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The usual concerns apply, but weather looks good for Georgia fruit crops

By Jay Jones
jay.jones@agr.georgia.gov
A wetter and colder than expected winter so far is providing conditions for a good spring for fruit in Georgia, while growers hope to avoid an early warm up in February or late frost in March.
Pam Knox, chief agricultural climatologist at the University of Georgia, explained there were expectations of this winter being warmer and drier due to La Nia's influence in the Pacific Ocean affecting weather patterns here. Peaches and blueberries require cold weather or "chill hours" in dormancy to bloom in the spring.
A La Nia-influenced winter would normally mean warm temperatures that could have reduced chill and affected the fruit blooms. But as of mid-January, Knox and others said that is not the case.
"From that standpoint of having this unusually cool winter compared to what you would expect in a La Nia, it has been good," Knox said. "I think most people going

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Fruit crops like peaches require a certain number of chill hours to bloom appropriately in spring. Crop and weather experts say Georgia is on track for a fruitful harvest this year. (GDA File Photo)

into December thought we were not going to get anywhere near the amount of chill hours needed. I don't think it's a worry at this point."
Knox noted that the colder-than-expected winter is caused by a weather event called Sudden Stratospheric Warming, which increases temperatures in the upper atmosphere and affects the polar jet stream. This is a temporary weather event but can cause changes in weather patterns. In this case, Knox said the event brought colder air and more rain to Georgia.
The current La Nia began in October and is expected to last through spring, Knox said. La Nia occurs every three to five years and pushes warmer and drier air across the southern half of the United States. The Sudden Stratospheric Warming occurs five to six times per decade, and doesn't last as long. It appears around the North Pole and its effects vary each time depending on other weather conditions.
Knox said now that peaches and blueberries are on
See WEATHER, page 6

UGA citrus trials support growing industry in Georgia

By Maria M. Lameiras
UGA College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences
Ongoing citrus rootstock trials being conducted by University of Georgia Cooperative Extension in Lowndes County hold promise for increased yields, improved fruit quality and greater disease resistance.
Jake Price, UGA Extension agent and Lowndes County Extension coordinator, has produced six local citrus rootstock/variety trials with varying objectives. These trees are custom-produced by U.S. Department of Agriculture-certified citrus nurseries in Florida according to Price's specifications.
Many citrus varieties that emerge from seed are identical to the parent tree, but their root systems are usually more susceptible to insects and diseases compared to trees grafted onto a rootstock. Combining the desired citrus variety on a superior citrus rootstock can

impart qualities that improve the tree. "There are citrus varieties that have superior root
systems, but their fruit is poor quality. If you take that superior root system that has resistance to insects and disease, then graft a scion of the citrus variety you want, it will produce a superior tree," Price said.
Ongoing citrus trials The oldest trial, planted in 2014, is growing `Owari'
satsuma trees on 10 standard and new trifoliate hybrid rootstocks. A trifoliate hybrid rootstock is a cross between a variety called Poncirus trifoliata crossed with another type of citrus. Poncirus trifoliate is often used in rootstock crosses because it has desirable qualities including pest and disease resistance. Rootstocks being evaluated are `US-942', `US-897', `US-852', `US812', `X-639', `Kuharski Carrizo', `Swingle, `Cleopatra', `Sour Orange' and `Rubidoux.'
The goal of this trial is to evaluate how `Owari' See UGA CITRUS TRIALS, page 11

2020 Southeastern Hay Contest winners announced

By Josh Paine
UGA College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, 370 entries were submitted in the 2020 Southeastern Hay Contest, just below the record-setting number of submissions for 2019. More states submitted samples to the contest than ever before, with nine represented.
The grand prize was awarded to Brian Johnson of McKenney, Va., for his alfalfa hay sample. Johnson received $1,000 from Massey Ferguson and the choice of a new Massey Ferguson DM Series disc mower or RK Series rotary rake to use for next year's hay production season. The top three entries in each category received cash prizes of $150, $100 and $50, respectively.
The winners were announced Jan. 5 at the American Forage and Grass-

land Council annual conference in Savannah.
The contest is a collaborative partnership between the 13 university Cooperative Extension programs in the Southeast. Entries were judged by the UGA Feed and Environmental Water Lab using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy testing procedures. The sample with the highest relative forage quality score wins. The RFQ score rates the forage quality based on protein, energy and fiber digestibility.
This year's winners in each category are as follows: Warm Season Perennial Grass Hay:
Eddy Turner Farm; Tennille, Ga Jeff Bacon; Dudley, Ga J & R Farms; Edge Hill, Ga Alfalfa Hay:
Brian Johnson; McKenney, Va Stegall Farms, LLC;
Peachland, NC
See HAY CONTEST, page 11

The 2020 Southeastern Hay Contest grand prize was awarded to Brian Johnson of McKenney, Va, for his alfalfa hay sample (not pictured). Pictured from left to right are Ash Alt, Massey Ferguson Field Execution Manager; Lisa Baxter, University of Georgia Forage Extension Specialist; Leanne Dillard, Auburn University Forage Extension Specialist; and Marcelo Wallau, University of Florida Forage Extension Specialist.

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FARM MACHINERY

Ford Jubilee tractor: $3000; 1988 Chevy truck, V8, 5spd, good cond: $3500; EZ 3pt hitch: $400; Bush Bog: $600;

IH disc, works fine, horse drawn adapted to tractor.Have all parts: $200. W. Prueter Adairsville 216-802-8580

Please specify if machinery is in running condition.

14ft trailer: $200; Bush mow- JD 5B turn plow, on-land

er: $600. C. Stewart Baldwin VGC: $8500, switch plow. Idus

706-728-5204

Williams Camilla 229-328-

TRACTORS

6165 John Deere 4240 open cab, John Deere 20ft aerator:

(1) 1947 and (1) 1949 Model A International Harvester tractors, two harrows, sickle mower, two bottom turn plows. Keith Roberts Macon 478-318-

one owner, front-end loader, 7000hrs: $23,000. John Deere 4240, cab, a/c: $18,500. Both well-maintained, good cond. E. Brown Avera 706-831-3442

$850; 4 bottom plow: $500. S. Y. Wright Fairmount 706-6290406
John Deere 7300 planter, 6 row, 36inches with monitor,

8734

John Deere 720, diesel, pony plates, brushes. Solid unit. Al-

115U Case cab tractor, 4WD, motor start, Roll-O-Matic front ways sheltered. Mike Bird

1100hrs, no DEF. Benny Las- end, power steering, live Americus 229-942-3835

seter Franklin 678-378-1884 1466 International w/dual

power: $3500. Sammy Franklin 706-675-3965

Noles

Tye, 3pt, 7ft, no till drill, good condition, small & large seed

wheels, runs good, needs Massey Ferguson 150 tractor, box: $5900 OBO. Matt Thomp-

some cosmetic work: $6000; Perkins 3-cyl engine; lift & PTO son Monticello 770-274-9117

1972 John Deere crawler in work, power steering: $2500. good condition, runs good: No texts, phone calls only. Lar-

GRADERS AND

$3500. James Ogburn Dublin ry J. Gillsville 770-503-5024

BLADES

jamesogburn1@gmail.com 478-278-6258

TN65, 2WD tractor in good condition w/5ft Rhino rotary All American 5ft, 3pt hitch,

1957 Case tractor, fair shape. Runs, looks like it hasn't been used much.

cutter: $9,500. Danny Adkins yard and landscape rake:

Americus dadkins@cboa.com $350; 5.5ft box blade: $400.

229-942-3793

Lyn Chandler Milledgeville

478-454-8090

Needs radiator: $1000. Mike Trammell La Fayette 706463-1771

CUTTERS AND MOWERS

Dirt scoop. Will connect to 3 pt hitch from front or rear. S. Powell Soperton 478-697-

1963 Ford tractor, 4000 size loader, back hoe, fair/good

2007 Krone, 3200 CV mower/flail conditioner, 10 ft

2371 For Sale 8-disc, pull-behind

condition. Also, seeking older skid steer, reasonably priced,

wide cut, new slip clutch, new quick change heads, good ma-

harrow w/3pt hitch: $225. Ernie G. Gay 706-538-6022

still usable on farm. Morris chine. Gainesville Troy Milford

Gilreath Gainesville 770-532- 770-527-1771 or Matt Milford

PICKERS AND

1424

770-605-9382

HARVESTERS

1966 International 424, power Bush Hog FTH600 finishing

steering, 8spd transmission, mower. 5ft, 540 RPM, good 1980 JD6620 Turbo combine.

5ft bush hog, 5ft harrow, good condition w/new blades: 3-heads (216, 444, 454A),

garden tractor: $3900 Millen $1100. Mitch Crosby Baxley spare parts and manuals; 1975

706-871-1424

912-278-1984

Chevy C60 truck with 14ft

1969 Ford 9700 tractor, w/dozer blade, runs: $6500 firm; 6ft. John Deere bushhog:

Land Pride RC5515 batwing mower, excellent condition. Purchased new in 2009. Mike

West Grain body. mondson Barney 8177

John Ed229-251-

$500. V. Hilton Acworth 770597-7960

Carter Knoxville 478-256-6372 New Holland H7330 mower

2013 KMC 3386 peanut combine, new eccentric bearing, clean, sharp sheltered picker:

1971 Minneapolis Moline conditioner: $15,000; 4 basket $65,000. Call or text. Chuck

G950, good condition: $8000. John Daniels Colbert 706-614-

Kuhn tedder: $3,500. Roger McAvoy Washington 706-401-

Strange 1607

Americus

229-389-

7320

2126

Dearborn Wood Bros corn

Rhino BM1900 boom mower, picker, (2) 1-row: $500 each or

mulching head, used one time, both for $850. Joseph Cannon

19ft, 3pt hitch: $18,000. Hugh Cairo 229-872-3533

Hosch Auburn 770-789-3258

John Deere 25-B single row

Want to buy 3 point hitch planter with fertilizer hopper.

sickle mower. Must be in good Fair condition, always shel-

condition.

Larry

King tered $250. M.L. Harrington

Chatsworth 706-508-2144

Gray 478-960-0912

Woods belly mower, 59in, Ramacher 9600 pecan har-

older model, needs 2 4in pul- vester w/Herbst wagon, excel-

2001 Massey Ferguson 231S. One owner, bought brand new, kept under barn. Low hours. W/box blade & bushhog. $10,000. J. Cole-

leys: $160. J. Griffith Rydal lent condition: $37,575 OBRO;

770-382-7279

Flory cabless sweeper, excel-

PLANTING AND

lent condition: $18,500 OBRO. Buyer picks up. D. Foster

TILLAGE

Bonaire 478-918-4365

man Gay 404-317-1263

(2) implements for sale. 3pt, HAY AND FORAGE

3pt hitch, 48in Tractor Supply mower: asking $550. Ed Bowles Locust Grove 678787-8072

5-tine, farm plow; 3pt single seeder/planter w/plates. Call for info/photos. M. Corbitt Bolingbroke 478-508-6356

2005 NH 570 sq. baler, acid applicator, bale chute liner, good paint: $6500. Andy Shank Metter 912-682-9644

485 Case International tractor with front end loader and 4 other implements: $6500. Frank Garrett Gainesville 770887-1970

3pt hitch cultivator with five shanks, chisels and plow sweeps: $200. James Causey Albany 229-435-4296 or 229395-6300

2020 Bermuda hay 5x5 rolls, net wrap, fertilized, horse quality: $75 each. Cow hay: $60 each. Terry Strickland Pine Mountain 706-881-2414

5 tractors for sale with all equipment, in good working condition. Tom Hardy Rocky Face 706-673-4650
570 New Holland: $7500. 467

6ft 3pt hitch tiller, Countyline by Tarter. Sheltered, no rust, little use: $1600. Pictures available. T bentley Monroe 770480 0499

2020 horse quality Bermuda square bales for sale: $5/ea; 4x5 net-wrapped Fescue hay: $30/roll. Chad Duck Braselton 706-654-8605

John Deere: $12,500. 4030 John Deere: $10,000. 4010 John Deere: $8500. 6400 John Deere: $15,000. Benny Garrett LaFayette 706-397-2105 okiepeach2020@gmail.com

Covington TP-46 2 Row Planter and 2 Row Cultivator w/fertilizer hopper, good condition, pictures available $2100. Larry Darnell Junction City 404-357-5943

Antique [50+ years old] Ford, side delivery, hay rake: $150 OBO. Jim Griggs Washington (Leave message) 706-4019547
Claas 260 Rollant, exc cond,

600 Ford tractor, 12 volt, rear Covington TP-46, good con- 4x5 net wrap, less than 900 tires are excellent, everything dition & lots of new parts, (2) bales: $32,000. New $22,000

works, runs good: $2700. corn plates, works good: $750. now baler field-ready cane

Bradley Veach Ball Ground Daniel Williams Senoia 770- equipment. Sam Moon Homer

770-479-3395

351-7098

706-340-7237

Ford 2000, gas, 12v, good Dirt Dog all purpose plow, 9 Hay unroller, 4ftx5ft-6ft, extra tires: $3,800; Ford 3000, shank, excellent condition with strong, built w/hydraulic cylin-

diesel, spinout wheels, 4 spd, new plow shanks: $500. Jef- der: $900. William P. Harris El-

runs good: $2975. Emily Ken- ferson Charles Nicholson berton 706-283-6615

ney Vidalia 912-537-2890

404-317-6173

JD 459 ruond baler,

Ford 6600 tractor, runs good: Gill 5ft pulverizer w/3 pt hitch, wrap/twine, like new, 1,571

$9500. High Voltage Cattle good cond: $750 OBO. Dwight bales: $26,500. James Farr

Mount Airy 706-499-8008

Dallas 404-569-1993

Thomson 770-547-7154

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HAY AND FORAGE

EQUIPMENT

1977 Ford 600 dump truck, John Deere diesel Gator, cab, good hydraulic dump, heavy 4wd-diff lock. New: $13,850.

LANDSCAPE TOOLS

John Deere 336 square baler. Barn kept, good working condition: $5000. Text or call. P. Kesler Oxford 770-280-5905
Kuhn GMD 500 mower: $2500; Kuhn pull behind tedder: $700; NH 256 roll bar rake: $1500, good condition. Wade Pitcock Rome 706-2322997
Massey Ferguson hay baler, very good condition, used last season, pics available: $5000 OBO. C. Morris Clyo 912-2137505
New Holland 565 square baler: $8000; 8 bale accumulateor: $1000; bale unroller, 3pt

Hyster D4-D6 dozer PTO heavy winch: $1900. Richard Haigler Hiawassee 706-9945222
Juki LU562 top-feed industrial upholstery machine: walking foot, sewed canvas for cotton and peanut trailers, instruction book. Like new: $800. Randall Hancock Moultrie 229-4560198

TRAILERS AND CARTS
40 Ton Dorsey lowboy: $2500; 16ft tandem equipment trailer w/ramps: $1500. Dean Adamson Sharpsburg 678416-0325
New 6ftx14ft dump trailer, 3ft sides, dual 7000lb axels: $7800; new 6ftx34ft car/equipment trailer, all steel, (3) 6000lb axels, flatbed, low profile: $6900 OBO. Ron Hulett Milan 912-363-5978
Old small military trailer. Needs work: $150. James R. Ewing Gainesville 770-967-

duty hitch: $2975; 1979 C60 Chevy bucket truck, dual rear tires: $5500. James Sullivan Vidalia 912-537-4944
1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Engine needs work, good 4x4, good transmission, good tires: $1000. James Lawrence Alto 762-230-3718
1998 International 9100 32ft flat bed tandem with third axle. Road ready: $14,500. Call for info and photos. Steve Foster Woodland 706-975-5688
2006 Nissan Titan, V8, 6speed, auto transmission, ext cab, 4-door extra cab, new tires, new battery, 87,085miles,

Sell for: $12,000. Only 26hrs since new. Al Davis Byron 478-599-1066 or 478-9529385
GOLF CARS
EZ-Go golf cart, navy blue, electric, runs good, good batteries and tires, includes charger. Easy to drive: $2500. L. Abrams Milner 770-2283865
BOATS
1987 Chris Craft ski boat, 351HP Wincer Ford engine, 4 ba/carb, water ready: $6500.

