 573-882-3861
Jan. 21 Georgia Ag Forecast Meeting Toombs County Agricenter Lyons, Ga. 706-583-0347

Jan. 26 Financial and Management Decision Aids Workshop for Dairymen Macon County Extension Office Oglethorpe, Ga. 478-474-7588
Jan. 27 Financial and Management Decision Aids Workshop for Dairymen Putnam County Extension Office Eatonton, Ga. 706-485-4151
Jan. 27 29 International Production & Processing Expo Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta, Ga. 678-514-1971
Jan. 28 Egg Candling Class Carroll County Ag Center Carrollton, Ga. 770-535-5955
Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting & UGA Cotton Production Workshop UGA-Tifton Campus Tifton, Ga. 478-988-4235

Georgia Certified Landscape and Plant Professional Written Exams Gwinnett Center Lawrenceville, Ga. 770-229-3251
Jan. 22 Georgia Ag Forecast Meeting UGA-Tifton Campus Conference Center Tifton, Ga. 706-583-0347
Jan. 23 Georgia Ag Forecast Meeting Georgia Farm Bureau Building Macon, Ga. 706-583-0347
Jan. 23 24 Georgia Young Farmers Cattle Show Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter Perry, Ga. 478-697-3207
Inaugural ABAC Young Farmers Steer and Heifer Show Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter Perry, Ga. 770-490-6391
Jan. 23 25 Southern Garden Symposium Callaway Gardens Pine Mountain, Ga. 1-844-227-9085
Jan. 24 The Incredible Edible Grow-It-Yourself Fruit Tree, Vine & Berry Bush Sale Georgia Organics Office Atlanta, Ga. 678-702-0400
Georgia Angus Annual Meeting and Banquet The Classic Center Athens, Ga. 770-307-7178
Georgia 4-H State Horse Quiz Bowl 706-542-1165
Jan. 24 25 HQHA Winter Circuit Horse Show Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter Perry, Ga. 770-227-2159
Jan. 25 Middle Georgia Equestrian Teams Winter Wonderland High Point IEA Show Georgia International Horse Park Conyers, Ga. www.rideiea.org

Jan. 29 Financial and Management Decision Aids Workshop for Dairymen Brooks County Extension Office Quitman, Ga. 229-263-4103
Jan. 30 Breeder Cattle Sale Turner County Stockyards, Inc. Ashburn, Ga. 1-800-344-9808
Jan. 30 31 Georgia Young Farmer Convention Stone Mountain, Ga.
Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Georgia Watermelon Association Annual Meeting King and Prince Golf Resort St. Simons Island, Ga. 706-845-8575
Southeast Junior, Senior Project Achievement Rock Eagle 4-H Center Eatonton, Ga. 912-681-0179
Dixie Reining Horse Association Horse Show Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter Perry, Ga. 813-426-5708
Jan. 31 Cloverleaf Project Achievement Rome, Ga. lpurcell@uga.edu
Feb. 3 Egg Candling Class Washington County Farm Bureau Agricultural Center Tennille, Ga. 478-552-2011
Financial and Management Decision Aids Workshop for Dairymen Burke County Extension Office Waynesboro, Ga. 706-554-2119
Feb. 3 6 Vermeer Regional Service School Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter Perry, Ga. 641-621-7562
Feb. 4 Egg Candling Class Houston County Government Building Perry, Ga. 478-987-2028
Landscape Design for Homeowners, Class 1 Carroll County Ag Center Carrollton, Ga. 770-836-8546

Additional pesticide recertification training notices are available on the Department website under the Plant Industry Division tab.
Livestock auctions listed in the Market Bulletin may offer related items for sale. Notices for auctions selling any items other than livestock must be accompanied by the auction license number of the principal auctioneer or firm conduction the auction, per state regulations. Notices without this information cannot be published.
Have an event to put on our calendar? Contact Dallas Duncan at 404-656-3722 or dallas.duncan@agr.georgia.gov.

