Farmers and consumers market bulletin [Vol. 99 [i.e. 103], no. 26 (Dec. 21, 2016)]

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GARY W. BLACK, COMMISSIONER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016 VOL. 99, NO. 26 COPYRIGHT 2016

Reflections on the true meaning of the season

By Gary W. Black
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture
Merry Christmas. Do you have six minutes for a Christmas message? Actually, I need six minutes and five seconds. That's all it will take. I promise it will change this and all future December twenty-fifths for the rest of your life. It will be a lesson in being thankful.
Rain or shine, warm or snowy, step outside this Christmas night, say around 8 p.m. Many of us will likely see trash cans full of boxes and shredded wrapping paper. Most of us will be so full that we will have already sworn off food until New Year's Day. If you join in on this exercise, it is likely you will be stepping out of a toasty living room warmed by the perfect fire. So now you are asking, "What am I to do now that I'm standing outside?"
For six minutes and five seconds, 365 in total, one second for each day of the year, reflect on three points in history. The first is Dec. 25, 1776. Gen. George Washington led a rag-tag band of Continentals and militia across the 300-yard-wide Delaware River north of Trenton, N.J. The river was so clogged with ice that two additional expedition parties failed to make the crossing. Un-

Commissioner Gary W. Black and Lydia Black
daunted, Washington's bold move proved successful as he surprised a substantial force of Hessians, capturing more than 1,000 of them and fulfilling the desperate need of at least a psychological win for our young nation. Step outside without a coat if you are able. Then you will get the full impact of the wind these heroes faced. Be thankful.
Fast forward 12 months. The date is Dec. 19, 1777. The lead character is the same, the conditions perhaps worse, but the scene

is Valley Forge, 19 miles north of Philadelphia. This Christmas the Revolutionary army is diseased, frostbitten and starving. Storytellers and at least one famous artist insist upon a factual account of Washington asking God for deliverance during these extraordinarily difficult times. Naysayers say it never happened because there is no proof. Be assured, Washington prayed, and God faithfully answered as He always does. I do not need a notarized statement from 1777 to

understand this.
I can, however, experience for at least 365 seconds what some of the soldiers felt that Christmas night by removing one or both shoes as I step outside. You see, one in four soldiers did not have shoes. Don't worry if it is wet outside, your new argyle socks will dry. Do it anyway and be thankful.
The last Christmas night that I ask you to contemplate as you stand outside was one full of so many challenges and problems. Taxes were going up. Health care was under scrutiny. People were grumpy. Swamps all over the world needed draining. If you are tempted to reflect on 2016, go ahead, but only do so through the lens of the first Christmas night. That's the real third point.
Turmoil in an imperfect world transcends the ages. But at Christmas we celebrate the birth of the One scripture declares as "Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." Unrest, anger, violence and a thousand other scourges of humanity are for the most part choices. Being peaceable and being at peace are life choices as well. Wrap up your 365 seconds outside by choosing peace. Be thankful.
I wish all of you well as we celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace this Christmas Season.

Rural communities, farmers warned to be wary of investment frauds

Atlanta-based FAIR initiative seeks to educate investors

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

By Brian M. Basinger
ATLANTA Investment scams such as Ponzi schemes and offering frauds can target

any community, including Georgia's dozens of rural counties from the coastal barrier islands to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Recent plots involving unsuspecting farmers and members of the agribusiness industry have even used religious-themed sales pitches in order to lure in unsuspecting investors. However, learning a handful of warning signs about investment fraud and remembering to ask certain key questions before handing over your money can prevent many individuals from being fleeced by fraudsters.
It all comes down to doing your homework, looking into the salesperson's background and taking your time before you invest. Most importantly, it is always okay to decline the offer and not invest.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has introduced a new Faith and Agribusiness Investor Resource Initiative designed to raise awareness among rural community members about how to invest wisely and avoid fraud. Our office serves Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Agribusiness makes up roughly two million jobs in our region and has an economic impact of $300 billion per year. It is a vital industry, but also presents opportunities for bad people who want to steal other people's hard-earned money. To help raise awareness about investment fraud, the SEC is

working with the Georgia Department of Agriculture to identify fairs, tradeshows and other events where SEC staff can distribute free investor education materials and talk with the public about common warning signs related to investment scams.
Recent investment frauds have included salespeople who targeted Virginia farm workers, convincing them to invest in a fictitious "Christian based mutual fund." The defendants in that case tricked 140 people into participating, promising exorbitant returns of more than 600 percent within a year. Another recent scam duped more than $7 million from evangelical Christians in North Carolina and Florida, among other places, promising the money would be invested in timber and grain. No investments were ever made by the sales teams soliciting the funds from investors.
Similar cases have popped up around the country, including an $8.5 million worm farm using false promises of high returns to trick investors, as well as a fraudulent solar farm offering that used fake press releases to raise money. The SEC urges rural investors and those who work in agribusiness to check out the agency's free investor education materials online at www.investor.gov or at www.sec. gov. Brochures on these sites are free and can be printed or downloaded.
See FAIR, page 16

SEC attorney Brian Basinger (right), leader of the agency's Faith and Agribusiness Investor Resources Initiative, speaks about investor education at a festival in Gwinnett County in November.

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10' land leveler, Diamond-H, pull- 2-row Cole planters, w/cultivator
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If you have questions regarding ads in 10' pull-type bush hog gear box, pine straw, 5th-wheel or gooseneck;

this category, call 404-656-3722.

needs repair, 3PT hitch, hydraulic forks $500. Clarence Mccorkle Thomson

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egory is published the last issue of 678-794-4574

200 MF track loader, operates good,

each month. Please adhere to the 108kW generator, 140HP Perkins en- shelter stored. Harrell Stephens

following guidelines when submitting gine, 480 hours, auto-switching for 4 Gainesville 770-532-2686

an ad for Farmland for Rent/Lease or chicken houses, excellent condition; 2000 JD 4600, 43HP, 4x4, loader,

Rent/Lease Wanted * When submitting ad, please designate it for the

$14,000. Danny Fausett Dawsonville 706-265-8432

1 owner, 12 speed, power reverser, 2600 hours. Philip Weathington Doug-

Farmland for Rent/Lease category. 12' BHC shredder and bale beaver lasville 678-229-7660

Notices to buy or sell farmland are published only in the special fall or

unroller, 3PT. Leo Perfect Unadilla 478-955-2362 478-627-3820

2005 EW gooseneck trailer, 8.5'x30' flat deck, 14,000-ton axles, 14-ply

spring farmland editions * Ads must 13.9x36 Titan tire, 6-ply, 80% tread, tires, steps and toolboxes, excellent

not exceed 30 words.

no holes, good condition. Dennis condition. Duncan Cumming Madison

17 acre pasture with 100' creek, large Steed Carrollton 770-301-8388

706-342-0304

barn, great grass and bottom land, 13HP horizontal gas engine, like new, 2006 KMC 3376; KMC 6x36 inverter;

Habersham County; $400/month. W.C. with overhead valves, call if interested; JD450 grain drill; JD9986 cotton pick-

Quarles Dawsonville 706-499-2718 $199. E. Maddox Blakely 229-308- er; all in excellent condition. Donald

270 acres in Quitman County, deer hunting camp site located on GA Hwy

0004 229-308-0004 1400B JCB backhoe, $7800; 8N ro-

Wingate Doerun 229-776-6145 229349-0026

27. Benjamin Lindsey Lenox 770-842- tary cutter and harrow, $2600; 140 2008 JD 1700 Max Emerge 6-row

7900

Farmall quick-hitch and front cultivator, strip till planters; 330 Unverferth ripper/

5 acres available for animal boarding, crops or gardening; fenced, water available. Ashley Blackwell Statham

$3800. J.R. Sullivan Vidalia 912-5374944
1468 IH, new paint/tires, 3300 hours,

stripper with assist wheels, sheltered, excellent. Donnie Wingate Moultrie 229-881-4191

404-925-6630 678-858-1479

factory duals, chrome exhaust, show- 2009 John Deere 6430 tractor, no

Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted

room condition, collector's dream; problems, 5700 hours, excellent condi$25,000. Danny Thomas Chickamau- tion, used for hay; $45,500. Scott Mc-

Bird dog club seeking 200+ acre ga 423-664-7916

daniel Yatesville 706-472-3013

lease in Pike, Spalding and surround- 15' bush hog, $3500; 20' Rhino mow- 2013 JD1026R tractor, diesel, excel-

ing counties, won't disrupt haying. er, $4500; 2-single peerless dryers, lent condition, 308 hours, 60" cut belly

Walt Sanderson Barnesville 770-584- $$1000; 3-dual peerless dryers, $1500. mower, auto-connect, front-loader,

9004

Chop Evans Fort Valley 478-955-4642 quick disconnect; $12,500. Michael

Cattle pasture lease wanted, call or 478-825-2095

Magrum Rydal 706-509-8576

text, Mulberry Rock area. Ronald Jus- 1950 Massey Harris 22 tractor, 3PT 2014 Bush Hog brand 2010 rotary

tice Austell 404-422-7702

hitch, good tires, runs and looks great; cutter, 10', like new; $4500. Justin Ev-

Land lease needed with irrigation, if $2200. Baker Oliver Wrightsville 478- ans Rocky Face 423-364-8335

possible, to grow watermelons during 278-3199

2015 John Deere 3038E tractor,

the 2017 season. James Lambert Ideal 1952 Ford 8N, rebuilt motor, repainted 30HP, 16 hours; $13,000. Lovett Law

478-235-0775

3 years ago, w/4' finish mower, single- Commerce 706-367-5659

Married couple seeks 100+ wood bottom plow; $3000. Donald Morrison 2015 John Deere MX7 rotary cutter/

acre lease for hunting, will bring grand- Folkston 912-462-5811

bush hog; $2600. Heath Chadwick Ball

children along occasionally. Doreen 1960 Massey Ferguson tractor, diesel Ground 770-235-6514

Plybon Auburn 678-233-8118

engine, runs good; $2800. Ron Morgan 2015 New Holland Workmaster 40

Seeking hunting property to lease. Cobbtown 912-314-3847

tractor, 1 owner, 90 hours, 4x4, 38HP,

Guy Allard Grayson 904-718-1978

1970 John Deere 4020, restored, PTO, excellent condition; $12,950.

great condition; $12,500. Neal You- Jake Kunz Fayetteville 678-725-8000

FARM EMPLOYMENT mans Ivey 478-456-3697

2015 Troy-Bilt XP mower, 42"cut,

1970 John Deere 820 tractor, really 22HP Kohler engine, like new. Pete

If you have questions regarding ads in good mechanical condition; $4800. Cobb Fairburn 770-964-5644

this category, call 404-656-3722. Only farm work or farm help
wanted advertisements allowed. No

Lamar Wyatt LaFayette 706-639-7901
1972 Ford 3000, 5' bus hog, diesel, 47HP, canopy, roll bar, fully serviced,

24" Case backhoe bucket, low hour usage; $525. James Wicker Perry 478952-6718

commercial, industrial or employment permitted.

domestic

new battery/alternator; $5995 OBO. Brandon Wall Bogart 770-307-8907

28' GN dual tandem flatbed with ramps, factory trailer; $3000 OBO.

900 acre sod farm manager wanted: 1972 Ford 4000, diesel, HD 5' bush Mike Preston Blakely 229-723-5069

NGTurf, sod/golf course/ag experience required, email resume; $65,000$95,000/year + housing/benefits. Aaron Mcwhorter Perry aaron@ngturf. com 770-832-8608
Husband and wife team seek crop farm work; experienced workers, need salary and housing. Tim Peeples Brunswick 912-602-0899
Looking to hire experienced farm help/cow hand for busy beef and hay producer, either full-time or part-time. Roy Embry Eatonton 706-485-9848
Seeking full-time or part-time farm worker, fence building, etc., housing available for the right person. Jo Howell Rome 706-252-6530
Seeking non-smoker for farm maintenance job, fences, tractors, cattle, small salary with furnished apartment, background check required. Leonard Draper Cedartown 770-748-2042
Seeking paid apprenticeship with existing farm, have aspirations to purchase, hardworking family of 4. Mike Mclean Marietta 404-985-6077

hog, box blade, auger and finishing mower; $4500. Robert Colley Thomaston 706-601-1300
1972 Ford F600 truck, 5-ton, Pittman 330 V8, good tires, new seat, runs good; $6800. Lynn Bowles Rome 706252-0183
1980s Troy-Bilt horse tiller, 6HP Tecumseh, new carburetor and throttle, runs; $200. Frank Cloud Lithia Springs cloudr11rt@aol.com 404-427-8373
1982 John Deere track loader, w/new starter, 1 owner, well-maintained, low hours; $11,000/subject to change. Linda Matheny Snellville 770-483-2499 770-883-1152
1990 Travis aluminum dump trailer, barn door, grain door, air gate, title inhand; $10,000 or trade. Larry Newton Rocky Ford 912-863-7806
1995 International 8100 flatbed dump, 16' bed, diesel, very good condition; $8500. Sheldon Henderson Blairsville 706-745-6746
1999 International Pro Sleeper road tractor, with wet kit, very good condi-

28' gooseneck, dual-tandem, used very little; farm bells and other bells; 60-gallon cast pot. Shane Burnett Mansfield 770-827-2240
3-roller cane mill, mint condition; 60-gallon syrup kettle; four 480.80R tires; two 20.4 38 tires; Cole planters. Donald Wooten Denton 912-539-3517
3-way Hester rollover blade, 6', like new; $300. Dane Law Cartersville 770-655-9210
30' gooseneck trailer, heavy-duty, dual-dooly axles, make a good hay trailer, no flooring; $2000. Rodney Taylor Moultrie 229-891-5091
30' gooseneck trailer, triple-axle, new tires, wheels and lights, great shape, ready to use; $1900. Gary Hennessee Claxton garyhennessee@yahoo.com 770-480-9600
3PT hitch backhoe, 2 buckets, 8" and 16", bush hog brand 760H, serial# 122254; $2500. Jack Moore Griffin 770229-4208
4 tires on wheels, off water hose reel, size 4.10/3.50 size, fits 5/8" axle; $25.

FARM MACHINERY tion. Charles Crawley Unadilla 229- Wilson Pinnell Macon 478-746-7946

942-0243

4-row Amadas 9997 peanut com-

If you have questions regarding this category, call 404-656-3722.
Only farm machinery and equipment owned by the advertiser and used in his/her own farming operation can be advertised; those persons advertising for machinery and equipment wanted must be seeking those items for their own farming operation.

