See when to plant your spring crops. Planting chart, page 11 GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GARY W. BLACK, COMMISSIONER WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 VOL. 98, NO. 3 COPYRIGHT 2015 Carrot growers find customers in both humans and bovines By Dallas Duncan It takes two things to grow carrots: good soil and plenty of patience. "Carrots are a testament to one's garden and one's soil. You have to have good soil to grow good carrots," said Ashley Rodgers, farm manager at Serenbe Farms in Chattahoochee Hills, Ga. "You have to have good organic matter and all the nutrients carrots are going to want." The soil content and germination are the most challenging parts of carrot production she said. "It's hard to grow a carrot in the garden because the soil texture's not usually fine enough. That's the main problem you'll come across," said Tim Lewis, owner of Lewis Farms Produce in Elko, Ga. For gardeners and producers who don't have ready access to compost or fine soil, he advises digging a furrow and putting germinating mix in each hole. "Carrots can take two to three weeks to germinate, so make sure they're moist, that you're not overwatering consistently," Rodgers said. "I'll keep them watered and then I'll hit them with an overhead spray for five to 10 minutes to prevent that top crust from setting on our clay soil." Carrots at Serenbe are seeded in the spring and fall. Rodgers aims for a spring date of March 1 to harvest May through July, then plants fall carrots in July and August to harvest in late October. Her favorites are the sweet Nelson, slender Mokum and Sugarsnax and the Scarlet Nantes, which is a 70-day variety. Rodgers plants four rows on a four-foot bed using a single-row push seeder. Her carrots are open to the outdoors, but there are other options. "If I had more high tunnels, I'd love to plant carrots in there," she said. "We do all of ours outside because I only have one high tunnel right now." A high tunnel system is a cold-frame structure covered with a layer of polyethylene plastic. The sides are rolled up to provide ventilation. This method worked well for Lewis, who started a nursery fulltime in 2007 and decided to try his hand at produce production. He used a 30-by-96-foot high tunnel with 15 raised beds, each filled with a compost fertilizer. "When it rains, you don't have to worry about overwatering or underwatering. You control that. If there's any kind of hail damage, you don't have to worry about that. That's the main consideration or advantage," Lewis said. "The garden, you're just exposed to everything that will come along." In addition, the temperature inside a high tunnel is somewhat high, which speeds up the growth of crops planted inside. Producers can thus start planting earlier and grow for a longer season, he said. "The opportunities are really good, plus the fact that they're so hard to grow for the average home gardener, if you can grow them in a high tunnel you have See CARROTS, page 7 Carrots are in high demand for human diets, but one producer found a way to include the cull vegetables in his cattle operation to reduce industry waste. The bovines at Blackwater Cattle Company in Lake Park, Ga., enjoy cull carrots as part of their ration several months each year. Photo by Dallas Duncan INSIDE THIS ISSUE Farm services ads.......................2 Strawberry pick-your-own ad form........................................8 Farmland for sale ad form...........9 Handicraft ads........................... 11 Notice Deadline to submit ads for the March 18 issue is noon, March 4. 100-year-old shelling company honored at 2015 Georgia Peanut Farm Show Armond Morris, chairman of Georgia Peanut Commission, presents the Distinguished Service Award to Charles Birdsong of Birdsong Peanuts at the 39th annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show, held Jan. 15, in Tifton, Ga. Birdsong Peanuts, which celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, was one of many award winners at the event. Photo courtesy Georgia Peanut Commission By Dallas Duncan Editor's Note: For a full list of Georgia Peanut Farm Show award winners, visit www.gapeanuts.com and click on "News Room." The state's growers celebrated their 39th Georgia Peanut Farm Show in Tifton, Ga., last month, bringing thousands of producers and industry experts together for the latest and greatest in peanut innovation. "Last year's crowd was maybe one of the biggest we've ever had, and all of a sudden this year's crowd was the largest participation we've ever had," said Don Koehler, executive director of Georgia Peanut Commission. The major highlight is the equipment on display, Koehler said. "When I came 29 years ago, my first Peanut Farm Show, we were using basically two-row diggers with a couple of four-row digger-shakers to dig the peanuts. Everybody was basically two-row peanut combines," he said. "From that, we've got six- and eight- and even one company has a self-propelled that you can harvest up to 20 rows right now. The change in equipment has been amazing over time." The show also featured an educational conference where experts discuss new peanut varieties and other industry news, as well as an opportunity to recognize those in the industry, Koehler said. One of those was Birdsong Peanuts, which was given the Distinguished Service Award. Birdsong Peanuts began in 1914 as a family-owned feed and seed store in Virginia. The company expanded to a shelling plant in the 1930s, added Texas offices in 1965 and in See PEANUTS, page 7 Mail to: Published by the Ga. Department of Agriculture Gary W. Black, Commissioner GEORGIA GROWN PROFILE: Jaemor Farms Festivals, field trips promote family's love of agriculture By Beth Mohler, intern The Echols family has been harvesting the 342 acres that make up Jaemor Farms for more than 103 years. The farm has always been family owned and operated and its products sold directly to the public. "The entire time we've sold locally grown food to the community in a learning environment," Farm Manager Drew Echols said. Though Jaemor is known for its name in peaches, the farm also produces crops such as strawberries, pumpkins, blackberries, muscadines, Concord grapes, watermelons, squash, tomatoes and zucchini. "We're proud to have such a diverse offering. In addition to all the produce, we have rental facilities and how-to classes," Echols said. Jaemor facilitates activities throughout the year such as a corn maze, peach festival and a strawberry festival. "We're really making leeway in the association on where food comes from, and it's a win-win for everyone. A huge help for that is our field trip program. These programs help us make a huge impact on the younger generation and really be an advocate for the industry," Echols said. The field trip program helps meet Georgia Performance Standards and highlights the variety of careers available in agriculture, he said. "It really is a great time to be in Georgia agriculture. If we could encourage producers and consumers anything, it would be to be more proactive, and to have a more hand-in-hand relationship. Promote local, buy local and brand it," Echols said. PAGE 2 FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN 404-656-3722 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 Market Bulletin Advertising Guidelines Only subscribers with a current subscription number are allowed to advertise in the Market Bulletin. Advertisers are limited to one ad per issue per subscriber number. Out-ofstate subscribers are only allowed to publish ads in the Out-of-State Wanted category. All advertisements published in the Market Bulletin must relate to farming, agriculture or be a part of these industries. All items submitted for sale through the Market Bulletin must meet at least one of the following criteria: 1. Must be produced by advertisers on their farming operation 2. Must be made by the advertisers from materials on their farming operations 3. 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Farm Services and Farm Services Wanted ads are limited cattle; $1.50 per loaded mile. Eugene Anderson Byron 478-719-3422 Horse trimming services; all breeds, minis and drafts, too; $30 per trim. Tiffany Taylor Union Point 706-818-3149 Mud and water no problem; beaver dam removal, creek channel cleaning, to 30 words. drainage ditching, silt removal, lake 35 years experience; lakes, ponds rimming. Jim Moon Oakfield 229-535- built, restored, repaired; new pipe sys- 6562 229-881-0048 tems without draining; swamps drained, One call for all farm needs; fencing: creeks re-routed, land cleared, home three-four board, woven wire fence, high sites, timber clean-up, horse farm work; tensile, electric, painting, staining; barn, licensed, insured, references. Bobby Karr stall, run-in construction, remodeling, Fairburn 678-973-7645 770-964-5065 repair; light tractor work. Casey Kent 37 years experience laser-grading Monroe 678-446-8520 678-446-8520 horse arenas, toppings; custom tree Plowing, subsoiling, tilling, hilling, clearing, topsoil, dirt, bulk mulch, grav- mounding for small acreage; discounts el, barns pads graded, horse paddocks, for community organizations. Steven residential grading, track-hoe, trucking, Humfleet Lilburn 770-696-9218 driveways built, demolition; insured. Bill Repair farm equipment at your farm, Butler Braselton 770-231-4662 770- specialize in alternators, startes and 685-0288 six- and 12-volt generators; Rockdale, All types of grading, clearing, hauling, Newton and Walton counties. Randy pond repair and siphon systems; dirt, Thomas Conyers 678-758-5881 sand and gravel available. Paul Laven- Saw your logs into lumber at your good Madison 770-318-3859 place or mine; call for details. Taylor All welding work, i.e. tractor wheels, Davis Fayetteville 770-402-1180 770steel, aluminum and stainless steel 461-4418 gates, railings and trailer hitches; tractor Stumps ground neatly below ground work; garden plowing, tilling; Bush Hog- level; reasonably priced; free estimate. ging; driveways scraped, washed. Larry Glen Whitley Bethlehem 770-867-2718 Houston Covington 770-786-0600 770- Tractor services, Bush Hogging, loader 235-3082 work, grading, dirt and gravel hauled, Any farm fence built with wood or wire; area clean up, fence repair, drainage is- corrals, farm buildings and all other re- sues. Wayne Humbard loganville 678lated work; statewide service. Robert 825-4597 Hayes Hartwell 706-376-6708 Turn your logs to lumber, portable Tim- Bush Hog, drives scraped, post holes, berKing sawmill, prices low as 35 cents tilling services; call for prices. Larry per board foot plus set up fee. Mitchell Boatright Dallas 678-386-1466 Smith Griffin 404-867-5106 Bush Hog, rotary mow, dirt road grad- Farm Services Wanted ing, tilling services. Larry Winkler Winston 770-942-0808 Bush Hog, rotary mow, garden and I need 12 acres of pasture fertilized and seeded, overseeded in rye, fescue; Waleska, Rydal, Ga., area. Beth Miller food plot, harrow and plow; cut, rake, Waleska 770-312-3915 bale square hay; Monroe County area. Jimmy Waldrep Forsyth 478-994-0701 Need person to cut down two large trees for wood in Augusta. Louise Swan Clearing, grading, roads, lakes and Greensboro weezyswan@aol.com 706- ponds; rock, dirt delivered; all types of 294-1594 Bobcat work; references available. Matt Walnut tree to be taken down ASAP, Eskew Newnan 678-725-1680 approximately 80 years old; in Hartwell, Electric fence chargers repaired. Wil- Ga. 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To see when your subscription is up for renewal, check the expiration date on the page 1 mailing label. 880 David Brown diesel, P/S, 135, Massey Ferguson diesel; both look, works great; $3,500 each; equipment available. Samuel Herndon Hazelhurst 912-395-4320 9004 Bush Hog peanut picker, six-row Brown chiselvator. Donnie Keene Ab- FARM EMPLOYMENT 1967 John Deere 3020 restored, excel- beville 229-425-8055 lent condition, field-ready; $13,000. Ker- 9044 Bush Hog peanut picker, used ry Tomlinson Homerville 912-487-6451 this season, plus some parts, $4,000; If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722. Only farm work or farm help 1971 John Deere 4020, excellent condition, 16.9x38 rear tires 75 percent, wheel weights. Jim Davis Americus ask for Mike Deal. Mike Waters Nevils 912-682-7249 A Gill model 20A200, 72-inch dual wanted advertisements allowed. No 229-938-2286 roller pulverizer, new bearings, tension commercial, industrial or domestic employment permitted. Caretaker, groom: 15-stall barn, feed- 1983 white GMC tractor with a 15-ton trailer. J. T Austin Douglasville 770652-2164 770-652-3383 springs; sandblasted painted; $1,000 OBO. Todd Chitwood Fayetteville 404886-1115 ing, turnout, blanketing; small salary in exchange for room, board; horse expe- 1986 Ford tractor, diesel, 47 horsepower, power steering, good rubber, Adams 20-foot litter spreader, like new. Joe Moore Union Point 706-338-2747 rience required. Laurie Wilensky Cum- solid tractor, ready to work; $6,800. Adams poultry house caker, very good ming 770-330-0226 Ken Fields Gay kenhome@bellsouth.net condition; $8,000. James Lyles Ring- Cattle and farm worker, run tractors, 770-318-7699 gold 423-227-7929 heavy equipment, class A driver. Shane 1992 John Deere 2350 with cab, 67 Allis Chalmers G tractor with cultiva- Martin Zebulon 770-695-5383 horsepower, 1,380 hours; $22,500. tors, bottom plow, mechanical lift, runs Goolsby Farms, Dawson, Ga., needs Bobby Bagley Cumming 678-947-4462 well, good tires; needs brakes, paint; experienced John Deere GPS operator, 2002 KMC four-row strip till, mark- $3,600. James Newsome Statesboro maintenance skills, welding and irriga- ers, gen., two shanks, four coulters, 912-587-5918 tion. Sonia Chestnut Dawson sonia@ $10,000; John Deere 8300 drill, single- Allis Chalmers HD6B dozer, engine, goolsbyfarmsupply.com 229-995-2055 disk, $2,800. Dee Martin Fort Valley drive train, rebuilt, 150 hours, excellent Horse farm, 425 acres, 27-stall barn, 478-338-5109 condition, under roof; $9,750. Carl Kel- needs worker with tractor experience, 2004 Case IH CPX610; six-row cotton ley Madison 706-246-0715 general labor. Jo M Roberts Roopville picker, great shape. Carl Stalvey Ray Bush Hog 2245 front end loader; fits joroberts@wgrasc.com 770-854-4440 City 229-563-3580 1620 Ford, New Holland, all mount- Live-in experienced caretaker wanted 2012 Kubota 2320 with 240 hours, ing brackets and loader; $2,300. Clay for six to eight horses, in exchange for four-wheel drive, front loader and mow- Walden Mitchell 706-831-2392 apartment; pay for additional chores. er deck; $12,000 OBO. James Doorn- Bush Hog, model 160, 14-foot fixed Glenn Smoot Social Circle glenns- haag Rome 865-250-4939 deck, three blades, pull-type; $950. Bob moot@yahoo.com 470-207-4030 2012 Troy-Bilt 42-inch mower, 20 Seaton Cohutta 706-278-7073 Looking for experienced poultry farm horsepower; Kohler engine, runs, rest Case 2590 tractor, 180 horsepower, worker; living space provided; serious is scrap; $100; Troup County. David W two-wheel drive cab and duals, good en- inquiries only. Pam Duckworth Calhoun Noles Hogansville 706-523-6236 gine has transmission problem; $3,500. 