AND MATERIALS
Alfalfa for garden compost, weed & seed free in 50lb bags. Ready to add to garden. Call/text. M. Clark Newborn 770-919-7759
For sale vintage transit tripod and 8ft grade rod stick: $230; double bagger grass catching system Toro riding mower: $300. W.A. Allen Commerce 706-677-3300
Nursery pots, 3 gallon size. Free. Have 200-300. Wesley Smith Athens 706-247-5254
Patriot chipper / shredder, electric, 110v, 1.5hp, used very

hitch: $500; hay conveyor:

7982

good condition: $8500 Bernard Wendell Shearouse Spring- little, will send pictures: $150.

$300. Rusty Bean Gray 478-

HEAVY

Prince Macon 478-258-6391 field 912-754-3037

R. Powell Cordele 229-881-

960-6671

EQUIPMENT

VEHICLES

Ford F-150, 4door, 2WD,

2240

SPRAYERS AND SPREADERS Please specify if equipment is
in running condition or not.
3pt hitch, 50gal barrell,

needs repair: $2000. Susan

Please specify if vehicles are in Dockery Albany 229-364-1892

running condition.

TRUCK

LAWN AND GARDEN

Privacy Trees - Leyland cypress, Thuja Green Giants. Delivery and planting in all of GA John Cowherd Monticello 770-862-7442

mount, (2) PTO pumps, hose.

FORESTRY

TRUCKS

ACCESSORIES

Please specify if machinery is

FARM SUPPLIES Pumps: $100/ea. James
Vaughn Cornelia 706-7789554
AG PARTS AND TIRES
(2) 11.2-20 tires, new: $400/both. D. Kelley Cumming

AND LOGGING EQUIPMENT
384 Prentice loader. Good condition: $25,000; 75 nursery T rails 16ft long, aluminum: $4 each. Ronald Griffin Hoboken 912-281-8805

1950 Ford truck, one-ton frame, 24.5k mi, good condition, 302 Ford engine. Restored, power steering, front disc brakes, pictures available.: $22,500 M. Magrum Rydal 706-509-8576

AND PARTS
(4) tires and chrome rims, 275/55/R-20, in good condition. Bobby Davis Warrenton 706-945-3228
UTVs/ATVs

in running condition or not.
GARDEN TRACTORS
Scott's riding mower, made by John Deere, 25HP, 48inch

IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT
Approx. 4,000ft, 6in, ring lock and twist pipe, 30ft long, 3

678-617-7061
Ford rubber tires, backhoe bucket, loader, not running, parts tractor: $500 cash. C5NE

Tree spade; Big John 90inch on 1997 Ford 9000, 8LL transmission, CAT engine, 137K miles. Mark Gar-

1964 Chevrolet pickup, 6 Cyl., (2) SCAG zero turn, front, air- cut, new battery, good condi- trailers, tees, elbows & con-

Fleetside, 10TK wood bed, red filled tires & wheels: $50.00. L. tion: $550. Mary Frances An- nectors $3,000 for all. Jimmy

& white, one owner. R. Carter Bryant Cleveland 706-878- derson Albany 229-435-8168 Odom Collins 912-293-0991

Lavonia 706-356-4727

8509

6015, you load, you haul old tractor: $500. Thomas Barge Gay 770-927-3756
Turf tires (2), wide 26 x12-12 mounted on 6-hole wheels,

ber Rex 770-823-6789
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Livestock Sales and Events Calendar

Editor's Note: To ensure the health

Every Monday, noon: Cattle, goats,

Every Tuesday, 10 a.m. & 1st Fridays:

and safety of staff and visitors, most

sheep; Carroll County Livestock Sales Cattle special sale; Dixie Livestock

livestock auction sites have requested Barn, 225 Salebarn Road, Carrollton. Market, 133 Old Hwy. 46, Oak Park.

that sellers drop off animals and leave, Call Barry Robinson, 770.834.6608 or Call Tammy Sikes, 912.578.3263

and only buyers attend sales. We

770.834.6609

recommend calling the sale barn before going to confirm that the event is still scheduled.
APPLING COUNTY 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 12:30 p.m. at the Baxley Fairgrounds: Goats, sheep,

CLARKE COUNTY Every Wednesday, 11 a.m.: Goats and sheep; noon, cattle. Northeast Georgia Livestock, 1200 Winterville Road, Athens. Call Todd Stephens, 706.549.4790

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

feeder pigs, hogs, calves, poultry and rabbits; A&A Goat Sales, 187 Industrial Drive, Baxley. Call Allen Ahl, 912.590.2096
ATKINSON COUNTY 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 1 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Pearson Livestock, 1168 Highway 441 N, Pearson. Call Roberto Silveria, 229.798.0271

Thursday, February 11, Noon: UGA 28th Edition Focus on Genetically Enhanced EPDs Sale. Online only internet auction through LiveAuctions. tv2.0. Selling 52 Angus bulls, 2 Hereford bulls, 1 SimAngus bull, 1 registered

FRANKLIN COUNTY Every Tuesday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Franklin County Livestock Sales, 6461 Stone Bridge Road, Carnesville. Call Chad Ellison, 706.384.2975 or 706.384.2105

Angus heifer, and 10 Angus and Anguscross commercial heifers. Contact

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

Carroll T. Cannon, 229.881.0721 or 229.881.2705 CannonMarketingCompany@gmail.com.

goats, sheep, slaughter hogs; Calhoun Stockyard Hwy. 53, 2270 Rome Road SW, Calhoun. Call Dennis Little & Gene

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

COLQUITT COUNTY Every Wednesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle; Moultrie Livestock Co., 1200 1st Street NE, Moultrie. Call Randy Bannister, 229.985.1019

Williams, 706.629.1900
GREENE COUNTY Every Thursday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Duvall Livestock Market, 101 Apalachee Ave., Greensboro. Call Jim

BLECKLEY COUNTY 2nd& 4th Saturdays, 9 a.m.: Farm misc., 1:00 p.m. Ga. Lic. #3050; Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Cochran Auction Barn, 290 Ash St., Cochran. Call Mark Arnold, 478.230.2482 or

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

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

478.230.5397
BUTTS COUNTY Every Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.: Beef cattle; 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.: Dairy cattle; Jackson Regional

DECATUR COUNTY 2nd Saturdays, 1 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Waddell Auction Co., 979 Old Pelham Road, Climax. Call John Waddell, 229.246.4955

Underwood, 912.594.6200 (night) or 912.375.5543 (day)
JONES COUNTY Every Saturday, 7 p.m.: Goats, sheep, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens; Wayside Auction, 1035 Monticello Highway,

Stockyard, 467 Fairfield Church Road/ Hwy. 16 W, Jackson. Call Barry Robinson, 770.775.7314

EMANUEL COUNTY Every Monday, 1 p.m.: Cattle, slaughter hogs; Swainsboro Stockyard, 310

Gray. Call Valerie Rice Johnson, 762.435.1026. Facebook: Wayside Auction

CARROLL COUNTY 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 4 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Long

Lambs Bridge Road, Swainsboro. Call Clay Floyd and David N. Floyd, 478.945.3793

LAMAR COUNTY Every Friday, 6 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; 5 p.m., farm

Branch Livestock, 813 Old Villa Rica Road, Temple. Call Ricky Summerville, 404.787.1865

2nd & 4th Saturdays, noon: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; R&R Goat & Livestock Auction, 560 GA Hwy. 56 N, Swainsboro. Call Ron & Karen

miscellaneous, Ga. Lic. #4213; Buggy Town Auction Market, 1315 Highway 341 S, Barnesville. Call Krystal Burnett, 678.972.4599

Claxton, 478.455.4765

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 Bell, 706.795.3961
MARION COUNTY 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Auction 41, 4275 GA Hwy. 41 N, Buena Vista. Call Jim Rush, 706.326.3549. Email rushfam4275@windstream.net
PULASKI COUNTY Every Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.: Cattle, goats, sheep; Pulaski County Stockyard, 1 Houston Street, Hawkinsville. Call John Walker, 478.892.9071
SEMINOLE COUNTY Every Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., 3rd Saturday Special Sale, 1:30 p.m.: Cattle, goats, sheep; Seminole 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 Monday, 1 p.m.: Cattle; Sumter County Stockyard, 505 Southerfield Road, Americus. Call Scott Poole, Glenn Hartley or Larry Horsting, 229.380.4901

TAYLOR COUNTY 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.: Feeder pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; RockRidge Livestock Auction, 1357 Tommy Purvis Jr. Road, Reynolds. Call 678.972.4599
THOMAS COUNTY Every Tuesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle. Thomas County Stockyards, 20975 Hwy. 19 N, Thomasville. Call Danny Burkhart, 229.228.6960
TOOMBS COUNTY 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 11 a.m.: Feeder pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Metter Livestock Auction, 621 Hwy. 1 S, Lyons. Call Lewie Fortner, 478.553.6066
TURNER COUNTY Every Wednesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle; Turner County Stockyards, 1315 Hwy. 41 S, Ashburn. Call Alan Wiggins, 229.567.3371
UPSON COUNTY Every Tuesday, 12 p.m.: Cattle, goats, sheep, horses. Upson County Livestock, 2626 Yatesville Hwy., Thomaston. Call Aaron and Anna White, 864.704.2487 or 770.713.5045.
WILKES COUNTY Every Wednesday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Wilkes County Stockyard, Hwy. 78 Bypass/302 Third Street, Washington. Call Kenny Durden and Linda Robertson, 706.678.2632
Notices for auctions selling farmrelated items other than livestock must be accompanied by the auction license number of the principal auctioneer or auction firm conducting the auction, per regulations from the Georgia Secretary of State. Auctions without this information will not be published. Have an auction to put on our calendar? Contact Jay Jones at 404.656.3722 or jay. jones@agr.georgia.gov.

IRRIGATION

GENERATORS AND BUILDINGS AND

LUMBER

14 m/o Angus bull for sale:
FARM ANIMALS $1000. Excellent quality, easy

EQUIPMENT
Big Gun irrigation system, 50hp 3ph, rated 500gpm, w/1 Big Gun and 30ft of suction pipe: $2500. S. Sikes Tingall 803-360-6898
Irrigation set: Marlow 750gpm PTO driven pump; approximately 3,500ft 5in pipe, 30in suction, two trailers, 3,550gpm handset guns, many fittings: $5,000. Douglas Carter Nicholls 912-345-2885
TOOLS AND HARDWARE
17 Hager hinges, never used, made in USA: $10ea. Bright brass bolts w/nuts, 2in by onehalf diameter, letters on head B-M-RS: $2ea. College Park 404-767-2980
4x6 trailer, Husqvarna back pack blower; Dolmar chainsaw; 2 kerosene jet type heaters; 10inch Dewalt table saw: $1000. R. Coker Dahlonega 706-864-4877

COMPRESSORS
60 KW Katolight generator. John Deere motor, 480hrs, 400 amp disconnect, transfer switches and diesel fuel tank. 12x12 building: $11,500. John Kennedy Arnoldsville 706338-6627
7,000 running / 10,000 starting watts, Troy-Bilt generator, electric/pull start, Briggs & Stratton, less than 20hrs, excellent condition, includes Extend-a-Panel: $900. Derry Oliver Commerce 706-335-7226
75KW PTO Generac. Run less than 30hrs, on wheels, takes at least 60HP PTO. Elmer Maddox Gillsville 706-949-0444
8000 running, 10,000 watt Briggs and Stratton. Never been used: $1000; 1991 Ford 150 Lariat, 4x4: $3500. James McLane Hartwell 706-4364476
Like new, 3pt hitch, 13kw generator. Used once, sold by Northern Tool new for $1800,

MATERIALS
10-12ft sheets 5V tin; 1-10ft sheet 5V tin; 8-14ft, 3ft wide metal; 1-10ft, 3ft wide metal: $5/sheet. D. Jones Flowery Branch 770-967-6948
16ft X 25ft Fiberglass greenhouse for sale. In good condition w/wiring and fusebox. You move, comes apart in sections: $5000 OBRO. J. Russell Winder 770-312-9814
40ft Aluminum extension ladder: $225. Sam Wood Morrow 678-758-7887
Long grain bin, good shape: $1500. Jeff Hill Ty Ty 229-3928615
Metal barrels, 55gal burn, stainless steel solid 55gal FG, plastic barrels 15, 30 & 55gal, FG totes 275 & 330gal. Tom Allanson Cumming 678-2312324
Someone to take down 20x50ft tractor shed. Good lumber and tin. Can send photos or video. Dale Ferguson Grovetown 706-836-0699