2 JD 9996, 4WD; 2 JD 9965 cotton picker, good condition; 454 engine bush hog, loader. Ralph Nutt Cordele 229-276-5336
2 zero-turn lawn mowers, excellent cond., well-maintained: 52" Exmark, $2250; 60" Hustler, $4500 OBO. Steven & Mary Hoffman Newnan s.hoffman60@ yahoo.com 770-304-4351
2-hay rollers, NH, $885; NH55

bine, good condition; $27,500. Ronald Coody Quitman 229-300-7080
4430 John Deere tractor with cab, good cond.; $9500. Linda Garren 202 Bussell Rd Tifton 31793 229-402-4456
4630 Ford w/loader, 60HP diesel, 970 hours, field ready; $14,000. Glenn Knight Rentz 478-983-4121
5' County Line bush hog, very good condition; $500. Lane Cook Cleveland

1 steel hay bunk, $50; also have 3 rake, $885; heavy-duty box scraper, 706-969-4962

plastic bunks, $50. James Wylie Calhoun 770-596-4388

$485; corn planter, $100; 2 harrows, $485/$635. Lynne Rhinehart Ringgold

5' Hardee brand bush hog; $250. Jerald Cleghorne 775 Cleghorne Rd Col-

1-row cultivator, metal drums, fuel 706-338-7176

bert 30628 706-338-4197

pump. Ronald Rush Franklin 706-675- 2-roller cane mill, $500; Deutz/Allis 5' King Kutter RM 60Y finishing

3417 706-881-0302

hay baler, $6000, Ford 352 hay baler, mower, excellent condition, new belts/

10' and 12' heavy-duty land leveler; $2500; 9" auger/post-hole digger, blades/spindle; $600. Darryl Nealis 593

$1600-$1800. Mike Hulett Hazlehurst $300. Victor Floyd Pembroke 912- Amah Lee Rd Hampton 30228 770-

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5-tower pivot, 3 good towers; $3000. Rex Smith Ambrose 912-592-7833
6' Land Pride finish mower, 2/3/4-bottom plows, 5' and 6' box/scrape blades, bush hogs, cultivators, planters; cash. Carl Crosby Blackshear 912-449-6573
600 Ford, bush hog, blade, harrow, planter, sprayer, hay fork, Dearborn turn-plow, boom pole, scoop, rake; priced separately. Kenneth Phillips Watkinsville 706-714-7282
6620 JD combine, shed stored, works good, 15' grain head, 4-row corn head, 30". Ethan Hutchins Summerville 706506-6511
6640 Ford tractor, 8N Ford tractor, new sheet metal, 12V, good tires; $3500. Robert W Borchert Lincolnton 706-359-3325
8"x62'L transport auger, good condition; $3000. Charles Brock Monticello 706-476-3698
849 NH round baler, works, good for parts. Dan Durrett 4089 Tommy Lee Cook Rd Newnan 30263 404-7876316
855 New Holland baler, 5x6, $225; Morra 22-7 disc mower, $1250; 1973 Chevy C60 dump, $3500. Jimmy Lanier Portal 912-865-2638
A+V dual trailer, side load, 5'.5"x8'11", $1400; Yamaha, big bear 400, new tires and winch, $3000. Brenda Macrenaris Tucker 770-493-8939
AC 160 tractor, 40HP, $3900; 1983 dump truck, $4000; will trade for calves. John Boren Concord 404-5979992
Alabama Mule garden tractor, 5HP, small 2-axle cow trailer, 2-axle trailer with ramps, 6.5'x12'. Raymond Long Loganville 770-466-2435
Allis Chalmers B tractor, 1948 year, runs but needs work; $695/as-is. Joe Ginn Jefferson 706-424-0315
Allis Chalmers B, $2500; Farmall A, $2500; Farmall C, $3500; Farmall F-20, $3500; pull fertilizer/lime spreader, $1500. Ted Reeves Sparta 706-8788562
Allis Chalmers WD45, wide front, 3PT, belt-pulley, Ford 8N, 1952 year, $13,000; new parts, $3200. Rembert Cragg Alto 706-499-8063 706-7763318
AM General 5-ton dump truck, 6x6, 374 miles, 750 hours, 250 Cummings engine; $6000. Wayne Marshall Perry 478-972-2287
Antique Allis Chalmers tractors, B, 2 WD40, WD45, not running; also have a running Ford Jubilee. Jesse Arnett Tifton 229-382-6517
Asphalt roller: Mauldin, 12HP, operates, $1500; Tennant sweeper, for warehouse or parking lot, $1900; Peerless boiler, $500. Mark Blank Dawsonville 770-905-6235
Backhoe: Case 580B, with 2 buckets, 24" and 36", low engine hours; $6500. Haskel Taylor Culloden 770-358-4502
Brave 34-ton log splitter, great condition; $1800 OBO. Donald Cothran Newnan 704-281-0595
Bush Hog SM60 ditch bank mower, excellent condition, $4500; 1947 Farmall F tractor, runs good, $2000. Dwight Souther Dalton 706-280-2617
Case 3185 sprayer, 2500 hours, 90' boom, $28,000; JD 567 mega-wide roller, $8500. Stephen Houston Donalsonville 229-416-6080
Case 450 track loader, UC engine, good steering, brakes and hydraulic hoses, needs repair; $3800. C.R. Hayes Conyers 770-922-6930
Case 850 track loader, 1960s, okay engine, torque converter leak, other major wear, manual, for parts; $2500. Josh Wheat Buckhead 706-3423496
Case 9030B excavator, 1997 year, runs great, 4700 hours, farm use; $19,500, or trade + cash. Dan Lampe Danielsville 770-601-5331
CAT 225 excavator, remanufactured engine, 30' reach, 36" bucket, looks/ runs good; $19,900. James R Smallwood Greenville 770-463-8697
Conveyor for ear corn, pecans, etc., 20', on wheels, frame elevates to different heights; $500. Kenneth Beasley Dahlonega 706-344-2604
Corn conveyor chain with flights, single strand, 42' 7"W. John Perry Jesup 912-294-4890

D6C 10K11380, excellent condition, 12' blade, straight with tilt. J. Cantrell Ellijay 706-273-9749
Dirt pan, boom pole, harrow, cultivators, 2 old planters, seed plates, mower parts; $450/all. Wiley Allen Milledgeville 478-251-0777
Ditch Witch 2200, runs, digs well, angle blade, factory trailer, small hydraulic leak; $2300 negotiable. Tim Faulk Cochran 478-230-8396
DR tow-behind field/brush mower, 17HP Kawasaki engine, 44" cutting width, low hours, very good condition. Chris Lovelock Fortson secchris@yahoo.com 706-570-7727 706-570-7727
F-3 Gleaner combine, good condition, field ready, parts machine available, 1 owner; $15,000 OBO. Ronnie Singleton Buena Vista 706-566-2937
Farmall H, restoration, $600; box blade, 5'6", $300; aerator, 3PT hitch, 5', $300. Alice Ann Bell Shady Dale 706-712-6182
Farmall Super M tractor, good condition, work ready or easily repaired. Edward Marable Trenton 706-657-7226
Feed mill, Farmhand 817, always sheltered, $2200; also have a 9-shank chisel plow, with new points, $500. Gary Duffey Statesboro 912-536-1159
Ford 1510, 22HP, diesel, w/4' bush hog, new tires, $3750; JD 1010, gas, 40HP, new tires, $3950. William Carlyle Pendergrass 770-601-0125
Ford 4100 tractor, excellent condition, diesel engine, looks and runs great; $6800. Randy Irvin Cleveland 706865-1060
Ford 532 baler, shelter kept, very good condition, photos available; make an offer. B.A. Lewis Brunswick 912-580-1855
Ford 600 tractor, 1957 year, runs good, rebuild w/low hours, engine/ transmission good, poor sheet metal; $1300. G. Dugger Midway dugg83@ yahoo.com 912-269-6504
Ford 601 tractor, diesel, good condition; $2700 OBO. Glenn Blalock Calhoun 770-548-4659
Ford 601 tractor, excellent condition, 6 pieces of equipment; $6000. Blanche Lowe Washington 706-401-5705
Ford 841 tractor, excellent condition, Sherman diesel engine, power steering, new tires, starter, runs great. Alan Hooper Clayton 706-782-6659
Ford 8N tractor transmission and rear end, $400; Ford flathead V8 engine, $450. Scott Odom Buford 770-9457945
Ford 8N tractor, 1949 year, new water pump, 3PT hitch, not running, 12V; $700. Lynn Bacon Perry 478-987-4728
Ford F600 farm utility truck, low miles, excellent condition, 14' bed with bodies; $1850. David Wells Buena Vista 229-314-1021
Frick saw mill needs to be restocked, no wood; $800. Robert Dorsey 3760 Mason Creek Rd Winston 30187 770309-3796
Front-end loader, for Ford 3000/3400/ 4000, working cond.; $3000. Thomas Farnsworth Whigham 229-872-3226
Garden bedder, with all equipment and attachments, like new; $400. Annie Reid Loganville 770-466-4868 770-630-4342
Gehl 1375 round baler, 4x5 bales, manual tie, good condition, 1 owner, shed kept; $5000. Deborah Jones LaFayette 423-413-3416
Generator, Lister Petter air-cooled 13kW diesel engine, low hours; $4000. Ann Camp Dacula geneandanncamp@ gmail.com 678-459-8563
Gooseneck trailer, 30' deck, 3' dovetail, ramps, two 10,000 lb. oil bath axles, tool box; $6500. James Sells Monroe 770-267-8603
Graham Home S plow, pull-behind; make an offer. James Threlkeld Comer 706-783-3298
Great Plains 3P606Nt drill, like new, sheltered; $8000 or trade. Ronald Carroll Statham 404-401-9130
Grouser tracks, for 863 Bobcat, excellent condition, $1750; 6' scrape blade, 3PT hitch, excellent condition, $275. Milton Roberts Jr. Washington 706-285-1999
Harrow, heavy-duty, older 6' Massey Ferguson, bearings and discs are all good, no delivery; $600. Phyllis Bowen Jesup 912-270-0235

Harvest products, Veggie-Veyor, harvests tons per hour; $7000. Greg Aspinwall Screven aspinwallgreg65@ gmail.com 912-266-6393
Haytech square bale accumulator, grapple/hoses, good condition, $6000; 500-gallon diesel tank, hand pump, good condition, $800. Walton Glover Griffin 770-599-9806
Hoop flatbed trailer, 6.5'x16', doubleaxle, dovetail, HD ramps; $1100. J. Williams Conyers jvwilliamsjr@bellsouth.net 770-922-6157
IH 5100 grain drill, 12', new gear box, chains, hydraulic hose, good tires and metal; $3600. Benny Jeffers Sylvania 912-863-4667
International B414 diesel tractor, for parts or to restore. Eugene Cook Blairsville 706-745-8724
JD 8400 w/8000 hours, GPS ready, good condition, KMC subsoiler leveler, 500 BU grain cart. Mitch Raley Mitchell 706-699-2442
JD Frontier MS1108 manure spreader, used a couple of times. good condition; $3600. Del Richards Dalton del. richards30@gmail.com 706-537-1544
JD3020; JD7720; Ford 2600, $4500; Farm Trac 35, $5000; JD4430 w/loader cab; Case International 585, $5500. Andy Sumner Wrightsville 478-4846984
John Deere 1026R, 4WD, 54" belly mower, 4' Frontier RC2048 bush hog, 103.3 hours; $12,500. John Anderson Watkinsville 706-769-8387
John Deere 210 harrow, good discs and bearings, 12' solid frame. Jacob Pope Covington 678-763-8941
John Deere 3010 tractor, diesel, 1672 hours, nice and reliable; $5500. Don Brotherton Valdosta 229-251-7417
John Deere 3032E with loader, 32HP, 4WD, box blade, bush hog, 16' Big Tex trailer; $19,000/all. Teresa Miller Danielsville 706-207-4752
John Deere 450C dozer, 6-way blade, 90% undercarriage, good shape; $14,500. Sidney Queen 501 Monroe Green Rd Trion 30753 423-421-0089
John Deere 4840 tractor, 5000 hours, duals, good tires, A/C, front weights; $25,000. Rodney Martin East Dublin 478-278-1818
John Deere 4840 tractor, low hours, or new engine. Sonny Youmans 9850 Highway 121 S Cobbtown 30420 912362-1212
John Deere 630 harrow, 26'; Red Ball 420 hooded sprayer, 6-row, great shape. Jean Wingate Doerun 229881-4792
John Deere 840 loader, rarely used, good shape, bucket, brackets and hood guard; $8000. Zach Shanklin Albany 229-881-6383
John Deere 9970 cotton picker, 4-row, 2006 year, 1250 hours, field ready, excellent condition. Hush Hosch Waynesboro 770-789-3258
John Deere deer plot drills, 7'W and 8'W, work with 3PT hitch; $2200 and $2500. Royce Hulett Hazlehurst 912375-3008 912-253-0161
KMC 2-row peanut shaker, wide tire, new chains, drive pulleys, sprockets, u-joints and bearings on drums; $1600. Randy Hill Bainbridge 229309-5272
Kubota 9540, 4WD, w/FEL 1066 IH, 6200 hours. Tony Bennett 569 C.A. Hardy Rd. Omega 31775 912-5286220 229-392-0553
Kubota B7100 tractor, with 4' harrow, 4WD, 1150 hours, $3900; 2-ton chain hoist, Tractel tralift, $250. Keith Isdell Sylvester 229-809-1531 229-2247730
Kuhn GMD 700G11, 7 spinners, $2500; NH 256 rake, $1500; Farmall 100 w/Woods L59 mower, $2500. Jimmy Freeman Boston 229-221-0606 229-735-3091
Large Sinclair pea sheller, 1940s, used in county canneries, not running, for restoration or parts; $150. Charles Adams Marietta 678-313-1873
Lewis Brothers #4 litter cake machine, good condition, with spinners for spreading litter; $4000. Randy Kendrick Chatsworth 706-217-5992 706695-3980
Lewis Brothers housekeeper #2; $6000. Ron Botts 4155 Faceville Hwy Bainbridge 39819 229-400-3440 229243-2616

Lil Giant hay bale elevator, 24'L, elec- Scrape blade, 6'; $100. Reena Yon-

tric motor, works great. Carla Clark kosky 6410 Concord Rd Cumming

Gainesville 770-616-5964

30028 770-889-4561

LN 9000 Ford road tractor and lo-boy, Sidewinder 5' brush cutter, good

JD450-C crawler loader, M Farmall hy- blades and gear box, has small cracks

draulic lift. Harry Puckett Buford 770- on frame; $250. Mike Barr Rydal 770-

945-0174

714-4868

Log splitter, 20-ton, excellent condi- Sprayer, CAT II HD, booms cover

tion, Honda gas engine. Royal Harris a 17' swath, 160-gallon tank, 9 tips,

Marietta 404-569-4890

7-way valve; $1300. David Slonaker

Log splitter, on wheels, homemade, Midland 706-569-6105

used, hydraulic, heavy-duty, 1-7/8 ball, Steel bucket forks, 42", perfect for

20-ton; $800. Charles Sizemore Griffin moving pallets, lumber and more;

770-227-3726

$300. Harold Morton Locust Grove

Log splitter, Timber Wolf TW-3HD, 404-272-2833

with 4-way wedge, 3PT, PTO pump, Steel tractor seat, from late 1950s

excellent condition; $1800. Donnie Ford Workmaster, photos avail-

Lane Vienna 31092 dkl31092@sowe- able; $40. Lane Bridges Loganville

ga.net 229-938-7845 229-938-7845 lane1013@bellsouth.net 770-401-2947

Long 560, 55HP, w/owner's manual, Stihl 021 chainsaw, good condition,

runs good, doesn't smoke; $3500. Max new chain, 16" blade; $125. John

Cunningham Dalton 706-264-4871 Schleifer Gillsville 706-870-0931

Low profile trailer, excellent condi- Terramite backhoe w/front bucket,

tion, 16'L, new tires, photos available $7500; 1987 OMC pecan shaker w/

via email. Sylvester Ridings Cumming sweepers, $30,000; 15' Rhino flail

3bll@bellsouth.net 770-844-9486

mower, $3500. Jake Ford Alapaha

LS180 New Holland skid steer, 2003 229-686-4203

year, 1500 hours, fair tires, looks good; Tiller, 5HP Craftsman, 20", runs good;

$21,000. Walter Terrell Decatur 404- $120 OBO. D.B. Hart Smyrna 404-

395-5476

660-3107 770-432-4898

Mechanical transplanter with 50-gal- Trailer, 6x12, wood deck, rear ramp,

lon tank attached, works great; $1950 3500 lb. axle, great condition. Blaine

OBO. Cari Hancock Bartow 706-410- Ruhbusch Junction City 850-450-

4507

2752

MF25 hay rake, new tires, bearings Troy-Bilt pony, 5HP, McCulloch PM

and belt, plus a parts rake; $500. Peg- 610 chainsaw, 20", runs well. Terry

gy Morris Geneva 706-326-9280

Mikle Snellville 770-979-8981

Multi-quip whisper welder, A/C gen- Troy-Bilt rototiller, electric start, 1978

erator and D/C welder, with trailer; year; $350 firm. Dale Helms Marietta

$2100. Jackie Langston La Fayette 678-687-6981

706-638-3942

Turf tires with rims, front-end, never

New Holland 472 cutter, $1500; NH used, Firestone 21.5L-16.1, fit any

65 baler, $1500; Vicon rake, $500; 671 John Deere 5000 series, great price.

Detroit diesel/power unit, $3000. Wil- Alfred King Calhoun 678-332-9288

liam Myers Blue Ridge 706-964-5483 TW 84, 7' Rhino rotary cutter, heavy-

New Holland TT45A tractor, 40HP, duty; $875. Don Douglas Dalton 706-

heavy-duty, 5' rotary cutter, 124 hours; 259-3723

$9000 firm. Ricky Magee Canton 770- Upgraded Wood-Mizer sawmill, LT

704-4522

40HD G24, with de-barker, bed roller,

Offset harrow, 9'6", 24" cone disc, sharpener/setter; $15,000 cash, firm.

good condition; $3000. Phil Adkins Vi- E.D. Brown Douglas 912-309-3371

enna 229-273-7691

Vermeer 1250BC wood chipper,

Pecan cracker, Champion brand, was Perkins diesel runs/works great, will

recently professionally refurbished, ex- handle 6"-8" log; $11,000 OBO. Mark

cellent condition; $2800 OBO. Frank Harper Newnan 404-401-5846

Gill Woodbury 770-329-9000

Woods 6' tiller, $700; Dearborn culti-

Saw, for cutting trusses, Timber Mile. vator, $325; photos available via email.