2015 five-frame nucs; $105 plus $20 2014 black walnuts, shelled, large,

deposit for nuc box; ready early April. extra clean meats; $22 per quart,

Gary Gailey Cleveland gailey.gary@ postage paid. Hoyt Payne Mc-

yahoo.com 678-316-9791

Caysville 706-492-7781

Bee removal, metro Atlanta and west 2014 clean black walnuts; $20 per

Georgia areas, work guaranteed. W.O. quart plus $6 shipping, postage. Roy

Canady Winston 770-942-3887

Caine Cumming 770-887-4114

Carpenter bee trap, handcrafted, it 2014 pecan; $8 per pound, nine

really works, $20; three for $50; free pounds left. Michelle Copeland

shipping. Jack Snyder Hephzibah Clarkesville 706-499-8611

706-554-7959

2014 shelled pecans, mostly halves;

Carpenter bee traps; $10 each, extra $8 per pound plus postage; Horizon

for shipping. Billy Middlebrooks Mon- Orchards. Phil Williams Jesup 912-

roe 770-267-7084

270-4676

Carpenter bee traps; $13.50 each, All-natural Black Angus beef; no

shipped in lots of five for $85; postage steroids, antibiotics or hormones; call

included. William Timmerman Harlem for information. David Sharpton Com-

803-640-6265

merce 706-367-0876

Carpenter bee traps; mason jar at- Citrons for making preserves; free;

tachment, 4x4x5, one solid piece; $12 Alpharetta and Milton area. George

plus $5 shipping; call for info. Chris Cook Milton 770-789-8554 770-475-

Wilkerson Nashville 229-316-0522 5909

Package bees and nucs; for sale Collards, turnip greens, kale, mus-

January through March. Alan Odom tard greens. C. Brooks Roswell 770-

Rebecca 229-387-1718

993-2315

Pick up swarms for free, removal Cracked pecans, $3 per pound, but

from structures for a fee; will pick volume discounts available; ask for

up, purchase unwanted beekeeping Ray and Candi. Pete Middleton Ro-

equipment. Dave Larson Mitchell swell 706-476-7154 678-646-4066

770-542-9546

Fresh 2014 Stuart pecans, shelled;

Taking orders: 10-frame bee hives $8 per pound, plus shipping; get your

with supers and queen excluders; for spring delivery. Sam Thompson

order in while supplies last. James Allen Thomaston 478-955-7106

Cadwell 478-278-6274 Will remove unwanted bee equip-
ment, swarms and removal from

Marview Farms provides grassfed, organically raised beef, lamb, pork, goat; organic materials available, visit marviewfarms.com for information.

structure; 2014 all-natural wildflower Fernando Mendez Arabi 229-401-

honey for sale. Derry Oliver Com- 8722

merce 706-335-7226 706-621-1781 Naturally grown Jerusalem arti-

Things To Eat

choke, as low as $6 per pound plus

Advertisers submitting ads using the term "organic" require Certified

shipping. Buddy Hutto Warner Robins buddy260@cox.net 478-960-

Organic registration with the Geor- 1329

gia Department of Agriculture. Ads North Georgia; collards, accepting

submitted without this registration orders, now through Dec. 31, 2014;

will not be published. If you are faxing large quantities available. Lamar Pre-

or mailing in an ad, the registration sley Maysville 770-654-3262

needs to be sent along with it. For One quart shelled black walnuts,

ads submitted online, the registration can be attached using the attachments button. For information on this

$20; you pay shipping. Herman Robinson Bremen 770-537-3729

registration, call the Organic Program Pecan halves, 2014, naturally grown,

Manager at 706-595-3408.

four pounds; $45, post paid. Mary

`14 pecans, $11 per pound plus Lynn Mobley Union Point 706-817-

postage; will crack, shell, separate 1152

your pecans, 50 cents per pound. Pecans, hand-shelled, $8; in shell,

Russell Eaton Stockbridge 770-506- $2.50 plus shipping. Eli Kauffman

2727

Montezuma 478-472-8842

2014 black walnuts cleaned; $23 per Pure cane syrup, no additives. Lynn

quart; I pay shipping. Odell Cripps Reeves Dearing 706-825-6274 706-

Harlem 706-556-9130

595-1798

James Callaway of Fayetteville, Ga., sent us this photo of his seven-pound sweet potato.