(20) Ambrosia beetle maple, 7.5inX3/4inX8ft, T&G. Also, vaiours sizes aged white & red oak, 1inX4in up to 9inX9in. Good for rustic construction or projects: $2/BDFT. Jerry Tomblin Whitesburg 770-9629921

10x4, 8x4, 4x4 cherry. 4x4 milled. Maple slabs 8ft, 10ft, Yellow Heart pine all sizes. Oak barn wood, cedar and others. David Stubbs Commerce 470-701-0447

400ft cabinet grade, air-dried oak lumber: $400. Jimmie Mathis Gainesville 770-8875480
Wood-Mizer lumber: 1x12 pine, poplar, oak trailer flooring (any thickness). Will saw your log. Firewood for sale. Larry Moore Grantville 678-2785709

Wood-Mizer,

custom-cut

lumber, kiln-dried, milled,

restorations, timber frames,

flooring, tables, barns, fencing,

reclaimed, live edge lumber,

trailer flooring. John Sell Mil-

ner 770-480-2326

Livestock listed must be for specific animals. Ads for free or unwanted livestock will not be published. All animals offered for sale in the Market Bulletin must be healthy and apparently free of any contagious, infectious or communicable disease. Out-of-state animals offered for sale in the Market Bulletin must meet all Interstate Animal Health Movement Requirements, including appropriate testing for the species and a current official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection or NPIP 9-3 for poultry. Individuals may sell their own animals; however, livestock dealers are required to have a Livestock Dealer License from GDA. For more information, please call the GDA Animal Protection Division at 404.656.3665.
CATTLE
(1) Registered Angus bull, AAA18707750 SCAF, Predestined 1607, DOB 11/05/2016: $2000. Call/text. K Neal Ben-
nett Blackshear 912-281-6600

calving bloodline; sire and calves can be observed at location. Bob Griffeth Commerce 706-870-6119
140 head, 800-900 lbs open and bred heifers, all black crossed Angus for sale. Farmraised, vaccinated, good health: $1300. Jorge Caycay Hazlehurst 912-253-1247
140 head, 800-900 lbs open and bred heifers, all black crossed Angus for sale. Farmraised, vaccinated, good health: $1300. Jorge Caycay Hazlehurst 912-253-1247

Arm & Hammer 310lb anvil: $950; Farriers anvil 250lb: $950; American anvil 200lb: $375. Ben Hendrick Austell 770-948-9842
Hobart 140 115v 25-140 Amp output welder with all parts. Never used. Includes gloves and helmet: $450 firm. Jesse Strickland Perry 478-335-3991
Lincoln welder, 225 DC, arc. AC, aux. power, large tool box

asking: $1200, OBO, will trade. A. Griswell Mitchell 706-5646600
Miller, Big Blue 250 diesel welder generator plus various pieces of Vermeer equipt., low hrs., used very little, stored inside. Call Joe Lexington 706743-3994
Ridgid 6800W generator RD906812. Electric start, Yamaha MZ360 4-stroke.

Splitface blocks, new 70 corner blocks, 325 wall blocks, 175 regular blocks: $0.35 per regular, $1.25 per splitface. Loading assistance available. Tim Vaughn McDonough 770-375-5253
Stuppy greenhouse, 6 bays, 30x144, heaters and fans. Tom Johnston Thomaston 706647-9239
Used galvanized roofing, 23 ft

POSTS AND FENCING
10 rolls Red brand field fence wire 47inch high, 330ft long. New, sheltered: $140 per roll or OBO. Jim Holland Unadilla 478-318-2923
12 gates for sale, 6ft by 16ft, and 5ft by 10ft kennel with roof: $1000. Dovie Smith Blairsville 727-457-3843

(3) Hereford/Angus cross heifers, DOB2020; (1) reg'd Hereford heifer. Ennis Ryals Dublin 478-278-0678
(3) Large black Angus bulls, young, used on heifers, very gentle, 2200-2300lbs, all vaccinations. Ronnie Hadden Gibson 706-833-9828
(32) black Angus cow/calf pairs/rebred, (41) black Angus

20 coming two year old Here-

mounted on trailer, new tires: 63Hrs. (4) 120-volt, 20amp x 36in wide, 100 sheets: Farm gates, creosote poles, bred cows. Willing to sell entire ford bulls, 15 coming two year

$700/all, will sell seperate. outlets, (1) 240-volt, 30 amp $20/sheet for all or $25/sheet used bath tubs and misc other operation (lease on property, old Braford bulls, 50 yearling

Mac Cochran Roopville 770- outlet: $875. Paul Steffen Can- individual. James Kimsey Hi- items. C.H. Conner Flowery hay, corral, etc) W. Collins Hereford heifers. Jonny Harris

823-9353

ton 678-665-3389

awassee 706-781-8341

Branch 678-936-3063

Mansfield 770-856-9268

Odum 912-586-6585.

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CATTLE

Black Angus bulls, can be Reg. black Simmental, registered. Great genetics & SimAngus bulls, performance

Bunnies, small to large, mixed Golden Sebrights from 2 breeds: $15 a piece. Michael weeks old to grown for sale.

20 reg. Polled Hereford bulls, 12-24 m/o, top bloodlines, gentle, some AI sired. James Jeanes Macon 478-972-0912
25 bred heifers, 4-7 months, bred to Yon & ZWT Ranch low birth weight Angus bulls: $1400. Jay Kitchens Danville 478-298-1054
2y/o Jersey bull. Gentle, farm

disposition. Earl Williams Hawkinsville 478-230-9983.
Black Angus, Aristocrat of Wye, heifers 19m/o: $1500/ea.; bulls, 17m/o: $2500/ea. Arthur Ferdinand Palmetto wstrvlr@bellsouth.net, (Leave message) 404-867-8773
Calving ease, milking ability, gentleness, reg'd Polled shorthorn bulls/show heifers/steers,

tested; cow/calf pairs, heifers, heavy milk, AI embryo bred, satisfaction guaranteed. Milton Martin Jr. Clarkesville 770519-0008
Reg. Charolais: superior genetics and disposition, bulls semen-tested; cows, heifers and calves. Quantity discounts. Bobby Burch Eastman 478-718-2128

raised: $675. Don Hudgings excellent quality, Club Calf

Marietta 404-886-6849

member. Kenneth R. Bridges

3 Mini Zebu male cows: $600 Commerce 706-768-3480

each. Ages less than a year to Commercial black Angus

4 yrs old. Text Monday-Friday. breeding age bulls and re-

Call/text weekends. Ask for placement females, gentle dis-

Thomas. Griffin 678-621-4124 position, low birth weight ge-

(26) Barbados Blackbelly ewes: $350/ea. Your choice. (1) reg'd Barbados Blackbelly ram, 4y/o: $450. Suzy Wright Ellijay 706-889-0999

Phippen Newnan 770-755- Hubert Arnold Jeffersonville

8702

478-233-1650 or 478-945-

New Zealand rabbits, born 3910

11-17-2020: $25 each. Steven Heritage breed turkey 7-day

Cohen Buford 404-405-0049 old: $15. Jakes and Jennies up

New Zealand white bunnies for sale: $10 each. Steve Grinstead Soperton 478-246-3943

to: $65. Parents forage fed. Don Meyer Stockbridge e@peacockhill.farm 770-860-8989

San Juan rabbits for sale. Grown males ready now, babies ready to go in 4 weeks. Also meat rabbits: $15/ea.Pat Bentley Rutledge 404-983-

Homing pigeons, young birds, Janssen, Trenton stock. Old English Bantams: All birds $8 or $10 each. Kim Hogan Cleveland 706-809-1215

8306

Pigeons. White rollers, turner

POULTRY/FOWL

rollers, colored rollers and white homers: $20 a pair. Wy-

att Johnson Midville 478-494-

Any person engaged in buying 3240

3 young black Angus bulls, (1) 3y/o black Angus bull, 4 black Angus heifers. Also, 6ft bucket for Kubota: $750. J. Brown Ty Ty 229-272-2653
300 head 500-600lbs. steers & heifers, all black crossed for sale. Farm-raised, vaccination, health certificate. Angie Wooten Hazlehurst 912-2539326 www.owacc.com
300 head 500-600lbs. steers & heifers, all black crossed for sale. Farm-raised, vaccination, health certificate. Angie Wooten Hazlehurst 912-2539326 www.owacc.com
33 head, Limo cross cows

netics. John Bryant Eatonton 706-473-0399
Good selection of reg'd black Angus bulls, semen tested and ready for service. Fred G. Blitch Statesboro 912-8655454
Hereford yearling bulls, reg'd, top bloodlines, ready to breed: $1750/ea. Hardy Edwards Winterville 706-714-9012.
Jersey cow, first lactation, just calved, milking. Frank Wright Talking Rock 706-8890998
Purebred black Angus bulls & heavily bred heifers: $1250 and up. Eugene Ridley Lafayette 706-764-6110

Registered Rocky Balboa Jestress 11m/o, Simmental bull. Great show prospect or breeding bull. Halter broke. Cohen McClure Homer 706983-0219
Santa Gertrudis breeding aged bulls/heifers. Santa Gertrudis heifers bred to polled Hereford for spring calves. John Loughridge Chatsworth jaloughridge@aol.com 706270-4518

Lambing season starts soon. Interested purchasing lambs, please email for more information. We also rent out lambs for Easter picture. Joan Blose Cartersville jmcpherson@berry.edu
Reg'd. or not Katahdin rams and ewes, various ages, Midwest bloodlines. Duke Burgess Louisville 305-923-0262 (cell)
Registered white Dorper ram. Coming 4 year old, excellent genetics and proven breeder to over 100 ewes: $400. David Green Bonaire 478-972-1198
EQUINE

live poultry of any kind for resale, or in selling live poultry of any kind bought for resale, must be licensed by the GDA. Possessing such a license does not by itself disqualify an individual from advertising poultry in the Market Bulletin. Mallard ducks must be at least three generations from the wild before they can be advertised in the Market Bulletin. Advertisers must include this information in notices submitted for publication. Out-of-state poultry must have a negative Avian Influenza test and negative pullorum test within 21 days of entering Georgia. For more information, call the GDA Animal

Poultry reduction of roosters, Tom turkeys, guineas and peacocks. Free range & healthy. Sara Robbins Blairsville 706745-2328
Pullets, Americanas, Blue & Black Marans, Brahmas, Golden Comets, Rhode Island Whites, Black Australorps: $15/ea. Gary Ridley Lafayette 706-638-1911
Pullets: Rhode Island Red, Golden Comets and Black Sex link; quality birds. Brian Sturdy Dahlonega 706-865-9201
Six Racey Mug game roosters. Larry Young Tennille 478232-6321 Leave message.

and 17 calves: $38,500. Also, Red Angus bulls for sale. M.

350 rolls of hay available for Marlowe Pine Mountain 706-

winter: $40/roll. Curtis Durden 315-8260

Lyons 912-245-1081

Reg'd 2y/o black Angus bulls,

Advertisers in the Equine cate- Protection gory must submit a current 404.656.4914.

Division,

negative Coggins test for each (21) Hens, mixed flock,

equine advertised. This in- 20m/o, most have gone

ANIMAL EQUIPMENT AND
SUPPLIES

4 Angus heifers, 2.5 years old bred heifers. Bulls BSE tested,

cludes horses, ponies and don- through molt: $100/all. Philip

ready for spring breeding. LBW. Bulls: $1800; heifers: Must see to appreciate quality $1500. L. Tanner Monroe 770-

keys. Buyers are urged to re- Busman Milton (Text prequest verification of a negative ferred) 770-714-2523

CATTLE SUPPLIES

of stock. Kathleen Schroeder Jonesboro 404-569-3437
40+ black bulls SimAngus, Angus crossed, good quality. 1-2y/o. Can deliver. Farm raised, vaccinated, health certificate. Olin Wooten Hazlehurst 912-375-6016
40+ black bulls, SimAngus, Angus crossed, good quality. 1-2y/o. Can deliver. Farm raised, vaccinated, health certificate. Olin Wooten Hazlehurst 912-375-6016
46 cows, 33 calves, 2 Brangus bulls: $43,555. Sammy Noles Franklin 706-675-3965
7 Reg'd red Angus bulls, 1516m/o, Old Andras New Direction bloodline. Great EPD, vaccination complete, good prices. Jorge Haber Midland

267-7179 678-823-5742
Reg'd Angus bulls, semen tested w/excellent EPDs. Low birth weight, explosive growth. Available late January. Gillis Angus Farm Eastman 48-2318236
Reg'd Angus bulls. From 15m/o to 2y/o: $1800.00 & up. LBW, excellent blood lines. Don Hudgings Marietta 404886-6849
Reg'd black Angus bulls, AI sired, 1-2y/o, BSE and DNA tested. Also, reg'd bred heifers, cows and pairs. Ken McMichael Monticello 706819-9295
Reg'd black Simmental & SimAngus bulls for sale. Circle A Ranch Sandersville Dr. Fred E. Cullens, DVM Owner 478232-7264 Scott Bussell, Farm Manager 478-232-2491

Simmental Black Baldy bull 18 m/o, 1300 lbs. Gentle, good EPDs: $1800. Younger bulls, 600-800lbs. All vaccinated & dewormed. Dwayne Turner Cleveland 706-878-6250
GOATS
All goats offered for sale must be individually identified in compliance with the USDA Scrapie Program. For more information, please call the GDA Animal Protection Division at 404.656.4914.
1y/o male Nubian Niferian. Not for meat, will make a great herder: $100. Please leave message. Cynthia Fite Thomason 706-840-3187
Boer goats - several does, pregnant nannies. closed herd,