J.T. Austin Douglasville 770-652-3383 John Truitt Kathleen scottjohnjr@aol.

770-942-2057

com 478-987-6960

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

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016

Livestock Sales and Events Calendar

APPLING COUNTY
1st & 3rd Saturdays, 1 p.m.: Goats, sheep, small animals, feeder pigs; S&D Livestock, 187 Industrial Drive, Baxley; Call Steve Smith, 912.366.9207 or 912.278.1460
ATKINSON COUNTY
2nd & 4th Saturdays, 1 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Pearson Livestock, 1168 Highway 441 N, Pearson; Call Roberto Silveria, 229.798.0271
BARTOW COUNTY
Every Wednesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle, goats, sheep; The New Peoples Livestock Mkt., 407 Burnt Hickory Road, Cartersville; Call Haynie Cochran, 770.547.1717; Phil Tuck, 770.881.0502
BEN HILL COUNTY
Every Monday, 1 p.m.: Cattle; South Central Livestock, 146 Broad Road, Fitzgerald. Call Thomas Stripling, 229.423.4400 or 229.423.4436
BLECKLEY COUNTY
2nd, 4th & 5th Saturdays, 1 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Coker's Sale Barn, 9648 Duncan Bridge Road, Cleveland. Call Wayne Coker Sr., 706.540.8418
BUTTS COUNTY
Every Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.: Cattle 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.: Dairy cattle; Mid-Georgia Livestock Market, 478 Fairfield Church Road/ Hwy. 16 W, Jackson. Call Brent Galloway, 770.775.7314
CARROLL COUNTY
2nd & 4th Saturdays, 4 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Long Branch Livestock, 813 Old Villa Rica Road, Temple. Call Pam Odom or Rebecca Odom, 770.846.3224
Every Monday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Carroll County Livestock Sales Barn, 225 Salebarn Road, Carrollton. Call Barry Robinson, 770.834.6608 or 770.834.6609
CHATTOOGA COUNTY
Every Friday, 7 p.m.: Goats, sheep; Trion Livestock Auction, 15577 Hwy. 27, Trion. Call McKinley Evans, 678.276.5127
CLARKE COUNTY
Every Wednesday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Northeast Georgia Livestock, 1200 Winterville Road, Athens. Call Todd Stephens, 770.549.4793
COLQUITT COUNTY
Every Wednesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle; Moultrie Livestock Co., 1200 1st Street NE, Moultrie. Call Randy Bannister, 229.985.1019
COOK COUNTY
1st, 3rd & 5th Saturdays, 1 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Deer Run Auction, 1158 Parrish Road, Adel; Call John Strickland, 229.896.4553
DECATUR COUNTY
2nd & 4th Saturdays, 1 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Waddell Auction Co., 979 Old Pelham Road, Climax. Call John Waddell, 229.246.4955
EMANUEL COUNTY
Every Monday, 1 p.m.: Cattle, slaughter hogs; Swainsboro Stockyard, 310 Lambs Bridge Road, Swainsboro. Call Clay Floyd and David N. Floyd, 478.945.3793
2nd & 4th Saturdays, noon: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; R&R Goat & Livestock Auction, 526 Hwy. 56 N, Swainsboro. Call Ron & Karen Claxton, 478.237.4628 or 478.237.8825

Dec. 31st, noon: Special sale; R&R Goat & Livestock Auction, 526 Hwy. 56 N, Swainsboro. Call Ron & Karen Claxton, 478.237.4628 or 478.237.8825
Every Tuesday, 10 a.m. & 1st Fridays: Cattle special sale; Dixie Livestock Market, 133 Old Hwy. 46, Oak Park. Call Willis & Tammy Sikes, 912.578.3263
FORSYTH COUNTY
Every Tuesday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Lanier Farm's Livestock Corp., 8325 Jot-Em Down Road, Gainesville. Call Tyler Bagwell, 770.844.9223 or 770.844.9231
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Every Tuesday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Franklin County Livestock Sales, 6461 Stone Bridge Road, Carnesville. Call Chad and Clay Ellison, 706.384.2975 or 706.384.2105
GORDON COUNTY
Every Thursday, 12:30 p.m.: Cattle, goats, sheep, slaughter hogs; Calhoun Stockyard Hwy. 53, 2270 Rome Road SW, Calhoun. Call Dennis Little & Gene Williams, 706.629.1900
GREENE COUNTY
Every Thursday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Duvall Livestock Market, 101 Apalachee Ave., Greensboro. Call Jim Malcom, 706.453.7368
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY
1st & 3rd Fridays: Horse sale, 7:30 p.m.; Circle Double S, 102 Lumber City Highway, Hazlehurst. Call Steve Underwood, 912.594.6200 (night) or 912.375.5543 (day)
JOHNSON COUNTY
1st & 3rd Mondays, 7:30 p.m.: Chickens; Ol' Times Auction, 503 Hill Salter Road, Kite. Call Robert Colston, 478.299.6240
JONES COUNTY
Every Saturday, 6 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Buggy Town Auction, 1035 Hwy. 11, Gray. Call Jimmy Burnett 770.358.0872
LAMAR COUNTY
Every Friday, 6 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Buggy Town Auction Market, 1315 Highway 341 S, Barnesville. Call James Burnette 770.358.1786
LAURENS COUNTY
2nd & 4th Thursday, 6 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Horse Creek Auction Co., 5971 Hwy. 441 S, Dublin. Call Daniel Harrelson, 478.595.5418
MADISON COUNTY
Every Friday, 6 p.m.: Chickens, small animals; Gray Bell Animal Auction, Hwy. 281, Royston. Call Billy Joe Bell, 706.245.4205
MARION COUNTY
Every Thursday, 7 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Auction 41, 4275 GA Hwy. 41 N, Buena Vista. Call Jim Rush, 706.326.3549. 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
PULASKI COUNTY
Every Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.: Cattle, goats, sheep; Pulaski County Stockyard, 1 Houston Street, Hawkinsville. Call John Walker, 478.892.9071

SEMINOLE COUNTY
Every Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., 3rd Saturday Special Sale, 1:30 p.m.: Cattle, goats, sheep; Seminole Stockyard, 5061 Hwy. 91, Donalsonville. Call Bryant Garland and Edwina Skipper, 229.524.2305
STEPHENS COUNTY
2nd Saturdays, 5 p.m.: W&W Livestock, Eastanollee Livestock Auction, Eastanollee. Call Brad Wood, 864.903.0296
3rd Saturdays, noon: Goats, sheep; Agri Auction Sales at Eastanollee Livestock Market, Highway 17 between Toccoa and Lavonia. Call Ricky Chatham, 706.491.2812 or Jason Wilson, 706.491.8840
Every Monday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Eastanollee Livestock, 40 Cattle Drive, Eastanollee. Call Mark Smith, 706.779.5944
SUMTER COUNTY
Every Thursday, 1 p.m.: Cattle; Sumter County Stockyard, 505 Southerfield Lane, Americus. Call Bobby Gooden, 229.815.7127
TAYLOR COUNTY
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 7 p.m.: Feeder pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; RockRidge Livestock Auction, 1357 Tommy Purvis Jr. Road, Reynolds. Call Rocky Strickland, 478.847.3664
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
THOMAS COUNTY
Every Tuesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays: Slaughter hogs; Thomas County Stockyards, 20975 Hwy. 19 N, Thomasville. Call Jimmy P. Benton, 229.228.6960
TOOMBS COUNTY
1st & 3rd Saturdays, 11 a.m.: Feeder pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Metter Livestock Auction, 621 Hwy. 1 S, Lyons. Call Lewie Fortner, 478.553.6066
TURNER COUNTY
Every Wednesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle; Turner County Stockyards, 1315 Hwy. 41 S, Ashburn. Call Alan Wiggins, 229.567.3371
UPSON COUNTY
Every Thursday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep. L&K Farmers Livestock Market, 2626 Yatesville Hwy., Thomaston. Call Kathy and Lewis Rice, 706.468.0019.
WHITE COUNTY
Every Saturday, 4 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Coker's Sale Barn, 9648 Duncan Bridge Road, Cleveland. Call Wayne Coker Sr., 706.540.8418
WILKES COUNTY
Every Wednesday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Wilkes County Stockyard, Hwy. 78 Bypass/302 Third Street, Washington. Call Kenny Durden and Linda Robertson, 706.868.0160
Notices for auctions selling farmrelated items other than livestock must be accompanied by the auction license number of the principal auctioneer or auction firm conducting the auction, per regulations from the Georgia Secretary of State. Auctions without this information will not be published. Have an auction to put on our calendar? Contact Amy Carter at 404.656.3722 or amy.carter@agr.georgia.gov.

Woods RB72 heavy-duty scrape 1000-gallon LP gas tanks, 12 avail-

blade, 6' adjustable blade, 3PT hitch, able, like new; $100 each. Carroll Irvin

great condition; $500. Mark Woodham 663 Tommy Irvin Rd Mount Airy 30563

Madison 404-379-8037

706-499-4074

Yanmar YM2000 diesel tractor, 4' 12'x20' metal storage building, vault-

bush hog/4' disc harrow, single-bit ed ceiling, 5' door, 4 windows, 3/4" ply-

plow/4' tiller/16' flat trailer; $4000/all, wood, pressure treated, 2"x6" joists;

will separate. Kaye Pardue Monroe $1500. James Tichenor Jackson 404-

678-910-4366

787-2136

Farm Machinery Wanted

13 pieces of 4x8x1/2" OSB w/4" foam laminate; $100. David Taylor Rome

10kW, 3-phase generator, Lima-Max, dlt51758@bellsouth.net 706-291-6015

center pivot or chicken house. Neal 706-291-6015

Spooner Iron City 229-205-6450

15/20/30/55-gallon plastic drums,

2 rear Ford 2000 tractor tires, 11.2x28. 2 bung plugs, 55-gallon plastic and

Jack Doss Yatesville 706-656-2666 metal lock rings, 55-gallon burn drum.

3PT hitch components for mid-1990s Jimmy Cannon Canton 770-889-2342

Kubota L35 tractor, text or leave a mes- 150 sq. ft. heart pine, tongue &

sage. Frank Jackson Warner Robins groove, 3/4"x3 3/4", 110 y/o, no nails;

478-714-8253

$850. Dale Ferguson Grovetown 706-

4' section of drag harrow, good con- 836-0699

dition. Wayne Hollenbeck Canton 770- 2 electric fuel pumps, $250 each;

710-1833

peanut sheller, $80. Tillie Harris 1123

Auger, used but in good shape. Mi- E Centerpoint Rd Preston 31824 229-

chelle Copeland Clarkesville 706-499- 939-0214

8611

2 temporary service poles, 70-amp/4-

Film/mulch layer. Herbert Metz Cum- prong, 50-amp plugin, 20-amp plug,

ming 678-947-6987

$200; 1 rated 100-amp w/2 20-amp

Ford 900 or 901 tractor, would like tri- plugs, $150. Brett Savage Watkinsville

cycle front, diesel engine and 5-speed 706-202-8185

transmission. Chuck Phillips Cum- 2-horse wagon parts, for wagon used

ming 678-414-2313

to haul Cypress from swamp; $350.

Front end loader for 2004 Kubota Jim Hammond Gainesville 770-297-

L4400 tractor. Richard Knight Hamil- 1762

ton 706-570-4132

20' used roofing; reclaimed barn

Front loader attachment, 300X, wood; recently sawed oak, Tiger ma-

300CX, H160, H165, for John Deere ple, poplar and cherry lumber. David

3320 compact tractor. Richard Turner Gray Bowdon 770-655-4674

Canton 770-751-1784

2016 EZ-GO cart Terrain 250, lift kit,

Hay spear or forks for Kubota LA 20" tires, dump bed, gas powered;

1002 loader. D. House Winder 770- $6900. Steve Pettit Gainesville 770-

867-7500

540-1870

Hoelscher 10-bale accumulator. Bo 2016 Kaufman 20-ton gooseneck

Fountain Cairo 229-378-7515

trailer, purchased 06/2016, oil-filled

Hood and side panels for Ford 7710 axles; $7200. Steven Peskoe Sandertractor, would prefer without any ma- sville 478-232-1479

jor dents. Curt Owens Americus 229- 250-gallon propane tank; $200/cash.

591-1546

Keith Clay Loganville 770-601-2779

International 475 harrow, good condi- 275-gallon plastic tank (tote) in metal

tion. Thomas Woody Toomsboro 478- cages, 5" top caps, bottom valve; $50

933-5312

each. C. Stovall Dahlonega 678-491-

Irrigation equipment needed, pipes, 0838

pumps, sprinklers, will consider any- 300-gallon steel fuel tank, $175; 16"

thing. Gary Holley Rockmart 678-246- double-plow, 3PT hitch, $150. Jim

8887

Woodward Elko 478-987-5920

John Deere 553 loader attachment, 36x60 pole barn materials from

must be in good shape. James Care- chicken house, trusses, tin, lathing,

lock 131 Otter Creek Rd Fitzgerald ridge cap, delivery available, $2500/

31750 elecman1@gmail.com 229-425- you haul. Bill Durham Summerville

9747

706-252-1084

John Deere 9965 or 9970 cooton pick- 48" tunnel fans, housing, blades, mo-

er; backhoe; boll buggy; 7.5kW/10kW, tor and louvers; $100/for all. Ken Bur-

480V generator, to run a pivot. John ton Talking Rock 706-273-6317

Horton Rhine 229-385-5222

5' rotary mower, good condition,

Litter spreader, either pull-type or $275; EZ-GO golf cart, gas powered,

truck. Brian Henry Hartwell 864-617- $1275. J. Murphy Trenton 423-443-

6436

8666

Manure spreader, up 50 cu./ft. capac- 55-gallon clean plastic barrels, food

ity. Tom Schulte Ball Ground 678-521- grade, $25; rain collection set-up, $75;

4552

delivery available. Kenneth Tuck 4066

No-till drill for sowing rye grass on Lenora Church Rd Snellville 30039 pasture. 6'-8', must be in good condi- keninatl@aol.com

tion. Richard Hammond Dawson 229- 8 dog-sized pen panels, Bulloch

995-3037 229-886-6922

County; $240. William Carroll Logan-

Old diesel farm truck, Ford or Dodge, ville 770-823-0704

manual transmission. Randy Groover Antique pine grain bin, 58"x35"x18",

Statesboro 912-601-2385

$700; 2 pine store counters,

PTO shaft parts and side-plate for 33"x148"x43", $800; photos available, Bush Hog brand 7' pull-type bush hog leave a message. Glenn Eskew Madi307. Keith Willis Elberton 706-988- son 706-818-8815

9437

Bamboo canes, cut and trimmed,

Rock rake, 5'-6', 3PT hitch. J. Mocko assorted lengths, up to 16"Lx1.25"D.

Lilburn j4886p@gmail.com 706-207- Hugo Kollmer Flowery Branch 770-

4886

965-2911

Savage Pecan harvester, field ready, Clean 55-gallon metal drums with

good condition. Tom Tucker Monticel- lids. Leonard Crane Dawsonville 678-

lo 706-819-3576

947-6744 404-210-1516

Sickle bar mower, for Ford tractor, Creep Feeder, new, 8', large size:

3PT hitch. F. Wirth Madison 912-656- $2500/with panels; $2100/without

1317

panels. Johnathan Mcclain Mount Airy

Tye or Great Plains 10' no-till grain 706-754-5396

drill, field ready. Dan M Johnson Lavo- Drill press, band saw, plainer, Rock-

nia 706-356-4242 706-491-1144

well radial saw, large antique clawfoot

tub; make an offer. Gerald Irvin Mc-

FARM SUPPLIES donough 770-954-9329 Electric fence controller, 3000' elecIf you have questions regarding ads tric fence tape, 75 plastic 4' posts, 14' in this category, call 404-656-3722. gate, accessories. Richard Sanders

100-gallon Rubbermaid brand water Lakemont 706-782-9846

trough for cattle or horses, great condi- Farmhouse sink, 1951 American Ra-

tion; $45 OBO. Charles Benton Newn- diator & Standard, P741A, 42"x26";

an 770-251-5628

$750. R.L. Carter Bonaire 478-987-

1000-gallon gas tanks, 2 available, 9808

$800/each; 7 Hired Hand heaters, Flooring: Oak, pine, tongue & groove,

$100/each; 8 fans, 36", $25/each; various widths, also have beadboard,

Chore-Time feeders. Jimmy Clark call for pricing. William Briggs Atlanta

Gainesville 770-503-4718

404-349-2315

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Galvanized culvert pipe, 24"x20', some rust on one side, good condition;

LIVESTOCK

5 registered and 3 unregistered Registered Angus and Gelbvieh, bred, Registered SimAngus bull, 15 m/o, Angus bulls, all semen tested, com- pairs and calves. Gene Cantrell Shady semen tested, all shots, dewormed,

$150. Eddy Mullinax Ellijay 706-273-

ing 2s; $2500 each. Allen Ellicott 681 Dale 770-321-6224 706-468-1341

very gentle. Edward Allen Marble Hill

4282 Galvanized

pipe,

10'-12'L,

14"

or

All livestock must have been in the advertiser's possession for at least 90

Antioch Rd Abbeville 31001 229-4018590

Registered Angus bulls, completed Calhoun bull test, SAV bloodline, se-

770-893-3310 Registered SimAngus

bull,

4

y/o,

larger, Peach County. Amy Beasley days before they can be advertised. 5 semen tested, SimAngus bulls, men tested, ultrasound. Marty Clark great breeder, great disposition; $2000.