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Stoneground grits, cornmeal, whole Martin gourds, plain or fixed, ready

Notices

Split oak firewood; half-cord $85;

wheat flour; white and yellow grits to hang, other varieties at farm or

delivery extra. Larry Moore Newnan

and cornmeal; two-pound bags; will ship. Crystal Lang Cordele 229-322- Register now for Equine Champi- 678-278-5709

ship. Stacey Freeman Statesboro 912-852-9381
Water-ground meal, whole wheat flour, grits; $5 for five pounds plus postage; also, grind your grain. Mike Buckner Junction City 706-269-3630
We machine-shell your pecans while

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Miscellaneous Wanted
10-, 12- or 16-foot gates, also Tposts, wooden fence posts and tin. Linda Duke Good Hope 770-2671520 770-549-5383

onship Youth Day: qualifiers for national world shows, state champions, first-place winners at federation state show eligible for invitation; please send name, address. John Clements Atlanta 478-298-0347 404-863-2173
Out-Of-State Wanted

Split seasonal red oak; 14 to 16 inches; $160 per cord, $80 half-cord; delivery extra. Larry Houston Covington 770-786-4015
Split seasoned hardwood; $90 for half-cord and $180 for full cord; pick up only; Between, Monroe area. Craig

you wait for 30 cents per pound. Jody Glidewell Jackson 770-775-6592
Fish & Supplies
Advertisers selling sterile triploid grass carp must submit a current Wild Animal License from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Ads submitted without this license will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the license needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the license can be attached using the attachments button. For license information, call 770-761-3044.
A.I. quality farm-grown channel catfish fingerlings graded, priced by size, accurate weights and counts; guaranteed live, healthy. J.F. Gilbert Thomaston 770-648-2062
All sizes catfish, minnows, bluegill, shellcracker, redbreast, sterile carp, electrofishing, feeders, shad, aeration and consulting services. Keith and Kim Edge Soperton 478-697-8994
Any size bass, bluegill, crappie, channel cat, shellcracker, shad, minnows; free delivery or pick up; best prices. Danny Austin, Sr. Roberta 478-836-4938
Bass, bluegill, shellcrackers, hybrid bream, channel catfish fingerlings, sterile grass carp; delivery available. Tony Chew Manchester 706-8463657
Red Wigglers; $2 cup, $35 five-gallon bucket, $100 25-gallon tub. Bruce Self Byron 478-538-6167
Fertilizers & Mulches
2014 square bale mulch hay, in barn. Jerry Cox Fayetteville 770-461-7938
2014 wheat straw; $3 per bale, at barn; delivery available. Gary Brinson Tarrytown 912-286-3191
Aged horse manure, you load any time; I load, call for appointment; $10 truck, $20 trailer, $30 tandem. Raymond Dunnigan Smyrna 678-6832624 404-421-1775
Free aged horse manure, mixed with shavings, can load with tractor. Monti Hight Macon 478-960-2008
Free horse manure, mixed with shavings. Danny West Fayetteville 404-771-4041
Mulch hay, 4x5 net-wrapped rolls, $10 per roll; delivery available; discounts for large quantities. Jack Jenkins Athens 706-286-4438
Mulch hay; approximately 200 bales,