706-346-0217 230 John Deere harrow, 21-foot, hay Brent Pearman Chula 229-392-5569 Looking for herdsman, manager for express, five bales; GN DMC rotary Case 3185 sprayer, 90-foot tremble, commercial beef herd; salary based on grain cleaner and others. Joe Shurley easy boom, auto shut-off; $50,000. Ste- qualifications; references required. Roy Warrenton 706-465-3161 phen Houston Donalsonville 229-416- Embry Eatonton 706-485-9848 240 IHC model tractor, $1,950; New 6080 Man, 57, would like part-time job on Holland baler, rake, fluffer, $985 each; Case International 4820 round baler, horse farm in the Snellville, Loganville, Ga., area; experienced. Johnny Weaver heavy duty box scrape, $385. Lynne Rhinehart Ringgold 706-338-7176 great cond., string wrap; $4,000. Brandon Lindsey Sandersville 478-342-5980 Snellville 770-493-9545 2810 Ford tractor with loader, 32 horse- Chandler 20-foot spreader body, ex- Mature person, horse farm, experience horse handling, tractors, equipment power, diesel, good rubber, 1,059 hours; 1986 Squealer Bush Hog; $12,500. cellent condition. Everett Panter Blue Ridge 706-455-7227 maintenance; apartment plus salary. Richard Katz Atlanta 404-892-1776 Part-time farm help needed; no drugs. E. Sims Carnesville 706-384-5278 Vegetable gardener to plant, maintain and harvest our all-natural vegetable garden. Luca Gianturco Alpharetta 770-777-5875 770-826-4738 John Foster Cornelia 706-499-2922 5488 International tractor, new paint, new interior, cold, A/C with duals. Wesley Taylor Fitzgerald 229-425-0870 5610 Ford wheel and tire, 15-3-38 and power take-off shaft for 8600 Ford 2000, RPM; $395. W. J Bird Jesup 912-4272233 Cultivator, have seven complete sets for three-point hitch; $100. George Brewer Lizella 478-836-2209 Dirt scoop, three-point hitch, lightly used; $150. Frank Sutton Taylorsville 770-684-5600 Ditchwitch 3610 diesel rider; 2001 year model, Behlen Country; 150-gallon water trough, two John Deere coil spring Want to work with horses, farm; pay is 600 Ford, Bush Hog, harrow, PHD, shanks. Slate Long Madison 706-752- negotiable; I have extended experience AP plow, cultivator, blade, finish mower, 0206 with horses. Richard Jones Covington cynthiabroadnax99@yahoo.com 404- boom pole, hay spear, scoop; $7,450. Ken Phillips Bogart 706-714-7282 Echo Bearcat, power take-off chipper, model 73454; used less than eight 736-4961 630 John Deere harrow, 22 feet wide, hours, up to four-inch branches; $2,500 FARM MACHINERY hydraulic fold, excellent disk, 24-inch, ta- OBO. Larry Kopczak Garfield 478-494pered, disk for leveling; $9,000. Wayne 2667 If you have questions regarding this category, call 404-656-3722. Braddy Tarrytown 912-529-3594 650 John Deere tractor with turf tires, power take-off, front and rear, 500 Excavator 690B; John Deere, $18,999; runs well, very strong, newly packed cylinders. Craig Selph McRae tammy- Only farm machinery and equipment hours, hay rake; $4,500. Benjamin Pope selph@yahoo.com 229-315-8909 owned by the advertiser and used in Rockledge 478-275-0057 Farmall 140 Super A, also front end his/her own farming operation can be 730 D, John Deere, very good con- loader for Shibaura SD4000AD-0. Clyde advertised; those persons advertising diton; Maxey's. Buddy Moore Union Parker Chatsworth 706-847-8517 for machinery and equipment wanted Point 706-817-8430 Farmall A; has good tires and a rebuilt must be seeking those items for their 85 Ford one-ton with welding body, head; block is cracked; $975 OBO; ask own farming operation. very good tires and body; $2,000. Eu- for Jacob. Samuel Groover Statesboro `01 John Deere 9750 STS combine, gene Lovett Tennille 478-232-8554 912-601-2385 four-wheel drive. Lon Higgins Douglas 912-592-8455 1951 John Deere model A1, solid tractor; runs and drives like new; $1,800. Calling all subscribers! Bryan Irwin Conyers 494-516-8077 1954 Ford Jubilee tractor in good condition; $2,675. David McGee Lexington mcgeedt1@yahoo.com 706- Beginning in January, the Market Bulletin will send out email alerts when a new issue is posted online. 340-6193 1958 Ford Jubilee tractor, good To ensure you get these notifications, we need your tires, many other parts, engine is bad; correct email address! If your email has changed, or $1,000. Martin D Casey Calhoun 706- 625-4400 we do not have an email on file for you, please email 1960 International harvester B275, 38 horsepower, 2,127 hours shown; $3,500 OBO, cash only. Carolyn Hilton Braselton cghilton1@aol.com 404-326-0002 404-326-0002 the following information to Circulation Manager Gerrie Fort at Geraldine.fort@agr.georgia.gov: * Subscriber's name 1960s bulldozer, Allis Chalmers H-3 four-cylinder, gas, six-way hydraulic * Subscription number blade; good tracks; $3,840. Ron Scherer Blue Ridge rscherer@tds.net 706- * Subscriber's email address 851-5182 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN 404-656-3722 PAGE 3 Farmall H, 1951, 12-volt, expo restoration, all new tires, paint; $3,000 firm. Jack Morrell Albany 229-886-4700 Farmall model M tractor, looks, runs great, remote hydraulics, also has beltdriven corn grinder; $2,250. Tommy Kemp Marietta 404-680-7219 678-7581481 Farmall Super A cultivators and some planters; $800. Nelson Massey Conyers 770-483-2639 Ferguson 35 with harrow, $3,800; Farmall cub with mower, $1,800; culivator front, rear, some sweep feet. Jerry D Taylor Alma 912-288-3376 Fertilizer spreader, 400 pounds, power take-off driven, $300; 5x16 bumer, pentail hitch wagon, lights, parade-ready, $650 OBO. Roy Watson Senoia 706538-1185 404-642-6766 Five-foot Bush Hog cutter, $550; fivefoot leveling rake, $350; five-foot box blade, $350. Ryan Braddy Tarrytown 912-293-4826 Ford 1994, 8430, 125 horsepower, cab, air, 3,200 hours, new tires, perfect; $17,500. Richard Thomas Albany richard@ceafirm.com 229-347-9197 Ford 445-C, heavy duty industrial tractor-loader, shuttle, three-point hitch, low hours; $7,500, Brenda Brown Fort Valley 478-954-1283 Ford 5000 and New Holland TN 65 tractors; both in good condition. Erick Blitch Statesboro 912-536-8578 Ford 5000 High Crop, diesel, runs and drives, good restore project for rare tractor; $3,900. Danny Williams Kite 478278-6320 Ford 8N tractor; $1,800. Tommy Vaughn Forsyth 478-256-6395 Ford, four-bottom plow, 16 inches; two 295 International planters; one four-row Forest City bedder. Neal Greene Ideal 478-949-3055 Gehl 46255x skid loader, 65-inch bucket tooth bar, rear weight, 893 hours, 47 horsepower, Kubota engine, excellent; $8,000. Larry Boddie Williamson 770-228-4932 Gooseneck trailer, new, never used, 8'x40', 8000# tri axles, clean tail, fold over floor level ramps, Led lights, hvy. duty chassi, $7,200. Ron Hulett Milan 912-363-5978 Gravely 7.6 super convertible, 36-inch mower, running or for parts. George Brack Norman Park 229-456-2906 Great Plains 1005 10-foot no-till drill; $12,750. Linda Lecroy Martin 706-4917222 Harrow; Masey Ferguson, double harrrow, $800; big harrow, no less, can send picture. Jesse Garrett Auburn 770-6527915 International 1466; good running tractor, hitch needs work, good back tires; $3,500. Reese Foster Dawson 229886-0396 International 295; four-row planters, good condition, comes with operator's manual and several sets of plates. Andrew Cobb Cochran 478-231-1679 International 444, 39 horsepower, diesel PS, new paint, brakes, water pump, fluids, looks good, runs well, tires, seat. W. H. Hortman Roberta 478-714-3210 International 986, for parts, bad engine; call 6 to 9 p.m.; $1,000. Danny R Manning Cochran 478-934-0100 International Farmall Cub tractor, excellent shape and running condition. Boyd W Cole Dallas 770-445-7175 JD 4020; excellent cond., new rubber, new paint, new brakes and clutches, $9500. David Burk 8500 Calhoun Rd Pinehurst 31070 229-938-5550 229938-0055 John Deere 110 lawn mower with round fenders, not running; $300. John Itson Pelham 229-294-0486 John Deere 1960s 110 lawn tractors; two with 5A John Deere sprayer; $950 OBO. Rodney Wilson Barnesville 404473-1419 John Deere 1983; 950, one owner, excellent condition with rotary tiller, allpurpose plow, several blades, mower. Wayne Shelnutt Loganville 770-4664943 John Deere 4110, 250 hours, diesel, backhoe, four-wheel drive, front loader, mower, box, 16-foot trailer, cruise; $14,900. James Kelly Lithonia 404576-3011 John Deere 6000 sprayer, 60-foot booms, cab, cold A/C; excellent condition, field-ready. Phil Sanders Stephens 706-340-5669 John Deere 6220, cab loader, $52,000; John Deere 467 silage baler, New Holland 1470 disk-bine cutter, Massey Ferguson 224 square baler. L. Partain Elberton 706-283-5058 John Deere 6600 grain combine, two heads; Lilliston Hi-Cap peanut combine, always sheltered. Mike Bird Americus 229-942-3835 John Deere 71 planters, $1,000; Twofour cultivators, $400 each; good condition. Harrell Willis Iron City 229-5248257 229-400-3611 John Deere 7100; four-row planter, $2,500. Garrett Rice Bogart 229-2202844 John Deere 7300 MaxEmerge2, sixrow striptill, wheel assist, row markers, $13,000; four-row hooded sprayer, 150-gallon tank, $1,000. Perry Avery Alamo lperry1@hotmail.com 478-272-7933 John Deere 7810, MFWD, P/S, cab, 8,032 hours, three SCVs, very good condition; $44,000 OBO. Ted Milliron Shellman 229-317-3795 John Deere 8420 MFD tractor, 9986 cotton picker, 1,800 hours, 4x4. Alan Baggett Montrose 478-484-0656 John Deere articulating tractor 8640, 275 horsepower, power take-off, quick hitch, runs great; $25,000 OBO. Mac Lane Omaha 334-750-1062 John Deere hit and miss 1925, three horsepower; good condition, small oil leak, runs well. Jimmy Bruce Tyrone 404-660-4779 404-660-4779 John Deere LX172 mower; for parts; bad transmission, good blades, belts, mower deck; 38-inch; $50. Paul Bailey Hoschton 706-654-9245 John Deere No. 71, two-row planter and fertilizer, good condition; $1,600. Eddy Tomlinson Calhoun 706-280-8068 John Deere, 60-inch midmount mower for 4000 series compact tractors; $600 OBO. Reg Ozment Rome 706-3464404 John Deere, deer plot drill, seven or eight feet wide, works on three-point hitch; $2,100. Royce Hulett Hazlehurst 912-253-0161 912-375-3008 Kennco plastic mulch layer; $2,000. Wes Swancy Ranger wswancy@gmail. com 678-313-4821 KMC 3374 peanut picker, 2005 model, vine spreader, always shelter-kept, excellent condition; $45,000. Zach Shanklin Albany 229-881-6383 KMC 4810, peanut dump cart, 3 years old, very good shape; one 595 Case tractor. David Dunaway Hawkinsville 478-588-1169 Kubota 7200BST; 17 horsepower, all fluids changed, new seat, in family since new, everything works; $4,500. Larry Barnes Cumming 678-360-0266 Kubota tractor, L3800 HGt, LA5234 loader and SQ 160 Bush Hog rotary cutter, 74 hours; $18,500. Brenda Wright Thomaston 706-647-1293 Lawson pasture aerator, $15,000; Massey Ferguson 43 grain drill, 12-foot, $3,750; cultipacker 14-foot, $1,000. Ted Smith Washington 706-678-4011 Litter spreader, mounted 161, BBT, hydraulic spreader stainless steel, lower end. Susan Cox Social Circle 404-9255412 Manure spreader, ground-driven, 8x3x3 feet; four new chains in bed; $1,800. Ronnie Thomas Bogart 706207-7366 Massey Ferguson 245 with loader, 90 percent tires, clean, work-ready; 970 John Deere, like new, fresh paint. L. L Rouse Stone Mountain 678-602-8460 Massey Ferguson 285 tractor, 81 horsepower with Rhino, 12-foot hydraulic rear blade, has gauge wheel; $9,000. Charles Pharr Buckhead 706-342-1067 404-680-1874 Massey Ferguson 5445 CAB MF loader bucket, forks, spear, 1,900 hours, barn-kept; two-wheel drive. Benny Lasseter Franklin 678-378-1884 Massey Ferguson tractor for parts, engine runs, no sheet metal, $2000. Ashley Hayes 757 Wolf Pit Road Eastanollee 30538 burchellja@windstream.net 706491-6424 Mini layer; 2.400 plastic mulch layer, excellent condition; $7,000. Troy Chandler Danielsville 706-338-9144 Mini trackhoe, 18J model 2000 trailer, Kubota diesel; new pumps, tracks, bucket, scrape blade, detachable thumb; dual axle trailer; $18,000. Roy Pruitt Douglasville 770-949-5453 770595-7891 MX10 John Deere gearbox, stump jumper and blades; great used condition; $750 OBO; call and leave message. Don Ayer Plainville 706-5098768 New heavy-duty bucket hay mover, 48inch spear, fits all tractors; 2,000-pound lift; $175, you pick. V Felkel Millen 912682-5813 New Holland 1049 bale wagon, 160 bales, Ford V-8, downsizing hay operation; $12,000 OBO. Frank Fleming Athens 706-202-0533 706-202-0533 New Holland 411 Discbine, runs, $2000; Case 900 cyclo air, six-row planter, pull-type, $1,500. Ryan Becker Avera 706-840-5487 New Holland 451 sickle bar mower, seven-foot bar. manuals, extra bar and swathing attachment; little use; $1,200. Richard Haines Cleveland 706-8655809 New Idea manure spreader, new chain, Super A Farmall tractor, 140 belly new floor, good condition, two-ton, mower, 5x4 blade, one extra bar; $300. feeders, eight-foot scrape blade. Julius Steve G Dotson Hampton 770-946- Dozier Appling 706-449-1630 8035 Nine-shank, all-purpose plow, Dear- Tiller, Husqvarna CRT900 14-inch rear born brand, good condition; $400. tine; Briggs & Stratton motor 950, model Thomas Tucker Lithia Springs 770- CRT900, used once; $550. Collinda 941-2354 Shingledecker Lawerenceville john- Nine-ton trailer, 3001 Kubota tractor, decker1953@yahoo.com 404-399-8857 34 horsepower, five-foot box blade; Tiller, Troy-Bilt Super Bronco six horse- $6,500. Gaines Harman Greenville 678- power, 16-inch tilling width, 2004; al- 773-2564 ways stored indoors, like new. Steve Oliver Super 55; runs well, sheet metal, Loftin Stockbridge 678-565-9846 straight, perfect for restoration project; Toro 60-inch mower; $3,200; runs $2,000. Joey Parker Jefferson 678- great. Emmett Davis Upatoi 706-718- 414-5785 1154 Pull - type, two disc plow for Super Troy-Bilt horse tiller, electric start, ex- A Farmall tractor, $200. James Lyles cellent condition, kept in barn; $750. Chatsworth 706-695-2520 Harold Betsill Hampton 678-544-7909 Pull-type fertilizer spreader, five-ton Troy-Bilt wood chipper, eight horse- Pamco, power take-off, spinner and power Briggs & Stratton engine; $250. hydraulic lift, chain drive wheel, good Fred Stowers Dawsonville 678-462condition; $2,500. Wade Simpson Mc- 0511 Donough 404-732-7255 Two one-cylinder gas engines, not Redball 655, three-point hitch spray- running; $1,000 cash. Jimmie W Mize er; 76 feet wide with spray control- Greensboro 706-318-1156 ler; $4,400; pictures available. Johnny Two-row tool bar with one Covington Sanders Vienna johnny@sfsfarm.com planter; $500; will trade. H. Dale Farmer 229-938-0682 Rome 706-266-6772 Rome offset disk harrow, TBW, 20-26, TyCrop ProPass 180 towable very heavy (4,500 pounds), eight feet material spreader, great for litter or wide, good condition; $6,800. Walt Cro- bedding spreading, new or old. Barry sland Jackson 770-468-6004 Johnson Acworth 712-574-3221 770- Rotary tiller, three-point, two side shift, 794-4379 five-foot, like new, no rust, garden use; Used six-foot scrape blade; $125. $1,175; Cleveland, Ga. John Jordan Dawsonville 706-344-8033 706-216- Wayne Morris 404-680-8864 Dallas 770-445-5347 2527 Vermeer 504 Super I round baler; very Safety ROPS for farm tractor, new, will fold back; $350. Marvin Lyle Pendergrass 706-693-2032 Seven-foot Lillistion grain drill, great for foood plots or planting in between trees; $4,800. Wendell Nix Bainbridge 229-400-0734 good condition, 1998 model, Accu-tie controls; $5,500. Mark Royal Ellaville 229-942-0897 Vicon, eight-wheel, v-rake, three-point hitch, good condition; $1,000. James Boggs Aragon 706-274-5842 Wahlberg smoothing harrow, 20 disks, like new; $650. Harvel Hamm Carroll- Seven-shank, all-purpose plow; 20- ton 770-854-6675 disk harrow, good condition; $600 for both. Carlos Bagwell Alpharetta 770- Wood splitter: heavy duty trailer, mounted horizontal splitter, eight horse- 827-7366 power Briggs engine; can email pictures. Shaver post drum, hydraulic; 8N Ford, Eddie Sosebee LaGrange resjr1@gmail. one owner, 12-volt, 42500. Hugh Cobb com 706-845-7626 Ellijay 770-289-7048 Wood splitter; Bush Hog, three- Sitrex eight-wheel v-rake, $1,500; New point hitch; $500 OBO. Homer Rivers Holland BR 7050 hay roller, 4x4 rolls, Tarrytown 912-537-3731 912-537- always sheltered, $10,000. Ross Hol- 8490 comb Lexington 706-540-1002 Wood-Mizer LT15, 13 horsepower, Six-foot boom pole, $175; five-foot all- Koler, manual start, 10-foot six bed, can purpose plow, $150; six-foot smoothing be extented; sheltered; $4,500 cash. harrow, $350. Sidney Keadle Thomas- Leonard Draper Cedartown 770-748- ton 706-647-2328 2042 Market Bulletin Ad Form This form may be used to submit an ad. There is a 20-word limit for advertisements unless otherwise noted under category headings. The 20-word limit includes name, city, phone number and complete address, if provided. Market Bulletin staff reserves the right to edit notices exceeding the word limit. Only one notice per subscriber per issue. In order to advertise in the Bulletin, you must be a paid subscriber with a current subscription. Category: Please note some categories are not published regularly. In addition, some categories require documentation, such as a Coggins test or organic certification, prior to being published. Gwinnett County Extension's 2015 Annual Plant Sale The Gwinnett County Cooperative Extension office in Lawrenceville, Ga., is offering varieties of blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, figs, apples, pomegranate, native azaleas and other landscape plants as part of its annual sale. Orders will be taken from Jan. 2 through March 11, 2015 Order forms may be obtained from: www.ugaextension.com/gwinnett or calling 678-377-4010. All orders must be prepaid and picked up at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds (Sugarloaf Parkway) in Lawrenceville on Thursday, March 26, between 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. No orders are shipped and all orders are pre-paid. New this year we will be accepting credit card payments (Visa, Mastercard, Discover) with walk-in orders to our office. This is a one-day plant pick up. Plants not picked up are considered a donation. Gates close at 6 p.m. to pick up plants. Phone number: Subscriber