Fort Valley 478-319-7707

Livestock listed must be for specific Baldie and solid black, polled, gentle, Jefferson 770-294-5579

Tommy Barnette Flowery Branch 770-

Heater, natural gas, 35,000-output, for workshop/smaller home/farm use, good condition, don't need anymore, photos available; $425/firm. L. Hogue Marietta 678-464-5429
Heavy-duty Gantry A-frame and 3T CM Lodestar RT electric hoist, sold together or separate, 11.5'W-9.5'-16'H;

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.

LBW, call or text. Shannon Irvin Alto calvarycattle@gmail.com 706-7681410
9 purebred Red Angus heifers, no papers, breeding ready; $900 each. A. Clark Cairo cairopres@windstream.net 229-377-4718
Angus bulls, 12-16 m/o, Allin sire,

Registered Black Angus bull, 5 y/o, Save Bismark sire, Emblynette dam, LBW, very gentle; $2500. Richard Batchelor Eatonton 706-485-6430
Registered Black Angus bulls, 1 y/o, AI to 12E7/Fortitude/Rampage/Bruiser; $2700+. Gary Autry Ringgold 423902-5925

842-0784
Registered, polled Hereford bulls, 2 y/o, excellent EPDs and bloodlines, pasture-raised, gentle. Joey Yasinski Senoia 678-471-7106
Registered, polled Hereford bulls, good EPDs, ultrasound carcass information provided. Larry Lane 404 Lane

$3500. James Fullbright Appling 706664-5145
Hog slammer gate, continuous catch; also steel catch pen, heavy-duty, brand new/never used, commercially made. Bill Sewell Brunswick 912-270-8278 912-265-7633
Hog Slat double-sided stainless steel hog feeders, 500 lb. capacity, like new. Rusty Simmons Twin City 912-6828753
Hoop drawbar for Allis Chalmers B, $40; two 40 lb. propane tanks, need new valves, $40/both. David Combs

Cattle
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
1 Registered Black Angus bull, very gentle, DOB 09/09/2012. Patrick Broder Stockbridge broderp@bellsouth.net 404-401-6134
1 y/o Angus bulls. John Williams Colquitt 229-400-0777
1 y/o registered Red Angus bulls, sired by Senior Calf Reserve National Grand Championship bull; $1250+. Joe Gibson Rome 706-506-3026

calving ease, LBW, registered or not; $2000-$2500. Duke Burgess Louisville 478-625-9542 305-923-0262
Angus, SimAngus and Simmental bulls, registered, 12-14 m/o, AI sired, calving ease, semen tested; $1500$2500. Chet Barrett Mount Airy 706499-8008
Black Angus bull, registered, excellent EPDs, 4 y/o, great herd bull. Tommy Walker Rockmart 678-684-9770 770-684-6150
Black Angus bulls and bred females, calving ease, maternal values. John

Registered Black Angus bulls, 15 m/o, UTD shots, semen tested. Ricky or Cory Hix Comer 706-248-5851 706540-2470
Registered Black Angus bulls, 15 m/o-2 y/o; $1500+. Eugene Ridley La Fayette 706-764-6110
Registered Black Angus bulls, performance EPDs, high $B values, range of ages/prices, limited area free delivery. Allen Morris Mount Vernon southerncrossangusfarm@gmail.com 912-2936471

Rd Carrollton 30117 678-378-5170
Registered, polled Shorthorn bulls/ show heifers/steers, excellent quality, calving ease, milking ability, gentleness, Club Calf member. Ken Bridges Commerce 706-768-3480
Scottish Highlander heard bull, 6 y/o, 1000 lbs., keeping his heifers, email for photos; $1200. Jack Simmons Hazlehurst jack_simmons@att.net 912-3757200 912-375-7200
Service-age purebred Black Angus, Simmental, SimAngus bulls, registered/semen tested, extensive AI over

Jefferson 706-367-4107

10 Angus heifers available, weaned Bryant Eatonton 706-485-8321

Registered Black Angus bulls, per- many years. William Clanton Odum

Lewis #2 poultry housekeeper, used very little; $10,000 negotiable. Melvin Anderson Dahlonega 706-265-0584

and backgrounded, nice group to pick from; $800 each. Morgan Harvey Bolingbroke 478-747-8660

Black Angus bulls, 1-3 y/o and 5 y/o, docile, vaccinated, AI/ET/NS. K. Schwock Homer 404-735-9524

formance tested, add pounds to your calves, free delivery; $3000. C.L. Cook Social Circle 678-910-4891

912-221-1383 912-586-2388
SimAngus bull from registered stock, cow/calf pair, 11 m/o Angus heifer, will

Master Mechanic portable gas generator, 8HP Briggs engine, 4500W peak, 120/240V; $125. Marion Brand Stephens 706-759-3328
Pine shavings for horse barns and chicken houses. Martha Smith Bremen 770-646-3299

10 Black Angus cross heifers, 850 lbs., Final Answer bloodlines, vaccinations UTD, ready to breed. Brian Hart La Fayette brianhart@windstream.net 706-996-5070
12 bred Angus cross cows; $12 each. B. Hall Pavo 229-859-2764

Black Angus bulls, registered or unregistered, good selection, open/bred heifers. Fred Blitch Statesboro 912865-5454
Calving ease, milking ability, gentleness, registered polled Shorthorn bulls/ show heifers/steers, excellent quality,

Registered Black Angus: Long and short yearling bulls, bred cows and pairs, Indian Hill Farm, delivery available. Steve Deal Statesboro 912-5313549
Registered black polled Beefmaster bulls, several to choose, 1-2 y/o, se-

separate, shots UTD; $3000/for all. George Hodges Griffin 404-775-2066
SimAngus bulls, 1 y/o, vaccinated and wormed, excellent bloodlines. Earl Williams Hawkinsville 478-230-9983
SimAngus, Simmental and Simbrah bulls, vet checked, breeding season

Poplar slats for chicken houses, cut to your specifications, call for quotes. Andy Adams 4227 Royston Hwy Can-

16 Mosley black heifers, 600+ lbs.; $800 each. Thomas Mccurley Hull 706-248-5232

Club Calf member. Kenneth R Bridges Commerce 706-768-3480
Gelbvieh bulls, all registered, pure-

men tested, shots/wormed, gentle. Vernon Turner Dalton 706-278-7814
Registered black Simmental, SimAn-

guarantee, performance tested, delivery available. Bruce Van Meter Armuchee 770-547-1433

on 30520 aapagent@yahoo.com 706- 16 registered Angus and SimAngus bred, bred for easy calving and fast gus bulls, performance tested; cow/ Superior calving ease registered Cha-

376-8968

bulls, 14 m/o-2 y/o, AI, embryo ge- growth. John Kiss Gainesville 770- calf pairs, heifers, heavy milk, AI em- rolais bulls. Bobby Burch Eastman

PVC pipe, new 2" silver line, SCH40, 280 PSI, 20', 29 pieces, White County; $10 each. Wayne Quarles Demorest

netics, semen tested. Jerry or Glenda Walker Calhoun 678-986-5420 770878-0961

531-1126
Handsome 4 m/ brown Swiss bull, dehorned, call for photos. Benjamin

bryo bred, satisfaction guaranteed. Milton Martin Jr. Clarkesville 770-5190008

478-718-2128
Young Simmental and Simbrah bulls and heifers. Cliff Adams Bowdon 770-

706-499-2718

2 purebred black Simmental bulls, 21 Lane Dahlonega 706-216-0192

Registered bulls, BSE tested, Black 258-2069

Recycled metal barrels, $30; food grade plastic, $30; 275-gallon food grade IBC totes, $100. Tommy Dean

m/o, 1600 lbs. each. Herman Cronan 5140 Ga Highway 212 E Monticello 31064 404-314-9360

Hereford and Murray Grey bulls; also have heifers/cows available. Kyle Knight Sylvania 912-690-5097

Angus and Hereford, gentle, also have black Baldie heifers; $1600-$2500. Lalla Tanner Monroe lalla_tanner@

Ellerslie 706-801-9560
Rough sawed lumber: White oak trailer decking, walnut, pine, poplar siding, we also buy logs. Peter Jones Monticello 478-256-3857
Steel beams of all sizes, miscellaneous steel, power poles, 7'x10' alumi-

2 registered Simmental bull calves, weaned, wormed and vaccinated, 7 m/o; $1100. Joe Chapman Monroe 770-616-4501
2 y/o purebred Hereford bulls, horned, tough, ready to breed. Jimmy Drake Roswell 404-379-7546

Hereford bulls, good 2 y/o bulls. Michael Bennett Cumming 404-7715454
Hereford bulls. 3 grass-raised, 2 y/o, registered, polled, Worldwide/719T sires, gentle, great EPDs; $1600. each. Van Martin Savannah goldencoast@

hotmail.com 770-267-7179 678-8235742
Registered Charolais and Simmental Bulls of breeding age, great selection, gentle, semen tested, guaranteed; $2000-$3000. Adam Marsh Statesboro 912-536-1430

num building, feed and water troughs. Morgan Guy Mcdonough 404-5202537
Titan gas generator, 8400W, Titan trash pump, never used w/warranty. Paul Bulloch Woodland 706-9759136
Tree climbing gear, 2 safety belts, 2 pairs of strap-on climbers w/car-

20 Angus cows, 4-6 months bred, 2-10 y/o, grass genetics; $750-$1500. David Brown Senoia 770-599-1830
25 feeder calves, Angus and cross, dewormed, clean ready to go; $385$520 each. J. Bennett Hephzibah 706554-4216
29 healthy beefalo, 1 is a white buffalo heifer, selling all due to personal

bellsouth.net 912-598-8843 912-6601063
High quality Angus bulls, Tex-X, All-In, 50-50, 12-48 m/o, McMichael Angus Farm; $2500-$3500. Ken Mcmichael Monticello 706-819-9295
Jersey heifer, very tame, massive milk, AI bred to registered Red Angus bull, due 05/2017; $1000. Wil-

Registered Hereford bulls, polled and horned, rugged, pasture-raised, gentle, excellent bloodlines/EPDs, 36 years of experience. Bobby Brantley Tennille 478-553-8598
Registered purebred Angus bull, 6 m/o, 450-500 lbs.; $550. Tom Billings Walnut Grove 770-787-0850

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rying bag, must pick up; $150. illness. Alvin Strickland Patterson 904- liam Gholston Dahlonega 706-867-

Robert Hatchett Social Circle 770- 335-7463

6588

712-5676

3 Angus cows, 2 Red Angus cows, 5 Jersey milking cow, produces 6 to

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Used building materials: 2x4/6/8s, Angus calves and 1 Brangus bull. Joe 8-gallons per day, 5 m/o breed; $1100. The fee for an annual subscription to the Farmers and Consumers Market

different lengths, plywood and chip- Rowan Mcdonough 770-957-3131 Nathan Yoder Jesup 912-256-6411

Bulletin is $10 (26 issues). This includes both print and online access. If you

board, great for hunting shack or barn, 3 bulls, 12 m/o: 2 Senepol/Angus Jersey nursery cow w/calf, $1500;

good prices. Royce Brooks Acworth and 1 Charolais/Senepol; $800 each. Holstein nursery cow with 3 calves,

770-378-2564

Gilbert Reed Braselton 770-967- $1500. Judy Boatright Stillmore 912-

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have fence post buildings, etc. E. Sims 3 Jersey heifers, very gentle, all bred Polled Hereford bulls, 20-24 m/o, old,

Carnesville 706-384-5279

to 1 gentle Jersey bull. Betty Munson top bloodlines. James Jeanes Macon

Wanted: 2-ton cattle feeder on Madison 770-787-5275

478-972-0912

wheels, reasonably priced, in fair/good 3 SimAngus heifers, first-generation, Polled Hereford heifers and bulls,

condition. Roger Ansley Cornelia 706- bred to registered Angus bull, 1 w/calf, most 10 m/o; $1500 each. Elaine Lan-

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very nice. David Stevens Rocky Face caster Milan 229-362-4619

Wanted: Anvils and blacksmith tools, 706-226-6361 706-673-6151

Purebred Black Angus bulls and bred

Name:

will pay reasonable price and will pick 3 y/o purebred Black Angus lowline replacement heifers. Eric Hutto Alma up. E.S. Adamson Braselton 404-435- bull. Phyllis Register Du Pont 912-288- 912-286-0568

Address:

4223

3201

Red and Black Angus bulls and heif-

Wanted: Chicken brooder tops, work- 30+ Angus, SimAngus and Simmen- ers, 12-15 m/o. L. Daniel Lagrange

City:

State:

Zip:

ing or non-working, will pick up and tal yearling bulls, BSE, ultrasound, ser- 706-882-7423

pay cash. Craig Walker Cleveland vice ready 12/10/16. Landon Boyett Red Angus herd sires, registered, 20

770-294-5920

Glennville 912-213-4062

m/o, semen tested, forage-raised. Jim

Email address:

Wanted: Old blacksmith anvil, in ex- 4 black Baldie steers, very gentle, Hudson Broxton www.hudsonredan- Phone number:

cellent condition; also seeking Fisher Godfrey feed and grassfed, 750-800 gus.com 912-359-5546

wood heater. Bob Brookshire Ho- lbs., ready for freezer; $900 each. Red cow with a black bull calf, $1800; (We will use your email address only to inform you when a new digital

schton 770-932-5795

Wayne Smith Butler 706-249-2175 also black cow with a black heifer calf, issue is available on our website. We will only call if staff has a question

Wood burning heater, large, $300; 90' 4 high quality bulls, Angus/Limousin, $1700. Marvin Garner Resaca 706- about your subscription.)

white gutter, $50; 1000 bricks, $200. CC-7, Mytty In Focus, Oak Bowery Al- 913-3165

Connie Powell Monticello 706-476- lianace, JCL Baxter. Jim Raptis Lyerly Registered 3.5 y/o SimAngus bull,

0637

770-712-5883

LBW, gentle, selling to prevent inbreed-

Wood-Mizer lumber, 1x12, pine, pop- 40 almost 2 y/o, polled Hereford bulls; ing, great herd sire, photos; $1800

Please make your check/money order payable to: Georgia Department of Agriculture

lar and oak, trailer flooring, any thick- 40 almost 2 y/o Braford bulls; F1 Bra- OBO. Kenny Garrett Hiawassee 706-

ness. Larry Moore Newnan 678-278- ford heifers. Jonny Harris Odom 912- 781-7337

5709

586-6585

Registered 4 y/o Hereford bull,

Ziggity drinkers, Chore-Time feeders, 5 black Baldie heifers, vaccinated, $2500; Santa Gertrudis/Hereford cross

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fans, winches and assorted control good genetics, 8-9 m/o; $600 each. bulls and heifers, DOB 04/2016, $900.