40- or 50-gallon syrup kettle with wide lip, in good condition. Charles Milford Hartwell 705-371-1404
Dish rag gourds, martin gourds, bushel gourds; also seeds for the above; 110 and cross-pollinated. Donavon Jones Carrollton 770-574-4937
Goat Master working chute with ramp stand; must include headgate and ramp. Vanessa Story Waleska MissPrissyHen@aol.com 770-7962338
Horse or cow manure for my garden; pick-up or deliver. Robbert Culbertson Thomson pageculbertson@ gmail.com 706-595-7552
Large meat grinder, three-point hitch or single-point hitch. Jerry Lee Alma 912-288-5727
Metal pipe, six inches or larger, any length or thickness; irrigation well casing is preferred. Sam Manous Ranger sam@ngturf.com 770-548-0489
Mountain laurel wood; branches two-plus inches in diameter. Sandra Parker Newnan 678-596-6892
Old barn, building to tear down; Pike or surrounding counties; will pay reasonable price. Nelson Hollingsworth Molena 404-805-4156
Old chicken house to tear down; will clean it all up. Brian Anderson Royston 706-498-7532
Quantities of 20-pound used propane tanks (grill size), must have current OPD-type valves. William Croft Dawsonville 706-344-9691
Set of "suitcase" type weights for front of John Deere 4640. Jeff Davis Dublin 478-272-6530
Solar-powered fence chargers and posts. Jeff Pasternak Adairsville 678918-6130
Three 12-foot panels for round pen. Jane Berlin Nicholson 678640-8952
Three recipes: old fashioned turnip greens, white turnips and corn pudding. Fosteene Griggs Rock Spring 706-764-1873
Used concrete or steel pipe; 30 inches up to 60 inches; minimum length 20 inches. Shane Holt Whitesburg 404-535-1248
Used six-foot metal T-post, also six-foot tall used chain link fencing. Darren Wilkes Demorest 706-7682683
Will pay $7.50 each for old bonnets. Billy C Horne Macon 478-7316209

Brushmaster, three-point forestry disk; preferably nine feet wide. Norwood Blanchard Wallace NC norwood1310@gmail.com 910-289-1310
Cattle creep feeder, in good condition, ready to use; two-ton or larger. Lamar Simmons Gainesville GA 352317-2869
Flowers, plant seeds: hyacinth, bean, sugar cane, black bamboo, any exotic; starter plants, seed. Carolyn Jones Signal Mountain TN methec11@yahoo.com 423-290-5018 423-290-5018
Firewood
Firewood must be cut from the advertiser's personal property. Ads for firewood must use the cord when specifying the amount of firewood for sale.
100 percent hardwood, cut 16 to 18 inches and split; $160 per cord; smaller quantities available; delivery extra. Alan Sanders Blairsville 706745-3884
Firewood: $160 per cord, $70 per half-cord; delivery available, free local delivery. Robert Todd Greenville 706594-2147
Hardwood, cut 12 to 23 inches and split; $180 per cord; $95 half-cord; delivery free within 30 miles. Tommy Vincent Riverdale 770-996-5368 404-293-8009
Light wood stumps; chopped to use for fire; $300. Edgar Gornto Adel 229896-3645
Oak firewood, $150 per cord; mixed hardwoods, $85 per cord; will sell in smaller quantities. Brad Stephens Hogansville 706-594-3136
Oak firewood, seasoned, split; $200 per cord, $100 per half-cord. Charles Crawley Unadilla 229-942-0243
Oak firewood: seasoned, split, delivered; $90 third-cord; free delivery, south Atlanta, Palmetto. Mitchell North Franklin 770-755-5716
Seasoned and split oak, mixed hardwoods, approximately two cords available; $125 per cord. Dot Hempler Greenville 706-672-4635
Seasoned split firewood, oak, hickory; delivery avialable; $180 full cord; $100 half-cord. Richard Burr Covington 404-771-1391
Seasoned, split delivery or pick up; $100 per half-cord; oak, hickory, cherry, pecan; ask for Tommy. Cynthia Mcrae Jefferson 706-362-4874