number: Please include your name and full address on all correspondence sent to the Bulletin office. The following statement must be signed by the advertiser submitting this notice for publication: I hereby certify that the above notice meets all the necessary requirements for publication in the Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin. Please mail ads separate from subscription payments. Ads should be mailed to Georgia Department of Agriculture, Attention: Market Bulletin, 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30334. PAGE 4 FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN 404-656-3722 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 Livestock Sales and Events Calendar 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 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 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 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 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 of State. Auctions without this information will not be published. Have an auction to put on our calendar? Contact Dallas Duncan at 404-6563722 or dallas.duncan@agr.georgia.gov. Yanmar tractor 1500 with scrape 90 to 100 horsepower irrigation pump- blade; $2,500. Charles Lashley Albany ing unit, backhoe, bulldozer and 12-row 229-886-8015 or larger sprayer. John Horton Rhine Farm Machinery Wanted 229-385-5222 Belt-driven corn grist mill and shiller; 1080 Massey Ferguson tractor for suitable for corn mill and grits. David parts; Rhino Bush Hog SE15 gear box Hein Dunwoody 404-803-9433 or whole Bush Hog. Willie Harrison Bow chain saw. Jim Shockley Milner Maysville 706-652-2608 jamesejrshockley@bellsouth.net 770- 14-inch two-bottom turning plow; 229-5462 three one-row cultivators; 14-inch one- Cab backhoe with heat, air; extended bottom turning plow; five-foot disk har- hoe; 2000 or newer, email picture. Roy row. Darwin Blansit Trion 706-238-0465 Garrett Bowdon rgluke418@aol.com 753 Bobcat loader parts, drive pump 770-328-2110 model, 137-1001-002, was 6657024- Cultivators for Farmall Cub, mid 1950s, A. Tim Stitcher Newnan stitcher.tim@ red; call with what you have. David G gmail.com 678-953-0075 Holley Harlem 706-556-6984 Cyclone yard rake. K. Lewis Griffin 770-412-9638 Ditch digger attachment for skid steer; no junk. W. J Allen Emerson 770-3554394 Ford 7109 loader, fits Ford 2120 FWD tractor. Brian Moffett Senoia 678-3297677 Four- or five-bottom flip plow and creep feeder trailer. Randy Groover Statesboro 912-690-2281 Front end loader for Massey Ferguson 165 (1975). Garvin Aycock Rayle cgaycock@yahoo.com 706-274-4040 404295-8876 Grain or pasture seed drill. Wayne Rhoads Fitzgerald 229-409-2222 352598-1035 Hay mower, disk, sickle or haybine, plough and harrow, grain drill; good condition; within 50-mile radius. Phillip Bennett McDonough 678-249-8627 Manual tire changer with round or flat end bar. John Crook Warner Robins 478-302-4385 Part for Vicon disk mower; CM 240 gear box or complete motor. Sherman Smith Trenton 706-657-8812 Robator 854 or 864, 654, 80-foot booms; Ford 5030 laoder tractor with MFWD. John Lowrey Rome 706-2520121 Six- to eight-foot heavy disk harrow, offset preferred. Jeff Davis Dublin 478272-6530 Stainless steel spreader body, email or phone. Dennis Burroughs Hull rotax77@ bellsouth.net 706-613-6248 706-5484826 Three-point hitch hay spear. Michael Trott Luthersville 770-927-6808 FARM SUPPLIES If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722. 1,000 feet lumber and turning blocks: cedar, oak, basswood, cherry, ambrosia tiger maple, poplar and ash. David Gray Bowdon 770-655-4674 100 pieces; six-inch high pressure blue PVC pipe, 20 feet long; $30 each. Mark Carroll Plainville 706-234-5344 100-gallon fuel tank; call for price, 4 years old, will fit in truck. Bruce Rhinehart LaFayette 706-639-3656 12 horsepower Briggs & Stratton IC engine; runs, but needs carbureater work; paid $100, sell for $50. James Lawrence Alto 706-778-3447 120-gallon L-shaped fuel tank with a 12-volt pump, good condition; $600. Paula Dubose Carrollton 404-5836447 15-, 20-, 30-gallon plastic, bung plugs, 55-gallon lock ring metal, 55gallon burn barrel, 55-gallon stainless, etc. Jimmy Cannon Canton 770-8892342 16-foot trailer; 3,500 axles, good deck and tires, no breaks or ramps; $500. J. Sanders Carnesville 706-318-0520 16.9 - 34 Snap-on duals, $400; 14.9x38 tire, $425; 11.2x10x34 tire, $250. J. W. Adkins Vienna 229-805-0255 1998, 20-foot W.W. Gooseneck trailer; $2,500. Merrill L Clark Shady Dale 706468-8991 20 aluminum skids, 24x36x3; formally under military generators; $14 each. Josh Daniels Altanta 678-600-1671 20-foot bumper pull trailer with dovetail , ramps, dual axles; $2,500. Lamar Bryant Cleveland 706-878-8509 20-kilowatt Centurion Generac full house gas generator with main transfer switch; $3,950. Carolyn Maloy Macon 478-952-4080 2014 landscape trailer; 12-foot total, two-foot dove tail; $950. Kenneth Corbin Chickamauga 706-539-1208 423-260-6602 28-foot flatbed trailer; hay or equipment, two 7, 000-pound axles; radial tires, good brakes, well-maintained; $5,600. Ron Richards Fayetteville 678877-5005 3,000-foot, six-inch aluminum pipe. Floyd Knowles McRae 229-315-0409 229-362-4855 300-plus gallon plastic tank (tote) in metal cage, five-inch caps on top, valve in bottom; $50 per tank. C. Stovall Dahlonega 678-491-0838 50-gallon syrup kettle, has crack, weldable; $185, you move. R. Satterfield Perry 478-987-1648 500-gallon fuel tank, like-new condition; can load; $475. Cary Walton Eatonton 706-473-6248 500-gallon LP gas tank and seven-foot Allis Chalmers sickle saw; $250 each. Dewayne Thompson Statesboro 912531-3490 500-gallon LP tank, $425; 250-gallon LP tank, $300; both, $650. James Austin Dallas 770-445-2169 60-gallon syrup kettle, no cracks, good condition. D. B. Morris Pearson 912422-4496 912-422-3648 6x8 utility trailer. dumping capabilities; tool box on front, built so stronger than ones you buy; $500. Susan Hester Barnesville 404-895-1624 Antique heart pine flooring sills, 37foot trusses; 12-hole laying cages; two 2,000-bushel grain bins and more. James B Donaldson Metter 912-6854095 912-682-0347 Anvil (blacksmith) hammers, 125-pound, excellent condition, Hardees axes, bull leader, steel gas blower, hand saw. Ben Hendrick Austell 770948-9842 Anvil, blacksmith blower without handle, post vice, planter, plow without handles, DeWalt radial arm saw. Jerry Jarrell Unadilla 478-867-3824 Barrels, plastic heavy-duty, 55-gallon, 20-inch screw top, air tight, food grade; $35, while supplies last. Bill Sewell Brunswick 912-270-8278 Blacksmith blower on stand; circa 1901; made by Midway, good condition; $250. H.M Greene Tallapoosa 770-8331035 Briggs & Stratton portable generator, 8,000 runing watts, new, $1,200; six-foot Rak rake, $25. Jimmy McLane Hartwell 706-376-4092 Broiler poultry equipment: feed bins, fans, motors, feed equipment, Ziggity, etc. John Dethlefs Nicholson 706-6148910 Chicken nest boxes, 12 hole; refurbished in good condition; $75 per unit; Harris County Justin Jordan Ellerslie 706-405-6549 Chore-Time feed lines, all pans flood, used less than five years. excellent condition. Lynda Hackney Rocky Face 706-673-9548 Clean 55-gallon metal drums with lids. Leonard Crane Dawsonville 678-9476744 404-210-1516 Custom cut, Wood-Mizer sawn lumber; air, kiln-dried, milled, homes, flooring, cabinetry, barns, horse shavings, grilling planks. John Sell Milner sellj@ bellsouth.net 770-480-2326 Dual tank air compressor, electric start, gas, Honda motor, new; $200. Felton McClure Whitesburg 770-6565575 Eight kilowatt Generac standby generator, removed from house in perfect working condition; 78 hours, LP gas, transfer switch; $1,125. Fred Spring Young Harris 706-970-9720 Flooring oak, pine, tongue and groove various widths, also beadboard and wood shavings; call for prices. William Briggs Union City /Atlanta 404-3492315 Four complete hen laying house equipment: feeders, genertators and egg tables; houses last in operation 2013. Ryan Beavers Ringgold 706-463-0988 Four old syrup kettles and two old large millstones. Robert Wilson Sparta 770-846-3171 Four stainless steel gasoline tanks, four-gallon capacity; $10 each, with straps. Carl Dobson Atlanta 404-2477343 Four used tires: two are 16.9-38 75 percent tread, two are 10.00-16 tri-rib on wheels. Mark McWhorter Whitesburg mmc@ngturf.com 706-302-6733 Gallon plastic potting containers, 2,500 count; five cents each or $100 for all. Lee Mitchell Grayson 404-6941281 Generator, Onan K5000, $150; metal and plastic barrels, $30 each and drum pump, $50. Ronald Rush Franklin 706675-3417 706-812-5271 Generator: Titan 8500, $650; WeilderHobaot 205, AC; Hlment & Globe 5, $250; 5x8 trailer, new lights, $475. Cecilia Weston Juliette 478-475-4307 GQF incubator and hatcher; both have electronic thermostats and clear doors; $875 for both. George Pawlowski Silver Creek 706-766-2727 Grain bin; 3,000-bushel, good condition; $2,000 OBO. Mary Miller Boston marymiller2191@gmail.com 229-2287686 Greenhouse stuppy gutter, connected, 12 bays, 30x144; flat filler; biotherm, carts, Blackmore seeder, Bobcat, Atlas coldframes. Tom Johnston Thomaston 706-647-9239 Greenhouse, 30x96 feet; four greenhouses, 21x60 feet; with shutters and fans. Earlie McQuaig Broxton 912-3592665 Heavy-duty four-shank subsoiler; 200-gallon round steel fuel tank, $200; Gill roll over, $400; and other items. Dennis Christopher Mansfield 770-3850714 404-558-1637 Hooper trailer 2000 model, flat bed, pull-down ramps, two axles, brakes; 16 feet long, 6.5 wide; $2,000. Kenneth Funderburk Waverly Hall 706-582-2654 Horton 2007 24-inch, six-ton equipment trailer, treated floor, tires, brakes in good condition; $3,000. Debbie Breazeale Washington 706-678-2003 Maxxis Bighorn 2.0 tires; 27x9x14 fronts and 27x11x14 rears; $600. Karl Halbig Alapaha 229-445-0424 Metal and plastic barrels with locks, tops; solid with bung holes; plastic tanks, 275 gallons in wire cages. G. Allen Covington 770-786-6377 Miller Dialare 250 AC/DC welder, 220volt, good condition, ideal for shop, heavy machine; $550 OBO. Charles Benton Newnan 770-251-5628 Money-making ice cream factory: two 1931 John Deere hit-and-miss engines, three old fashioned ice cream churns, three trailers; $10,000. Jess Arnett Tifton 229-382-6517 New incubater and egg turner, never used; cost $210, sell for $100. Marvin McWilliams Marietta 770-427-6848 One complete Surge milking machine. Vernon Caldwell Sugar Valley 762-2319291 One-gallon nursery pots, 10 cents; three-gallon, 25 cents each; some seven- and 10-gallons. Bob Brady Augusta 706-373-8397 Portable sawmill service, Wood-Mizer equipment, quality work; 25 cents per board foot. Bruce Stanford Gray 478256-5763 Rabbits boxes; $10 each. Billy Middlebrooks Monroe 770-267-7084 Red Time feeder pans for 350 chicken house. Helen D Davis Waleska 770796-5981 Sawmill lumber, low as 35 cents per board foot, pine and hardwood, custom cuts available. Mitchell Smith Griffin 404-867-5106 Sawmill lumber: pine, poplar, oak, cedar, walnut etc; boards, beams, slabs, portable sawing starting at 25 cents. Todd Chaney Cartersville 404-8617402 Several hundred new, used fence posts: T-post, four, six, eight inches; treated post; used fence web wire; 10-, 12-foot metal gates. Frank Bruce Boston 229-498-2665 Sixty pint and seven quart canning jars; $4 per dozen for pints; $25 for all. Raymond Waterhouse Woodbine 912576-3130 Skid fuel tank, 400-gallon, hand pump; reasonable. Jim Butts Thomaston 706975-8266 Three I-beams, W-12x28, 31 feet long, 12x6 inches, 28 pounds per foot, make offer. Stanley W Daniel Thomaston 706975-1427 Three new trailer tires and wheels, 235x80x16 on white spoked, six-lug wheels; $325 for all. J. L. Petty Suwanee 770-656-1821 Titan Industrial 10-ply, 19.5x24, 50 percent T road pair. Bill Hanzlik Canton 770-361-5975 Titan Industrial, 3x3 gas trash pump, Titan gas, 8,400 watts, generator electric start, units never been used. Paul Bulloch Woodland 706-975-9136 Two 1100 16 SL tires and rims, eightply, on eight-lug rims; $300. Danny Strickland Barney 229-560-8072 Two lawn carts, 64x39x10 inches, steel floor, $125; 48x29x10-inch metal construction, $50; wagon, folding sides, 48x24x12 inches, $50. Dale Jones Flowery Branch 770-967-6948 Used chicken house, galvalume metal roofing tin; $24; 3x24.5 feet; good shape with little rust. Gary Taft Pearson 912422-7768 Wine equipment hydraulic press, SS crusher, 10 five-gallon glass carboys, etc.; everything you need;$650. Larry Whitman Hinesville lwhitman@coastalnow.net 912-876-6025 912-977-0730 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN 404-656-3722 PAGE 5 LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS Average prices for January 2015 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. . 110.78 Boners 80-85% Lean. . . 114.49 Lean 85-90% Lean . . . . 107.48 BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1000-1500 lbs . . . . . . . . 135.98 1500-2100 lbs . . . . . . . . 136.29 FEEDER CLASSES: WEIGHTED . . . . . AVG PRICES. STEERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE 1-2 200-250 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-300 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 375.20 300-350 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 363.15 350-400 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 336.47 400-450 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 322.41 450-500 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 286.10 500-550 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 267.54 550-600 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 253.41 600-650 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 238.10 650-700 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 231.18 STEERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE 2-3 300-350 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 337.37 350-400 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 314.95 400-450 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 295.60 450-500 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 272.21 500-550 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 251.35 550-600 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 237.02 HEIFERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE 1-2 200-250 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-300 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 324.95 300-350 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 303.21 350-400 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 286.00 400-450 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 264.23 450-500 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 252.93 500-550 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 234.61 550-600 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 220.67 600-650 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 212.23 650-700 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 206.75 GOATS (priced per head) SLAUGHTER CLASSES . . . . . . SELECTION 2 BILLIES/BUCKS 75-100 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . 160.00 100-150 lbs . . . . . . . . . . 208.13 150-300 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NANNIES/DOES 60-80 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 80-100 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . 138.13 100-150 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KIDS & YEARLINGS 20-40 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.00 40-60 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.00 60-80 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.75 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. Wood-Mizer lumber, 1x12 pine, poplar, oak lumber for trailer flooring, any thickness. Larry Moore Newnan 678-2785709 Ziggity drinkers, Chore-Time feeders and other miscellaneous poultry house equipment; used building materials, cement blocks, boards, lumber. Joshua Martin Clarkesville 678-897-7072 LIVESTOCK 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 404-656-3722. 