Coggins from the advertiser before purchasing any equine. Generalized ads such as those selling "many horses," "variety to choose from" or "free" animals will not be published. For more information, please call the GDA Equine Health Division at 404.656.3667.
TWH, beautiful 5 y/o buckskin mare, 16 hds, professionally trained and started on trails, good w/farrier, vet and loads. Tony Green Fairmount 770605-0888
STOCK DOGS
Advertisers must submit a copy of a current Rabies Vaccination Certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian for dogs 12 weeks and older. Ads submitted without this information will not be

15 varieties peacocks, gamefowl: Blue, Orange, Red Quill; Miner Blue; Warhorse; Black Roundhead; several varieties Marks Mugs. Ray Watts Macon 478-361-3468
6 roosters for sale. Mix breed, 1-2 years old for $10 and $12. Hank White Atlanta 404-7550505
8 Americana hens, 8m/o, beautiful chickens, good layers. Tommy Walker Rockmart 770-684-6150 or 678-6849770
Assorted breeds baby to adult; chicks sexed and unsexed; ducks, guineas, Ayam Cemani also. Sherry AmersonWhite Augusta blackberrycreekminifarm@gmail.com 706-833-5535
Birmingham Roller kit boxes

4X5 Bermuda hay rolls, netwrapped edge-cover. This year's hay, no weeds: $45/roll. I will load your trailer. Russell Blankenship Concord 770584-7007 Misc dairy equipment. Delevale vacuum pump, collection jar, vacuum tanks, piping, etc. Sam Steele Ellaville 478-2448426
Priefert SO4 cattle chute, auto/manual head gate, palpitation cage. C&B 180-degree sweep, 20ft alleyway & sorting system. Purchased new 2018, used twice: $6700. Jon Tallapoosa 770-301-6160

706-323-2405
900 lbs bred heifers, all black Angus for sale. Quality raised, health certificate, vaccination: $1400 volume discount. Lanny Demott Moultrie 229-8734518
900 lbs bred heifers, all black Angus, for sale. Quality raised, health certificate, vaccination:

Reg'd British White bull, 6/6/20 dob. Also reg'd Dexter bulls & unreg'd steers. Sammy Hall Milledgeville 478-4562838
Reg'd polled Hereford bulls; rugged, pasture raised, gentle exc bloodlines and EPDs, small calves, exc growth, western genetics, Ga bred.

very healthy. Vaccinated, de wormed. H. Llopiros Mansfield 770-722-2667

Registered, micro-chipped

Kiko Boar, born 1/21/19: $700.

Might consider trade for regis-

tered

Kiko.

Excellent

FAMACHA, never wormed.

Kathy Hood Kite 478-455-

0968

published.
6 Great Pyrenees puppies, 10 weeks old, 5-in-1 Parvo shots and dewormed: $300. Don Williams Ringgold 423-6935492
Anatolian Shepherd puppies for sale: DOB 11-27-20. Up to date on shots and worming. Parents on site. Only females

& breeder lofts for sale. Cheryl Tucker Vienna 478-258-2888
Black Cochin Bantams, five months old. Nice selection. Ray Larsen Rome 706-3469510
Bresse, Jersey Giants, Australorp chickens. Breeding pairs available. Peacock Hill Farm Stockbridge 770-860-

SWINE SUPPLIES
(4) stainless steel hog feeders, 300lbs capacity: $150/ea. Heath Simmons Twin City 478-299-6697
TACK AND SUPPLIES
Amish made doctor's car-

$1400, volume discount. Lanny Bobby Brantley Tennille 478- Savanna goats, full-blood and left: $750. Diana Hegger Roys- 8989

riage, good shape, garage

Demott Moultrie 229-8734518
A young registered red Angus bull for sale: $2450. No calls after 9pm. Jesse Baker Rock

553-8598
Reg'd red Angus & black Angus, excellent quality. Come pick your next bull. Proven performance, top bloodlines.

percentage for sale. Pictures available upon request. Web: friendshipfarmssavannas.com David Horton Rincon 912-6638085

ton 404-431-7514
Great Pyrenees puppies born December 6, 2020: $100. Bob Emmett Byron 478-960-9181

Button quail. Have about 40 or more, free to good home. Need heat lamps for winter. All are young adults. D. Milligan Martin 706-716-5696

kept, tack included: $2500. Leave message. John Johnson The Rock 770-584-3501
For sale: 5 Horse Lazy Man Walker Electric come see it

Spring 706-764-1289

Joe Gibson Rome 706-5063026

SHEEP

Angus and SimAngus bulls for sale, calving ease and growth: $1800 and up. Call for more info. Landon Boyett Glennville 912-213-4062

Reg'd Santa Gertrudis bulls, 2y/o. Ready to breed, good dispositions. Eddy Mullinax El-
lijay 706-273-4282

(3) Haired sheep; 1 ram, 1 ewe, & 1 ewe lamb, 8m/o. Very healthy & gentle: $600 total. J. Coleman Gay 404-317-

Great Pyrenees, 5 y/o, female: $300, firm. Excellent guardian of 90 sheep, wonderful disposition, healthy. Frank Wright Ellijay 706889-0998.

Flock reduction - games, War Horse, Pumpkin Hulsey, Round Head & Leiper. Also

and make offer. Hickory Flat/Canton area. L. R. Warren Canton 770-823-2146

Racing Homer pigeons M. Old metal training sulky for

Campbell Danielsville (Leave sale: $75. Misc tack also avail-

message) 706-247-6862

able. E. Kennedy Cochran

Angus and SimAngus registered bulls. Calving ease, good quality. Good growth bulls, ready to work, good EPDs, gentile: $1800. Barrett Farms Mount Airy 706-499-8008
Angus bulls, 15-16m/o. Tim Dean Chickamauga 706-6393077

Reg'd. Red Angus 1&2 year old bulls. Low birth weight, good weaning, vaccination, ready for work, western genetics, southern born. Flying W Farm Cochran 478-934-6998
Reg. Angus bull for sale, 8 m/o. Joe Winkler Chatsworth 706-695-2518
Wagyu registered bulls, full

1263
For sale 20 sheep with 8 lambs: $2000 for all. Chad Widner Bainbridge 229-2544102
Katahdin & Katahdin Dorper cross rams for sale, 1y/o and older: $350 and up. Call Johnny Commerce 706-255-5984
Pure Katahdan ram, large,

Kangal working livestock guardian pups: $1200 and up. Guarding goats and Heritage turkeys. Peacock Hill Farm Stockbridge 770-860-8989 Email: e@peacockhill.farm
RABBITS
American breed in blue or

Game chickens, White Hackles, Hatches and others. R. Shepard Fortson 706-3046640
Game fowl for sale. Call Tim Gillsville 470-725-5635
Game fowl, 2y/o. Jimmy Young Metter 912-682-2917
Game roosters and hens: $15

478-230-5721
Used, custom-made Ken Raye ranch cutter saddle, very good condition: $1200. Over $4000 new w/2yr delivery. Marvin Goldman Lincolnton 706-359-3101
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out of small easy calving bull: lings also, a few 50-50 steers. 200+lbs, babies on ground: good personality heritage to lay. Danny Sipsy 1103 Old Hound houses: $60/ea. James

$1500. M.S. Chandler Eaton- Duke Burgess Louisville 305- $300. Larry Priest Monroe breed. Joss Williamson Ba- Hog Mountain Rd, Auburn, Vaughn Cornelia 706-778-

ton 478-251-1277

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USDA to measure financial well-being of Southern farmers and ranchers

ATHENS In late December, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service began gathering information about farm economics and production practices from farmers and ranchers across the South, as the agency conducts the third and final phase of the 2020 Agricultural Resource Management Survey.
"ARMS is the only survey that measures the current financial well-being of Southern producers and their households as a whole," said Anthony Prillaman, director of the NASS Southern Regional Field Office. "The results of this survey will help inform decisions on local and federal policies and programs that affect Southern farms and farm families."
To obtain the most accurate data, NASS will reach out to more than 30,000 producers nationwide, including nearly 4,000 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina combined, between January and March. The survey asks producers to provide in-depth information about their operating revenues, production costs, and household characteristics.
This year the survey includes questions to help measure any impacts of COVID-19 on farms, farm and household finances, and off-farm employment.

To protect the health of producers, partners, and employees, NASS is unable to work with producers in person to complete this survey but will provide support over the phone.
"In late January, our interviewers will begin reaching out to those farmers who have not yet responded," said Prillaman. "We appreciate each producer's time to participate. USDA-NASS is here to help farmers and ranchers with the questionnaire so that their information will continue supporting sound agricultural decision-making." In addition to producing accurate information, NASS has strong safeguards in place to protect the confidentiality of all farmers who respond to its surveys. The agency will only publish data in an aggregate form, ensuring the confidentiality of all responses and that no individual respondent or operation can be identified. The expense data gathered in ARMS will be published in the annual Farm Production Expenditures report on July 30, 2021. That report and others are available at nass.usda.gov/Publications. More reports based on ARMS data and more information about ARMS are available at ers.usda.gov/arms.

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track for chill hours, the next hurdle is an early warmup in February or a late frost.
"Typically, in a La Nia year, we don't have any unusual late frost, but if the plants bloom early because of the warm conditions, it's as if you've had a late frost," Knox said.
Jeff Cook, UGA Extension Agent for Peach and Taylor counties specializing in peaches, also said the colder weather was unexpected for many growers. He said peach trees are about 100 hours short of chill hours, which should not be a problem to get.
Cook added there is no more concern among peach farmers for a late frost than any other year.
"I jokingly tell everybody that I usually don't call growers until late February to mid-March because they are on edge because they are waiting," Cook said. "The last full moon in March is when that last cold snap usually comes. They are waiting for that to come through and see how cold it gets."
Rene Holland at the UGA Blueberry Research and Demonstration Farm in Alma said most Georgia blueberry varieties have already gotten plenty of chill hours to be ready for the spring.
"We need some more for our later Rabbiteye blueberry varieties, like Powderblue, but otherwise, we are in good shape for most of our varieties," Holland said.
Blueberries had a good start last spring, but quality was affected by rain late in the season. A few instances of significant temperature swings from warm to unseasonably cool and back to

warm affected fruit skin development. If January stays cold, Holland said researchers will look for
gall midge emergence, a pest that damages flower buds and could impact blueberry fruit yields.
"We will be watching the weather to determine appropriate timing for fertilizer applications, as well," she said. "If it warms up in January, then we will be concerned about plants breaking dormancy and possible frost events and the impact to yield."
The weather models currently show the possibility of drought in some parts of Georgia in the spring, which could affect planting, Knox said.
She said the concern is that if there is not enough moisture, seeds may not germinate. That would require a second planting. Knox added that forage crops are also a concern with a spring drought.
"Drought typically causes big problems in the spring for livestock producers growing forage because they are usually running out of hay by the end of winter, and they are expecting the pastures to green out so the cows can go out and eat the new grass," she said. "If we have a drought in spring, they're stuck. What are they going to feed their cattle?
Knox maintains the Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast blog page for extension agents and ag producers across Georgia and the Southeastern United States. For more information, go to https://site.extension.uga.edu/climate/.

Georgie's Drive Thru The Suwannee Canal
Hello! I'm Georgie, the Georgia Grown mascot. I travel the state of Georgia promoting our No. 1 industry, agriculture! Have you ever had a great idea that didn't turn out to be that great? The other day I was in the Okefenokee Swamp and heard of an idea that made all my bad ideas seem not so bad. Back in 1889, the Georgia General Assembly allowed the governor, John B. Gordon, to sell 238,120 acres of the Okefenokee at auction. A group of folks interested in purchasing it formed the Suwannee Canal Company in 1890 and placed the highest bid at over $6 million...for swampland. As if the bad idea couldn't get worse, they decided to drain the swamp. They got started digging the Suwannee Canal the next year between Folkston and Saint George. After three years of collapses and over eleven miles of canal, they finally realized draining the swamp was a bad idea. Thankfully, they ran out of money before they were successful. Today, Suwannee Canal Recreational Area is a popular place for fishermen and boaters throughout the area. I just wonder when they decided to drain the swamp, did the engineers notice the two large rivers leading out of the swamp on the map?
The American Alligator, once an endangered species, is the most famous resident of the 438,000-acre Okefenokee Swamp, located on the Georgia-Florida line. (Lee Lancaster/GDA)

Cook Georgia Grown: Country ham and greens pot pie with cornmeal dumplings

Ingredients
POT PIE: 2 Tbsps sunflower oil 6 oz diced country ham 1 cup diced onions 1# Bag Turnip Greens 3 cups water 2 Tbsps cornmeal
DUMPLINGS: cup + 2 Tbsps yellow cornmeal cup all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder tsp salt cup milk cup buttermilk 2 Tbsps butter

Directions

Cook 30-40 minutes.

POT PIE: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Heat a large skillet to medium high. Add sunflower oil to skillet then

Stir 2 Tbsps cornmeal into turnip green mixture mixing well.
Pour mixture into 8x8 baking dish. Set aside.

diced country ham. Cook country DUMPLINGS:

ham until lightly browned, about

Place cornmeal in medium bowl.

6-8 minutes.

Whisk flour and baking powder

Add onions to skillet, cooking until together in a separate bowl.

translucent, 3-4 minutes.

Heat milk, butter and salt in small

Add turnip greens to skillet, stirring saucepan until just hot. Pour

to wilt. If desired, pick some of the hot milk over cornmeal, letting

larger stems out. Add 3 cups water cornmeal hydrate for 12 minutes.

to turnip greens.

Pour buttermilk over cornmeal

Bring to a boil then lower to simmer. mixture and mix well.

Combine flour and cornmeal mixture, stirring until smooth.
ASSEMBLE:
Using small ice cream scoop, drop cornmeal dumplings over greens in baking dish, leaving room in between.
Bake at 450 degrees F 15-20 minutes until golden and firm to touch.
Remove from oven and let sit 5

minutes before serving. Serves 4-6.