Cown Grayson 770-317-1604 770689-9769
Christmas Trees
Leyland cypress five- to six-foot trees. Bob Brookshire Hoschton bbrooks3140@bellsouth.net 770932-5795
Handicrafts
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
Handicraft ads are limited to 30 words.
All types of chair caning, refinishing and repairs. James J Lewis Perry 478-987-4243
Bluebird nestbox with glass viewing window, as seen at "Bluebirds Over Georgia" show; all cedar, easy clean out; $20 plus $7:50 shipping. John Chaney Winder 770-867-8263
Chair and rocker caning of all kinds; also wicker and rattan repair; 34 years experience. Duke Dufresne Statham 770-725-2554
Crochet items: all handmade; repair work on crochet items done at reasonable prices. Marcia H Brookins 219 Sheila Circle Thomaston 30286 706-647-0593
Custom handmade T-shirt quilts, memory quilts, memory bears; great gifts for birthdays, graduation or just because. Margaret Watson Newnan mew542000@yahoo.com 770-2516951
Hand-quilting, 50 years experience. Betty Hyman Norwood 706-466-2116
Homemade quilts: custom and premade, all sizes; $75 to $450; beautiful patterns and colors, think gifts and holidays. Doris Brown McDonough FDBrownJ@charter.net 770-8988701
Knives with deer antler handles; three sizes; comes with leather sheaf; great for Christmas; great for slinking; can be personalized Darrel Youngblood Millwood 912-282-0167
Porch swings: four feet, $40; five feet, $50. Bill Speer Summerville 706-857-4189
Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls, 25 inches; all handmade, no paints or plastics, beautifully dressed, original 1970 pattern. B. Hopkins 914 28th St E Tifton 31794 229-382-2310
Walker bags, adult bibs, sunbonnets, aprons; $7 each or three for $15, includes postage. Margaret Hottle College Park 404-344-0568

will load; $20 each. Eugene Lovett

Tennille gene@lovettspeedshop.com

478-552-7819

Red long leaf pine straw; delivered

and installed, all Georgia. Josh Bull-

och Manchester 404-925-1076

Red Wigglers and castings by the

pound or bed run. Reed Adair Logan-

ville 770-527-6064

Square bales in barn, easy access;

75 to 100 bales, not rained on. Jim

Wylie Calhoun 770-596-4388

Poultry Litter/Compost

Red Wigglers for composting, worm castings, worm farm starter kits, worm farming workshops, gawigglers.com D. Holman Covington 678-977-7944
Red Wigglers, worm castings, worm compost tea, composting kits, worm farming workshops; gawigglers.com K. Holman Newnan 770-713-5781

Oddities

Gourds: martin, crooked handle,

craft, bottleneck and more; shop any

time. Thelma Moon Royston 706-

245-4218

Gourds: martin, serval to choose

from. Hoyt Howard Cumming 770- Maggie and Dixie helped their "Pa" grow this 56-pound pumpkin in their garden in Talking Rock, Ga. Photo submitted by

887-2039

Phillip Godfrey.

LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS Average prices for December 2014 Auction Market at Georgia Auction Markets, Georgia Department of Agriculture and U.S.D.A. Cooperative FederalState Livestock Market News and Grading Service. For daily quotations, call (229) 226-1641 (7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
(Cattle prices expressed in price/hundredweight)
SLAUGHTER CLASSES. . . . . . . . . AVERAGES
COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean. . 113.82 Boners 80-85% Lean. . . 115.19 Lean 85-90% Lean . . . . 107.58 BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1000-1500 lbs . . . . . . . . 135.77 1500-2100 lbs . . . . . . . . 136.65 FEEDER CLASSES: WEIGHTED . . . . . AVG PRICES. STEERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE 1-2 200-250 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-300 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 381.28 300-350 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 375.25 350-400 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 357.06 400-450 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 327.62 450-500 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 300.43 500-550 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 272.86 550-600 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 257.29 600-650 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 242.12 650-700 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 232.13 STEERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE 2-3 300-350 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 351.39 350-400 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 337.33 400-450 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 309.12 450-500 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 278.87 500-550 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 257.55 550-600 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 246.92 HEIFERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE 1-2 200-250 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 358.38. 250-300 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 331.33 300-350 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 320.31 350-400 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 299.24 400-450 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 277.33 450-500 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 260.75 500-550 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 241.82 550-600 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 229.62 600-650 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 218.81 650-700 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 212.38 GOATS (priced per head) SLAUGHTER CLASSES . . . . . . SELECTION 2 BILLIES/BUCKS 75-100 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . 143.75 100-150 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 183.75 150-300 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NANNIES/DOES 60-80 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.00 80-100 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . 127.50 100-150 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 170.00. KIDS & YEARLINGS 20-40 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.75 40-60 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.25 60-80 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.50
Producers can obtain daily cattle prices by Internet at the following website: http:// www.ams.usda.gov
Once at the site, select Market News and Transportation Data in the left column. Click on Livestock, Meats, Grain and Hay under the heading Market News Reports by Program. Next, click on Cattle under the heading Browse by Commodity. Then click on Feeder and Replacement Cattle Auctions and select Georgia.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2015