10-month-old registered black Hereford bull calf, very gentle, nice rump and pigmentation on one eye. Debi Hicks Ringgold 706-952-4061 678231-8714 12 registered Hereford hefiers, Angus registered bulls, 10 purebred Angus hefiers, 15 months old. Brad Mullins Martin 706-491-7556 12 SimAngus cow-calf pairs; $3,000 per pair. Doug Bailey Roberta 478-3613024 16 months old; registered Red Angus bulls, excellent bloodline and EPD, easy calving, all shots, good prices. Jorge Haber Midland 706-323-2405 20 black bred heifers, due in March; $3,000 each. Ricky Wehunt Hoschton 706-254-2639 46 beef-type cows, six with calves, rest calving soon. Tommy Copelan Eatonton 706-473-0613 60 bred heifers; Angus, Brangus, balance BWF, RWF; calving Feb. 20 for 90 days, confirmed bred; $2,900, negotiable. Wesley Miller Collins 912-3865327 AWA registered Wagyu bull, 6 years old, proven breeder; sell or trade for new bloodlines. Jonathan Byers Suches 706-747-5413 Black Angus bull; 2 years, sementested, breeder, 100 percent Angus, not registered; $2,500. Glen Pearson Rome 706-252-1027 Black Angus registered bulls, Bismark bloodline. Earl Williams Hawkinsville 478-230-9983 Black Lim-Flex registered bulls, EPDs, 2 years old, low birth weight. Jim Raptis Lyerly 770-712-5883 Calving ease, Angus, SimAngus bulls, excellent bloodlines, semen-tested, ready for service. Phil Page Winder 770616-6232 Calving ease, milking ability, gentleness, registered polled Shorthorn bulls, show heifers, steers, excellent quality, Club Calf member. Ken Bridges Commerce 706-768-3480 Charolais registered and SimAngus bulls; 12 to 18 months. semen-tested; several to choose from. Jean Wilson Yatesville 706-601-4070 Charolais, five young registered cows bred to a great Charolais bull; $3,750 each. J.R. Burns Woodbine j_r_burns@ hotmail.com 478-320-2222 Charolais-Angus, young bulls, cross, great bulls, see to believe. Danny Brady Hephzibah 706-231-8563 CMC Limousin, Lim-Flex bulls, leading AI sires; performance ultrasound, black, polled; 12 to 24 months old. Jerry Bradley Covington 678-201-2287 678201-2287 Commercial herd: Angus-based, pairs, breds, three-in-ones. Justin Harris Roopville 770-715-1651 770-8546765 Eight Hereford heifers ready for breeding; $1,400 each. Angie Stober Carrollton 770-854-4258 Eight registered Brangus heifers, bred registered Brangus bull, $26,000; four registered Brangus bulls, $2,250 to $3,250. Daniel McGarity Royston 706498-7695 Forage developed, maternal, old-line Wye Angus bulls; heifer-safe, 2 to 3 years old; $3,500 to $4,500. Dan Glenn Fitzgerald 229-457-1136 Four registered Angus bulls, coming, 2-year-olds, all AI-sired. Allen Ellicott Abbeville 229-401-8590 Gelbvieh bulls; cow-calf pairs; bred cows; all registered purebred; bred for easy calving, fast growth. John Kiss Gainesville 770-531-1126 770-5311126 Good selection of registered Black Angus bulls, ready for service. Fred Blitch Statesboro 912-865-5454 Hereford bull, grandson DR World Class and 14 straws Dream On semen. Ennis Ryals Dublin 478-676-3127 Hereford bulls, 15 months old, Al-sired, low birth weights, open heifers, cow-calf pairs. Taylor Neighbors Americus 229337-0038 Hereford bulls, five; 9 to 18 months; purebred; $1,200 to $1,500; White Oak Ranch. Dan Wiersma Waynesboro dan. wiersma1962@gmail.com 706-8313541 Holstein heifer, 3 years, may not be able to breed; $900. Vicki Moore Stephens 706-759-3793 Limousin bulls, ready to breed, some homozygous black, homozygous polled, top AI sires. Steve Revell Jackson 904-482-7197 Open dairy heifers, all types, ready to breed late spring, early summer. William Houser Arnoldsville 706-247-5824 706-742-2880 Open heifers, bred heifers, cow-calf pairs, large selection to choose from. Robin Thornton Screven 912-579-6340 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 770519-0008 Polled Hereford bulls, 12 to 16 months old, top bloodlines; in Gray, Ga. James Jeanes Macon 478-972-0912 Purebred Black Angus bulls; 23 to 34 montlhs, sire 4 On In Focus, shots, wormed; $2,800 to $3,000. Vivian Campbell Elberton 706-283-7268 Purebred Jersey bull, 16 months old, gentle; $1,000; ask for Reed. Paul Lovell Clermont 770-519-5794 Red Limousin bull, 28 months old, ready to turn out to breed, AI-sired. Jimbo Crumley Bostwick 678-409-3572 Registered 2-year-old Hereford heifer, ready to breed; $2,000 OBO. Rodney Stewart Jefferson 678-936-7260 Registered Angus bull, 20 months old, good breeder. New Design-bred; $2,700. Lee Byler Hoschton 770-7154656 Registered Angus bull, 3 years old, good bloodline. John Davis McDonough 770-630-2368 Registered Angus bulls, 14 to 16 months old, semen-tested, docile and many AI-sired. John Stuedemann Comer 706-202-2371 Registered Angus bulls, semen-tested with excellent EPDs, bred Angus cows also available; all excellent quality. Windell Gillis Eastman 478-231-8236 Registered Angus calves, two bulls, three heifers, 6 to 10 months old, excellent bloodlines. David Strawn Clermont 678-617-9717 Registered black Angus bull, 3 years old, semen-tested; $3000. Robert Miller Danielsville 706-614-4923 Registered Black Angus bulls, 12 months of age, October 2014; AI-Comrade, Rito Revenue, Signature; Autry Farms. Gary Autry Ringgold 423-9025925 Registered Black Angus bulls; 14 months, excellent bloodlines, all shots. William Hix Comer 706-248-5851 706540-2470 Registered Black Angus yearling bulls; year old; New Design and War Alliance bloodlines; $1,500. Eugene Ridley LaFayette 706-764-6110 Registered polled Hereford bulls, gentle, rugged pasture-raised, easy calving, good EPDs and bloodlines. Bobby Brantley Tennille 478-553-8598 478552-9328 Registered Texas Longhorn heifers; Registered litter, Great Black piglets, top bloodlines. priced reasonably; call born Aug. 10, 2014; $300 each; vet cer- for more information. Billy Walker Rhine tified, disease free, call for bloodlines. 229-385-8950 James Whitaker Warner Robins 478- Service-aged purebred Black Angus 929-2001 and black Simmental bulls, extensive Goats And Sheep AI breeding experience; registered and semen-tested. William Clanton Odum 912-221-1383 912-586-2388 If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722. Simbrah and Simmental young bulls and heifers. Cliff Adams Bowdon 770258-2069 Simmental purebred bull, 4 years, ready for heavy service, easy calver, black with blaze face; $4,000. Scott Carey Madison 706-474-0738 Stout, black, polled Limousin bull; 100 percent NKR New Zealand Kiko goats; JRW Kiko goats. J. R. Watson Tifton 229-382-2994 4-year-old registered Nigerian dwarf billy, $100; 8-month-old Nigerian-Pygmy mix billy, $40. Dexter Carlton Jeffersonville 478-945-6565 5-year-old registered Boer nanny; barren, pet, for approved home. Bill 1,800 pounds, ready to work. Max Hawkins Sylvania billhawkins@planters. Burns Sylvania 912-863-4012 net 912-564-7957 Three Red Angus, two Angus-Cha- ADGA Saanen buck, credentials ac- rolais cross heifers, AI-bred to calve in credited, CAE, negative, gentle; $500 or March; $2,500 each. Danny Fausett trade farm equipment. Linda R Pearson Dawsonville 706-265-8432 Hoschton 706-654-3364 Two heavy bred Charolais-cross CAGBA registered Angora goat buck, cows. Brandon Webb Crandall 706- black born February 2007; $400 OBO. 483-8957 Jim Beckstine Braselton mbhtf@wind- Two purebred Red Angus-Simmental stream.net 706-372-7921 706-654- cross bulls and two registered Red An- 3284 gus bulls, all 600-plus pounds. Joe Gib- Dorper, Katahdin sheep; all ages and son Rome 706-506-3026 colors, some already bred; $75 and up. Two registered Black Angus bulls, Tye Kuykendall Ballground 770-735- ages 12 and 14 months, both have good 3532 770-833-2808 EPDs; P & D Farm. Paul Beck Cedar- Five Kiko bucks, 100 percent New town 706-506-2434 Zealand; two 1 year old and three 6 Yearling SimAngus bull, $2,500; 2.5- months old. Joe Wilson McDonough year Angus bull, $3,000; both calving 678-858-6538 ease, good API and bloodlines. Landon Katahdin 10 ewes, some registered, Boyett Glennville 912-213-4062 all purebred, all exposed to lamb Feb- Swine ruary to March; $1,800 for all. Archie Hughes Forsyth 770-596-9589 478- If you have questions regarding ads in 994-8406 this category, call 404-656-3722. Katahdin sheep; 18 ewes, two rams, 12 Advertisers submitting swine ads lambs and more to come; $4,000 OBO. must submit proof of a negative bru- Lee Peach Decatur 678-640-4893 cellosis and pseudorabies test from Nigerian Dwarf: parents registered, col- 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 needs to be sent along with it. For ads orful, 2014 to 2015 spring kids; females, $150, males $50; CDTs, wormed. Terri Flowers Pelham ctflowers@hughes.net 229-294-8137 Nubian goats: two bucks, $125 each; Nubian doe, bred, $175; Nubian-Boer doe, bred, $185. Rennie Mussell Milner 770-584-4318 submitted online, the test can be attached using the attachments button. Purebred LaMancha bottle babies, healthy, bred for soundness, produc- Buyers are urged to request proof of tion, disposition; $75 to $100. Barbara a negative brucellosis and pseudora- McCormick Bowdon 770-258-9505 bies test prior to purchase. Purebred Nubian buck, 16 months old; Potbellied piglets; $40 each. Millard $150; ask for Ken. Jewell Wood Hamp- Powledge Lilburn millardpowledge@ ton 770-946-8619 bellsouth.net 770-921-0198 678-826- Pygmy goats; $50 each. Shelley Keg- 6217 ley Villa Rica 770-789-0209 Pure Tamworth boar, 8 months old; Pygmy goats; won't last long. Sandy $250. Chasity Anthony Barnesville cha- Killgo Metter 912-685-3523 sityanthony11@yahoo.com 470-219- Registered Nubians, does, 2014 doe- 1515 lings and buckling; healthy, hand-raised, Purebred Tamworth piglets, 3 months good looking; $150 and up. Megan Re- old; $200. Lee Hemmer Gainesville uter Farmington 706-296-1279 hemmerproperties@gmail.com 770- Spanish paint doe; three colors: red, 530-3646 black, white; 1 year old; $150 and up. Registered Berkshire pigs, new lit- Ken Hatley Zebulon 770-358-1300 ter, born Dec. 21; Gunslinger x Cathy, Three Boer bucks; 7 months old, reserve now; one old boar left. Duke healthy, vaccinated; $150 each. Ellis Burgess Louisville 478-625-9542 305- Godbee, Jr. Waynesboro 706-840- 923-0262 4566 Market Bulletin Subscription Request Form I would like to receive a subscription to the print version of the Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin. Subscriptions are $10/year (26 issues). q New Subscriber q Renewal Subscription number Name: Address: City: State Zip (Please list only the address where you want your Bulletin mailed.) Email address: Phone number: (Please provide a phone number in the event Bulletin staff has a question about your address or subscription.) Please make checks payable to `Georgia Department of Agriculture.' Send payments to: Georgia Department of Agriculture, PO Box 742510, Atlanta, GA 30374-2510. PAGE 6 FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN 404-656-3722 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 TAKE 5: Home economist retiring, but not for long! 1. How did you get involved in agriculture, and how long have you been with the Department? I have been with the Department 34 years. I actually don't have an agriculture background. I have a degree in home economics education from Auburn University. I was hired as the Department's home economist from the beginning. agriCULTURE Letter from the editor CROWLEY 2. Why is cooking such a passion of yours? I love to cook so testing and developing consumer-friendly recipes is fun to me. I love creating recipes that people will use and enjoy cooking over and over. Cooking and recipes have changed some over the years, but the classics never do. 3. What are your favorite recipes you've made while working for the Department? Some of my favorites that I continue to use are some I tested 30-plus years ago that were submitted by Market Bulletin readers. One is a pound cake using whipping cream. It is pretty foolproof and always a hit. A reader submitted a beef marinade recipe using wine, but I substituted a can of Coke for the wine and it was a success. I still use that now. 4. If you could leave Market Bulletin readers with one cooking tip, what would it be and why? Recipes don't have to have a ton of ingredients to be good. Keep it simple. Don't be afraid to try new things, but keep the traditional food in your collection. 5. We're going to miss you after your retirement! Will Market Bulletin readers still be able to follow your cook- ing prowess in other avenues? I am returning to the Department part-time and will continue doing a cooking segment called "Meals from the Field" with Georgia Farm Bureau, as well as recipe testing and development. Marcia Crowley is the Department's home economist. Her recipes have been featured in the Market Bulletin for more than 30 years. Correction Due to a filetype error during transmission, the Georgia Grown profile that ran in the Jan. 7, 2015, issue was printed with some errors that made it difficult to read. The staff of the Market Bulletin regrets this error and hopes you enjoy the corrected profile printed below. 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 Department, 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 has another location in Plains that houses the peanut program. 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 Georgiacentric businesses. It plans to 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. FIND GEORGIA'S BEST LOCALLY GROWN FOODS Online at georgiagrown.com Out of his many hits, the words sung by David Bowie in his song "Changes" are what come to mind this morning. Change is always an adventure. Sometimes the change is deciding to plant Satsuma oranges or sesame instead of the traditional crops your family's planted for generations. Sometimes it's changing from conventional production to Certified Organic, or vice versa, to keep up with market demand in your area. And sometimes, change is a new editor coming to the Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin. We experienced this change together 18 months ago when I started my journey with the Georgia Department of Agriculture, and in the next few months a new editor will be taking the reins to bring this paper into its 99th and 100th years of publication. I'm excited for what these new times will bring to the Market Bulletin, and I made sure my subscription is up-to-date so I can follow it into this new era! I hope you will, too. In July, this column discussed some hopeful changes and goals we had for this fiscal year. Now, while a new editor will have her own ideas and vision, I wanted to take a moment and give you an update on where some of these goals stand. * Subscribers: Right now, we are at 40,610 subscribers! How solidly awesome is that number!! Every day we inch closer to our goal of 50,000 subscribers. Folks, again, I encourage you to share the Market Bulletin with your friends, neighbors and family. A portion of you give away each issue after you read it anyway, so why not encourage them to subscribe instead? And please keep an eye out in your mailbox for your 30-day renewal notice. You can mail this back in with your renewal check or log in online with your subscriber number to renew. Renewing our subscription keeps our subscriber numbers constant and keeps you in the loop on what's going on in Georgia agriculture. * The website: Obviously the new editor will have ideas of how this should look, but the groundwork has been laid for this to happen sooner rather than later! * Wholesale pricing: Our plan is to have wholesale prices available for commodity groups or organizations that wish to purchase bulk amounts of Market Bulletin issues to share at meetings or conventions. We are actively working with our finance section on this project, so get excited about this new opportunity to share our paper with people! We're especially looking forward to this option being available for Extension and Farm Bureau offices to purchase and have issues available periodically to share with their memberships because it never ceases to surprise me how many people call and are amazed the Market Bulletin is still around. Having these issues out there will show future subscribers that we're not just still around, we're thriving! Even though I won't be here when these changes take place, I'm so excited that they are going to happen. I look forward to following what the new editor will do. But before I go, I want to give a sincere thanks to all of you who subscribe to the Market Bulletin, and to the staff I had the honor of working with at the Department. We've got a great team with Gerrie Fort, Merlissa Smith, Julie McPeake in our press office and of course our leadership with the commissioner and division heads. They've got this paper in good hands, and I know with a subscriber base as loyal and strong as y'all are, they don't have anything to worry about. Thank you for your support of the Market Bulletin. 