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SBA disaster loans available to Georgia
private non-profit organizations affected
by Tropical Storm Zeta
ATLANTA The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that certain Private Non-Profit organizations (PNPs) in Georgia that do not provide critical services of a governmental nature may be eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans. These loans are available following a Presidential disaster declaration for public assistance resulting from damages caused by Tropical Storm Zeta on Oct. 29, 2020.
PNPs located in Banks, Carroll, Cherokee, Dawson, Douglas, Fannin, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Heard, Lumpkin, Paulding, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White counties in Georgia are eligible to apply. Examples of eligible non-critical PNP organizations include, but are not limited to, food kitchens, homeless shelters, museums, libraries, community centers, schools and colleges.
PNP organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other business assets. The interest rate is 2.75 percent with terms up to 30 years. Applicants may be eligible for a loan amount increase up to 20 percent of their physical damages, as verified by the SBA, for mitigation purposes. Eligible mitigation improvements may include a safe room or storm shelter, sump pump, French drain or retaining wall to help protect property and occupants from future damage caused by a similar disaster.
The SBA also offers economic injury disaster loans to help meet working capital needs, such as ongoing operating expenses to PNP organizations. Emergency assistance is available regardless of whether the organization suffered any physical property damage.
PNP organizations are urged to contact their county's emergency manager for information about their organization. The information will be submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to determine eligibility for a public assistance grant or whether the PNP should be referred to SBA for disaster loan assistance.
Applicants may apply for declaration #16846 online using the electronic loan application via SBA's secure website at DisasterLoanAssistance.sba.gov. Disaster loan information and application forms may also be obtained by calling the SBA's Customer Service Center at 800.659.2955 (800.877.8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or sending an email to DisasterCustomerService@sba.gov.
Loan applications can also be downloaded from sba.gov/disaster. Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
The filing deadline to submit applications for physical property damage is March 15, 2021. The deadline to submit economic injury applications is Oct. 12, 2021.
About the U.S. Small Business Administration The U.S. Small Business Administration makes the American dream
of business ownership a reality. As the only go-to resource and voice for small businesses backed by the strength of the federal government, the SBA empowers entrepreneurs and small business owners with the resources and support they need to start, grow or expand their businesses, or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network of SBA field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations. To learn more, visit www.sba.gov.

Mercer Medical Moment: Kidney stones and prevention

By Sarah Hampton
Mercer University School of Medicine
Third-year MD Student
Kidney stones, also known as nephrolithiasis, affect nearly one out of every 11 people in the United States, with the highest numbers of cases found in the Southeast. The prevalence of kidney stones continues to increase, likely attributable to modifiable risk factors such as diet and lifestyle, making it important to understand what role we can play in prevention. Kidney stones come in different sizes and types depending on the individual. Formation is based on urine that is highly concentrated, contains high amounts of specific ions, and is at a favorable urinary pH for crystallization. The most common type of stone consists of calcium that is bound either to oxalate or phosphate. Other common stones are struvite and uric acid stones. Stones can be large and singular, multiple and small, or somewhere in between. Symptoms vary but typically develop based on size of stone, location of stone, and degree of obstruction caused by the stone. Most symptoms arise when the stone begins to travel from the kidney to bladder. The passageway from kidney to bladder, the ureter, is a hollow tube that contracts to direct the flow of urine to the bladder for excretion. It can be stretched and, if the stone is large enough, can be blocked. This can lead to a back-up of urine into the kidney causing dilation and eventual kidney damage. Most stones are consistent in their nature of immediate onset of symptoms and resulting inability to maintain a comfortable position during passage. While a stone is in the kidney, the patient may experience symptoms such as a deep, dull backache or flank discomfort. Once the stone begins to move through the ureter, however, symptoms can become more severe and consist of sharp low back pain

that radiates to the groin. Kidney stones may also cause blood in urine, nausea, and vomiting.
Many studies have found that certain lifestyle and dietary changes can be made in prevention of initial and recurrent stone formation. Among these modifiable risk factors, research has shown that adequate hydration plays a large role in stone crystallization. When our body is dehydrated, our urine becomes more concentrated and the chance for molecules to bind together and form a calculus, or stone, increases. Hydration is important for everyone but should especially be considered on hot summer days and in careers that require physical labor outdoors.
It is advisable that individuals at risk for stone formation based on history should try to excrete a minimum of two liters of urine per day. This generally requires a fluid intake of three or more liters per day, depending on climate and activity. Most beverages are considered useful in terms of hydration for stone prevention, except for tomato, grapefruit and cranberry juice. These juices, when consumed in large amounts, can contribute to stone formation. However other fruit juices such as melon, lemon, and lime juice work additionally to decrease stone formation due to their high concentrations of citric acid.
Research has also shown diets high in vitamin B6, low in salt, and moderate in dietary protein (~1 gram protein/ kilogram body weight) are favorable in decreased kidney stone formation. Once a history of previous kidney stone(s) has been developed, the above preventative measures sometimes combined with stone-type specific medications can be helpful against future occurrences. Without medical intervention and lifestyle changes, recurrence of stones can be up to 50 percent.
Most stones pass on their own without the need for intervention. However, kidney stones can be a medical emergency and a doctor should be visited if pain persists, urine becomes bloody or cloudy, or if fever or chills develop. Initial evaluation can be done by a primary care physician or local emergency department. If further treatment is needed to remove the stone or evaluate kidneys, a referral to a urologist or nephrologist may be prompted.

Good To Grow: Getting to the bottom of blossom-end rot
By Maria M. Lameiras UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

ATHENS Home gardeners and commercial farmers alike can attest to the disappointment of seeing a beautiful tomato ripening on a vine, only to discover that the fruit has dark, sunken pits at the blossom end of the fruit. Called blossom-end rot, this physiological disorder is prevalent in fruit and vegetable crops, including tomatoes, and can cause severe economic losses.
Through a $475,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, University of Georgia researchers are looking for the genetic and developmental factors of blossom-end rot with goals of investigating causal mechanisms and developing prevention and mitigation strategies for the disorder.
Led by Savithri Nambeesan, an assistant research scientist specializing in ripening and postharvest physiology in the UGA Department of Horticulture at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the study will compare the genetic traits of tomato lines that are susceptible and resistant to blossom-end rot through genetic mapping to try to identify the regions in the genome that cause the disease. It will also examine developmental and molecular contributors to the disorder.
"If we can find the factors that lead to BER, we can use that information to tailor management practices to minimize the disorder," said Nambeesan, who is working on the project with horticulture professor and plant geneticist Esther van der Knaap, who has done extensive work on tracing tomato genomes.
The U.S. tomato crop was valued at more than $1.6 billion in 2019. In severe cases, blossom-end rot can cause crop losses of up to 50 percent of the total yield in affected fields, resulting in a significant economic loss.
Nambeesan said the disorder, which manifests in the first few weeks of growth after tomato flowers are pollinated, is influenced by genetic, developmental and environmental factors, so the study will combine molecular and developmental approaches to understand potential causes.
"Currently, the underlying cause of BER is thought to be due to calcium deficiency, but current field management strategies to correct that via irrigation and calcium fertigation have met with limited success. Generating more basic

Blossom-end rot which manifests in the first few weeks of
growth after tomato flowers are pollinated causes black, rotted
areas on the blossom end of the fruit, opposite the stem.
information on this disorder will help with breeding cultivars that are BER-resistant or provide more tailored management strategies to minimize this disorder," she said. "We will determine if BER can occur in fruits that grow relatively fast during their development and therefore have higher demand for calcium. Fruit receive their calcium through vascular tissues such as xylem, and therefore investigating how the xylem develops during fruit development may be critical in understanding calcium translocation into the fruit."
The multimodal approach to finding the underlying cause of BER in tomatoes will be useful in translating the information to other crops including vegetables and fruits such as pepper, watermelon, squash and eggplant. Because there are greater genetic and genomic resources available in tomatoes, it is the best model system for research that can translate into knowledge applicable to other crops.
"If we can tackle the problem using two approaches in molecular physiology how fruit growth rates and xylem development tie into subcellular calcium localization we can find the causative factors for it and we can address it more effectively, she said. We also are taking a two-pronged genetic approach, identifying certain loci that are involved in blossom end rot and finding genes in the genome to develop lines that are resistant."
-To read more about BER, see UGA Cooperative Extension Circular 938, Blossom-End Rot and Calcium Nutrition of Pepper and Tomato. For more information on research being conducted at CAES, visit caes.uga.edu/research.

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Bulletin Calendar

Editor's Note: While we make every effort to confirm the accuracy of events listed here, we recommend checking official sources for cancellations or postponements of events before going.
Jan. 27 Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center 15 RDC Road Tifton, Ga. 31794 478.988.4235 www.georgiacottoncommission.org
Jan. 29 2019 Georgia Ag Forecast UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Dept. of Agricultural Applied Economics VIRTUAL MEETING 706.542.5046 www.agforecast.caes.uga.edu
Jan. 29-30 CANCELLED Georgia Young Farmers State Convention Great Wolf Lodge 150 Tom Hall Parkway LaGrange, Ga. 30240 229.386.3429 www.georgiaffa.org/youngfarmers

Jan. 29-31 Annual Georgia Fisharama/Turkeyrama Georgia Wildlife Federation Georgia National Fairgrounds 401 Larry Walker Parkway Perry, Ga. 31069 770.787.7887 www.gwf.org
Feb. 1-2 Georgia Wine Producers Annual Conference Chateau Elan 100 Rue Charlemagne Dr. Braselton, Ga. 30517 706.669.8184 info@georgiawineproducers.org
Feb. 2 Small Pecan Producers Workshop UGA Small Business Development Center ONLINE TRAINING Register: http://bit.ly/3nE6YcN 706.359.3233 rlstew2@uga.edu
Basics of Managing Equine Health: Hoof Care ONLINE WORKSHOP Register: http://bit.ly/3smjdOP 706.359.3233 rlstew2@uga.edu

Jan. 29-31 Georgia Watermelon Association Annual Conference King & Prince Resort 201 Arnold Rd. St. Simons Island, Ga. 31522 706.845.8575 www.georgiawatermelonassociation.org

Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25 Small Farm Business Planning UGA Extension and SBDC ONLINE TRAINING Email for registration form Uge1117@uga.edu 770-887-2418

Feb. 9 Basics of Managing Equine Health: Welfare and Behavior ONLINE WORKSHOP Register: http://bit.ly/2XCe8Ur 706.359.3233 rlstew2@uga.edu

Georgia Pesticide Licensing Exam Preparatory Program Category 24 Ornamental and Turf UGA Extension Gwinnett County VIRTUAL MEETING 677.377.4010 tdaly@uga.edu

Feb. 10 GYFA Legislative Day Georgia Young Farmers Association Georgia State Capital 206 Washington Street, SW Atlanta, Ga. 30334 229.386.3429 ashley.gyfa@gaaged.org
Feb. 13-14 Winterfest Arts Tour Sautee Nacoochee Center 283 Ga. Highway 255 North Sautee Nacoochee, Ga. 30571 706.878.3300 www.snca.org
Feb. 16 Basics of Managing Equine Health: Dentistry ONLINE WORKSHOP Register: http://bit.ly/38CwYRE 706.359.3233 rlstew2@uga.edu
Feb. 17 Georgia Junior National Livestock Show Georgia National Fairgrounds 401 Larry Walker Parkway Perry, Ga. 31069 706.542.8892 hkalino@uga.edu

Feb. 18-20 Georgia National Rodeo Georgia National Fairgrounds 401 Larry Walker Parkway Perry, Ga. 31069 1.800.987.3247 www.georgianationalrodeo.com
Feb. 25 Green Industry Update: Pesticide Credits Offered UGA Extension Gwinnett County VIRTUAL PROGRAM 677.377.4010 tdaly@uga.edu
March 4, 11, 18, 25 Vegetable and Small Fruit Production UGA Extension ONLINE TRAINING Email for registration form Uge1117@uga.edu 770-887-2418
March 13-14 Newton County Saddle Club Open Horse Show 1996 Centennial Olympic Parkway Conyers, Ga. 30013 678.873.3019 www.newtoncountysaddleclub.com
March 19-28 International Cherry Blossom Festival Carolyn Crayton Park 115 Willie Smokie Glover Dr. Macon, Ga. 31201 478.330.7050 www.cherryblossom.com

March 25-28 58th annual UGA Spring Dairy Show and 4-H Dairy Judging Contest UGA Livestock Teaching Arena 2600 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, Ga. 30605 706.542.9108 jfain@uga.edu
March 27-28 Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival Georgia International Horse Park 1996 Centennial Olympic Parkway Conyers, Ga. 30013 770.860.4190 www.conyerscherryblossomfest.com
April 1, 8, 15 Vegetable and Small Fruit Production UGA Extension ONLINE TRAINING Email for registration form Uge1117@uga.edu 770-887-2418
Have an event to put on our calendar? Contact Jay Jones at 404.656.3722 or jay.jones@agr. georgia.gov
We accept calendar submissions for food, craft and agriculture festivals and events. Submissions for festivals that do not specifically promote those industries will not be printed.
Additional pesticide recertification training notices are available on the department website under the Plant Industry Division tab.