UGA, Armstrong Atlantic research growing edible, ornamental bananas in the South

By Dallas Duncan
Move over, peaches Georgia is going bananas.
2015 marks more than a decade of scientists at the University of Georgia-Tifton Campus researching varieties of the fruit that could prosper in the state's climate.
"The US is a big importer. We spend at least $1.5 billion each year to bring bananas to the US. If you add the plantain, it's $1.9 billion that the US spends to bring bananas here," said Esendugue Fonsah, professor and Extension economist at UGA-Tifton.
The only places bananas are grown commercially in America is Hawaii. Florida is starting to host a small banana industry, and since Georgia's right next door, it makes sense to try them here, he said.
"We're not trying to grow the same bananas as Central America," Fonsah said. "[We can grow] Ethnic bananas, which is perfect for niche markets. If you go to the Atlanta supermarkets, you find Ethnic banana sales price ranges from $1.27 to $2 per pound, compared to the regular banana, which is 45 cents to 65 cents."
Georgia's banana project has been in the works since the early 2000s. Fonsah said more farmers are trying to cultivate them, but he's urging them to not get too far ahead not enough research has been done yet for proper application and label usage on some chemical fertilizers, for example.
"We want to do it not just for the big guys, but for the little guys. The guys who want to do one acre of strawberries and one acre of bananas," Fonsah said.
But where the "big guys" come in is alternative energy. A portion of the banana plant is not eaten, but it can be crushed and turned into a biofuel. In addition, the entirety of the plant could proof an economic incentive. Banana blossoms, which are eaten as vegetables all over the world, can sell for between $3 and $5 each. The leaves can also be marketed, Fonsah said.

Researchers at the University of Georgia-Tifton Campus and Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Ga., have been cultivating new edible and ornamental banana varieties for more than a decade. Though not ready for commercial production yet, both industries hold promise for a variety of cultivars, including these pink Musa veutina ornamentals. Photo courtesy Richard Wallace, Armstrong Atlantic State University

There are possibilities for landscaping as well.
"Our ornamental industry is a $500 million industry, so if we add bananas to the collection, that is a huge addition," Fonsah said.
That's where Georgia's second banana project comes into play, headed up by Richard Wallace, professor of chemistry at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah. Wallace also focuses on ornamental bananas, which produce fruit that's not traditionally grown for consumption.
"They tend to be small, highly seeded, but they're very beautifully colored," he said. "They seem to be very well-suited for a variety of climates including those in south Georgia and Florida. They grow much faster than the edible varieties."
Wallace, an organic chemist by training, dabbled in backyard agriculture, specifically

tropical fruits. As he became more interested in growing bananas, he came across Fonsah's project. The two worked together for several years and now Wallace has his own banana breeding research, too.
"Just like everything else in science, there's so many aspects of it to be explored," Wallace said. "We found this one variety that has a very short fruiting cycle. It grows very rapidly; it produces fruit very rapidly. What I'm interested in doing is trying to bring some cold tolerance through selective breeding."
The reason bananas grow so well in the tropics is because there's no frost and consistent temperatures year-round, Wallace said.
"There are some bananas that are cold tolerant, but nothing that is cold proof. Every variety I've seen will die if it gets cold enough, which is within the winter tem-