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 agricultural communica- tion 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. FARMERS & CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN (ISSN 0889-5619) is published biweekly by the Georgia Department of Agriculture 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Atlanta, GA 30334-4250 404-656-3722 Fax 404-463-4389 Office hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday Friday Gary W. Black, Commissioner MARKET BULLETIN STAFF Dallas Duncan, editor Gerrie Fort, circulation manager Merlissa Smith, customer services specialist Subscriptions are available via US mail at a cost of $10 per year. Online subscriptions are $5 per year and can be renewed on our website. To start or renew a subscription, go to our website to pay by Visa or MasterCard, or send a check payable to the Georgia Department of Agriculture along with your name, complete mailing address and phone number to PO Box 742510 Atlanta, GA 30374-2510. Designate "Market Bulletin" in the "for" line. To determine if an existing subscription is due for renewal, look for the expiration date on the mailing ad- dress label on page 1. Postmaster: Send address changes to 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta, 30334. The Department does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, age or disability in the admission or access to, or treatment in, its employment policy, programs or activities. The Department's Administration Division coordinates compliance with the non-discrimination requirements contained in Section 35.107 of the Department of Justice Regulations. Information concerning the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the rights provided thereunder, are available from this division. If you require special assistance in utilizing our services, please contact us. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN 404-656-3722 PAGE 7 FEATURE RECIPE: Veggie carrot burger Editor's Note: Lydia Gilbert, a junior food and nutrition major at Fort Valley State University, created this hearty patty recipe! Gilbert's sandwich had a starring role at FVSU's building at the 2014 Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition in Moultrie, Ga. For more recipes from FVSU, contact Angela Doug at dougea@fvsu.edu or 478-822-1008. Ingredients: 2 cups carrots, shredded 2 eggs cup mayonnaise 1 medium onion, minced 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 clove garlic, chopped 6 cups soft bread, crumbled 4 cups whole wheat flake cereal, crumbled Salt and pepper, to taste Sandwich or hamburger buns Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. 2. Place carrots in a bowl. Cover and heat in a microwave until tender, about two to three minutes. 3. Stir together the eggs, mayonnaise, onion, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper and carrots in a large bowl. Mix in bread crumbs until evenly blended. 4. Shape into 12 patties. Pour the cereal on a plate and gently coat each patty. 5. Place the patties on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, turning once, until golden brown. 6. Serve patties on buns. Garnish with additional toppings and condiments as desired. CARROTS: Numerous growing, marketing options available for vegetable From Page 1 a leg up on everybody else," Lewis said. Serenbe's Certified Organic carrots are marketed to restaurants, to farmers markets and through community supported agriculture programs, but contrary to popular belief, producers don't have to be organic for their produce to be popular at farmers markets. "I took my relatively small volume that I grew to the local market," Lewis said. "They were well-received at the market. I always sold out when I took them down there. That's a good outlet for anyone who wants to grow carrots I guarantee you they'll sell readily at a fresh market venue." And if they don't, carrot producers might should look to their nearest cattle-raising neighbors to help with the leftovers. "We feed the byproduct, or the cull carrot, to our cattle five to six months out of the year," said Mike Coggins, owner of Blackwater Cattle Company in Lake Park, Ga. "There's a large processing facility in south Georgia that grows and processes a lot of carrots, and Blackwater Cattle Company is feeding their cattle and has found them to be a real benefit to the cowherd." Cull carrots are cracked, misshapen, split or have blemishes, Coggins said. He fed his cattle other vegetables processed at this facility as well bell peppers, green beans and cabbage but carrots just seem to have stuck for the last 17 years. "It's very similar to corn in the dry matter state," he said. "It's about 9 percent protein, [total digestible nutrients] of about 78 and it has a good mineral pack with it potassium, calcium, magnesium." Though carrots can give beef fat an orange tinge according to feedlots, Coggins said the animals they've harvested in Georgia still have white fat, even after eating carrots every day for months. "I think the moral of the story is there are carrots that are unmarketable that's really what a cull carrot is for human consumption. Back in 1998 we had to figure out a way to get rid of the waste product, so we tried feeding cattle and found out they actually loved to eat them," he said. "We ran some nutrient analysis on them and found out that they were pretty nutritious. The negative is we have to haul a lot of water, and it does cost to haul water, but it is still taking an unmarketable product and getting value out of it." ARTY'S GARDEN: Numerous options available for creating privacy in shady areas Someone asked about shrubs to create privacy in a wooded area. She had tried several, but they failed because they could not tolerate shade. Here are a few things I told her: Numerous shrubs will grow in shade and also provide privacy. Though evergreens are usually considered for blocking a view, do not discount deciduous shrubs. They can provide complete screening for much of the year and partial screening for the winter months. Shrubs growing in shade usually have a looser, more open growth pattern than those growing in sun. You are not going to have a tight, dense hedge the way you would in a sunny area. Some shrubs tolerate shade, but will not be at their best or bloom as abundantly. If the goal is screening, this is not as important. Glossy abelia, for example, is one that prefers full sun, but will grow in partial shade and produce fewer flowers. Those looking for more privacy in either sunny or shady conditions may want to plant two rows of shrubs, perhaps a front row of deciduous ones and a back row of evergreens. A double-row arrangement like this will be more effective in blocking sight as well as sound, another aspect of privacy that is sometimes forgotten. Though we may like a uniform line consisting of one kind of shrub, consider a mixed planting. By using different kinds, you are not "putting all your eggs in one basket" in case some do not perform to expectations. Also, fungal diseases or insect pests could defoliate one kind of shrub, leaving an entire row of bare branches. Some plants that will block a view will grow to be trees but can be kept pruned. Southern magnolia and American holly, for example, will grow in shady areas and serve as screens if space allows. Cut them back if they get too big. Do not use invasive species such as Japanese privet, luster-leaf privet, Chinese privet, bamboo or burning bush euonymus. Here are a few possibilities for shady or partially shady sites: Evergreen: Japanese anise, Florida anise, aucuba, needle palm, Florida leucothoe, camellias, mountain laurel, lorepetalum (especially the green varieties), Carolina cherrylaurel, common cherrylaurel/English laurel, Japanese cleyera, inkberry holly, yaupon, Savannah holly, Foster's holly, Japanese holly, wax myrtle, American boxwood, Canadian hemlock, Carolina hemlock, rhododendrons, azaleas, pittosporum, Japanese plum yew AUCUBA is a broadleaf evergreen shrub that grows in full shade. Variegated forms like this one also add color to dark areas. and Japanese pieris. Wooly adelgids are insects that are killing hemlocks in many places. If you plant hemlocks, you may have to spray to protect them. Deciduous: Maple-leaf viburnum, blackhaw viburnum, sweet-bubby bush/sweetshrub, Virginia sweetspire, Japanese kerria, blueberry, black jetbead, oakleaf hydrangea, red chokeberry/aronia, bottlebrush buckeye, red buckeye and American witch-hazel. A horticulturist at your local nursery can help with your decisions. Explain your needs and what you are trying to achieve. It will be useful to show photos of your site and describe its conditions. Soil and moisture can be limiting factors, too. You may also want to visit a public garden or arboretum to get more ideas. Arty Schronce is the Department's resident garden- ing expert. He is a lifelong gardener and a horticulture graduate of North Carolina State University who en- courages everyone to discover the pleasures of plants and gardening. PEANUTS: 2015 farm show hosted biggest crowd in event's history From Page 1 the 1980s, made its way to the Southeast. Today, the company operates six shelling plants, including four in Georgia. It buys peanuts from farmers throughout the Southeast and cleans, shells and sizes them, said Charles Birdsong, vice president of operations and procurement for Birdsong Peanuts. "We really appreciate the award honoring our 100 years of being in the peanut industry. We're just very thankful to Georgia Peanuts and its grower members for honoring us," Birdsong said. "We've just tried to make the best decisions possible and choose the right times to grow throughout those 100 years. ... Peanuts are all that we do here." Koehler said it was "logical" to honor Birdsong with the award. "When you've got a company that celebrates their 100th anniversary in the peanut business and they still held fast to their family values and family core and then expanded that ... into Georgia, it had a major impact to give farmers options to look at to sell their peanuts," he said. "Birdsong is the only company left that's a familyowned and operated sheller that's been there for 100 years and is doing that in a big kind of way." The 2015 show was Birdsong's first. "It's a terrific event put on by the Georgia Peanut Commission. Lots of different booths and expos dealing with everything in the peanut industry, from farming to irrigation systems to types of seed and farming practices. It was very well-attended," he said. Koehler said he hopes producers are able to go home with knowledge that will help them be better producers, grow more peanuts with a little less money and enhance their profitability. As prices on other crops are down this year, Koehler said farmers are looking to peanuts as a viable option for their farms. Opportunities to market overseas and fill a growing demand for products high in protein also show a promising future for Georgia peanuts. "I'm over my 30 years [for retirement], but I'm not ready to go anywhere because I think the future is going to be far more fantastic than the 29 years that I've lived in peanuts," Koehler said. New equipment innovations are regular topics of conversation at the Georgia Peanut Farm Show. Here, producers discuss available options from Colombo with industry representatives. Photo courtesy Georgia Peanut Commission PAGE 8 FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN 404-656-3722 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 Equine For Sale Equine Miscellaneous Beautiful Sebright Bantam roosters for Sweetheart pedigree, Barred Rock sale or trade; $10 each, if purchased; rooster, needs good home; bought LIVESTOCK HANDLING If you have questions regarding ads in If you have questions regarding ads in text or call. Alexander Flaherty Athens Summer of 2014. Jane Knapp Atlanta this category, call 404-656-3722. this category, call 404-656-3722. guiji@yahoo.com 706-363-2533 404-697-6998 If you have questions regarding ads in Advertisers in the Equine for Sale or 1996 three-horse slant steel Sundown- Black copper Marans, New Hampshire Three pairs Eastern Wild Turkeys and this category, call 404-656-3722. Equine at Stud categories must sub- er horse trailer with large dressing room, Reds, Welsummers, Americanas, Dela- rabbits John Herndon Grayson 404- 17 poly calf hutches; $200 each. Andy mit current negative Coggins tests for good condition. Lynne Jones Lagrange wares; $15 each. Jimmy Young Metter 697-7179 Wheat Buckhead 706-342-4631 each equine advertised. This includes horsecrazynga@yahoo.com 706-594- 912-682-2917 Two Rhode Island Red roosters, $25 2004 Stoll cattle trailer; Gooseneck,16 horses, ponies, donkeys, etc. Buyers 0400 Black Silkie roosters, $12 each; plus each; hatched Spring of 2014; call or feet; one owner; lightly used on small are urged to request verification of a Black tucker saddle, River Plantation 1-month-old Silkies; black and gray, text. Chris Woodward Williamson 770- farm, excellent condition; $3,900. Terry negative Coggins from the advertiser before purchasing any equine. Negative Coggins reports are valid for 12 months from the date the blood sample is drawn. Falsification or altering of any Coggins results can result in fines and suspension of advertising privileges. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the Coggins needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the Coggins can be attached using the attachments button. Generalized ads, such as "many horses," "variety to choose from," etc., will not be published. Equine at Stud ads will also require a current stable license in order to be published. 1998 AQHA registered No. 3764355 gelding sire, potential investment; 130 AQHA Western pleasure points; $7,500. L. H. English Douglas 912-592-6555 AQHA 3Y15H Baygeld round pen under saddle; smart, eager, willing; handraised, continue training ready; $800. trail No. 146, size 15.5, includes saddle, breast collar and headstall; $1,000. Joan Sims Bowdon 770-328-1642 Free standing breeding, treatment chute, opens all four sides, kick guard; $650. Billy Greer Hampton 404-4442436 Heaven, Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center offers equine-assisted therapy for kids, adults with disabilities, special needs; www.h3therapy.org. Paige Brooks Reynolds 478-297-7777 Lamb 15-inch Western saddle, good breast collar and saddle bags, neoprene cinch; nice condition; $450. Gary Davis Blue Ridge 706-632-2965 Set of buggy harnesses for one horse. Malcolm C Talley Rome 706-234-9789 Two-horse Owensboro wagon; good condition; $1,000. John Vaughan Rydal 770-383-1442 Wintec Pro dressage saddle; 16.5 seat, air system, change gullet size for perfect fit. Nancy Jenkins Palmetto $8 each. Gail Johnson Covington 770784-0767 Chicks for pre-order: Jersey Giants, Ameraucanas, Marans, laced Brahmas, Olive Eggers, chocolate, red, red cuckoo Orpingtons; www.taylorhobbyfarms. com. Lisa Taylor Dalton 706-694-8256 Colored roller pigeons; youg birds and breeders; nice birds, rare colors; $10 each, cash only. George Corbin Ellabell tybeeslim@yahoo.com 912-235-1256 Five Bantams, three hens, two roosters, plus two large hens; all for $40; for info please call. Johnny Mayo Gray 478960-1446 Five white midget turkeys, 10 Fantail pigeons, 10 S. Bantams; $100 for all or will separate. Curtis Musgrove Bainbridge 229-662-3235 Game chickens: blues, white hackles and murphs. Ron Shepard Fortson 706-317-9924 Game fowl: Eslin Red Quill stags and pullets. Curtis Warnock Vidalia 912537-2061 912-293-9221 833-5538 770-228-9353 White topknot bearded Silkies, Buff and black Silkie roosters. Jack Jenkins Harlem 706-556-3261 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 selling quail must be accompanied by a copy of the commercial quail breeder's license. Ads for quail that do not have this license will not be published. For information on these licenses, call the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Re- Biscoglia Madison 706-342-0390 2010 16-foot Gooseneck cattle trailer, excellent condition, paint, floor, lights, tires, brakes; cut and escape, spare tire; no rust; $4,000. Mark Woodham Madison 404-379-8037 2013 Circle W bumperpull stock trailer, 6x16 feet with cut gate, back sliding and hinged gate; $3,200. Fredrick Stokes Stone Mountain 678-523-2456 Complete auction ring, three-section bleachers, P.H. system, like new, etc.; $7,000; Bunn Ranch. Carey Bunn Barnesville 678-350-5380 Creep feeder, eight-foot, single axle, new paint and tires; $1,500 OBO. Mike Preston Blakely 229-723-5069 Trailer with spare tire; Gooseneck, 16foot inside, heavy duty, excellent condition; $2,700. Z. Coles Winder 770-3070882 Two 12-foot steel cattle panels and two 10-foot aluminum cattle gates; $290 or will sell individually. Hugh Caudell Cindy Rockwood Gainesville 770-714- nancyj149@yahoo.com 770-328-8045 Gamefowl: Jimmy East Greenleg sources Division at 770-918-6401. If Carnesville 706-384-4410 RABBITS 5194 770-328-8045 hatch, leipers and law grays; please call you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the Large Colombian Paso Fino filly; excellent bloodlines, extended gait; 2 years old in spring; $2,000. Beth Holton Fayetteville 678-549-8568 Miniature donkeys: guard or breeding; donkey jack, $200; nice colors; jennies, $300 and up; small, registered donkeys. Bill Wray Perry 478-825-1297 Miniature riding mare, 33 inches, sorrel, white, pretty and smart, can deliver, call for pictures; $450. J Wilkes Athens 706-207-9366 Registered Tennessee Walking Horse mare, 7 years old, 16 hands, intermediate rider. Tony Green Fairmont 706337-2467 770-605-0888 Standard female donkey, grey, 7 yr. old, 1 mth. old colt, good pasture guard, very gentle, $350/pair. Wynn Copeland Greensboro 706-453-7687 Two mules, 14 and 17 years old, gen- Poultry/Fowl For Sale If you have any questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722. Mallard ducks must be at least three generations removed from the wild before they can be advertised. Advertisers must include this information in ads, or they will not be published. 