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room equipment. Eva Adams Clarkes- Angie Stober Carrollton 770-854- Dennis Beam Rutledge 404-210-0898

Atlanta, GA 30374

ville 828-361-2563

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016

Arty's Garden: A Georgia Christmas is a green Christmas

By Arty Schronce
I don't remember the first time I heard the phrase "Green Christmas, white Easter." It is a piece of weather folklore that concisely suggests that if the weather is warm without frost or snow on Christmas Day, you can expect the cold to be with you when Easter arrives. In other words, a late start to cold weather can mean a late end to it. Of course, like many pieces of folklore, there can be truth to it even if it doesn't always hold up to scientific scrutiny.
We may or may not have cold weather on Christmas this year, but if we do wake up to a coat of frost or even snow, Georgia gardens will still be green. That is because Georgia is filled with evergreens, both needle-leaved and broad-leaved kinds. Gardeners up north are green with envy when they look at all the options we have for our gardens and also for Christmas decorating.
We have plenty of pines throughout the state. The white pine is native to a few counties in North Georgia but planted ornamentally elsewhere. With its soft, blue-green needles, it is grown as a Christmas tree and its branches are made into garlands. Virginia pine is another native pine that has entered the commercial Christmas tree industry.
The aromatic Eastern red cedar is a favorite traditional Southern Christmas tree that has also been adopted and shaped by Christmas tree growers for people who don't have acres

of land to go searching for the perfect one to cut.
There are other non-native conifers such as different kinds of cryptomeria, arborvitae, cypress and juniper that provide winter greenery. There are also a good number of evergreen perennials and hardy annuals adding shades of green to the winter landscape. Among these are Christmas fern, aspidistra or cast-iron plant, rohdea, Adam's needle yucca, hellebores, kales, mustard and parsley.
However, where Georgia really excels is in the number of broadleaved evergreen trees

and shrubs that we can grow. I remember a professor in college describing some gardeners up North searching for broadleaved evergreens and how they had to settle for Japanese holly. Many Southerners in the class snickered. Japanese holly has quite small leaves, and we considered it "broad" only by a broad definition. A student from New York blurted out, "You people are so spoiled!"
We are! I admit I was one of those snickering students way back when. It took a New Yorker to help me appreciate the abundance all around me.

A January scene from the Atlanta Botanical Garden shows a superbly designed combination of evergreen and deciduous plants.

From our majestic state tree, the live oak, and enormous specimens of Southern magnolias to dozens of smaller trees and shrubs, Georgia is the land of broadleaved evergreens. Consider this sampling: aucuba, boxwood, waxmyrtle, Carolina cherry-laurel, camellia, gardenia, Florida anise-tree (Illicium floridanum), Japanese anise-tree, abelia, pittosporum, Indian hawthorn, Japanese cleyera, loquat, gardenia, yaupon, Savannah holly, Chinese holly, inkberry holly, Foster's holly, lusterleaf holly, banana shrub, English laurel, tea olive and other osmanthuses, nandina, Florida leucothoe, drooping leucothoe, sweetbay magnolia, Chinese windmill palm, cabbage palmetto, needle palm and dwarf palmetto.
Besides their contributions to our gardens, many of these can take a light winter pruning to allow you to gather some branches or leaves for Christmas bouquets and decorating. Evergreen trees and shrubs of all kinds also provide cover for birds on cold days.
Visit your local nursery or garden center to see some of the options you can use to green up your winter and to get specific information about individual plant care. Also, take time to visit a public garden before spring. There will be fewer people there, and you may make some interesting winter discoveries.
-Arty Schronce is the department's resi-
dent gardening expert. Write to him at arty.
schronce@agr.georgia.gov or in care of the
Market Bulletin.

Guest Column:

UGA plant breeder takes the mystery out of GMO crops

By Wayne Parrott

A supermarket shopper 50

years ago would never believe

the amount of fresh produce

available today, especially in

the winter. No generation be-

fore us has had a more plentiful,

nutritious or safe assortment of

fresh fruits and vegetables at

their disposal.

New fruit and vegetable va-

Wayne Parrott in the lab.

riety development is an ongo-

ing process. Most of the fruits

and vegetables found in supermarkets today simply do not ex-

ist in the wild. Over the past centuries, farmers derived fruits

and vegetables from wild plants. In many cases, it is very dif-

ficult to recognize the wild versions.

Some fruits and vegetables, like cabbage and cauliflower,

did not exist until around 400 to 600 years ago. Brussels sprouts

and orange carrots have only been around for about 300 years.

Today's strawberries did not come into being until the mid-

1700s. Newly invented crops, such as flower sprouts, kalettes

and celtuce, continue to fascinate top chefs and the public.

As knowledge of biology has improved, it has become pos-

sible to take the guesswork out of the development of new va-

rieties of field crops, as well as fruits and vegetables. Such new

varieties are the result of changes at the DNA level. Rather than

waiting for nature or an x-ray to make the change, these chang-

es can now be made in a laboratory, often by gene splicing.

A new plant variety made by gene splicing is called a GMO,

which stands for genetically modified organism. Thus, GMO is

not an ingredient; rather, it refers to a new plant variety made

using gene splicing.

In the era of genome sequencing, we find that nature is the most prolific gene splicer of all. Although the DNA changes made by gene splicing resemble those made by nature, GMOs are set aside for safety testing. Such testing is seldom, if ever, done on conventionally developed crops, because their development has never resulted in unanticipated health problems.
Safety is top priority for genetically modified foods
The safety testing on a GMO is done before it reaches the market. It can take over a decade and cost tens of millions of dollars. As a result of the global economy, many importers, including Australia, the European Union, Japan and Korea, review or repeat the safety tests, meaning that there is lots of redundancy in the system. Thus, GMOs are the most safetytested foods in history.
The international standard requires that GMO foods must be as safe as their non-GMO versions, both for the environment and when used as food or feed. Otherwise, GMO foods are not allowed to reach the marketplace. GMO food safety tests have two parts. If the GMO has a new protein, studies must prove that the food is safe and its nutritional value is unaltered. Then, the GMO must show no unexpected changes that might harm consumers.
Following gene splicing, some GMOs can have traces of a new protein. It is this new protein that may give a GMO a desirable trait, such as the ability to resist insects without requiring insecticide application. As such, this new protein will be one of tens of thousands in the plant. However, because a few proteins are known to cause allergies and can be toxic, the new protein must be shown to not be allergenic or toxigenic.
This testing phase uses bioinformatics to compare the new protein to those that are known to be toxic or to cause allergies. This procedure ensures that the proteins are not alike. After rodent food is spiked with the protein and they are fed, the

rodents are examined for signs of toxicity. The protein can also be used in skin prick tests or tested on blood serum samples to look for evidence of allergies. Next, the new variety is analyzed to ensure that its nutritional value has not been altered.
Having ensured that the new protein is safe for people and animals to eat, the second phase ensures that the gene-splicing process itself has not created any unexpected changes that might be harmful to consumers. Accordingly, the new crop variety is subjected to extensive compositional analysis in a laboratory to ensure nothing has gone amiss.
People often question why GMOs are not subjected to human studies. Human studies clearly have a place in pharmaceutical testing, but they have a poor track record for food testing. Just think of studies on the health effects of things like butter, chocolate, wine, salt, coffee, etc. The results are all over the place, and there are many contradictory studies.
Simply put, human studies have too much "noise" to be useful. There are no special lab strains of humans in the way there are lab strains of rats, and no human wants to live in a controlled room for years at a time. Laboratory results are far more dependable, so that is what is used.
In the end, the proof is in the pudding. Between 1995 and today, the Food and Drug Administration has examined 151 different GMO plant varieties and found all of them to be free of unexpected changes. And, although there have been many claims of harm to people or animals who ate GMO-derived foods, not a single one has ever proven that a GMO was the cause.
For more information on GMOs, go to http://tinyurl.com/ GMLinks.
-Wayne Parrott is a professor in UGA's College of Agricul-
tural and Environmental Sciences Department of Crop and Soil
Sciences. His research focuses on molecular plant breeding.

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Knapp Boddiford harvests peanuts on his Screven County farm using a digger shaker inverter made by Kelley Manufacturing Co. of Tifton. (Photo courtesy of the Georgia Peanut Commission)

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Cook Georgia Grown: A taste of Christmas past

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Editor's Note: No single feature of the Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin generates more mail than the recipes we publish. Our recipes highlight Georgia Grown products and ingredients, and are often the creations of Georgia Grown Executive Chef Holly Chute. Chef Holly is the former executive chef at the Georgia Governor's Mansion, where she fed six governors before coming to the Georgia Department of Agriculture to help promote Georgia Grown commodities. Her offerings are tasty, our readers agree, but here lately a great many are hungry for more old-fashioned fare.
Reader Joyce Pealock of Lawrenceville best stated the collective mind-set in an email to Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black. She wrote: "The recipes over the past few months are good, but they seem to cater to a newer generation. Don't forget us `Old Southern Gals' who like to see the recipes that have been passed down from generations through generations that can never be replaced. Yes, these recipes probably have more calories, but with a few adjustments here and there can be healthy as well."
Our Christmas gift to Mrs. Pealock, and to all of our faithful readers, is this collection of holiday recipes contributed to the Dec. 11, 1985, issue of the Market Bulletin by various Georgia-grown commodity commissions in existence at the time. Thank you for your loyalty to the Market Bulletin. The coming new year will be our 100th in print, and we look forward to celebrating this momentous milestone with you.
We wish you a very Merry Christmas and the happiest New Year.
-Amy H. Carter

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Georgia Peanut Commission

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Cheddar cheese
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Georgia Milk Commission

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016

Swine

3 nanny goats, prefer to keep togeth- Registered white Dorper ram, DOB er, 2 Alpine/Nubian mix and 1 Nigerian 05/28/13, proven breeder. Chris Pierce

Equine Miscellaneous

If you have questions regarding ads in Dwarf mix. Kathy Hensley Ellijay kath- Suches 706-747-5413

If you have questions regarding ads in

this category, call 404-656-3722.

ylhensley@hotmail.com 706-889-7262 Tunis ram, DOB 02/20/14, registered, this category, call 404-656-3722.

Advertisers submitting swine ads 30 Katahdin/Dorper cross ram lambs, herd sire, selling to prevent inbreeding; 2 saddles: Western and Australian,

must submit proof of a negative bru- 85+/- lbs.; $2/lb. James Weathers- $250. Maggie Sjoberg Ila mmenager- with pads and bridles, very good con-

cellosis and pseudorabies test from bee Chester 478-984-6395 478-484- ie@yahoo.com 706-789-2616

dition, photos available; $400 each.

within the past 30 days. Exceptions 9069 are swine from a validated brucellosis- 5 purebred Kiko female goats, two 6

Stock Dogs

Linda Martin Snellville 770-972-0405 2007 Exiss 4H aluminum gooseneck

free and qualified pseudorabies-free m/o, three 1-3 y/o. Jeff Davis Carroll- If you have questions regarding ads in horse trailer, with factory living quarters

herd; these operations must submit ton 770-283-7949

this category, call 404-656-3722.

and all amenities, must sell; $17,400.

proof of that certification. If you are ADGA Saanen does, 7 m/o, 90 lbs., Advertisers must submit a copy of Amy Knowles Jefferson 567-241-

faxing or mailing in an ad, the test CAE- free tested herd, great dairy lines. a current Rabies Vaccination Certifi- 1598

needs to be sent along with it. For ads Elizabeth Goldau Hartwell 864-903- cate signed by a licensed veterinar- 2013 Sundowner 3-horse trailer,

submitted online, the test can be at- 3865

ian for dogs 12 weeks and older. Ads living quarters, excellent condition,

tached using the attachments button. Beautiful miniature Oberhasli herd submitted without this information 8'Wx7'6"H; $28,500. Theresa Hicks

Buyers are urged to request proof of sire, 2 y/o, sweet personality, produces will not be published.

Carrollton 770-843-7124

a negative brucellosis and pseudora- awesome offspring, photos available; Border Collie puppies, smooth coat, Nice cutting saddles, 16.5"-17", pho-

bies test prior to purchase.

$150. Alexander Flaherty Athens 706- DOB 10/16/16, registered, both par- tos available: Koen, $1200; Circle Y,

2 Yorkshire boars, 1 registered Duroc 254-7717

ents work cattle and sheep. Sharon $500. Angela Jones Waverly Hall 706-

boar, 15 mixed sows, most bred, some Billy goats, Pygmy mixed newborns; Hardy Buckhead 706-474-4311

566-6197

were show pigs. Paul Richardson Ba- $75. Tammy Archer Newborn 678- Great Pyrenees puppies, currently Pyranha automatic fly system,

conton 229-355-0255

361-4023

with livestock, DOB 11/29/16. Denise 55-gallon tank, motor and timer, good

Duroc/Berkshire/Hereford, 3 m/o, dis- Boer goats, located in Forsyth Coun- Wheeler Sharpsburg cherub2mom@ working order; $425. Wendy Scott Fort

count for 3+, $100 each; 9 m/o Duroc/ ty, registered billy and nanny, also an aol.com 404-314-5450

Valley 478-954-6568

Berkshire female, $350. Kem Foley unregistered nanny; $800/all. Morris Great Pyrenees/Turkish Kangal pup- Silver show saddle, bridle, grooming

Resaca runroverfarm@gmail.com 706- Smith Blairsville 770-519-1052

pies, DOB 10/01/16, excellent goat items, bits, wraps/blankets, pads, hunt

383-6660

Boer goats, purebred, young bucks protection but gentle with family and clothes, hunt boots, Western show

Quality registered Guinea hog, both and does, can be registered. Stanley pets; $400. Nancy Carter Athens nsb- clothes. Patti Mcleroy Kathleen tmcle-

breeders and meat hogs. Cathy Payne Taylor Lula 770-869-9299 770-539- carter@gmail.com 706-424-3674

roy@windstream.net 478-987-0019

Elberton 706-283-7946

2131

Great Pyrennes puppies, 7 w/o, ready Wanted: Mini-jenny as a companion

Registered Hereford hogs, breeding Boer/Savanna cross does and bucks, for new home, currently with livestock, to gelding, North Georgia, texting is

age, $250; unregistered Yorkshire pigs, DOB 03/2016, healthy and clean herd. great guard/companion dogs; $400 best; under $300 w/delivery. Ashley

just weaned, $40. Mikey Thrift Blacks- C L Cambron Acworth charcam@ each. Sam Cordos Loganville 678- Summers Rocky Face 404-993-4315

hear 912-614-2833

comcast.net 770-380-3505

517-9778

Boarding Facilities

Registered large black hogs, DOB 05/31/16. Belinda Schell Fort Valley 478-954-3840
Yorkshire pigs, males cut, 4 w/o. Tommy Kitchens 1677 Highway 82 Winder 30680 770-725-9095
Yorkshire X: females, 6 m/o and 8 w/o; cut males, 1 y/o and 8 w/o; $75 each. Mike Nalewako Newnan 770630-6541
Goats And Sheep
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
1 purebred Nubian buck, 2 y/o, gentle, service ready; $200. C.H. Campbell Pendergrass 706-654-3367
2 male Pygmy cross goats, proven breeders: 1.5 y/o black w/white markings, 2.5 y/o multi-colored; $150 each. James Jenkins Oxford 770-7108149
2 Saanen does, Saanen-Nubian cross doe, meat goat cross doe,

Herd reduction, great billy and several bred nannies for sale. Beth Ayres Lithia Springs 770-658-9691 770948-1238
Kiko 6 m/o black bucklings; $300 each. Juliet Reeves Suwanee jrrennell@comcast.net 678-458-7895 678360-4287
Nigerian Dwarf kids, black, very small, make great pets, please call before 9 p.m.; $100 each. Larry R. Pirkle Dawsonville 706-216-2954
Percentage New Zealand Kiko does, Iron Horse and Loverboy bloodlines, photos on website. Janet Hurt Covington www.pinesandpasture.com 404-408-7618
Pygmy goat billy, 2.5 y/o; $100. Randy Seay Griffin 404-697-8454
Ram lambs, Katahdin/Dorper cross, commercial and breeding quality. Susan or Phil Cobb Cedartown 770-5469601

Registered Australian herding dogs, 9 m/o, started on ducks and sheep, vest bred. Doyle Ivie Watkinsville woodsenddi@gmail.com 706-540-8192
Equine For Sale
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
Advertisers in the Equine for Sale or Equine at Stud categories must submit current negative Coggins tests for each equine advertised. This includes horses, ponies, donkeys, etc. Buyers are urged to request verification of a 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

If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
Advertisers must submit a current stable license in order to advertise boarding and breeding facilities. Ads submitted without this information will not be published. For questions regarding licenses and applications, call 404-656-3713.
Douglasville boarding facility, lighted arena, includes stall and shavings, call for more details; $150+/month. Andrew Mcclure Blairsville 404-790-8551
Horse boarding, 10 acre pasture, 8 stalls, tack room and storage, in Glynn County. Robert Jones Brunswick 912223-6275
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

Saanen billy; $750/all. Richard Avis Registered black and white purebred online, the Coggins can be attached before they can be advertised. Adver-

Americus avismr@yahoo.com 229- New Zealand billies, 1 y/o and 3 y/o. using the attachments button. Gen- tisers must include this information in

331-1359

John Woodruff Tifton 229-425-0801 eralized ads, such as "many horses," ads, or they will not be published.