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AQUACULTURE AND

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2020 Bermuda and Fescue

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5 Frame nucleus hives and 3lb packages. Pre-order for March/April pickup. Also Sour-

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2020 fescue bermuda, mixed grass, cut Oct. 1. No weeds, no rain, heavy fertilizer: $5.50

crabgrass mix, fertilized and weed free: $4.50/bale at barn. K. Wood Hoschton 770-867-

egg pallet mover, Hired Hand heaters. Sam Moon Homer 706-340-7237
Haylage, baleage, plastic tube rolled, fescue mix 4.5x4 rolls: $35, 10 roll minimum. Vickie Barrett Mount Airy 706499-8009
Heavy Breeder hen equipment, all in working order. Call for availability. Slats, nests, chain feeders, nipple drinkers, feed bins, etc. Jackie Crumley Alto 770-355-2490
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out this license will not be published. Entities producing and selling or reselling domestic fish in Georgia are required to obtain a free Aquaculture Registration Permit. For more information on aquaculture rules and licensing in Georgia, including a listing of domestic fish and other fish species requiring a Wild Animal License, visit https://georgiawildlife.com/aquaculture or call 770.761.3044.
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2020 bermuda mix hay, 4x5 netwrap: $50 per roll; Cast iron water troughs: $100 each. Robert Wright Woodbury 706601-9124
2020 Bermuda square bales, high quality, horse quality, barn kept. 50 pound bales: $6 each. James Lyles Ringgold 423-227-7929
2020 Bermuda/Bahia & Bermuda/Max-Q, 4x5 round, net wrap, fertilized & limed, weed free, in barn, never wet. Delivery available. Jim Sibley Woodbury 404-434-8081
2020 Coastal and Bahia net wrapped, fertilized, sprayed, 4x5 round bales. Horse quality, Coastal: $45, Bahia: $40, rain

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2020 Fescue, horse quality, square bales, stored under roof/dry, sprayed & fertilized: $6.50/bale. Debbie RoseberryOdom Murrayville 305-3045878
2020 Fescue/orchard, top quality, square bales, weed free, rain free, barn stored: $4.50/bale. Chris Donath Ellijay 706-636-5224

4332
2020 Tift 85, 4x6 bales, good quality hay: $60ea. Rye, 4x6 bales: $35ea. E. Brown Avera 706-831-3442
2020, 4x5 round, netwrapped, fescue hay, fertilized & limed. Baled in May, 2020. Stored outside, no delivery. Can/will load: $40/bale. K. Cook Griffin 678-984-0277
4x5 rolls, horse hay, fescue orchard mix. Sprayed, fertilized, limed, very clean. High quality, barn kept. Cut July 2020: $60. Richard Surles Clayton 770-301-1924
4x5.5, net wrapp, JD rolls, barn kept, fertilized & weed

MISCELLANEOUS Only agriculture-related items
may be advertised in this Category.
BEES, HONEY AND SUPPLIES

(GALLBERRY

HONEY)

VOTED BEST-TASTING &

FLAVOR OF GA WINNER

$52/gallon includes shipping

www.brucesnutnhoney.com.

B. Bruce Homerville 912-

Did you know? 487-5001

10- and 8-frame bee hives: $85; 5-frame beehives/NUCs: $65. Also make inner cover, Super, Top Barbee hives, Rapid inside feeder. Eliseo Delia Mineral Bluff 706-492-

Honey bees, 3lb packages, pre-order now, 5 frame NUCs, complete hives and equipment. Bill Posey Cartersville billsbeefarm@yahoo.com 770595-9332
Pick up swarms, no charge. Will remove from structures for a fee in Jeff Davis County area. James Bailey Hazlehurst 912347-0123
Raw Summer: $45 per gallon, and Spring Honey: $36 per gallon. Local pick up. We also ship www.swamphoney.org. M. Hendrix Ludowici 912-2944790
Remove honey bees from a structure for a fee Remove a swarm for free. Also, wanted bee equipment. Leonard Day Macon 478-719-5588
Honeybee swarms may contain 1,500 to 30,000 bees. This includes workers,
drones and a queen. Overcrowding is the most common reason bees swarm

All sizes: Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Threadfin, Gizzard Shad, Shellcracker and more. Free delivery or pick up. Danny Austin Roberta 478-836-4938
Grass carp, Bluegill, Crappie, Catfish and Threadfin shad. Delivery available at: $2 per mile, one way. Brian Simmons Hawkinsville 478-892-3144
FEED, HAY AND GRAIN
'20 Bermuda 5.5x4 barnstored, net-wrapped. Horse & cattle customers. 56% TDN. Fertilized, limed & sprayed. Tests available. Steve Echols Gibson 706-962-7296
'20 bermuda hay 4x5 net wrapped roll, barn stored, fertilized and lime: $60 per roll. Chuck Hecht Waverly Hall 706-577-6590
2020 4x5 rolls, net-wrapped fescue, crabgrass, cow hay, fertilized: $35 per roll; oat hay: $45 per roll in barn. James

and ground protected. Walt Wells Hawkinsville 229-4254605
2020 Coastal bermuda hay, 4x5 rolls, netwrapped, fertilized, rain-free. $60 in barn; $50 outside. Ivey T. Jeanes Gordon 478-233-0347
2020 Coastal Bermuda round bales, fertilized: $35 to $45; Square bales in barn: $6.50. L. Kinsley Perry 478-714-9900
2020 Coastal bermuda square bales. Horse hay: $6ea. Mulch hay: $1ea. Marshall Wall Hawkinsville 478-636-9502
2020 Coastal mix hay, 4X5 net-wrapped rolls. Dry, in shelter: $40/roll. Carlin Hodges Musella 478-836-9130 404557-8978
2020 cow hay, 4x5 rolls, net wrapped: $35; straw: $30; mulch: $30. Delivery available if purchasing 44 rolls or more. Galen Kreider Register 912687-5719
2020 Fescue Bermuda, 5x5 round bales for sale. Barn-kept dry hay: $45/roll; outside hay: $40/roll. McKennon Strickland.

2020 hay, 4x5.5 rolls, ryegrass & crabgrass mix: $35/ea. Will load. Ryan Baerne Nicholson 706-757-2672
2020 mixed grass hay, 4x5 rolls fertilized, rain free, in barn: $50 per roll. Mike Keesee Monroe 470-899-9668
2020 peanut hay: $45.00/roll, at barn. Delivery available. Call Glenn Brinson Tarrytown 912-288-5960
2020 premium Tifton44 Bermuda, horse quality, fertilized, 4x5 roll: $70; Bermuda rye mix: $60; Bermuda mix: $45. All barn stored. Tim Hunter Conyers 770-3317749, 770-483-8712
2020 Russell Bermuda grass 4x5.5 fertilized, net wrapped, barn sheltered, HQ, 300+ quality bales available: $60; 10+: $55; 20+: $50. Delivery negotiable. Wayne Pruitt Statesboro 912-682-4481
2020 Russell Bermuda hay, large 5x5, net-rolled, fertilized, available for pick up: $50/ea. W. S. Smith Farms Reidsville

free, rain free: 60$/roll. Delivery available for mileage. J. Pennino Sparta 706-340-3146
4x5.5, net-wrapped, JD rolls Bermuda mix. Fertilized, rain & weed free, barn-kept: $60/ea. Delivery available. J. Pennino Sparta 706-340-3146
Alicia Bermuda 4X5 rolls, netwrapped: $50/roll. James Martin Waynesboro 706-558-5005
Bahia grass hay: $25 per roll, sisal twine wrap. Can load, retired farmer. Wayne Rivenbark Metter 912-362-2108
Bermuda crabgrass mix: $3.75; ryegrass fescue mix: $3.75; mulch: $3. Kermit Simmons Jefferson 770-867-7550
Bermuda Fescue hay, premium horse quality, fertilized, weed free, 4x5 rounds, net wrapped, under tarps: $50; outside: $45. Rex Palmer Auburn 770-867-9589
Bermuda mix square bales, barn kept, rain free: $5 per bale, 10 bale minimum. You load, cash only, quantity available. L. Abrams Milner 770-

5119

to establish a new colony. Sells Monroe 678-425-7543 Statham. 706-201-5572

912-246-2500

228-3865

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FEED, HAY

Square bales - horse hay: Sawtooth oaks, Chinese $6.50/ea; mulch hay: $3.50/ea. chestnuts, Japanese maples,

FIREWOOD

Pork halves and wholes: $4/lb hanging weight. Matt Brown

AND GRAIN

Buford 770-945-6433

Allegheny chinkapins, South-

Coastal bermuda hay, fertilized, net-wrapped: $35 per roll. Susan Dockery Albany 229-364-1892

Want someone to harvest and keep Fescue hay from 6-acre field, Oconee County south of Watkinsville. Flat w/easy ac-

ern magnolia, muscadines, blueberries, Amaryllis bulbs, Shumard Oaks. M. Crosby Wrightsville pmc@uga.edu 478-455-2981

Coastal bermuda hay. Weed free, 4X5 round bale, 3rd cut-

cess. Trey Abernathy 770-5274124

HEMP

ting: $45 each. Sam Steele Your cattle will battle for our

Ellaville 478-244-8426

hay. Call today! Forage tested It is unlawful for any person to by UGA, stored on pallets un- cultivate, handle, or process

Extra large 5x6 bales of der tarps. Loring Heard Wash- hemp in this state unless such

Coastal bermuda, barn-kept, UGA analysis protein dry

ington 706-401-7441

person holds a hemp grower license or a hemp processor

matter 12.7 to 16.5. Ronnie Hadden Gibson 706-833-9828
Fescue and clover mix round bales, 4x5, 2020 hay, barnstored, horse and cow quality: $50/bale. Terry Dishroon

MULCH AND FERTILIZERS
(50) Rolls broom straw, mulch bedding 750-850lb rolls. Loading fee: only $8/ea. CW

permit issued by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. [ 2-23-4 (a)(1)]. Ads submitted for this category must be accompanied by a copy of the advertiser's current license and/or permit.

Mansfield 770-317-8455

Matthews Talbotton 706-975- It is unlawful for a Licensed

Fescue bermuda mix hay, 4x5 3922

Hemp Grower to provide or sell

rolls, net wrapped, fertilized and stored in barn. Glen Whitley Bethlehem 770-307-7098

2020 mulch hay: $3.50/bale at barn. Delivery available. Call Gary Brinson Tarrytown 912-

hemp to any person other than: 1) another hemp grower possessing a valid license in Georgia or other state, 2) a processor

Fescue clover mix, square 286-3191

possessing a valid permit or li-

bales hay: $5 per bale. Harvey Free horse manure, mixed cense issued by Georgia or other

Jackson Blairsville 706-745- w/shavings. Ask for Danny. D. state, or 3) a Georgia college or

0984

West Fayetteville 404-771- university authorized to conduct

Fescue orchard mix 4x5 rolls: 4041

$45/roll. Some cow-grade hay: $40/roll. All barn stored, rain

PLANTS, TREES

research on hemp [ 2-23-4 (a) (3)].

free, sprayed, fertilized. Delivery available. Gilstrap Farm

AND FLOWERS

Dahlonega 706-300-6592

Advertisements selling officially

Fescue square bale hay for protected plants must include a

sale: Hay cut Spring 2020, permit to sell such plants. Ads

stored in barn in Jackson. submitted without this permit

678-445-3628

will not be published. For infor-

Good quality, Tifton 9 Bahia- mation on the sale or shipment grass, 4X5 rolls, horse hay: of protected plants, visit $40/ea. or $45/ea. (in barn); www.fws.org/Endangered/per-

cow hay: $35/ea. James Gas- mits/index.html or call the U.S.

ton Americus 229-938-9115 Fish and Wildlife Service,

Hay bales, price ranges. For use for cattle lawn, horses: $40 to $60. Delivery negotiable. Call Jonathan. James Gore Griffin 706-975-3451

404.679.7097. For questions

about

ginseng,

visit

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

gered/permits/index.html or

call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 404.679.7097.

Are you interested in farming Georgia hemp in the 2021 season? For info on growing, licensing, etc., call Richard @ 404-858-3336 (please leave a message if no answer.)

Hemp clones - CBD/CBG. Taking orders now. All top shelf smokable varieties. We also offer grower consulting services. Serving Middle & South GA. Contact Brandy Williamson Williamson 770851-6897
Hemp growers - through experience, you need to

Canton 678-739-7176

Firewood must be cut from the

advertiser's personal property. Pure sugar cane syrup, no

Ads for firewood must use the cord when specifying the amount of firewood for sale.

additives: $7 per pint, $14 per quart. Lynn Reeves Dearing 706-595-1798/706-825-6274

6 large, long trunk white oak trees: Free. You cut and haul. Must have experience. G. Gibson Atlanta 678-595-2790

Real pecans, no chemicals, no pesticides. In shell, 2020 crop: $3 per lb. Shipping available. For baking, snacks and gifts. Text/call. C. Gary Leslie

All oak firewood: $200/cord. 229-938-0308

No delivery. Al Roberts Fayet- Taking orders for 2021 for

teville 404-543-6984

whole, halves or quarters of

Firewood for sale, red oak, ready to burn. Travis Oxford 470-891-1853

beef. Cattle are farm-raised, grass- and grain-fed. Jamie Surrency 912-218-0042.

Seasoned firewood, full-size truck load, mostly oak & hickory: $100/truckload, picked up. Delivery available for extra fee.

We machine shell your pecans, while you wait: $0.30/lb. Jody Glidewell Jack-
son 770-775-6592

B. Russ Jersey/Walnut Grove 706-973-2776

ODDITIES

Seasoned oak, hickory or Gourds for sale. New crop, all

pecan: $75 per quarter cord. sizes. Jimmy McDonald Delivery available. Bob Lewis Sylvester 229-777-0444

Fayetteville 770-461-4083

Martin gourds 2020 crop: $4

THINGS TO EAT

each. Paul Bailey Hoschton 706-654-9245

2020 Desirable pecan halves: $11/lb +postage. Will crack,

Martin gourds for sale. Larry Heard Chula 229-402-0375

shell, & separate your pecans: The Gourd Pile - Jewelry,

$0.50/lb. Russell Eaton Stock- Martin, Bushel & many more

bridge 770-506-2727

varieties. Visit our farm or we

2020 Pecans for sale, shelled & cleaned, ready for freezer: $8.00/lb; halves or pieces: $7.50/lb. Peggy Griffin

can ship to you. 874 Morrison RD Morven, GA 31625. P. Morrison Barney 229-7752123.

Clarkesville 706-768-8417

HANDICRAFTS AND

All natural Stuart pecans, In

SUPPLIES

shell: $2.50/lb., 10lb min. Dis-

count 50+lbs. Cleaned, ready 1960s Singer commercial

to enjoy: $10/lb. Shipping sewing machine, completely

extra. A. Kinder Royston 706- rebuilt, all bells & whistles, zig

386-0895

zag, great cond.: $600. C.

Banana nut bread: $6 per Hatcher Tifton 229-364-4054

loaf, made with fruit: $8 per Beautiful crochet hearts to

loaf. I also make banana nut enclose with Valentine cards.