15 varieties of peafowl including Javas, 1 year and up, cocks and hens. Ray Watts Macon 478-361-3468 27 Golden Comet hens; laying one year; $5 each, all for $110. Gene Garrison Clermont 770-983-3070 Baby chicks; American Dominique, Rhode Island Red. pure breeds; reasonable prices. Monte Poitevint Lakeland 229-482-3854 Bantam chickens: Creoles and Japa- before 9 p.m. Daniel Vickery Royston 706-436-6567 Gamefowl: Sid Taylor, YL hatch, Whitehackel. Tom Lilley Jeffersonville 478945-6139 Games fowl: grey Stags games, Phil Marsh butcher games, Lacy Roundhead pair and others. Larry Ledford Clarkesville 706-754-7064 Guineas, chocolates, four females, two males; 1 to 2 years old; proven fertile; $15 each. Leigh Hamilton Dahlonega 706-531-6211 Homing pigeons: mated pairs and young birds; bars, BlueCks, yellows, RedCks, white. Kim Hogan Cleveland hoganguitar1975@yahoo.com 706-8091215 Laying hens, $10 each; also young chicks. David Dye Rockmart daviddye110@live.com 470-336-9849 permit/license needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the permit/license can be attached using the attachments button. Bobwhite quail, flight conditioned, now available for the 2014 and 2015 season, call for pricing. Rembert Hancock Fairmount 404-376-0550 706-337-5711 Bobwhite quail, flight conditioned. Roy Peterson Ideal 478-949-5842 Bobwhite, Coturnix quail eggs: $70 for 100, $140 for 500, $270 for 1,000. Willie Strickland Pooler stricklandgamebird. com 912-748-5769 Flight conditioned Bobwhite quail. Heath Harrelson Reidsville 912-2374883 Jumbo Wisconsin quail; $4 each. David McCurley Colbert davidmcc@uga. edu 706-540-3864 706-788-3433 If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722. Californian baby rabbits, 8 weeks old; born Nov. 21, 2014; $12 each. Andrea Shapland Nicholson 706-927-5599 Flemish, English Lops, French Lops; top stock, priced to sell; cannot pass up. Jason Wilson Atlanta 404-823-3216 Harlequin rabbits. $40 with pedigree; five kits born Jan. 6, Blue and Black Magpie parents pedigreed. Jennifer Woodson Covington Woodsonwabbitry@yahoo.com 404-566-1075 New Zealand all sizes; meat or pets, $15; California bucks and does, $15, lots of bunnies Patsy Brown Jackson 770-504-9507 Selling out: Dutch breeding stock, ages 6 months to 2 years, several registered, tle, haul or pull wagon; $700 each. Mary nese Buffs; $10 each. John Johnson More than hundreds of white doves. Poultry/Fowl Wanted also 5-month-olds. Katie Hufford Cleve- Lynn Mobley Union Point 706-817-1152 Mansfield 770-786-5719 2015 SPRING PICK YOUR OWN LISTING Submissions for the 2015 spring pick your own listing will be published in the March 4 issue of the Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin. To ensure your farm is published in this edition, we need Lee Adams Macon 478-228-1782 Female guineas in the Clarkesville, land 706-219-4766 706-969-1953 FEED, HAY AND GRAIN Old English Bantams, show stock: BB reds, Old English quail, blue splash, blacks, blue brassy backs, opals, more. Mack McBurnett Tyrone 770-487-2233 Old English Bantams: BB red, golden duckwing, brown red, lemon blue, lemon blue sport. Mitch Pohlel Loganville 770-464-5052 One pair pure Albanys, 1 year old; $250. Ricky Ray Ball Ground 770-8944044 One pair, light brown Dutch, two pair golden Dutch Bantams; $45 each pair, or take all, $100. Kenneth Spear Chick- Ga., area. Vickie Hogan Clarkesville 706-768-5441 One male guinea, young buff Orpington pullets and one rooster. Darren Wilkes Demorest 706-768-2683 Pair white Cornish Bantams, Rhode Island Red and Araucana-Ameraucana Bantam roosters; must be close to Cumming. Bobby Carney Cumming 770-842-8703 Pigeons, any type, will trap pigeons free, will pick up pigeons free. Gregg Leonard Roswell 404-580-6268 If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722. All feed, hay and grain ads must include the variety offered for sale. Ads for mulch hay will not be accepted in this category; they will be published in the Fertilizers & Mulches category. `14 alicia bermuda, highly fertilized, horse quality; $6 per square bale, discounts for quantity. A. Johns Dawson 229-995-5371 this completed form in-office no later than close of business day on Monday, February 23. Please note this is an extended deadline from our regular ad categories! County: ______________________________________________________ Farm name:___________________________________________________ amauga 706-539-2423 Pullets, starting to lay now; Rhode Island Red, black Sexlink, Barred Rock. ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK `14 alicia bermudagrass hay, square bales, 15.4 percent protein, horse quality, $7.25; wheat straw, square bales, Jimmie Cleveland Commerce 770-378- $4. Neil Wingfield Leesburg 229-407- 8077 If you have questions regarding this 0371 Purebred full-grown Cayuga ducks category, call 404-656-3722. `14 coastal bermuda, horse quality, and Pekin duck; also, mixed ducks, American Buffalo, bison; calves born fertilized, UGA soil specs, square; 4x5 black and lavender. Chad Israel Dallas May 2014; $5 per pound live weight; round bales in barn; delivery, stack houseoisrael@att.net 404-272-6928 northwest Georgia. Derek Jolly Villanow available. Olin Trammell Forsyth 478- Rare Cochins gold laced, blue, Par- derekjolly67@gmail.com 706-397-2177 994-6463 478-960-7239 Contact person:_______________________________________________ tridge and splash Orpingtons, 100 Asian water buffalo female, 2.5 years `14, Tift 44 bermuda square bales, very Rhode Island Red pullets. Bobby Hawks Nicholson 706-983-0258 old, not bred, tame; $1,200 firm. Michelle Kaye Danielsville 404-434-1789 good quality, 750 bales; $5 per bale. Patrick Baynes Chatsworth 706-260- Crops:________________________________________________________ Farm address:_________________________________________________ Contact phone:________________________________________________ Hours of operation:____________________________________________ Rhode Island Red and Cuckoo Maran, Emu, 3 to 4 years old; nine birds; $75 5995 LIVESTOCK WANTED very young hens, $20; hatched June 2, 2014; vaccinated; roosters available. Alan Sanders Blairsville 706-745-3884 Rhode Island Red pullets, quality, healthy, well-grown birds. Brian Sturdy Dahlonega 706-865-9201 Show quality bantams; BB Red and wheaten Old English. Richard Smith Gay 706-538-6395 each. Kenneth Winschuh Augusta rockwisperer@bellsouth.net 706-793-0040 Llamas, six girls and one little man; make offer. Sgt. Capps Comer 770490-5537 If you have questions regarding ads in 2014 bermuda hay, horse quality, square bales, barn-stored, you load; $5 per bale; minimum 10 bales; cash. W. Abrams Milner 770-228-3865 2014 bermuda hay, square bales, horse quality; $4.75; delivery available. Tracy Watson Buena Vista 229-9287625 Any other details:______________________________________________ This form can be returned via email to dallas.duncan@agr.georgia.gov OR by fax to 404-463-4389 OR by mail to: Georgia Department of Agriculture Attn: Market Bulletin 19 MLK Jr. Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30334 Show quality Sebrights, 11 silver, 12 this category, call 404-656-3722. 2014 bermuda mix square bales, horse gold in pairs; call for information. Larry Adult rhea. Harrell Whitener Coosa quality $6.50; round, $40 to $50; mulch Herrington Colbert lwherrington@hot- friendsfor lifeinc@yahoo.com 256-422- hay, $3.25. Rick Anderson Taylorsville mail.com 706-788-0032 5224 404-402-8470 Show quality, Old English blue brassy Donkey, standard jenny, less than 2014 coastal bermuda hay, well-fertil- back, blue quail, splash, columbian, 1 month to bottle feed, or very tame; ized, weed- and rain-free, horse quality; fawn, quail, others. Randy Shoemake northeast Georgia. Arnold Kaye Jr. Dan- $4.50 per bale. Curtis Durden Lyons Carrollton 678-796-9222 ielsville 706-795-2064 912-526-3189 912-245-1081 Show-type Rhode Island Reds, wheat- Guard llama for my alpacas; must be 2014 coastal bermuda hay; 4x5 round, en Marans, large fowl. Mike Brown La- a gelded, halter trained and tame llama. square and mulch hay. Larry Morgan Li- Grange 706-884-8217 Debra Flagle Madison debraflagle@ zella 478-781-1990 478-972-5977 Again, the deadline for the March listing is for summer crops only. Swedish flower hens, $20 each; Eas- icloud.com 404-903-1761 2014 Coastal Bermuda, 4x5 bales, Forms are due by close of business on Monday, February 23. ter eggers, $15 each; guineas, assorted Young Nigerian, Pygmy buck, needs $40; Mulch $15; Coastal Bahia mix, $30; colors, $20 each. Kirk Mussell Fairburn to be pet for breeding. Donna Milligan barn-kept, delivery available. Stephen 404-805-0714 Martin 706-356-0535 Bell Milledgeville 478-414-8043 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN 404-656-3722 PAGE 9 2014 Coastal Bermuda, 4x5 round Coastal Bermuda hay, square bales, Feed, Hay and Grain Wanted German tomato seed, low acid, very Four-inch perennials, 350 varieties, bales, sheltered; cow and horse quality. horse quality, $6 per bale. Richard Smith few seeds, delicious; $1 per pack $1.50 each including Helleborus; one- Jim Cole Hahira 229-251-6131 Moreland 404-473-7281 Cow hay, round rolls, near Martin and with SASE. Amory Hall 130 Ellison St. gallon grafted Japanese maples, $20 2014 coastal bermuda, horse qual- Coastal bermuda, 5x6 round bales, Lavonia. Charles Alexander Martin 706- Maysville 30558 706-652-2521 to $25; display garden. Selah Ahlstrom ity, fertilized, limed, rain-free, 4x5 net- clean and baled, rain-free; $50 each; 779-3581 Pecan trees grafted, bare root, six to Jackson 770-775-4967 wrapped; $50. Grace Brady Hephzibah 150-plus available. Hardy Edwards Win- Raising hogs; need cracked corn or eight feet, $30; sawtooth oak eight to 12 Four-o-clocks, different colors; large 706-231-0985 terville 706-714-9012 corn shorts, need 55-gallon drum per feet, $25 bare root. Jody Kemp Lyons sunflowers seeds; beautiful; table- 2014 coastal bermuda; $5 at barn; Coastal bermuda, fescue mix cow hay; week for reasonable price. Travis Elling- 912-293-4902 spoons, $1 plus SASE. M V Pursley 253 square bales. Larry Cook Statham 706- $35 per bale (stored outside); 4x4 bales, ton Senoia 678-787-9341 Pecan trees: Grafted, bare root; call to Ryan Road Winder 30680 770-540- AG SEED FOR SALE 202-8083 fertilized and limed, delivery available. 2014 cow mix hay, 4x5 rolls; $25. Todd Jermaine Barlow Luthersville 706-302- place order for January 2015 pick up. 1567 770-307-5645 Andrew Smith Hawkinsville brownda- Giant cosmos seeds, six to eight feet Keesee Madison 770-207-6253 2014 fescue hay, 4x5 rolls in barn, no rain; $25 per roll. Steve Arnold Nichol- 7658 Coastal, bahia mix; 800- to 1,000-pound bales, baled with Claas If you have questions regarding this category, call 404-656-3722. lepecanfarms@gmail.com 478-2258433 Sawtooth oak, six to eight feet in No. not unusual, 60-plus seeds; $1 plus SASE. Ira Bray 70 Wilkes Ct. Newnan 30263 770-253-0392 son 706-207-4356 baler; $60 inside, $35 to $45 outside, Advertisers must submit a current 7 pot; delivery available. Ed Smith Mon- Hellebores; 4 to 5 years old in bud, 2014 fescue, mixed hay, 4x5 rolls or $25 mulch. Coy Baker Loganville 770- state laboratory report, fewer than roe 706-621-2550 two-gallon size pot; $10; discount on square bales, barn-stored, delivery 466-4609 nine months old, for purity, noxious Several varieties of sugar cane; by the quantity orders. Mary Wenger Gaines- available. Jimmy Payne Rockmart 404- Coastal, orchard, fescue mix, fertilized, weeds and germination for each seed stalk, row or field. D W Wright Moultrie ville 770-287-0734 557-8448 under cover 4x5 rolls; not horse qual- lot advertised. Ads submitted without 229-891-7632 229-324-3133 Japanese maples, azaleas, gardenia, 2014 horse quality square bales; Tift ity; 2013, $25; 2104, $30. Mike Duck this information will not be published. 44, russell and russell, rye mix; $6 per Dahlonega 706-344-7869 If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, Ag Seed/Plants Wanted hosta hydrangeas, roses. Linda Waites Fairburn 770-964-6414 bale, rain-free, weed-free. Neal Pannell Ear corn for sale. Wes Smith Thomas- this report needs to be sent along Pepper seed: A few pods of old time Japanese maples, many varieties and Monroe 770-267-3576 ton 706-648-4210 with it. For ads submitted online, the cayenne pepper seed for planting. Bob sizes, weeping red and green; weeping 2014 russell bermuda hay; 4x5 bale; Good quality 4x5 round bales, coastal report can be attached using the at- Register Blakely 229-723-6522 Serpentine Blue cedars available. Jim $45; delivered. Tommy Rider Waynes- hay, net-wrapped and stored in barn. tachments button. Seed lots must Yellow root, please call. James W Dar- Veccie Fayetteville jveccie@gmail.com boro 706-554-9785 Leo Perfect Unadilla 478-627-3820 be uniform and cannot exceed 400 by Monroe 770-207-7803 770-652-6127 2014 square bales of bahia, fescue Hay, fescue mixed, square bales, not 50-pound bags. Certain varieties of and other grasses; rain-free and barn- horse quality. Lamar Cox Fayetteville seed are protected from propagation FLOWERS AND Lenten roses: ready to bloom, $4 (in bloom, $6); pachysandra, 50 plants for stored. Wilson Phelps Greensboro 706- 404-824-7569 unless they are grown as a class of 347-0492 Hay: mixed fescue square bales, $3; certified seed. These include Florida 2014 Tift 44 and 85; high quality also some 4x5 rolls, $25 at barn. Harvey 304, Coker 9152, Coker 9835, 6738 ORNAMENTALS FOR SALE $10. Carol Olson Marietta 770-9981076 Lily bulbs: August, daylily, La., $12 per horse hay; squares and rolls; delivery available. Durand Deal Tifton 229-3885054 2014 Tift 44 bermuda square bales, excellent horse quality. Paige Bullock Dallas 770-402-2421 2014 Tifton 85 bermuda; horse quality hay; limed and fertilized; $6 per square bale; delivered. Charlie Jackson Lawrenceville Jackson_C19@yahoo.com 678-910-0561 2014 yellow feed corn, $40 per barrel; plus 2014 feed wheat, $50 per barrel. Robert Montgomery Reynolds 478837-2356 4x6 round rolls, fertilized, mix grass hay; $40 per roll. Wesley Sparks Monticello 706-717-1467 Jackson Blairsville 706-745-0984 Hay: square, $4 per bale and round, $35 per bale, well-fertilized and barnkept. Randy Grogan Cedartown 770846-1640 Horse quality bermuda hay in barn, 4x5 rolls, fertilized, rain- and weed-free; $60 each. Bo Rohrabaugh Stockbridge 770-238-8773 Horse quality; Tift 44 square bales, fertilized, sprayed and rain-free; $5; please call. Anthony Clark Elberton 706-9888996 Round bales, orchard, fescue mixed grass hay; rain-free, 4x4; $18 per roll; delivery available. Ron Smith La Fayette jpetrel@floorsoft.com 706-537-8841 Russell 4x5 bermuda horse quality hay in barn; $55. L. Parks Lula 678-677- soybean, Haskell, Bennings and others. For questions regarding certified seed, call the Department's Seed Division at 404-656-3635. 