2 y/o Nigerian buck, Rosasharn Registered Dorper and Katahdin "variety to choose from," etc., will not 1 rare breed Silver Leghorn rooster;

bloodline. Richard Starke Cherry Log rams, top breeders. Tommy Copelan be published. Equine at Stud ads will $10. Carl Taylor Meansville 404-408-

706-851-7930

Eatonton 706-473-0613

also require a current stable license in 8466

The 2016 Georgia Capitol Ornament

order to be published.

13 varieties peacocks and peahens,

10 y/o buckskin Quarter pony, 14H, including Javas Greens, game roosters

1000 lbs., very stocky, gentle, loving, and hens, also have peacock feathers.

great trail ride; $1000. C. Carnes Spar- Ray Watts Macon 478-361-3468

ta 478-234-7814

14 Australorp laying hens and 1

The State Capitol in Gold
Cost: $25 each Includes shipping
Mail order form with check to: Friends of Georgia Archives & History P.O. Box 711 Morrow, GA 30260
Allow four weeks for delivery (USPS). Orders received after Nov. 30 will be shipped

12 y/o AQHA mare, rides, and gen- rooster, purebred, ninth generation

tle 17 y/o APHA mare; $500/each, or pure; also have 9x6 cages. Bedford

$800/both. Linda Fulmer Lincolnton Woodard Dalton 706-581-1563

706-359-1303

15 Birmingham Roller pigeons, reces-

4 y/o bay mare pony, gentle, and sive reds, will ship, photos available by

10 y/o grey mare pony, gentle, will email; $20 each. Ken Hatley Barnes-

hold until Christmas. Wynn Copelan ville 770-358-1300

Greensboro 706-453-7687

19 pullets, free-range, brown egg lay-

9 y/o Quarter horse mare, rides but ers. Howard Rhodes Box Springs 706-

needs work; $500. Remonda Teague 604-8911

Whitesburg 678-899-5970

2013 hatched Indian Blue peafowl.

Donkey, standard black, 3 y/o, guard Noel Jackson Tifton 229-392-3327

female, Coggins tested, out of grass to 3 Brahma roosters, leave a message

feed; $50. Lynwood Wrenn Griffin 770- if no answer; $12 each. Linda Cope-

in January 2017.

227-9166

land Grantville 770-927-3816

Paint mare, black/white, very gentle, 3 pair of Blue Shouldered peacocks;

10 y/o, 11H, rides a 6-year-old child $500/pair. Mathes Ballard Pine Moun-

well but not ridden often. Emily Black tain 423-580-0710

Name

Appling 706-541-9753

6-9 w/o Brown Leghorn pullets and

Paint pony, 11H gelding, gentle and 1 rooster; $5/each, or $25/all. Darren

rides, can deliver; $600. Janice Wilkes Wilkes Demorest 706-768-2683

Address

Athens 706-207-9366

7 half-grown game chickens; $5 each.

Standard jenny donkey, gray, makes a Charles Kiker, Jr Ellijay 706-273-8065

great companion or guard; $250. Jackie Adult Guineas, black Australorps,

City

State

Zip

Copelan Madison 706-474-5066

Rhode Island Reds, other chickens

Wanted: 1 bomb proof Belgian geld- available. Theo Engelmohr Milner 678-

ing that works. 8-10 y/o. Randall 967-9899

Email

Mcpherson Bethlehem 770-527-2550 Araucana rooster and 5 hens, $5 each Wanted: A couple of miniature jen- OBO; also have ducks, $15/pair. Tanya
nies. Emmett Clower Eatonton ee- Chenoweth Adairsville 770-877-9363

Quantity

Amount Enclosed

clower@yahoo.com 678-943-3518

Baby chicks, all purebred, American Dominique, Buff Orpington and Rhode

Island Red. Monte Poitevint Lakeland

Friends of Georgia Archives & History

229-482-3854 Bantams, Red Pyle, BB Reds, Silver

678.364.3732

duckwings. Bobby Owensby Nicholson 706-224-3284

LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS Average prices for November 2016 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..... 48.82 Boners 80-85% Lean....... 52.28 Lean 85-90% Lean.......... 47.62 BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1000-1500 lbs.................. 73.08 1500-2100 lbs.................. 73.13 FEEDER CLASSES: WEIGHTED .AVG PRICES STEERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE ................................1........... 2 300-350 lbs.......152.35.. 145.60 350-400 lbs.......146.31.. 135.63 400-450 lbs.......136.60.. 126.54 450-500 lbs.......129.55.. 118.06 500-550 lbs.......123.25.. 112.22 550-600 lbs.......115.49.. 107.49 600-650 lbs.......108.94.... 98.36 650-700 lbs.......106.81.... 93.47 HEIFERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE ....................1........... 2 300-350 lbs.......125.79.. 114.98 350-400 lbs.......121.62.. 110.27 400-450 lbs.......116.22.. 103.70 450-500 lbs ......108.59.... 97.83 500-550 lbs.......101.84.... 91.67 550-600 lbs.........99.06.... 87.67 600-650 lbs.........93.07.... 84.31 650-700 lbs.........89.56.... 81.22 BULLS: MEDIUM AND LARGE .................................1........... 2 300-350 lbs.......145.51.. 132.60 350-400 lbs.......139.11.. 125.97 400-450 lbs.......128.62.. 116.47 450-500 lbs ......118.85.. 108.60 500-550 lbs.......109.88.. 100.82 550-600 lbs.......104.47.... 93.85 600-650 lbs.........98.82.... 88.82 650-700 lbs.........95.05.... 83.23 GOATS (priced per head) SLAUGHTER CLASSES .SELECTION 2 BILLIES/BUCKS 75-100 lbs...................... 142.20 100-150 lbs.................... 181.75 150-300 lbs.................... 245.00 NANNIES/DOES 60-80 lbs.......................... 87.65 80-100 lbs...................... 128.70 100-150 lbs.......................... KIDS & YEARLINGS 20-40 lbs.......................... 61.70 40-60 lbs.......................... 92.70 60-80 lbs........................ 137.50
Producers can obtain daily cattle prices by Internet at the following website: http:// www.ams.usda.gov
Once at the site, select Market News and Transportation Data in the left column. Click on Livestock, Meats, Grain and Hay under the heading Market News Reports by Program. Next, click on Cattle under the heading Browse by Commodity. Then click on Feeder and Replacement Cattle Auctions and select Georgia.

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Cochin calico Millie Fleur Bantam roosters, all colors, tame, beautiful, 4-5 m/o. Leslie Barber Ellijay Leslie@ CartecayFarm.com 706-637-2002
Cream Legbar pullets, 09/2016 hatch, leave message if no answer; $50/5. Jim Phelps Statesboro 912-601-0032
Crested Cream Legbar, 5 w/o, male and female chicks, rare blue egg breed; $70/pair. Mark Schuppener Winston 770-489-4865
Ducks, females and eggs. Lana Smith Hampton 770-871-1213
Game chickens, Law Grey/shorty Bullock cross; $40/stags, $25/pullets, $10/chicks. Steve Campbell Lyons 912-293-6415
Game fowl: Law Greys and Leipers, stags and cocks. Keith Vickery Royston 706-436-6567
Hatch gamefowl: YLH, Sweater and Gavlin, Whitehackle, Butcher and Sweater Grey. Thomas Lilley Jeffersonville 478-945-6139
Hens and roosters, some laying; $8 each. Nelson Massey Conyers 770483-2639
Mallard ducks, 5 generations from the wild, Sumter County; $15 each. Rennie Easom Americus rennie@easoms. com 229-938-7316 229-938-5578
Pre-order for spring 2017 hatch, premium bloodlines, Hatch, Claret, Albany, Grey, 1 d/o chicks; $200/dozen. Paul Anglin Cumming 404-973-8148
Purebred Ameraucana, lavender Orpington, Silver Laced Wyandotte, chicks and adults, Choco Orpington rooster. license breeder Sandra Lord Juliette 478-283-6844
Rare white Shetland Gandars, Dutch Hookbill, Penciled Runners, semiSilkies, Holderread SQB; $25-$50/or swap for specific breeds. Laurie Durgin Summerville ladurgin@msn.com 706857-1178
Rhode Island Red pullets, also have Golden Comets and Rhode Island Whites. Brian Sturdy Dahlonega 706865-9201
Rhode Island Red roosters, 6 available, 7 m/o, beautiful; $8 each. Wayne Bartley Lagrange 706-882-3250
Rhode Island Red, Sliver Penciled Rocks, Faverolle, Langshan, Silver Phoenix, laying hens; $20 each. Betty Britt Coleman betty_51_99@yahoo. com 229-768-2198
RIR, Ameraucana, Brahma, black Australorp, speckle Sussex, laying; $15 each. Gary Ridley La Fayette 706638-1911
Swedish Blue Isbar, 1 y/o, laying light green eggs; $50/pair, or $75/trio. David Cobb Bishop 706-340-0931
Turkey, 1-2 y/o: $50/1 tom; $30 each/6 hens; $200/all 7. Ben Johnson Fayetteville 770-306-7550
White Hackle, Murphy and Blue game chickens. Ronald L Shepard Fortson 706-317-9924
White Leghorn hens and roosters, excellent layers. Philip Wood Madison philipwood@email.com 706-342-5977
White Silkie hens, $10/each; 2016 purebred black Silkies, $20/pair; buff Silkies, $20/pair, extra roosters, $1. Jack Jenkins Harlem 706-799-8597 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 Resources Division at 770-918-6401. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the permit/license needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the permit/license can be attached using the attachments button.
Bob white quail, flight conditioned. Roy Peterson Ideal 478-662-4532

Bobwhite quail, flight conditioned and weathered, delivery available; $3.65 each. Chris Scott Box Springs www. loneoakquail.com 229-314-0222
Bobwhite quail, flight conditioned, now available for the 2016/2017 season, call for pricing. Rembert Hancock Fairmount 404-376-0550 706-3375711
Bobwhite quail, pheasants, chukars, all flight ready, great fliers, book your birds today. Jacob Nash Danielsville www.SevenPinesQuailFarm.com 706255-6372
Bobwhite/Coturnix quail eggs; $70 for 100; $155 for 500; $290 for 1000. Willie Strickland Pooler 912-748-5769
Flight-conditioned Bobwhite quail, table birds, pickled quail eggs and other supplies available. Mickey Cash Toccoa 706-491-7081
Northern Bobwhite quail, flight pen raised; $4 each. Fletcher Christian Rome 706-728-0375 706-895-3030
Poultry/Fowl Wanted
2 Naked Neck Turken hens, close to Calhoun. Stephanie Jones Plainville 706-291-2779
African geese wanted; trade for Pilgrim geese. Hank White Atlanta 404755-0505
ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK
If you have questions regarding this category, call 404-656-3722.
Alternative Livestock Requiring Permit/License
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Advertisers selling fallow deer, axis deer, sika deer, elk, red deer, reindeer and caribou must submit a current deer farming license with their ads. Ads submitted without this license will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the license needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the license can be attached using the attachments button. For information about the deer farming license, contact the Georgia Department of Agriculture at 404-6563667. For information on other hoofed stock, excluding llamas and buffalo, contact the Georgia Department of Natural Resources at 770-761-3044.
LIVESTOCK HANDLING
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
20' bumper-pull livestock trailer, good condition; $1000. Wayne Dykes Cochran 478-290-8695
2000 Sundowner 2H GN ramped trailer; mats and pads, divider, photos available; $5500 OBO. Donna Harrison Monroe wereoutriding@aol.com 770905-7091
Gooseneck livestock trailer, 5/x10', double rear gate, double-axle, nice condition; $850. Earnest Turk Eatonton 706-473-0385
Tarter Cattleman 6 squeeze chute, automatic headgate, 1500 lb. capacity, 2 y/o, text for photos; $1800. Doris Ziegler Concord 770-715-1083
Tru-Test cattle scale, aluminum platform, EZ weigh 2 indicator, 600MP load bars, weighs 4400 lb.; $1500. Larry Maney Baldwin 706-244-4348 706886-9551
Wanted: 18'-20' bumper-pull stock trailer, if it needs repairs that is okay. Tommy Walker Rockmart 770-6846150 678-684-9770
RABBITS
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
3 w/o bunnies, 8 available, New Zealand mixed, $10/each; also have the parents, $20/each. Dave Mccullough Stockbridge 678-414-5984
4 male rabbits, 14 w/o, New Zealand and Silver Fox mixed, 2 male lop mixed; $10 each. Alana Hayes Tallapoosa 404-567-1192
9 rabbits: 1 Giant English Lop, $20; 1 big brown/white Lop, $20; 7 mixed Lionhead, $10/each. Joyce/Charles Canup Covington 470-234-5406 678409-4914

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2016 Alicia/Bermuda sheltered hay, Coastal Bermuda hay, large round Wrens Abruzzi rye, 79% germination

Bulletin Calendar

4x5 rolls, delivery available; $50 each. bales, shed stored, delivery available. rate, $13/50 lb. bag; certified Tifton Freddy Permenter 263 Katie Rob Road Larry Holdeman 2207 Bostic Mill Rd 9 Bahia grass seed. James Gaston

Jan. 5-8

Jan. 25

Lake Park 31636 percheese@aol.com Bartow 30413 larryh@cleaninter.net Americus gaston7460@bellsouth.net

229-460-2550 229-242-9656

706-833-1474

229-924-7460 229-938-9115

Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference

2017 Georgia Ag Forecast Toombs County Agri-Center

2016 Bermuda grass and peanut hay, Coastal Bermuda hay, very good 4x5 net-wrapped, shelter stored. Hugh quality, 4x5 rolls or square bales; $65/

Ag Plants for Sale

Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
One International Drive Savannah, Ga. 31402 877.994.3842 www.seregionalconference.com
Jan. 14 Georgia Iris Society Meeting St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church 1790 Lavista Road NE Atlanta, Ga. 30329 404.202.3888

377 Quint Shrine Road Lyons, Ga. 30436 706.583.0347 www.CAES.uga.edu/about/
signature-events/ag-forecast.html
Jan. 25-27 Georgia Green Industry Association's WinterGreen Trade Show & Conference Infinite Energy Center 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway Duluth, Ga. 30097

Lightsey Baxley 912-240-0667 912- roll, or $7/square. Russ Elliott Lizella Figs, 3 varieties, mulberries, $5; self-

240-0579

478-935-8180

pollinating Issai kiwi, $6; sweet shrub,

2016 Bermuda grass hay, excellent Coastal Bermuda, fall 2016, square $3; dewberries, $2; no shipping availhorse quality hay, fertilized, weed free, bales, stored in loft, horse quality, able. Carla Houghton Marietta 770square bales, can deliver. Mike Council you load; $6/each cash, or $25/5. W. 428-2227

Cordele 229-406-8105 229-805-5828 Abrams Milner 770-228-3865

Ag Seed/Plants Wanted

2016 Bermuda/Bahia mix, 4x5 bales, fertilized, stored in barn. Stephen Bell Milledgeville 478-414-8043
2016 clean Tift 85 hay, round netwrapped bales, pick up only; $40 each. James Hicks Collins 912-557-8965
2016 Coastal Bermuda hay, 50 lb. square bales, horse quality, fertilized/ limed per UGA, rain/weed free. Michael Dubose Junction City 706-366-1665

Coastal Bermuda, in barn, 4x5 netwrapped rolls and square bales, RFQ 136; $7.50/square, $55/roll. Dorsey Pierce Sylvania dpierce56@comcast. net 912-925-9796 912-659-9726
Cow hay, Coastal/Bahia, w/a few weeds, 60 rolls available, 10 roll minimum order; $15 each. Kevin Jacobs Hoboken dealerkrj@yahoo.com 923875-7012 912-387-5701

Crabapple tree, small enough to ship, will pay postage. E. Rosser Atlanta 404-349-2967
Hastings prolific field corn seed. David Strange Cornelia dstrange4580@ hotmail.com 706-968-6441
Mayhaw berries wanted. Zandra Overstreet Greensboro 706-4530438

Jan. 18

706.632.0100

2017 Georgia Ag Forecast

Jennifer@ggia.org

Georgia Farm Bureau

1620 Bass Road

Jan. 26

Macon, Ga. 31210

2017 Georgia Ag Forecast

706.583.0347

Burke County Office Park

www.CAES.uga.edu/about/signature- 715 West 6th Street

events/ag-forecast.html

Waynesboro, Ga. 30830

706.583.0347

Jan. 19

www.CAES.uga.edu/about/

41st Annual Georgia Peanut Farm

signature-events/ag-forecast.html

Show and Conference

UGA Tifton Conference Center

Jan. 27

2016 Coastal Bermuda hay, well-fer- Good quality 2016 hay, 4x5 rolls in tilized, weed and rain free, 1600 bales barn, Coastal/Fescue mix, some Baavailable; $4.50 each. Curtis Durden hia, I will load. Jim Pierce Waverly Hall

FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTALS

Lyons 912-245-1081

404-372-8631

2016 Coastal Bermuda horse quality Large quantity of square and round

FOR SALE

hay, delivery available; $5 each/at barn. Bermuda hay; also have round bales If you have questions about this cat-

Glenn Brinson 1800 Corsey Grove Way of peanut hay. Paul Harris Odom 912- egory, call 404-656-3722.