Hay, dry rolls, stored inside,

fescue mix 4x5 rolls: $25. Bar- Bareroot Swamp Chestnut

rett Farms Mount Airy 706- oak tree seedlings, AKA

499-8008

Swamp White oak. Priced by

Large 2020 mixed round hay height, 1-3ft: $10, 3-6ft: $20,

bales, cow hay, net-wrapped, 6ft+: $30. L. Foster Way-

stored outside: $35 per bale, cross 912-283-9335

10-bale minimum. LaGrange

706-298-1156

Brown Turkey, Celeste figs,

Large quantities of hay for Mullberrys, confederate roses:

sale starting at $30. Call or text. Weston Wadel Millen 478-299-8690

$5; Issai Kiwi: $6; Thornless blackberries, beautyberries, burning buses: $3.50; dewberries: $2.50; weeping cherry. C.

Large quantity square Bermuda hay. Paul Harris Odum

Houghton 2227

Marietta

770-428-

912-294-2470

Large quantity Tift44 horse hay inside, small square: $5.50; 4x5 round: $55; peanut hay: $35; cow hay: $35. Rainfree, delivery avail. D. Gingerich Metter 912-314-9568

Chinquapin trees (Castanea pumila), 1y/o, bare root seedlings: 5 for $45. Charles Adams 4880 Lakeland Dr. Marietta, Ga. 30068 678-3131873

Net wrapped Bahia and bermuda round bales: $45. Delivery available for an extra charge. Brad MacDonald Waverly Hall 770-826-8299/706-

Daylilies: 100's of varieties, double fans, see photos at; katielous_lilies.plantfans.com. Katielou Greene Whitesburg 770-836-1351

582-3530

Free 8ft by 10ft. boxwood,

Oats combine run: $3.75/bu min. 100 bushels; $40/55gal.

You dig it. Phil Jones Monticello 404-309-1840

Boutique CBD & CBG

clones for sale. Primarily for

greenhouse cultivation. Ex-

perienced growers preferred.

Noah Ludy

Emerson

stronghandshemp@gmail.-

com 404-392-4803

Bulk hemp flower for sale (state compliant, wholesale only) CBD 13-17%. 1200lbs readily available. Text or email Barry Smith at 404569-8988 or smithnurseryllc@att.net

grow indoors for success. muffins. L. Hall Cartersville Cross bookmarks (assorted

We offer greenhouse instal- 770-653-3843

colors) to enclose in cards.

lation, growing consultation and more. Call Brian Williamson Williamson 770851-4588

For sale: 2020 fresh pecans shelled halves: $8 per lb +shipping. Jessie Arnett Tifton 229-382-6517

Great for Sunday School/Easter. Edith Roland Commerce 706-335-3920 edithroland24@yahoo.com

SEEDS
Advertisements selling seeds must include a current state lab-

Fresh shelled black walnuts: $10 per pint, $20 per quart, $70 per gallon. Hershell Norris Mount Airy 706-754-4612

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

oratory report (fewer than nine Grassfed, pastured, organimonths old) for purity, noxious cally-raised beef, pork, lamb,

FARM ANTIQUES

weeks and germination for each seed lot advertised. Ads submitted without this information will not be published. For more infor-

goat; pastured, free-range eggs & organic pecans. F. Mendez Arabiga www.marviewFarms.com 786-210-6544

All sizes, Wagner Griswold & USA antique skillets. Malcolm Talley Rome 706-584-1724

mation regarding certified seed,

Apple grader, manual dump.

call the GDA Seed Division, Home-baked brown sugar Manufactured by Fred A. Du-

229.386.3557.

pound cakes: 9in loaf, $35; rand, serial #1561, under shed

2020 Perennial Hot Pink Dianthus, Shasta Daisy, Ageratum Blue Mist, Blackberry Lily, Datura: 50 seeds/$3 (cash) +

10in Bundt, $65. Home-baked pecan pies, low sugar: $30. Postage free. Kendrick Farms Good Hope 706-564-5906

for years, possible display or exhibit piece: $100. Ernestine Holcomb Ellijay 404-661-3813
Rex 82-A (1920-1940) cast

LRG SASE. D. Miltimore, 1766

iron two burner stove: $200.

Pleasant Hill Rd Ne Ranger

Call for pictures. Linda Torpy

GA 30734 706-618-3890

Swainsboro 478-494-6686

Red Castor bean or Loofah seeds: $3 per 20 or $10 per 100. Cash and SASE to J.

Several mule drawn plows, large and small. Charles Jackson Collins 912-693-5703

Drum of oats; $42/55gal. Drum Pecan trees, 2y/o, grafted

of corn. Charles Thompson Pawnee & Lakota, bareroot,

Augusta 706-631-8465

approx 10ft: $12/ea. or 50+:

Shelnutt, PO Box 1212, Loganville 30052

OTHER
(8) Moonshine barrells, wood-

Pearl millet for food plots: $10/ea. Many other varieties

$35/50lb. Bryan W Maw Tifton available in 1y/o grafts. T.

229-382-6832

Brown Richland 941-266-6691

Russell bermuda grass, fertil- Pecan Trees, Creek, 6' plus:

ized, high-quality, 4x4 bales, $14; Zinners, 6' plus: $14. Oth-

rain-free, in barn: $40/roll, dis- ers types available. Shipping

count on 12 or more. Cash for smaller trees. Gordon

only.

Steve

Southern Ganas Waycross 912-288-

Cartersville 770-655-0337

3465 or 912-281-2464.

Hemp CBD/CBG clones & seeds for 2021. All top shelf varieties available. By reservation only. Text or email Barry Smith at 404-569-8988 or smithnurseryllc@att.net

Zinnias, Hibiscus, Amaryllis (all mixed colors), August lilies: $2 per Tbsp +SASE. G. Ward 4496 Fowlstown Rd Attapulgus GA 39815 229-465-3641
TIMBER
Timber must be individually owned and produced by the ad-

Locally grown, natural, grass-fed, and grain-finished beef: $3.25/lb on hanging weight for half or whole steer. Akin Farm Pine Mt
Valley 706-628-5161.

en, good shape: $80/ea. Troy Bradshaw Williamson 770467-8446 or 770-617-7040
2 Rinnai propane heaters. REH-30D-P (7900 btu/hr, max. 29,000 btu/hr): $800/obo; REH-6-P (7900 btu/hr, max 56,000 btu/hr): $400/obo. Both $1000/obo. Johnnie Rozier Warner Robins 478-922-6431

Draw attention to your
Classified ad with a border ($5 upcharge)
or photo ($20 upcharge).

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

Old-fashioned fudge: chocolate, peanut butter, made when ordered, $14/lb. In-shell 2020 Stuart pecans: $2.50/lb. All packaged, sealed. Postage extra. The Fudge Shack Dewy Rose 706-371-1668

3 Louisville pottery Indian head cobalt blue stamp #5 done top jugs: $175. Leave message. Mae Barber Luthersville 770-927-6830
All steel self made bird feeder hanging baskets. Hangers holds four: $35. George Scov-

79

acres

of

pine and hard-

Pecans, ready to eat, mostly halves: $10/lb. No shipping.

ille Macon 478-745-2524

wood timber to be cut for sale. Raymond Gilbert 2781 Pierce Black Bart II wood-burning

Emory Hulett Milan 229-362- Dairy Rd, Madison 706-342- fireplace insert: $350. B. May-

4141

3623

nard Martin 706-865-5945

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OTHER

100+ acres, south Houston, 308-acre farm, Pat Dixon Rd, 92.66acres, ranch, home, 4636ft paved road frontage, lots, highways, city water, zoned A-1, fenced, creek, wa-

FARM SERVICES

Carpenter bees will be back soon - I make traps that work, shipped, w\instruction, lots of 5: $85. Call for info. Bill Timmerman Harlem 803-6406265
Clean 55 gal. metal drums w/lids. Leonard Crane Dawsonville 678-947-6744
Fisher Papa Bear wood

Turkey Creek, 65 open irrigated acres, 1100 gpm well, pond, deer, turkey. Leo Perfect Unadilla 478-955-2362

113-acre tract, excellent road

system, timberland & clear

land. All city utilities, 1 hr from

Atlanta. Lots of Possibilities:

$340,000. Spalding County

912-375-3366

x306

www.owacc.com

sewer, farm land, pond, schools: $10,000/acre. Jeff Davis County 912-375-3366 x312. www.owacc.com
308-acre farm, Pat Dixon Rd, lots, highways, city water, sewer, farm land, pond, schools: $10,000/acre. Jeff Davis County 912-375-3366 x312 www.owacc.com
45.5 acres, half open, rest

ter system, garage/barn, panoramic views, high elevation, search www.buyowner.com/BUY213884: $525,000. Carl Kelley Madison County 706-318-1740
97 acres in Dooly County, one mile east of Byromville, 20 acres lakes, balance pasture, mostly fenced w/paved road frontage: $291,000. Michael Lee 229-392-1182

38 years' experience: horse arenas laser graded, tree clearing, driveways built/regraded, gravel, barns graded, drainage correction, trucking, demolition. Luke Butler Braselton 770-685-0288
Ag/Farm fencing, all types installed and repaired. 12Yrs experience. Land management services: consulting, mowing,

Forestry mulching, brush removal, overgrowth clearing, logging cleanup, trails, survey lines, fence lines,

heater. Excellent condition, will burn logs up to 30inch, weight 410lbs. Fire bricks good condition: $975. Bill Anglin Newnan 770-2536305
Home made smoker trailer (8.5ft X 5ft); drum (2ft X 5ft); has turning mechanism, no motor. Charity sale: $450 cash. Chester Thomas Fayetteville

113-acre tract, excellent road system, timberland & clear land. All city utilities, 1 hr from Atlanta. Lots of possibilities: $340,000. Spalding County Call 912-375-3366 x306 www.owacc.com
155-acre farm, brick house, Hwy 341, 2 metal shops, 3 ponds, fenced, 103 acres, timber, row crops, irrigated pas-

mixed forest fronts, Ga. Hwy 37 near Morgan. Jim Andrews Calhoun County jtajr51@yahoo.com 45 First Ave., Edison, Ga. 39846 229-835-2483
46 acres, Elbert County w/creek, food plots, mature timber, 1987 14x72 MH in good condition: $220k. Jeff Walls Dewy Rose 678-3712030

97-acre farm, row crop, timber, irrigated, deep well, highway frontage, farm land, 6 miles from town: $325,000. Jeff Davis County. Call 912375-3366 x312. www.owacc.com
97-acre farm, row crop, timber, irrigated, deep well, highway frontage, farm land, 6 miles from town: $325,000.

seeding, food plots, wildlife habitat. Casey Kent Good Hope 678-446-8520
Bobcat/tractor work, bush hogging/lawn mowing/pasture maintenance restoration, grading/clearing, plowing/garden, deer plots, fence/heavy equipment welding, post holes. Larry Houston Covington 770235-3082/770-235-3782

pasture reclamation, grading and much more. Williamson Land Management LLC. Brian 770-851-4588
Loader/backhoe, grading, bush hogging, aeration, tree cutting, branch trimming, pruning, lawn mowing, leaf mulching, chain saw & blade sharpening. Rockdale and surrounding counties. G.

404-915-4505

Wine making materials

crusher/destemmer,

winer

press, free-standing corker,

Carboys fermenters & misc

ture, hunting: $450,000. Telfair

County

912-375-3366

www.owacc.com

155-acre farm, brick house, Hwy 341, 2 metal shops, 3

47.2 acres for sale off of Spring Road in Banks County. Contact Ken Brady Baldwin 706-677-3624
5 acres, small creek, well,

Jeff Davis County 912-3753366 x312 www.owacc.com
FARMLAND FOR RENT/LEASE

Bobcat/tractor work, seed drill, bush-hogging, post-hole, food plots, land clearing, driveways, roads, grading, plowing/tilling, pasture mainte-

Kelecheck 4878

Conyers

770-597-

equip. A real steal at: $300. Jim Sunny Ball Ground 404216-8936
Wood heater w/fan in back, like new, sold for $1600, used one year: $800 OBO. Charles Sawyer Mount Airy 706-7684776
REAL ESTATE SERVICES Realtors or anyone holding a
real estate license may not

ponds, fenced, 103 acres, timber, row crops, irrigated pasture, hunting: $450,000. Telfair County 912-375-3366 www.owacc.com
18+ acres, good laying property with streams, on paved road w/power access, surveyed in 2006-07. F. Nichols Cherokee County, NC 678758-0497
2.6 acres, Thomson area: $55,000. B. Hillman Thomson

wooded, hardwoods, paved road near Madison on Clack Road: $69,500. J. Jones Morgan County 706-557-8023
5.7 acres in North Forsyth. C. Freeman Forsyth County 678897-9318
520 acres, 400 open, 120 wooded, 200 irrigated, very good government payment basis, 6% return on investment yearly from rent, etc. Stacy Heard Colquitt 229-726-8187

300-400 acres of river bottom cropland on the Savannah River below Augusta, off Columbia Nitrogen Road. Charles Thompson Aiken, SC 706-631-8465 or 803-6522455
BOARDING FACILITIES

nance. Oconee and surrounding counties. www.mikesfarmandpropertymgmt.com. Michael Ebright Watkinsville 770-363-5092
Bush hog, rotary mow, garden and food plot, harrow and plow, bale square hay. Monroe County area. Jimmy Waldrep Forsyth 478-9515563
Bushhogging. Reasonable rates, Conyers and Coving-

State wide brush cutting. Under brush clearing, small tree clearing, brush cleanup, bush hogging, property and fence lines, overgrown areas. Thomas Bowlin 678972-4647

EMPLOYMENT advertise in this Category,
unless advertising personal property. Farmland advertised must be owned by the subscriber placing the ad.
FARMLAND FOR SALE
(4) 200 y/o log cabins on 8+ acres, 2 additional septic tanks, good Airbnb. Other options available. Kerry Hix Chatsworth 706-217-5550
10 acre mountaintop estate lot, great views. private, convenient, electricity, paved road near Hiawassee. Text preferred. Reduced Thomas Miller Towns County 706-401-0880

706-829-0468
212-acre farm, pasture, row crop, Hwy frontage, irrigated, 8-acre lake, hunting, 6 miles from town: $650,000. Jeff Davis County 912-375-3366 x306. www.owacc.com
212-acre farm, pasture, row crop, hwy frontage, irrigated, 8-acre lake, hunting, 6 miles from town: $650,000. Jeff Davis County 912-375-3366 x306. www.owacc.com
3.974 acres, very wooded lot with hardwood and timber, county water, electricity. Located on Westmoreland Road. Helen Pirkle Banks County 770-536-8236