2014 Coker 227 oats and vetch; germination 98 percent oats, 94 percent vetch; 50-pound bag, $11. George Chandler Danielsville 706-338-4321 GCIA certified Tifton 9 bahiagrass; 40-pound bags; non-certified T-9 seed. James Gaston Americus gaston7460@ bellsouth.net 229-924-7460 Ag Plants for Sale Blueberry plants, $2 each; four to six feet tall, taking orders for February shipment. Sidney Roland Demorest 706754-6700 If you have questions about this category, call 404-656-3722. $1 per packet seed, SASE: purple cone flower, black-eyed susan, tiger lily, giant lily, amaryllis, Vitex (Chase tree). Hans Gruetzenbach 978 County Farm Rd. Dalton 30721 2014 variegated four-o-clock seed, 2014 hummingbird vine seeds; $1 per package with SASE. Polly Young 173 Creekview Drive Leesburg 31763 229888-7650 Achimenes (widows tears); order rhizomes now for spring shipment. D. Hinson Yatesville 770-468-6254 Boxwoods, several sizes in the ground, nice ones. Robert Crowder Greenville 706-663-8276 dozen, $2 postage; seeds: black-eyed susan, trumpets, verbena, $2 per tablespoon, SASE. F. Brooks 674 New Rosedale Rd. Armuchee 30105 Old fashioned hollyhock seeds, 25 for $3;Texas Star hibiscus, 10 for $2; SASE, cash. D. Miltimore 1396 Kiley Lane Dalton, 30721 Old time zinnias, mixed, cup $3 plus SASE, two stamps; large Marigold, $1 per tablespoon. Mildred Bryan 916 Elm Dr. Monroe 30655 770-267-3098 One-gallon potted mature Hellebores, 4-plus years old with blooms; $7 each, discounts for large orders. Diane Wilkes Sandy Springs 770-355-4003 Red castor bean or loofah sponge seeds; 25 for $3,100 for $10; send Alfalfa square bales $8 to $12; fescue square bales $3.50; hay is high quality, 5436 Shelled yellow corn; $6 for 40-pound Coastal, Alicia, Russell, Tift 85 and Bermuda sprigs; also custom planting. Camellias, three-gallon, $20; crepe myrtles, 20-gallon, $35. Myrtle Russell SASE. Joy Shelnutt Box 1212 Loganville 30052 fertilized well. Dale Hall Calhoun 706- bag. Janie Willis Dahlonega 706-867- Mack McGee Glenwood 912-568-7379 Bonaire robertrussell@bellsouth.net Reseeding petunias, mixed; angel 506-0351 5177 229-868-0262 478-923-1951 trumpets, double purple or double yel- Bermuda hay; Tift 44 and lisa, 4x5.5 bales, horse quality in barn; $60 per Square bale hay; 2014 bermuda, fertilized and rain-free, can deliver. Barry Fig trees in half-gallon containers; Celeste and Brown Turkey; $15 or two Cleome, touch-me-not, Mexican sunflower, money plant, tiger lily, marigold low, $1 per packet with SASE. Carolyn Arnold 644 Lynn Ave. Jefferson 30549 bale; outside, $50 per bale. Ivey Jeanes Gordon 478-233-0347 McCart Jackson 678-432-0423 770957-2270 for $25. Sandra Goldi Atlanta 404-2010063 Shasta daisy; $1 each, large; SASE. B. Savage 3017 Atkins Dr. Gainesville Seeds: Larkspur, echinacea, foxglove, Sweet William, Shirley poppy; $1 Bermuda, fescue hay, premium horse quality, limed, fertilized and sprayed; $5.50 per bale. Rex Palmer Auburn 770-867-9589 Bermuda, fescue; 4x5 round bales, horse quality, $45; bermuda square bales, $6. Sherrel Astin Villa Rica 678794-0880 Square bales in barn, mixed grass for horses or cattle, located in Monroe, Ga.; $5 per bale. James Draper Bethlehem 770-601-0816 770-601-0816 Top quality, 2014 tested, alicia, russell hay; round, square, sheltered; delivery available; free storage through March 2015. Heath Pittman Vidalia 912-2932535 912-537-9721 Figs, three varieties, mulberries, $5; self-pollinating Issai, kiwi, $6; sweet shrub, $3; dewberries, raspberries, $2; much more. Carla Houghton Marietta 770-428-2227 Garlic plants, elephant, six to 10 inches tall; 40 cents each, no shipping. Garland Privett Williamson 770-229-4526 30507 Daffodils: White Mount Hood, old time yellow, old time double bloomers, white narcissis, blue bells, mole bean seed. E. Beach Duluth 770-476-1163 Dwarf marigold seed: two tablespoons, $2 cash, No.10 SASE. Myron Bullock 1766 Azalea Drive Lawrenceville 30043 770-963-7907 plus SASE. Etheleen James 197 Glynn James Road Lyons 30436 912-5268516 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 FARMLAND SECTIONS AND COUNTIES Northwest Bartow Carroll Catoosa Chattooga Dade Floyd Gordon Haralson Murray Paulding Polk Walker Whitfield Northeast Central Barrow Clarke Elbert Franklin Greene Hart Jackson Madison Morgan Oconee Oglethorpe Walton Southeast Appling Atkinson Bacon Brantley Bryan Bulloch Camden Candler Charlton Chatham Clinch Coffee Echols Effingham Evans Glynn Jeff Davis Lanier Liberty Long McIntosh Montgomery Pierce Screven Tattnall Telfair Toombs Ware Wayne Wheeler Northeast Banks Dawson Fannin Gilmer Habersham Hall Lumpkin Pickens Rabun Stephens Towns Union White East Central Baldwin Bleckley Burke Columbia Dodge Emanuel Glascock Hancock Jasper Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Laurens Lincoln McDuffie Putnam Richmond Taliaferro Treutlen Twiggs Warren Washington Wilkes Wilkinson Southwest Baker Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Calhoun Chattahoochee Clay Colquitt Cook Crisp Decatur Dooly Dougherty Early Grady Irwin Lee Lowndes Marion Miller Mitchell Pulaski Quitman Randolph Schley Seminole Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas Tift Turner Webster Wilcox Worth Greater Atlanta Cherokee Clayton Cobb DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Henry Newton Rockdale Spalding West Central Bibb Butts Coweta Crawford Harris Heard Houston Lamar Macon Meriwether Monroe Muscogee Peach Pike Talbot Taylor Troup Upson Market Bulletin Farmland Ad Form The spring 2015 farmland edition of the Market Bulletin is scheduled for March 4. Deadline for this issue is Feb 18. Ad guidelines: Only Georgia farmland of five acres or more may be advertised. Include price, acreage and county where property is located. All property must be for sale by owner. No real estate agents or brokers are allowed to advertise, and property under contract with a real estate agent is not eligible to be advertised. Limit descriptive terms to property characters or structures do not include descriptive terms of homes on the property such as bedrooms, bathrooms and square footage. Farmland ads are up to 30 words including name, phone number and city. Only one ad per subscriber per issue. In order to advertise in the Market Bulletin, you must be a paid subscriber with a current subscriber number. Subscriber Number: County: Section The following statement must be signed by the advertiser submitting this notice for publication: I hereby certify that the above notice meets all the necessary requirements for publication in the upcoming farmland edition of the Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin. PAGE 10 FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN 404-656-3722 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 Bulletin Calendar 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 Georgia Agribusiness Council Legislative Breakfast Georgia Railroad Depot Atlanta, Ga. 706-336-6830 Feb. 4 7 2015 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center San Antonio, Texas 303-694-0305 Feb. 5 Georgia/Florida Soybean & Small Grain Expo Georgia National Fairgrounds Perry, Ga. 770-542-2351 Egg Candling Class Spalding County Extension Office Griffin, Ga. 770-467-4225 Pesticide Applicator Recertification Training Dougherty County Extension Office Albany, Ga. 770-229-3477 Sound and Sensible Organic Certification Workshop 2152 West Broad Street Athens, Ga. 479-575-1385 Tattnall/Evans Pecan Production Meeting Harry's Barbeque Claxton, Ga. 912-557-6724 Feb. 6 Deadline to register for Gardening 101, to be held Feb. 10 in Marietta, Ga. 770-427-3494 2015 Seed Short Course Fairfield Inn & Suites Cordele, Ga. 706-542-2351 Feb. 6 7 UGA Dairy Heifer Show UGA Livestock Instructional Arena Athens, Ga. wgraves@uga.edu Feb. 6 8 Georgia Wildlife Federation 2015 Great Outdoors Show Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter 770-787-7887 Southwest Junior/Senior Project Achievement Rock Eagle 4-H Center Eatonton, Ga. 229-386-3414 Feb. 7 Old Fashioned Hog Killing Demonstration Old South Farm Museum Woodland, Ga. 706-975-9136 White Oak Pastures Composting Workshop White Oak Pastures Bluffton, Ga. 229-641-2081 16th Annual Bull & Female Sale Turnpike Creek Farms Milan, Ga. 229-315-0986 Cloverleaf Project Achievement Douglasville, Ga. lpurcell@uga.edu Sustainable in the City Seminar Columbus Botanical Gardens Columbus, Ga. 706-653-4200 Feb. 9 Freezer Meals for Busy Families Maude Ragsdale Library Hiram, Ga. 770-443-7616 Burke County Peanut Production Meeting Burke County Extension Office Waynesboro, Ga. 706-554-2119 Feb. 10 Gardening 101 Marietta Educational Garden Center Marietta, Ga. 770-427-3494 Randolph County Disease & Fertility Meeting AgEd Building Cuthbert, Ga. 229-732-2311 Telfair County Corn Production Meeting Southern Star McRae, Ga. 229-868-6489 Feb. 11 Egg Candling Class Appling County Extension Baxley, Ga. 912-367-8130 Landscape Design for Homeowners, Class 2 Carroll County Ag Center Carrollton, Ga. 770-836-8546 National Peanut Board Nomination Meeting UGA NESPAL Building Tifton, Ga. Whens, Whats and Whys of Pruning Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens Savannah, Ga. 912-921-5460 Feb. 12 Egg Candling Class Tift County High School Canning Plant Tifton, Ga. 229-392-1965 UGA Focus on EPDs Bull Sale UGA Livestock Instructional Arena Athens, Ga. 229-881-0721 Feb. 13 Houston County Young Farmers Beef Cattle Show Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter Perry, Ga. 478-988-6312 Landscape Business Class UGA Student Learning Center Griffin, Ga. 770-228-7214 Feb. 14 Houston County Young Farmers Market Swine Show Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter Perry, Ga. 478-988-6312 Celebrate Valentine's Day on the Farm White Oak Pastures Bluffton, Ga. 229-641-2081 Georgia Iris Society Meeting North Lake Library Tucker, Ga. 678-5803-8603 Northeast, Northwest Cloverleaf Project Achievement Rock Eagle 4-H Center Eatonton, Ga. lpurcell@uga.edu Feb. 17 Green Team Update Columbus Consolidated Government Annex Columbus, Ga. 770-228-7214 Randolph County Corn Meeting The Back Porch Shellman, Ga. 229-732-2311 Feb. 17 18 ServeSafe Manager Certification Training and Exam Tift County Extension Office Tifton, Ga. 229-391-7980 Feb. 18 Landscape Design for Homeowners, Class 3 Carroll County Ag Center Carrollton, Ga. 770-836-8546 Taste of Georgia Legislative Reception Georgia Railroad Depot Atlanta, Ga. 404-467-9000 Tattnall/Evans Corn and Grain Sorghum Production Meeting Tattnall County Farm Bureau Reidsville, Ga. 912-557-6724 Feb. 18 22 Georgia Junior National Livestock Show Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter Perry, Ga. 706-542-8892 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. FLOWERS REQUIRING Will remove swarms for free; remove unwanted bees from a structure for a PERMITS fee. Leonard Day Macon/Gray 478719-5588 If you have questions regarding this Will remove unwanted bee equipment. category, call 404-656-3722. removal from structures; 2014 all-natural Advertisers selling officially protected plants must have a permit to sell honey for sale. Derry Oliver Commerce 706-335-7226 706-621-1781 such plants. Ads submitted without Things To Eat this permit will not be published. If Advertisers submitting ads using you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the the term "organic" require Certified permit needs to be sent along with it. Organic registration with the GeorFor ads submitted online, the permit gia Department of Agriculture. Ads can be attached using the attach- submitted without this registration ments button. For information on the will not be published. If you are faxing sale or shipment of protected plants, or mailing in an ad, the registration call the Protected Plant Program at needs to be sent along with it. For 770-918-6411. ads submitted online, the registration Flowers and Ornamentals Wanted can be attached using the attachments button. For information on this registration, call the Organic Program Old fashioned zinnia, marigold, free Manager at 706-595-3408. prone leaves or hulls; will pay, $5 plus `14 pecans; $11 per pound plus post- stamps; two cups of seed each. Fo- age; will crack, shell, separate your pe- steene Griggs Rock Spring 706-764- cans, 50 cents per pound. Russell Eaton 1873 Stockbridge 770-506-2727 MISCELLANEOUS `14 shelled pecans, mostly halves; $7 per pound plus shipping. June Brant- If you have questions regarding ads in ley 1501 N Houston Lake Blvd Warner this category, call 404-656-3722. Robins 31093 478-788-1137 Farm bells; old type, different sizes, 2014 black walnuts, large, extra clean would also like to buy your bell, train, meats; $22 per quart, postage paid. school, church; pay cash. Shane Burnett Covington 770-827-0999 Hoyt 7781 Payne McCaysville 706-492- Freezer, upright, frost-free; five feet high, 28 inches wide, 28 inches deep; four shelves, door shelves; $250 OBO. 2014 cleaned black walnut meat; $21 per quart, postage paid. Robert Buchanan Hiawassee 706-896-2537 Ruth J Kohler Young Harris 706-745- 2014 Desirable pecans, in the shell; $5 6423 per pound plus shipping. Charles Saw- Gas heater, firewood rack, garden yer Mount Airy 706-768-4776 tools and mower. Pat Mason Lilburn 2014 Georgia Grown pecan halves 404-784-6855 (Mammoth); $10 per pound, postage Hardy woodburning furnace; comfort included; two-pound minimum. Mack of wood heat without the mess; endless Deloach Valdosta 229-251-8336 supply of hot water; $3,500. George 2014 pecans; $8 per pound; shipping Nunn Crawfordville 706-717-0398 is extra if shipped. Michelle Copeland Large dog houses for sale, well-built, Clarkesville 706-768-8417 well-designed, strong, make your farm 2014 shelled pecans, mostly halves; dog happy with a new home. Wayne $8 per pound plus postage; Horizon Knight Auburn 678-425-4550 Orchards. Phil Williams Jesup 912-270- Old hand-hewn log cabin, excellent 4676 condition; delivery and setup available All-natural Black Angus beef; no steri- anywhere. Kerry Hix Chatsworth 706- ods, antibiotics or hormones; call for in- 695-6431 formation. David Sharpton Commerce Wild hog traps, 4x4x8, continuous 706-367-0876 catch spring-loaded door, removeable Beef: steers, no growth hormones or top, large and small hogs. J. D Conger antibiotics. Dale Dylong Oxford 404- Norman Park 229-769-3253 229-339- 456-8357 0104 Black walnut meat; $17 per quart plus Wine press, stainless steel crusher, 10 postage. Joan Spears Washington glass carboys, five-gallon fermenters, 706-678-2266 hydrometers, glassware, chemicals, Fresh brown eggs from cage-free hens; etc.; $500. Larry Whitman Hinesville fed extra omega-3 feed; $3 per dozen. lwhitman@coastalnow.net 912-977- Dell Bentley Buchanan Dbent4064@ 0730 hughes.net 404-884-1625 470-955-7668 Bees, Honey & Supplies Homemade cane syrup; call for more information. Howard Burnette Mershon 10-frame beehives, $75; five-frame 912-288-0091 beehive, $60; also make supers and Marview Farms provides grassfed inner cover. Eliseo Delia Mineral Bluff beef, lamb, goat and pastured pork; or- 706-492-5119 ganic supplies available; marviewfarms. All-natural pure, unprocessed honey; com for information. Fernando Mendez sizes available: quart, $14; pint, $8; Arabi/Cordele info@marviewfarms. eight-ounce bear, $5; cut comb, $15. com 229-401-8722 Jimmy Brown Jackson 770-775-0157 Naturally grown Jerusalem Artichoke, 678-448-7781 as low as $6 per pound plus shipping. Bee removal, metro Atlanta and west Buddy Hutto Warner Robins bud- Georgia areas, work guaranteed. W.O. dy260@cox.net 478-960-1329 Canady Winston 770-942-3887 Several jars of homemade apple but- Carpenter bee trap, handcrafted, the ter; $5 per jar. Andrea Freeland Carnesone that works; $20, three for $50; free ville 706-990-9960 freight. Jack Snyder Hephzibah 706- Sugar cane syrup; 1/5, $6.50; can be 554-7959 shipped, call for info. Roy Holt Dudley Carpenter bee traps; $13.50 each or 478-676-2760 478-697-2583 mailed anywhere in lots of five for $85. We machine-shell your pecans while William Timmerman Harlem 803-640- you wait for 30 cents per pound. Jody 6265 Glidewell Jackson 770-775-6592 Now taking orders for five-frame nucs. Jim Garvine Byron 478-956-7672 Package bees (queenless), frames; brood and bees, beginning February; pick up only. Patrick Wilbanks Metter 912-286-7789 Taking orders: 10-frame beehives with supers and queen excluders; for spring delivery. Sam Thompson Cadwell 478278-6274 Taking orders: early spring pick up, nucs, package bees; good line of beekeeping equipment in stock. Bill Posey Cartersville billsbeefarm@yahoo.com FIND GEORGIA'S BEST LOCALLY GROWN 770-595-9332 Taking orders: five-comb nucs, hives, bees, empty hives, supers, Top/bottom., Spring delivery, etc. Edward FOODS Online at georgiagrown.com Colston Taylorsville 770-382-9619 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN 404-656-3722 PAGE 11 Fish & Supplies Worm castings, worm compost, tea Nursery supplies, especially nurserycompost, composting units and sup- grade weed barrier or fabric to put pot- Handicrafts Handmade tatted items: Christmas ornaments; crosses, angels, snowflakes, Advertisers selling sterile trip- plies, Red Wigglers, worm farming ted trees. John Cowherd Monticello If you have questions regarding ads in wreaths, stockings, bells, trees; book- loid grass carp must submit a cur- products. K. Holman Newnan 770- 770-862-7442 this category, call 404-656-3722. marks and more. Amie Cleghorn Tifton rent Wild Animal License from the 713-5781 Radiator grill for 1948 red Farmall Cub. Handicraft ads are limited to 30 229-256-3557 Georgia Department of Natural Re- Oddities Melvin Pierce Colbert pierce7161@bell- words. Old fashioned hand quilting; over 40 Be it home-raised bees sources. 