Tarrytown 30470 912-288-5960

294-2470

1y/o cedar, dogwood, rose of Sha-

2016 Coastal Bermuda, horse qual- Mulch hay; $4.50/square, or $50/ ron and Catalpa; $5 each. Aron Walsh

ity, fertilized to UGA specifications, round. Rick Anderson Taylorsville Jonesboro intownbaptist@yahoo.com

barned, square and 4x5 round bales. 404-402-8470

404-307-8113

Olin Trammell Forsyth 478-960-7239 Oats, combine run; $4/bushel. Tom 2016 light pink Cleome, seashell Cos-

478-994-6463

Morris Hartwell 706-436-9070

mos, lemon sunflower, 25 seeds; $3/

2016 Coastal hay, 4x5 rolls, cattle Peanut hay, 4X5 net-wrapped rolls, I cash + SASE. D. Miltimore 1766 Pleas-

quality, ready for pick up, Burke Coun- will load for you; $35 each. Jerry Wynn ant Hill Rd. Ranger 30734

15 RDC Road Tifton, Ga. 31793

2017 Georgia Ag Forecast UGA Center for Continuing

ty; $40 each. Rocky Yelton Waynes- 9131 Denham Rd. Sycamore 31790 350 varieties of 4" perennials includ-

boro 706-551-1770

229-831-4243

ing helleborus, $1.50 each; 1-gallon

229.386.3470 www.GaPeanuts.com
2017 Georgia Ag Forecast

Education 1197 South Lumpkin Street Athens, Ga. 30602 706.583.0347

2016 Coastal hay, 4x5 rolls, excel- Top quality Bermuda grass, 4x5 net- grafted Japanese maples, $20-$25;

lent quality; $55 each. Stan Powell wrapped JD rolls, barn kept, fertilized, display garden. Selah Ahlstrom Jack-

Wrightsville 478-575-0663

weed free, delivery available/for mile- son 770-775-4967

2016 Coastal Russell, 4x6 net- age; $75. Josh Pennino Sparta 706- Amaryllis: Large red/white bulbs, and

wrapped rolls, barn stored, horse qual- 340-3146

free small bulbs included with order.

Cobb County Civic Center

www.CAES.uga.edu/about/

ity, only have 20 bales; $70. William Whole corn and hammer mill corn, Emily Tompkins 227 Tucker Rd Warner

548 South Marietta Pkwy. SE Marietta, Ga. 30060 706.583.0347 www.CAES.uga.edu/about/
signature-events/ag-forecast.html
Jan. 20 2017 Georgia Ag Forecast Carroll County Agriculture Center 900 Newnan Road Carrollton, Ga. 30117 706.583.0347 www.CAES.uga.edu/about/ signature-events/ag-forecast.html

signature-events/ag-forecast.html
Feb. 17-18 Georgia Organics 20th Annual Conference & Expo Georgia International Convention Center 2000 Convention Center Concourse College Park, Ga. 30337 404.481.5009 or 404.481.5012 caroline@georgiaorganics.org sarahbartlett@georgiaorganics.org
Have an event to put on our calendar? Contact Amy Carter at

Stevens Macon 478-214-1257

55-gallon drums; $40 each. Joab Bow- Robins 31088 emitom@cox.net 478-

2016 Coastal/Bahia mix, 4x5 net- en Clermont 678-725-3523

953-3201 478-731-0330

wrapped rolls, 150 available, cow hay; Wildlife feed, deer beans, non-GMO, Angel Trumpet, banana trees, Black

$45 each. Morris Lively Collins 912- 39% crude protein, 50 lb. bags; Magic elephant ears, lotus and pond

213-8249

$20 each. Bryan Maw Tifton 229-382- plants, Confederate roses. Patrice

2016 fall cut Fescue/Orchard hay, 4x4 6832

Cook Covington 770-787-6141

rolls, sheltered, fertilized and spayed. Feed, Hay and Grain Wanted Angel Trumpet, large cuttings root-

Jon Anderson Sautee Nacoochee 770-402-9867
2016 Fescue square bales, fertilized, limed, sprayed, in barn, rain free, loading available, horse quality. Al Blackburn Dawsonville 770-401-2862
2016 high performance, UGA tested,

200 round bales of peanut hay, will pay $10,000 cash ($50/roll). Mike Blackwell Buena Vista 706-464-3479
40-50 big hay bales, cow quality, delivered, call before 9 p.m. Jack Wheeler Covington twowheeler@mindspring.

ing now, yellow and peach; $20 each. Roger Patterson Dahlonega 706-8676283
Azaleas, camellias, roses, crepe myrtles, other trees and more, selling all. D. Burroughs Carnesville 706-3911248

Alicia/Russell hay, round/square, sheltered, delivery available, PBI Farms. Heath Pittman Vidalia 912-537-9721

com.com 770-787-1814
Wheat straw; $3.50 each. Wade Whitaker Rutledge 706-318-4526

Cleome seed; $1/teaspoon + SASE. John Jeans Po Box 306 Waleska 30183

Jan. 23

404.656.3722 or amy.carter@agr.

2016 horse quality Coastal Bermu-

Cosmo seeds, 6' tall is not unusual;

AG SEED FOR SALE 2017 Georgia Ag Forecast
UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center
15 RDC Road Tifton, Ga. 31793 706.583.0347 www.CAES.uga.edu/about/
signature-events/ag-forecast.html
Jan. 24 2017 Georgia Ag Forecast Decatur County Agricultural Center 101 B Ag Lane Bainbridge, Ga. 39817 706.583.0347 www.CAES.uga.edu/about/ signature-events/ag-forecast.html
New Zealand pedigreed rabbits, vari-
FEED, HAY AND GRAIN ous colors for meat, breeding, fur show
or pets, call for more information. Roger Bonds Alpharetta 770-356-9541
New Zealand white rabbits, 2 females and 1 male; $45 each. Karen Carlton

georgia.gov
We accept calendar submissions for food, craft and agriculture festivals and events. Submissions for festivals that do not specifically promote those industries will not be printed.
Additional pesticide recertification training notices are available on the Department website under the Plant Industry Division tab.
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 conducting the auction, per state regulations. Notices without this information cannot be published.
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
All feed, hay and grain ads must in-

da, 4x5 net-wrapped bales, fertilized/ limed, rain free, at barn; $60 each. Joe R Brady Hephzibah 706-231-0985
2016 Orchard grass, first/third cutting, delivery available; $6. Rex Johnson 700 Bearmeat Spur Hiawassee 30546 706-781-7318
2016 peanut hay, 4x6 net-wrapped rolls, delivery available, $55; also have Bermuda hay. Michael Jones Eastman 478-285-1343
2016 Russell hay, round bales; $40 each. Anthony Odom Glennville 912237-0488
2016 Russell/Tift 8 hay, squares and rolls, horse and cow. Gene Hart Guyton 912-661-3019
2016 Tift 28 horse quality hay, rain free, fertilized, UGA tested, round/ square bales, barn stored, DEP Farms. Dwight Purvis Sparks 229-560-2301
2016 Tift 85 hay, 4x5 round bales and square bales; $40/round, $6/square. Dan Crispell Reidsville 912-6548006
2016 Tift 85, 4x5 net-wrapped round bales; $50 each. Stoney Layfield Tifton 229-848-0092
2016 yellow feed, corn, oats and wheat, excellent for food plots. Robert Montgomery Reynolds 478-8372356

If you have questions regarding this category, call 404-656-3722.
Advertisers must submit a current state laboratory report, fewer than nine months old, for purity, noxious weeds and germination for each seed lot advertised. Ads submitted without this information will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, this report needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the report can be attached using the attachments button. Seed lots must be uniform and cannot exceed 400 50-pound bags. Certain varieties of seed are protected from propagation unless they are grown as a class of certified seed. These include Florida 304, Coker 9152, Coker 9835, 6738 soybean, Haskell, Bennings and others. For questions regarding certified seed, call the Department's Seed Division at 404-656-3635.
Abruzzi rye seed, 76% germination, cleaned and bagged, GDA tested; $14/50 lb. bag. Tracy Watson Mauk 229-928-7625
Black oats, good germination, no weeds, bulk bags, excellent grazing or cover crop. Billy Senkbeil Sylvester

$1/60 seeds + SASE. Ira Bray 70 Wilkes Ct Newnan 30263
Crape myrtle and Nellie Stevens hollies, in the ground, you must harvest, full 15'-20'T. Buzz Mann Hampton bigpinefarm@live.com 470-336-8351
Gold and Black bamboo; also have beauty berries. David Pelton Covington 678-654-0571
Hen and chicks or other echeveria succulents wanted. J. Carter Atlanta 404-350-0202
Leyland Cypress, 3-gallon pots, 30" single stem; $8 each. Bob Welch 425 Taylor Town Loop Ne Ranger 30734 welc6332@bellsouth.net 706-6292332
Living Christmas trees to decorate now and plant later: Green Giants, Carolina Sapphire, 3-gallon and 7-gallon. Kelly Wilson Griffin 770-365-1530
Mexican sunflower, Cleome, touchme-not, four-o-clock, money plant, tiger lily, marigold; $1/each + large SASE. B.L. Savage 3017 Atkins Dr Gainesville 30507
Old-fashioned four-o-clock seeds, tall, all colors; $2 + SASE. Mary Pursley Winder 678-979-0057
Potted gardenia plants, 16 available: 8 smaller, $1 each; 8 larger, $1.50 each. Evelyn Meeks Jefferson 706-654-

Newnan 770-630-6541

clude the variety offered for sale. Ads Alicia hay, 4x5 net-wrapped, horse 229-347-1195

9327

Pedigreed New Zealand red/broken rabbits, babies and breeders available. Agnes Hollis Dallas 630-730-7668

for mulch hay will not be accepted in this category; they will be published in the Fertilizers & Mulches category.

quality to mulch quality, delivery available; $25-$50 each. David Clemens Waynesboro 706-466-2944

Coker 227 oats, tested 09-15-16, pure seed 99.80%, germination 99%, cleaned and bagged; $10/50 lbs. Don-

Privacy trees: Leyland Cypress and Thuja Green Giants for fencing, we deliver and plant statewide. John Cow-

Quality purebred Champagne 200+ small square hay bales, shelter Bahia square hay bales and other ald Day Stephens 706-340-1546

herd Monticello 770-862-7442

d'Argent and Silver Fox rabbits. Katie kept; $4 each. Dannie Gingerich Met- mixed grass, barn stored, horse and Sugar cane seed for sale; juice also Seeds: Devil's trumpet, mullein pink,

Hufford Cleveland 706-219-4766

ter 912-314-9568

cow quality; $5 each. Wilson Phelps available. Ray Freeman Dublin 31021 touch-me-nots, morning glory, hibis-

Wanted: New Zealand/Californian 2015/2016 Coastal and Bahia hay, Greensboro 706-347-0492

478-272-1307

cus, four-o-clocks, Siberian iris, money

meat rabbits near me, reasonably 4x5 net-wrapped rolls. Darrell Williams Bermuda hay, horse quality; $8.50 Sugar cane, red or green, any amount, plant; $1 cash/teaspoon + SASE. G.

priced. Chris Bryant Villa Rica 770- Swainsboro 478-237-3237 478-494- each. Cayie Hambrick Hampton 770- small quantity or bulk. Freddie White Robertson 2966 Cardinal Lake Cir Du-

402-8554

3237

560-9485 678-373-2043

Baxley 912-240-1989

luth 30096

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Seeds: Four-o'clocks, pink and yellow, no choice; $1/teaspoon + SASE. L. Cornelius 5369 Old Us 41 N Hahira 31632
Thuja Green Giant, Murray Cypress, 3-gallons, will deliver. Tim Keel Covington tkeel@yahoo.com 678-3002907
Yellow canna lilies, tall phlox, oldtimey blue iris, Siberian iris, rose campion plants, mole bean seed, shrubbery. E. Beach Duluth 770-476-1163
FLOWERS REQUIRING PERMITS
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Advertisers selling officially protected plants must have a permit to sell such plants. Ads submitted without this permit will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the permit needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the permit can be attached using the attachments button. For information on the sale or shipment of protected plants, call the Protected Plant Program at 770-918-6411.

Miscellaneous Wanted
Wisconsin V twin-motor. Paul Watson Hampton 770-946-3737 404-7077633
Bees, Honey & Supplies
10-frame bee hive, $85; 5-frame bee hive, $65; also make inner covers, supers, top bar bee hives. Eliseo Delia Mineral Bluff 706-492-5119
2017 NUC hives, place orders now for 04/2017 pick up or mail; $150 each/ pick up, Jack Jones Dahlonega 706429-7130
2017 NUCs and packages, limited quantities, reserve now; $170/NUCs, $115/packages. Dan Scales Tyrone danssweetbees@gmail.com 678-2324793
55-gallon drums of wildflower honey, must pick up; $2.05/lb. Bill Tyre Jesup 912-294-0563 912-221-0211
Albany/SW Georgia: Complete bee removal, also hornets, wasps, yellow jackets; licensed and insured. Dale Richter Leesburg 229-886-7663
All bees: Will pick up swarms for free; seeking new locations to keep bees; Russian-hybrid NUCs, $140 David Larson Mitchell 770-542-9546

Top hive feeders w/painted supers for 10-frame hives; $20 each. Barney Kendall Canton 770-597-9560
Will remove swarms and unwanted bee equipment, also bee removal from structures; 2016 Wildflower honey. Derry Oliver Commerce 706-335-7226 706-621-1781
Things To Eat
Advertisers submitting ads using the term "organic" require Certified Organic registration with the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Ads submitted without this registration will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the registration needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the registration can be attached using the attachments button. For information on this registration, call the Organic Program Manager at 706-595-3408.
1-quart of black walnuts; $25 + shipping. Herman Robinson Bremen 404263-7857 770-294-9600
2016 Desirable pecans, $11/lb. + postage; will crack, shell, separate your pecans, $.50-cents/lb. Russell Eaton Stockbridge 770-506-2727
2016 large pecans, large mammoth

Wanted: 5-gallon bucket of fresh pecans, will pick up, on halves. Joe And Becky L Harrison Statham 770-7258177
Wanted: Black walnuts, whole hulled or not. Jim Barron Acworth 770-6557552
Wanted: Pear relish. Owen Zetterower Statesboro 912-690-1930
Water-ground meal, whole wheat flour, grits, will also grind your grain; $5/5 lbs. + postage. Mike Buckner Junction City 706-269-3630
We machine shell your pecans while you wait; $30-cents/lb. Jody Glidewell Jackson 770-775-6592
Marview Farms: Grassfed, pastured beef, pork, lamb and goat; also have pecans and free-range eggs. Fernando Mendez Arabi www.marviewfarms. com 786-210-6544
Fish & Supplies
Advertisers selling sterile triploid grass carp must submit a current Wild Animal License from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Ads submitted without this license will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the license needs to be sent along with

Pre-bagged horse manure, 20-40 lb. bags, you load, call first; $1.50/bag, reduced price for 100+ bags. Martha Braumann Lawrenceville 678-6629393
Worm casting organic fertilizer; $30/100 lbs. Aron Walsh Jonesboro intownbaptist@yahoo.com 404-3078113
Worm castings from African Night Crawlers, rich black castings. Byron Hicks Stockbridge oldbuzzards138@ charter.net 770-317-1012
Oddities
Gourds, variety of sizes and shapes; $2 each. Dean Fletcher Canton 678472-3035
Gourds: Close-out sale due to health, call before coming, any size/number; $2 each. Thelma Moon 3226 Hoot Owl Rd Royston 30662 706-245-4218
Lucky buckeyes, $.25/dozen; Planting buckeyes, $5.25/dozen; instructions included, please include postage. Jules Simmons Smoke Rise 828-2264700
Martin gourds: Plain or fixed, ready to hang; other varieties available at farm or to ship. Crystal Lang Cordele 229322-1321