peratures that we have here. Nobody lives through the winter as a green plant, even in south Georgia," he said.
That got Wallace thinking what if there was a banana variety that was an annual, which could be planted, harvested and die back, like tomato plants?
"After we realized there was a variety out there that grew fast enough that allowed us to do everything in one season, I became interested in how can we make this better, maybe extend the season a little bit better," Wallace said.
Most varieties take 18 months to two years to put on fruit, so in areas like Georgia where the temperature drops too low for optimum production, a banana with an eight- to ninemonth growth cycle would work best, said Katie Chafin, owner-manager of Going Bananas in Homestead, Fla.
"Florida and places in Georgia do get them to fruit pretty good if they want to protect them from the weather," she said. "As far as commercial [production], I really wouldn't advise it until we get something that can come to fruit a little faster."
Chafin's banana business began after Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992 and wiped out much of her tropical fruit trees except for a few bananas. Her farm is now the only dedicated banana nursery in the country, with customers everywhere from the Keys to Alaska. She said her customers are determined to grow what they've been told is impossible in their area, including bananas.
Fonsah and Wallace's projects are far from over, developing cultivars that can be sold through nurseries like Chafins, now for smallscale production and possibly commercial sales in the future.
"I don't think we're ever going to compete with Chiquita and Dole for banana production, but I think it'll give people who do smaller farming an opportunity for a different crop," Wallace said. "Plus it's a beautiful plant. There's not a lot prettier than a banana plant if it's healthy and happy."

LOAN: Development Authority's START program offers low interest rates

farming five years or fewer, said Thomas Carter, executive director of GDA.
"Everyone is concerned with the age of farmers in America. The average age is over 60 years old. In order to continue a good, reliable source of food for the nation, we need to do things to help the younger generation step into the footprints of the one's that's going out," Carter said. "We thought that probably the best use of funds would be for a beginning farmer program to get people farming to replace ones that are on the retiring side."
The START loan is available to beginning farmers, ranchers, agribusiness operators and those with limited financial resources or assets. According to the program website, applicants must meet other requirements, including having no prior ownership in a substantial amount of farmland and possessing an individual net worth of less than $750,000.
The need for loans comes in part due to the rise in farm real estate cost, which "exacerbated" the challenges of acquiring farmland, according to USDA-ERS. The per-acre value in 2012 averaged more than $2,600, up nearly 11 percent from

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the previous year. Beginning farmer loans are also available from the USDA
Farm Service Agency and the Farm Credit System. GDA also offers other loan options for producers, including loans for agribusiness, land and equipment.
"This program lends the money out at the prime interest rate, which is 3.25 [percent]," Carter said. "The maximum loan amount is $400,000. The loan has to be 80 percent of the appraised value of the property or the purchase price, whichever is lowest."
He said the interest rate is the biggest difference between START and GDA's other loans.
"They're going to be up in the 4 to 6 percent range depending on the term of the loan," Carter said. "We're going to not be quite as lenient on the credit standards with the regular loans. With the beginning farmer, we give them kind of the benefit of the doubt to help them out."
Thompson checked into some of the other beginning farmer options, but none fit quite right.
"I needed to have three years of paper history as being a

farmer myself for the USDA, and being that I just graduated from college two years ago this December, I didn't have three full years of history on paper where I'd been on my own," he said.
Carter said GDA set up a $10 million revolving fund specifically for START, and added they'd love to lend all the money out.
"I think it's one of the best opportunities for a person trying to begin a farming operation. You can't beat the interest rate," Carter said. "They're getting an interest rate that's exclusive for the very best customers in the country. That's very hard to beat especially when you can lock it in for long-term."
Though it was the interest rates that initially intrigued him to the START loan, Thompson said it was GDA's support system that hooked him.
"This is a big undertaking: think of somebody 26 years old, and somebody standing there with me and saying, `I believe in you and we can make this work together,'" he said. "It just gives you a little comfort to say they're putting their faith in you that you can do this, just get up every day and work hard."

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