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-1 quality channel catfish fingerlings; graded, priced by size, accurate weights, counts, guaranteed live, healthy, immediate delivery. J.F. Gilbert Thomaston 706-648-2062 770-4680725 All fish species: bluegill, crappie, shellcracker, redbreast, shiners, catfish; pond surveys, aeration, feeders, weed consultation. Ethan Edge Baxley 912602-1310 All sizes catfish; minnows, bluegill, shellcracker, redbreast, sterile carp, crappie, feeders, shad, aeration and consulting. Keith and Kim Edge Soperton 478-697-8994 All sizes rainbow trout available; statewide delivery available; bass, bluegill, sterile grass carp, fish feeders, aeration. Caleb Lewallen Ball Ground 770-7353523 Any size bass, bluegill, crappie, channel cat, shellcracker, shad, minnows; free delivery or pick up; best prices. Gourds, many varieties to choose from, at farm or ship UPS. Crystal Lang Cordele 229-322-1321 Gourds: martin, crooked handle, craft, bottleneck and more; shop anytime. Thelma Moon Royston 706-245-4218 Gourds: small, $1; medium to large, $2; with holes, $3. Jimmy McDonald Sylvester 229-777-0444 Lucky buckeyes, $4.25 per dozen; buckeyes for planting, $5.25 per dozen; instructions included; include extra money for shipping. Jules Simmons 495 Royal Oaks Terrace Stone Mountain 30087 828-226-4700 Miscellaneous Wanted 10-,12- and 16-foot gates, T-posts, wooden fence posts and tin. Linda Duke Good Hope 770-267-1520 770-5495383 16-foot cattle panels and post, nothing fancy. Brandon Johnston Carrollton 404-272-8508 16-foot dual axle trailer with ramp gate; $1,100. Noah Hobgood Williamson 770-467-9479 200-gallon and 40-gallon aluminum or diamond plate fuel tank, with or without pumps; seven-foot rotary mower. John Gunn Reynolds 478-847-3387 south.net 706-353-2647 Six-ton and up Gooseneck trailer. Vinh Ta Buena Vista 229-314-0530 Two rear tractor tires with rims, size 18.4x26-inch; one boom pole. Pete Cobb Fairburn 770-964-5644 Used rear tires for 8N Ford; can be little tread, yard tractor. Wayne Smith Social Circle 678-873-1474 Out-Of-State Wanted Large farm, church, train bells; brass, cast iron. Mike Long Newberry SC 803924-9039 Pull-type hay conditioner. Edward Sistrunk Auburn AL 334-727-1919 Firewood Firewood must be cut from the advertiser's personal property. Ads for firewood must use the cord when specifying the amount of firewood for sale. Seasoned and split oak hardwood, 18to 20-inch lengths; $85 per half-cord; free local delivery. Corey Campbell Decatur 404-241-0192 Seasoned oak and hickory firewood; half cord, $60; $120 per cord. James Allen Thomaston 478-955-7106 Split oak, pecan, hickory, cherry. free 100 percent wool blankets, queen, white, red and black, Georgia colors; from our sheep; lightweight and warm. Mona Huber Watkinsville 706-7696721 All types chair caning: blind cane, French weave, hole-to-hole, press, porch, press, rattan reed and splint; some repair, quality work; more than 50 years experience. George Shelton Cartersville 770-607-6455 Aprons, adult bibs, walker bags, sunbonnets; $7 each or three for $15, includes postage. Margaret Hottle 4220 Union Rd SW College Park 30349 404344-0568 Bluebird nest box with glass viewing window, as seen at "Bluebirds over Georgia" show, all cedar, easy clean out; $20 and $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 Chair and rocker caning, all types: hand-laced French, pressed, binder cane, flat reed; can repair frames and finish; quality work, reasonable prices. Craig Leming Marietta 770-617-0815 770-428-4990 years experience. Betty Hyman Norwood 706-466-2116 Old-fashioned rabbit boxes; stick trigger system, weathered wood; 50 years experience building, trapping; $20 each plus $10 shipping; cedar blue bird houses, clean-out lid, $12 plus $6 shipping. Donald Allen Snellville 404-578-7758 Quilts, homemade, premade or custom; all sizes; $75 to $450; many beautiful patterns and colors; make wonderful gifts; call or come see. Doris Brown McDonough FDBrownJ@charter.net 770-898-8701 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 Unique deer antler knives; custom crafted using crown portion of the antler; three sizes; can be personalized Darrel Youngblood Millwood 912-2820167 We do chair caning of all types; caning, rushing, etc.; we also do upholstery and furniture repair. susan hester Barnesville 404-895-1624 Danny Austin, Sr. Roberta 478-836- 5 gallon plastic buckets without lids; delivery; $90 half-cord; $175 whole; fat Crochet items: all handmade; repair 4938 I need 800. Darcy Leerssen Columbus wood, $20 bucket. Cynthia McRae Jef- work on crochet items done at reason- Bass, bluegill, shellcrackers, hybrid 706-561-9685 ferson 706-362-4874 able prices. Marcia H Brookins 219 or handmade beads, bream, channel catfish fingerlings, sterile grass carp; delivery available. Tony 60- to 100-kilowatt generator, 400A transfer switch. Walter Clark Baxley Split oak; $160 per cord; pick up only. Lou Hall Monroe 770-267-5122 Sheila Circle Thomaston 30286 706647-0593 we've got something Chew Manchester 706-846-3657 912-253-9285 Split seasonal red oak; 14 to 16 inches; Crocheted ponytail holders $1.50 or Grass carp, bluegill, shell cracker A good used cut-off saw. J. F McGill $160 per cord, $80 half-cord; delivery five for $5; crocheted necklaces $3 or for everyone! bream, channel catfish fingerlings, bass, tifton 229-392-6255 extra. Larry Houston Covington 770- two for $5; homemade lip balm $2.50; threadfin shad; delivery, pick up by appointment only. Robert Brown Brooks 770-719-8039 Grass carp, channel catfish, bluegill, shellcrack, and hybrid bream; Delivery available. Brian Simmons Hawkinsville 478-892-3144 Trout: Good stocking quality, various sizes, hatched and grown on our farm; delivery available. David Cantrell Ellijay 706-273-6199 Fertilizers & Mulches Blacksmith or ferrier's tools, anvils, forges, vises, hammers, tongs, etc. Charles Hegedus Emerson 678-9861453 Craftsman to stretch deer hide seat on an old mule car chair. Tommy Gibbs TyTy 803-530-0148 Need cotton scraps/ prints for small block quilt, no wool, jersey or double knit; will pay reasonable price and postage. Neil C Bonds Marietta 770-8834648 786-4015 Christmas Trees Leyland cypress, direct from grower, several hundred avalable, all single trunk, five to six feet, great prices. Bob Brookshire Hoschton bbrooks3140@ bellsouth.net 770-932-5795 Leyland cypress, three-gallon pots,18 to 20 inches, single stem; $5.50 each. Bob Welch 425 Tayjlor Town Loop, NE Ranger 30734 706-629-6332 handpoured soap, three for $12; all postage paid. Steve Eslinger Tunnel Hill 423-827-4767 Gourmet grilling planks, Georgia Grown, nine hardwoods, reusable; hottest backyard grilling trend; the planks infuses meats with a delicious unique flavor. Sheila Sell Milner 334-494-8157 Hand paintings, using 18x30 burlap bags; animals, barns, farms, signs, etc.; $45 plus $4 shipping. Jackie Delker Monroe 770-266-1982 Advertising in the gets your farm goods, services and land seen by 40,000 people each issue! See page 2 for advertising guidelines! 2014 square bale mulch hay, in barn. Jerry Cox Fayetteville 770-461-7938 SPRING 2014 VEGETABLE PLANTING CHART SPRING 2015 VEGETABLE PLANTING CHART 2014 square bales, wheat straw; $3 per bale, at barn. Julian Kimbell Jackson 770-630-2466 2014 wheat straw, $3 per bale at barn; Crop Asparagus Days to Maturity 2nd year Planting Dates Jan. 15 to March 15 Seeds/Plants per Spacing rows per Depth to 100 Feet plants plant 50 roots 36" x 18 to 24" 6" delivery available, Gary Brinson Tarry- Beans, bush 50 to 60 March 15 to May 1 Half-pound 36" x 2 to 4" 1 to 11.5" town 912-286-3191 Aged horse manure, free with appointment; gated property. Maureen Forman Senoia willowdellequestrian@yahoo. com 678-329-4087 678-329-4087 Aged horse manure, you load any time; I load, call for appointment; $10 truck, $20 trailer, $30 tandem. 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"Pick out fruits and vegetables with relatively smooth, firm surfaces," said Jessica Badour, recall outreach specialist for the Department's Food Safety Division. "There should be a slight give to indicate freshness. However, the opposite is true for root vegetables such as onions and potatoes, as firmness is better." Rock-hard produce is most likely underripe and needs to ripen a few more days before use, Badour said. Another key to purchasing the ripest produce is selecting what's in season for the region a store is in, said Beth Oleson, director of education and food safety for Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association. And just because a piece of fruit is "ugly" doesn't mean it's not good to eat. "Ugly produce tastes the same as pretty produce," Badour said. "There is a lot of food waste that happens because `imperfect' produce doesn't make it to the store." Oleson said the dichotomy surrounding "ugly" produce is an interesting look into consumer prefer- ence. At grocery stores, consumers expect products to be pristine, but at farmers markets, they're more apt to purchase fruit that looks "a little more real, a little more home-grown." Badour said more stores are offering some of these products. "Crooked carrots, misshapen cucumbers, oversized sweet potatoes and undersized apples, about-tobe-overripe avocados or bananas with the skin starting to turn brown are perfectly fine to buy and eat," Badour said. "In some cases, like the avocado and banana example, the produce will need to be eaten within the next day or two. These would be perfect for banana bread or guacamole." However, consumers should stay away from produce that has tears in the flesh, Oleson said. An open wound in produce can harbor both bacteria that causes rot as well as bacteria that can lead to foodborne illness if it's not cooked properly, she said. In general, produce can be stored in the refrigerator for seven to 14 days, Oleson said. She recommends allowing produce to come to room temperature before serving, as this enhances the flavor profile. Tomatoes are an exception they actually lose flavor when stored in the refrigerator, Oleson said. Badour advises consumers to use both of the produce drawers in refrigerators. "It's better to store fruit and vegetables separately because certain fruits can prematurely ripen and spoil surrounding vegetables," Badour said. "Don't store potatoes and onions together either, because they each give off gases that cause the rapid decay of the other." And though some vegetables can last for a while, Badour recommends eating them soon or later for optimal flavor and nutrient value. New poultry lab offers more efficient test results, visitor observation deck By Dallas Duncan The ribbon is officially cut, and the new Georgia Poultry Lab Network facilities in Gainesville, Ga., are open for business. GPLN's new home has a storied history. Its original lab, built in the 1940s, was in Gainesville, and in 1962 the network moved to Oakwood, Ga. But with modern lab and biosecurity requirements, it became evident that GPLN needed a newer facility. "We now have a much better facility as far as sample flow, biosecurity and biosafety, and there's a lot of room to grow," said Dr. Louise Dufour-Zavala, executive director of Georgia Poultry Lab Network. GPLN began in Gainesville because that part of the state is "the bread and butter and ground zero for the modern poultry industry," said Michael Wheeler, Hall County Extension coordinator. "Their primary purpose is surveillance, monitoring for disease to make sure if there is an outbreak, they are able to get the information out to the integrators and make sure the integrators follow protocol," he said. Back in the 1930s, Georgia's growing poultry industry was stymied by pullorum disease. Several states organized themselves with the purpose of eradicating pullorum, and the Baby Chick Association formed, Dufour- Zavala said. That led to the creation of the National Poultry Improvement Plan, or NPIP, which is a federal-state program aimed at poultry disease eradication. "By law, we are the official state agent for the NPIP," Dufour-Zavala said. "In the modern age, now that pullorum is eradicated, it took on other poultry diseases. We make sure poultry are free of diseases so product can be exported or shipped to other states. It's a very important mission because the poultry is not just about Georgia, it's about all of those other states and countries we sent chickens, eggs and meat to." GPLN now tests not only for pullorum, but for mycoplasma, Salmonella and avian influenza, which has not yet been found in Georgia. "A lot of the diseases are tested through serology, so blood samples of chickens that are taken by servicemen that get trained every year," Dufour-Zavala said. "Private owners and industry can bring chickens, samples from the environment, baby chicks, meat, eggs ... but the most common is a blood sample or swabs from the environment." Though GPLN monitors for a variety of serious poultry diseases, it serves a seasonal purpose as well. "Just like flu season with humans, the poultry industry sees the same thing. It's not anything people should get alarmed at when they hear `outbreak,'" Wheeler said. "All of these things help with communication so when there is an outbreak of a respiratory disease in an area, the integrators, the growers, they all know where it is and they can modify their travel or take extra precautions so as not to spread it any further." Another highlight of the new lab is the chance for visitors to tour and see GPLN at work, Dufour-Zavala said. "We have a mezzanine upstairs and you can watch the lab activities from the second floor," she said. "That's something that we did not have in Oakwood that we're really proud of." The new lab means more efficient results for poultry farmers if someone brings in blood samples today, they'll have results tomorrow, Dufour-Zavala said. "The state of Georgia is in really good shape with a lab that can produce that kind of result with that quality that quick," she said. Having GPLN in Gainesville kept the area in the driver's seat of the poultry industry, Wheeler said. "Our area is a hotbed for allied industries. They've taken up shop here over the years: vaccine manufacturers, poultry equipment manufacturers, you name it," he said. "It's just helped solidify the industry too, and that's why we've had it for so long in the area. It's helped provide an anchor or the infrastructure so the industry's stayed and not moved on." More than 20 percent of the jobs in Hall County result from agriculture, including jobs in the poultry industry and its allied industries anchored there alongside GPLN, Wheeler said. And the network's effects are seen statewide. "Every batch of new chicks that come out, a certain amount are tested and disease-free before they go into the field and get on the farm," Wheeler said. "They're being tested through the network to ensure that healthwise, the quality [chicken] is there." It's not just commercially raised chickens that can have samples tested at GPLN. Dufour-Zavala said the network welcomes and encourages smaller-scale and backyard producers to bring in samples as well. "Our diagnostic services are free. If it's a private owner or a Fieldale chicken or any chicken in the state comes to this lab for a problem, we don't charge for that service. We do charge for the tests that are run for monitoring, but not for diagnostics," she said. "We have a lot of expertise and we can really help them grow their business. That's what we are here: we're about growing all facets of the poultry industry in the state." www.agr.georgia.gov www.facebook.com/georgiamarketbulletin GaMktBulletinBlog.blogspot.com www.twitter.com/gamktbulletin www.pinterest.com/gamktbulletin www.youtube.com/user/gamktbulletin instagram.com/gamktbulletin FIND GEORGIA AGRICULTURE ONLINE! www.thegamarketbulletin.com www.georgiagrown.com LEARN MORE ABOUT FARMS AND BUSINESSES IN THIS ISSUE ... Birdsong Peanuts: www.birdsongpeanuts.com Jaemor Farms: 770-869-3999 Blackwater Cattle Company: 229-232-3096 Lewis Farms Produce: 478-954-1507 Georgia Peanut Commission: 229-386-3470 Serenbe Farms: www.serenbefarms.com Georgia Poultry Lab Network: 770-535-5996 UGA Extension: 1-800-ASK-UGA1 Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association: 877-994-3842