MISCELLANEOUS
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
All wood quail box, holds 50 birds for transport into field, great shape. Jon Peterson Taylorsville 678-907-5068
Concrete blocks, 800-900, used, 8"x16" and 6"x16"; $.75-cents each. Sandee Potts Zebulon 678-910-7579
Field rocks, good for erosion control, etc., call for appointment and directions; $50/pick-up load. Steve Newman Eatonton 706-485-8760
Field stone and rocks, great for erosion control and landscaping, you must pick up. Edward Akin Griffin 678378-9175
Hardback blueberry cookbook with 150 recipes, call or order online; $18 each/includes shipping. Joe Kilpatrick La Fayette www.theblueberryfarm. com 423-301-2717
Large cast iron kettle, 2'+Dx3'+W; $600. Joseph Youngblood Midland 706-326-1913
Late 1800s barn wood: Beams, boards, tongue & groove, live edge; 1940s Singer sewing machine, AG094839, excellent. Heather Denis Douglasville 770-298-0449
Nutcracker: Cracks pecans and black walnuts with ease, hand operated; $40 + shipping. Benny L Brown Elberton 706-283-2548
Stihl 028WB chainsaw, to repair or use for parts; $50. G. Register Fayetteville 770-461-2842 770-461-2842
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All of your beekeeping needs, honey, beeswax and 2017 NUCs. Gary Gailey Cleveland gailey.gary@yahoo.com 678-316-9791
Bee removal, work guaranteed, Metro Atlanta and West Georgia areas. W.O. Canady Villa Rica 770-942-3887
Carpenter bee traps; $13/each, $10 each/3+. Lindsey Wynn Ocilla mjwynn@windstream.net 229-4570534
Free bee swarm removal on/near the ground, will also remove unwanted beehives, Walton and east Gwinnett Counties. Robert Pruden Monroe 770466-9100
Free removal of low hanging bee swarms, fee for structural removal, Rockdale area. Ronald Johnson Conyers 678-357-1814
Gallberry voted best tasting honey in Georgia; $52/gallon, includes shipping. Ben Bruce Homerville www.brucesnutnhoney.com 912-487-5001
Honey bees, NUCs, $165/your box; $195/our box; 3/4-advantech quality boxes, packages, $135. D. Haught Chatsworth www.barnyardbees.com 706-508-2257
Italian bees, NE Georgia, 5-frame NUCs, 3 lb. packages for spring 2017, order online, pick-up only. Slade Jarrett Baldwin www.jarrettbees.com 706677-2854
Now taking orders for 2017, 5-frame NUCs and queens, call for details. Jim Garvine Byron 478-956-7672
Pure all-natural unprocessed honey: quart, $14; pint, $8; 8 oz. bear, $5. Jimmy Brown Jackson 770-7750157
Remove swarms for free; remove unwanted bees from a structure for a fee; bee equipment wanted. Leonard Day Macon 478-719-5588
Sourwood raw honey, grade A, extra light, delicious, $20/quart; Mountain wildflower honey, $18/quart. Michael Surles Blairsville 706-781-3343

halves; $49.50/box + $6.95 shipping. Walker Cook Griffin 770-228-0001
2016 pecan halves, $10/lb.; pecan pieces, $8/lb. Joe Clark 508 Mauldin Rd Thomaston 30286 706-9751095
2016 pecan, in the shell; $5/lb. + shipping. Charles Sawyer 2057 Toccoa Hwy Mount Airy 30563 706-7684776
2016 pecans, shelled halves and pieces; $8.50/lb. + shipping. Betty Hatcher Lula 706-677-3202 770-5393565
2016 shelled pecan halves; $10/lb. + shipping. Dixie Arnett Tifton 229-3923921
All natural Black Angus beef, grassfed, grain finished, sold by the quarter, half or whole. David Sharpton Commerce 706-367-0876
Award winning cold-pressed farmmade oils: Sunflower, pecan, peanut and others; also have gluten-free flours. Clay Oliver Pitts www.oliverfarms.com 229-406-0906
Cane syrup and blue ribbon can syrup, 1/5 size; $7 each. Roy Holt Dudley 478-676-2760
Fresh Stuart pecans in shell, no pesticides, fungicides or artificial fertilizer used to grow; $2.50/lb. + shipping. Andrew Kinder Royston 706-386-0895
Grain-finished Angus beef sides, quarters; $3.50/lb. of hanging weight. Jason Cox Social Circle 404-9255412
Grassfed beef, pastured, hormone/ antibiotic free, naturally raised, custom processing your way from JoGlo Farms. Gloria Malcom Social Circle 770-464-4303
Grassfed pork. Ed Shealey Douglasville 678-249-7319
Half or whole: Wagyu/Angus beef cattle, ready for slaughter early 2017, reserve now. James Whitaker Warner Robins 478-929-2000
Stuart pecans; $2.50/lb. Sandra Green Mansfield 770-784-1576

it. For ads submitted online, the license can be attached using the attachments button. For license information, call 770-761-3044.
AI quality farm grown channel catfish fingerlings, graded/priced by size, accurate weights/counts, guaranteed live and healthy. J.F. Gilbert Thomaston 706-648-2062
All fish species: Bluegill, shad, bass, shellcracker, minnows, shiners, catfish; pond surveys, aeration, feeders, weed consultation/vegetation control. Ethan Edge Lumber City 912-602-1310
All sizes bass, bluegill, channel catfish, threadfin, gizzard shad, shell cracker and more; free delivery or pickup. Danny Austin Roberta 478836-4938
All sizes catfish, minnows, shiners, bluegill, shellcracker, sterile carp, electrofishing, feeders, threadfin shad, aeration/weed control, consulting services. Keith Edge Soperton 478-6978994
All sizes grass carp, channel catfish, bluegill, shellcracker and redbreast bream, delivery available. Brian Simmons Hawkinsville 478-8923144
First class Big Reds, $35/lb.; Red Wigglers, $25/lb.; worm castings + shipping. Lew Bush Byron bigreds1@ cox.net 478-955-4780
Red wigglers, $3/cup, $35/5-gallon bucket, $100/25-gallon tub; compost $15/50 lb. bag. Anthony Self Byron 478-538-6167
Trout: Good stocking quality, various sizes, hatched and farm-raised, delivery available. David Cantrell Ellijay 706-273-6199
Fertilizers & Mulches
2016 wheat straw, delivery available; $3 each/at barn. Gary Brinson 6786 Old Louisville Rd Tarrytown 30470 912-286-3191
Aged horse manure mixed with shavings; $1. M. Hight Macon 478-9602008
Cow manure, price based on quantity purchased, have bobcat onsite to load. Scotty Ingram Ball Ground 770-5967718

Out-Of-State Wanted
Barbie patterns, will pay for copies and postage. Eare Hall Yulee FL 904548-6123
Pasture land lease wanted in Walker or Chattooga County, barns are a plus. Lloyd Nelms Scottsboro AL 256-9755386
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.
Firewood available now for sale. William Costlow Silver Creek 706-3316420
Half-cord seasoned oak, delivered and stacked within Newnan, Sharpsburg, PTC area; $100. Buzz Glover Moreland 404-520-0420
More than half-cord, cured and split oak, for wood heater or fireplace, no delivery; $60. John Eberhart Hiram 770-943-0775
Oak and hickory logs, 3.5-4 cords per load; $325. Lamar Jones Dallas 770445-1227
Oak firewood, delivered free in Habersham County; $65/half-cord, or $125/ full-cord. Harold Hook Mount Airy 678-641-4976
Seasoned oak firewood, delivery available: $100/half-cord, $200/fullcord; hickory/pecan BBQ wood, $60/ quarter-cord. Bob Lewis Fayetteville 770-461-4083
Split hickory, $300/full-cord; fat lighter, $2/lb.; no delivery, pick-up only. Roy Rose Blairsville 706-897-2949
Unseasoned oak firewood, no delivery; $1/as much as you want. Loretta Bates Fayetteville 770-461-9526 678699-6637
Timber
Timber must be individually owned and produced by the advertiser on his personal property. No companies or businesses are allowed to advertise timberland in this category. Timberland advertised must be at least one acre. Timber wanted ads will not be published.

Fresh worm castings, extra microbes 1000+ old pines, 25-40 y/o, on 5

included, best in Georgia, pick up acres with easy access, logging permit today in Acworth or Cumming; $5/gal- can be obtained. Doug Shelton Cov-

lon. Shane Jones Cumming 404-964- ington 404-906-2214

7534

5+ acres of standing timber available

Horse manure and shaving compost; for harvest, oak, cedar, pine trees. A.

$1/as much as you want. Jerry Riles Kmetz Hampton 770-897-0423

Douglasville 770-337-1516

Huge poplar trees, you cut. Vickie Ho-

Horse manure/shavings for compost- gan Clarkesville 706-768-5441

ing, Little Creek Farm; $1/per load. Tamara Dillard Orion Drive Decatur

Christmas Trees

30072 info@littlecreekfarm.org 404- Christmas trees, Carolina Sapphire or

399-1750

Cedar; $10-$30/you cut, or $15-$35/I

Pine straw bales; delivery costs extra; cut for you. Davis Yaun Soperton day-

$2 each/at farm. Donald Akins 1122 aun@gmail.com 912-399-1988

Jim Rowe Hightower Rd Collins 30421

dakins@windstream.net 912-557-4616

912-245-9837

Pine straw, delivery costs extra; $3/

A cord is defined as 128 cubic feet of wood stacked by the line or row in a compact manner with individual pieces touching; it can be four feet high, bale at barn. Randall Lynch Gay 404-

four feet wide (deep), and eight feet long, or any combination of these measurements (height, width and length) that yields 128 cubic feet.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016

Georgia Ag Forecast seminar series kicks off Jan. 18 in Macon
Experts will discuss the 2018 Farm Bill, regulations on antibiotic use

By Merritt Melancon
The Georgia Ag Forecast seminar series will be held Jan. 18-27. University of Georgia agricultural economists will present insights into the latest market and regulatory conditions for the state's largest industry.
Hosted by the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the 2017 seminar series will be held in Macon, Marietta, Carrollton, Tifton, Bainbridge, Lyons, Waynesboro and Athens. Registration for the series is open at georgiaagforecast.com.
Nearly 1,000 producers, agribusiness representatives and community leaders attended the seminars in 2016.
"The main objective of the Ag Forecast seminar series is to provide Georgia's producers and agribusiness leaders with information on where we think the industry is headed in the upcoming year," said Kent Wolfe, director of the UGA Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development. "It helps producers plan for the next year, but it's also good for bankers and others who have businesses involved in agriculture or who will be impacted by the farm economy."

Economists from the Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development and from the college's department of agricultural and applied economics will deliver the economic outlook, which will focus on Georgia's major commodities and the way that global markets, weather patterns and historical trends will affect those commodities.
In addition to the economic outlook for 2017, attendees in Marietta, Carrollton and Athens will hear from Brent Credille, a livestock research veterinarian from the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine. Credille will discuss the implementation and possible impacts of the veterinary feed directive, a 2015 U.S. Food and Drug Administration measure that limits the use of antibiotics in livestock feed and water.
The featured speaker at the Macon, Tifton, Bainbridge, Lyons and Waynesboro forecast seminars will be Bob Redding of the Redding Firm in Washington, D.C. Redding will discuss major themes that may be addressed in the 2018 farm bill before moderating a discussion on the bill.
The 2017 Georgia Ag Forecast sessions will be held: Jan. 18 at the Georgia Farm Bureau building in Macon. Jan. 19 at the Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta.

Jan. 20 at the Carroll County Agriculture Center in Carrollton.
Jan. 23 at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton.
Jan. 24 at the Decatur County Agricultural Center in Bainbridge.
Jan. 25 at the Toombs County Agri-Center in Lyons. Jan. 26 at the Burke County Office Park in Waynesboro. Jan. 27 at the UGA Center for Continuing Education in
Athens. The seminar series is made possible through the Georgia Farm Bureau Land-Grant University Lecture Series Endowment and is also supported by the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the Georgia Agribusiness Council. For more information on the series, visit georgiaagforecast.com, follow @UGA_CollegeofAg on Twitter or search for #agforecast on social media.
-Merritt Melancon is a news editor with the University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sci-
ences.

USDA Rural Development: Connecting Rural America to global opportunity

By Patricia Simmons
Many rural Georgians are surprised to learn that they regularly use services provided by USDA's rural development programs. If you live in a rural county and use water, electricity, health care, public safety and communication services, chances are you have benefited from rural development assistance.
These programs work to ensure the infrastructure required to compete in the global economy is available in underserved rural areas. They are operated to improve the economy and quality of life for rural Americans. Georgia's Rural Development Offices are located in Athens, Cartersville, Douglas, Fort Valley, Monroe, Sandersville and Tifton.
Rural development operates 50 financial assistance programs for a variety of rural applications. Loan, grant and loan guarantee programs are designed to support essential services. Financial assistance is available for housing, economic development, health care, first responder services and equipment, water, electric and communications infrastructure.
Housing programs help rural residents buy or rent safe, affordable housing or make repairs necessary to ensure the health and safety of their homes. Rural housing services can help build or improve housing and essential community facilities in rural areas. Loan, grant and loan guarantee programs are available for single- and multi-family housing, child care centers, fire and police stations, hospitals, libraries, nursing homes, schools, first responder vehicles and equipment, and housing for farm laborers.
The rural utilities service programs provide much-needed infrastructure and infrastructure improvements to connect rural residents to the global economy. Water and waste treatment, electric pow-

er and telecommunications services play a critical role in expanding economic opportunities to rural communities. These services also improve the quality of life for rural residents.
Utility programs work to increase rural access to broadband and telecommunications services. The rural utilities service also funds the development and conservation of sustainable renewable energy. Utility financing is available for reliable and affordable electric systems, integration of electric smart grid technologies, and development of rural water and wastewater systems.
Business programs help rural businesses obtain capital. Financial backing and technical assistance are provided to stimulate business creation and growth in rural areas. Economic development loan programs partner with banks, credit unions and community-based organizations to meet business and credit needs in under-served areas. The financial resources of the business programs are leveraged with those of other public and private lenders.
Business programs also support the creation and preservation of quality jobs in rural areas. These programs provide capital, equipment, space, job training and entrepreneurial skill development to help rural Georgians start and grow thriving businesses. Loan guarantees, direct loans or grants are available to individuals, rural businesses, cooperatives,

farmers and ranchers, public bodies, non-profit corporations, Native American tribes and private companies.
Rural development cooperative programs promote awareness of and use of the cooperative form of business. Cooperatives market and distribute agricultural products and supplies. Cooperatives also provide other services such as electricity, telecommunications, credit and financial services, housing, food, hardware and building supplies.
Technical assistance and information programs help agricultural producers and cooperatives get started. The programs help form new cooperatives and help improve the operations of existing cooperatives. They provide education, research, technical assistance, publications and funding. A directory of nearly 1,500 marketing, supply, service, fishery and bargaining cooperatives is published annually.
Community development services include technical assistance and initiatives that help communities and regions reach their strategic, long-term economic development goals. Technical assistance helps under-served rural communities with access to the infrastructure necessary to support job growth.
The funding programs are intended to help improve the quality of life in rural communities. They enhance economic opportunities and ensure self-sustainability for generations to come. Find out how USDA Rural Development's funding opportunities help rural Georgia homes, businesses and communities by visiting the Georgia USDA web site
http://www.rd.usda.gov/ga or call 706.546.2162 to get connected to a USDA Area Rural Development office.
-Patricia Simmons is an area special-
ist for the USDA Rural Development pro-
gram in Fort Valley.

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Remember, if it seems too good to be true, it just may be fraud.
-Brian M. Basinger is an enforcement attorney with the Atlanta Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
DISCLAIMER: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as a matter of policy, disclaims responsibility for any private publication or statement by any of its employees or former employees. The views expressed in this article are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commissioners of the SEC, the SEC, or its staff.
Five Common Warning Signs of Fraud:
Salespersons who promise guaranteed returns or high rates of returns.
Salespersons who say the offer is time-limited or rush investors to decide.
Undiscussed fees or extra costs are announced after you invest.
A lack of any website, office space or phone number for the business.
Cold calls or unsolicited requests for you to invest.
Five Questions to Ask Before Investing:
Are you licensed to sell securities? Are your securities registered with the SEC or
with any state? Exactly how will my money be invested? Who are your typical clients for these types of
investments? What updates will I receive regarding my money
and the business?

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