75 acres, half fields, big oaks, big deer, good access, old trailer: $185,000. Call for info, please leave message. Johnny Mayfield Pulaski County 706635-4051
85-acre farm, horse race track w/amps of lighting. Three training barns, concession stand, barrel arena, rodeo. US Hwy 280: $795,000. Wheeler County 912-375-3366 x306 www.owacc.com
85-acres farm, horse race track w/amps of lighting. Three training barns, concession stand, barrel arena, rodeo. USHwy 280: $795,000. Wheeler County 912-375-3366 x306. www.owacc.com

The Georgia Animal Protection Act requires boarding and breeding facilities to be licensed. A current license number must be submitted with notices for publication in the "Boarding Facilities" category. Notices submitted without this information will not be published. For more information, please call the GDA Equine Health Division, 404.656.3713.
Horse boarding, riding lessons, training & pony parties at Southern Dreams Ranch, 892 Tallent Store Road. Call for more info. Kristi L. Americus 229-352-6658
Pasture boarding, 2-stall

ton area. Fred Bryan Covington 404-694-3752
Custom land clearing: barns, pasture, residences. Leave property clean. Demolition, laser grading, pads for barns, homes, riding arenas. Build/refurbish driveways. Insured. Bill Butler Atlanta 770-231-4662
Farm 911 Signs-Farm Safety and Emergency Signage. An information source for greater peace of mind. Website: www.farm911signs.com Daren Sue Truex Cumming 678-6286767
Lakes/ponds built, repaired, new pipe systems, land clearing, swamps drained, creeks

Stumps ground neatly below ground level, free estimate and reasonably priced. Glen Whitley Bethlehem 770-867-2718
Farm Help Needed and Seeking Farm Employment ads must be related to agricultural farm work. Ads submitted for domestic help, companions, baby sitters, housekeepers, etc. will not be published.
FARM HELP NEEDED
Broiler house farm looking for

barn, arena & trails. Can do full rerouted, drainage problems, farm manager. Housing with board. No studs. Pasture wetlands restoration, bush private barn area and cell

Market Bulletin Farmland Ad Form board: $200/horse; full board: hogging home sites. Tim Harp- phone supplied. Salary based

$400/horse, hay included. L. er Peachtree City 770-527- on experience. Mike Blood-

Ridley Conyers 770-918-1272 1565

worth Knoxville 478-836-2535

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Crop insurance deadline
nears in Georgia
Georgia growers need to make insurance decisions soon
VALDOSTA The USDA's Risk Management Agency reminds Georgia corn, cotton, flue-cured tobacco, grain sorghum, peanut, sesame, and soybean growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2021 crop year is Feb. 28. Growers who are interested in the WholeFarm Revenue Protection policy and are calendar year or early fiscal year filers have until Feb. 28 to apply for crop insurance. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the Feb. 28 sales closing date to do so.
Federal crop insurance is critical to the farm safety net. It helps producers and owners manage revenue risks and strengthens the rural economy. Coverage is available for corn, cotton, flue-cured tobacco, grain sorghum, peanuts, soybeans, and WFRP in select Georgia counties. Coverage is also available for sesame in Burke, Emanuel, Jefferson, and Jenkins counties. Please contact your insurance agent to see if your county is covered.
Growers are encouraged to visit their crop insurance agent soon to learn specific details for the 2021 crop year.
Crop insurance is sold and delivered solely through private crop insurance agents. A list of crop insurance agents is available online using the RMA Agent Locator. Producers can use the RMA Cost Estimator to get a premium amount estimate of their insurance needs online. Learn more about crop insurance and the modern farm safety net at www.rma. usda.gov.

Herdsman wanted, Wooten Farms, daily management duties, benefits, housing. Positive attitude. Cattle operations 4,500 ac. Experience needed. Jeff Davis County 912-3756016 www.owacc.com
Herdsman wanted, Wooten Farms, daily management duties, benefits, housing. Positive attitude. Cattle operations 4,500 ac. Experience needed. Jeff Davis County 912-3756016 www.owacc.com
Highly motivated, honest. Duties include keeping up property, handyman, operating farm equipment. 1BR/1B home included. Drug test & GA drivers license required. L. Simmons Conyers 770-6056107 Need help with general farm maintenance fences, tractor, horse, cattle. Small salary, non-smoker, furnished apartment, background check. Leonard Draper Cedartown 770-748-2042

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FARM HELP NEEDED

Cash paid for running and Looking for a wood planer, Want to buy 20+ acres in N. Wanted: cars, trucks, tracnon-running diesel tractors 12in to 20in wide, 3 or 4 Georgia or surrounding At- tors, equipment, cleaned out and skid steers. Have trailer blades, 120-240v in good lanta. Existing buildings and barn. Have trucks & trailer to

Wanted: sprig digger. Bill Kent Canton 770-547-5300

with winch. Also buys back shape. Perry Conner Conyers proximity to water a plus. Vir- transport. Bartering, prefered.

Need young, energetic assis- hoes. Joshua Fowler Dacula 770-527-2958

ginia C. Atlanta virgini- Lou R. Dawsonville 706- Wanting 10lbs, 2020 crop

tant herdsman for growing stable registered cattle farm. Fulltime. Familiar with all aspects of farm work. Email resume: jhalmand54@gmail.com. C. Almand Eatonton
Working poultry, cattle, & crop farm looking for good dependable hard worker. Possible housing offered to the right person or family. J. Thomas Good Hope 706-338-2515
SEEKING FARM EMPLOYMENT
Professional horse trainer looking for a position as manager/trainer at horse ranch or farm. References available. Marietta 678-308-4002

404-886-7423
Does anyone see watermelon rind pickles or green tomato pickles? Email only. C. Cole Atlanta carolbarrettcole@gmail.com
Ford 5000, 7000 row crops, 8000 and 9000 silage wagons; JD, NH and Gehls. Kenneth Buffington Gillsville 770-8697851
Four nice Shagbark (carya ovata) hickorys, potted or loose root. Within 50 miles of Vienna. James Woodward Vienna 229-268-4585
Hay rake wheels. 28 steel hay rake wheels. Jerry Heath Powder Springs 770-8336291

Looking for Giant Runt pigeons & other large breed pigeons. Please text if you have any for sale. Justin McAllister Williamson 678-634-0378
Looking for hunting property in Wilkes, Elbert, Ogelthorpe, Green, Madison, or Lincoln counties to purchase, 75+ acres. Jerry Kilby Rabun 706746-2459
Looking for small acreage lease in Habersham, Stephens, Banks, or White county. I have a tractor/bush hog to help w/property maintenance. Anthony E. Cornelia 678-3622518
Looking for used working or non-working incubators w/egg turner heater. Carl Taylor Meansville 404-408-8466

a@hobbes.biz
Want to buy blacksmithing tools, anvil, attachments, forge, & steel stock. No calls after 8:00 pm, please. Sturgis 404-403-2761
Want to buy rhubarb roots & asparagus (prefer Purple Passion) roots for planting now through springtime. M. L. Ernst Marietta mlernst@outlook.com 770-310-7447
Wanted 25 to 100 acres for 2021 hunting season. For me and Grandson only. Walton and Morgan counties. Danny Bryan Monroe 404-520-9359
Wanted in NE GA: riding mowers for parts, running or

265.4332
Wanted: Female goats between 1 and 18 months old. Must be 50% white & 50% black and NOT sterile. Joel Wiley Coolidge 229-890-8888 Email: numberman4@yahoo.com
Wanted: Nigerian dwarf females, 1-3y/o, reasonably priced in south Atlanta area. Phebe Campbell McDonough 770-274-9093
Wanted: Not running, antique steel-wheeled tractor, any make, for barn art. Henry Pat Williams Ellijay 706-698-5655

(only) shelled Stuart pecan

halves. Price and shipping

cost to Atlanta. Email only. C.

Cole

Atlanta carolbar-

rettcole@gmail.com

Wanting 1949 through 1952 Chevy truck running or for parts. J.A. Hall Loganville 770-466-2322

Wanting a calf or two to raise for food. Chuck Collis Mineral Bluff 706-374-6578

Wanting disc mower Kuhn model 44 with crank handle, no hydraulics, good condition and been kept in dry. Wesley Carlan Homer 423-888-7272

WD Allis Chalmers wide front end parts or whole tractor. Also looking for cheap skidsteer, non-running okay. James Brooks Athens 470-

WANTED
Items wanted in all Classified

Headlight assembly & front grill for 2810 Branson tractor. Floyd Tanner Dawsonville 706-265-2692

Mulberry saplings or cuttings around Habersham county. Karl Greene Demorest 706949-3182

not. Can pay for some in good shape. Am retired, keeps me busy. Call David Combs Jefferson 706-367-4107

or tootpat@etcmail.com

Categories will be advertised here.
6ft Cultipacker w/seed box. 3 pt hitch prefered. Leave mes-

Help! Wife wants old pick up truck for gate entrance art. Should be 1950s or older. Text picture and price. Frank Howell

Old blacksmith anvil in good condition. Also looking for Fisher Grand Pa Bear wood heater. Bob Brookshire Mon-

Wanted young Watusi bull, full blood or registered. Tommy Copelan Eatonton 706473-0613

269-3467
Saturdays at 8:30 am on Georgia Public Broadcasting; encore Sundays at 8:30 am

sage. Raymond McCoy Girard Kite 863-944-0900

roe 404-895-6469

H C : 2021 entries due by Sept. 1 478-569-8445
Anvil, 125lbs or less; tongs; metal roofing; Rooster, Dominique, Barred-rock, Blue-

Hog hunting lease or sublease within 60mi of Athens. Not a hunting club. Call or text. David Daniel Athens 919-996-

Old farm mill, good to fair condition. Peter Wild Athens pcvhwild@att.net 706-5489682

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laced, Red Wyandotte. G. Cook Calhoun 706-624-8928

9464. I need

some

goats! Looking

Old John Deere 509, 609, 709 rotary mower gear box parts. Will consider entire mower.

Bucky Malcolm; Madison, Ga Perennial Peanut Hay:

Sewell Farms; Chipley, Fla Rob Woods; Vernon, Fla

Buying old antiques, farm tables & furniture, signs & advertising, rusty cool stuff, farm items, cupboards, pie safes,

for 30+ brush goats, wethers and/or does only, preferably already on brush. M. Swanson Savannah 404-452-7292

Richard Roberts Good Hope 706-215-5823
Seeking a good distributor and coil for 2N or 9N Ford



Bill Conrad; Malone, Fla McGehee Farms; High Springs, Fla Williams Farm; Graceville, Fla

The contest is open to any hay or baleage producer from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,

southern pottery, furniture, old artwork, military, collections. Craig Walker Cleveland 770294-5920
Cash paid for farm equipment, tractors, skidsteers, diesel trucks, gooseneck trailers, etc. Located in Athens. Call Chris. 678-2839291 or 678-764-2358
Cash paid for farm equipment, tractors, skidsteers, excavators, diesel trucks, gooseneck trailers, etc.

Insulators - Looking for glass insulators to purchase. Jennifer Sharpesburg 770-3561841
ISO 1945-1971 Dodge Power Wagon (flat fender). Appling 706-840-2310
John Deere 148 loader with attached control valve to fit a 4010 tractor. Dan Hess Locust Grove 770-906-8706
Like to lease 25+acres for hunting from Jasper County NE to Banks County or small

tractor. Chris Woodstock 706851-3164
Senior horseperson ISO small home/farm in N. GA for longterm lease. Need not be fancy. Have inside pets & horse. D. Stone Canton 352-208-1057
Want permission to hunt civil war relics on property near battle sites w/metal detectors. Will share finds. David W. Mashburn Epworth 706-6325456
Want place for 2 people to turkey hunt in Lumpkin County.

Cool Season Perennial Grass Hay:
B & B Farm Services; Thomaston, Ga Oak Ridge Ranch, LLC; Dahlonega, Ga Seldom Rest Farm; Pulaski, Tenn Mixed, Annual Grass or other Hay:
Pittman Farms (Jerry Pittman); Nicholson, Ga
R+A Farm; Brodnax, Va Thousand Hills Farm LLC; Philomont, Va Grass Baleage:
Walters Farm; Barnesville, Ga SSS Farms; Thomaston, Ga Kenneth D. McMichael; Monticello, Ga

North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, or Virginia, as well as parts of Oklahoma and Texas.
All entries for the 2021 contest must be received by Sept. 1, and winners will be notified by Oct. 1. Awards will be presented during the Sunbelt Agricultural Expo on Oct. 19.
More information on how to enter the contest can be found at www.sehaycontest.com or by following on the Facebook page @SEHayContest.
-Josh Paine is a marketing specialist with
the University of Georgia College of Agricul-

Chris Jones Dalton 678283-9291 or 678-764-2358

hunting club in same area. Bill Will pay

Duryea Sautee Nacoochee Nicholson

770-815-4988

910-9086

small fee. Dahlonega

Jack 678-

Legume Baleage: Walters Farm; Barnesville, Ga

tural and Environmental Sciences.

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satsuma performs on these rootstocks to give growers more rootstock options. Currently most citrus in Georgia is grown on Poncirus trifoliata rootstocks such as `Rubidoux,' `Rich 16-6,' or `Flying Dragon.' The trifoliate hybrid rootstocks being tested with the prefix US were developed by Kim Bowman, rootstock geneticist of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service in Ft. Pierce, Fla. Data has been collected each year as the trees mature to show how each of these rootstocks perform with `Owari' satsuma.
Trial No. 2, planted in 2016, is examining early maturing satsuma varieties on `Rubidoux' rootstock. Trial No. 3, planted in 2018, is examining two satsuma/changsha hybrids called `Orange Frost' and `Arctic Frost.' Trial No. 4, planted in 2018, is testing the `Sugar Belle' mandarin on four rootstocks. Trials No. 5 and 6, planted in 2020, will evaluate `Silverhill' satsuma and `Tango' mandarin on newly released rootstocks that have tolerance to citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing, which has devastated millions of acres of citrus crops throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Traditionally, satsuma mandarin has been grown primarily on Poncirus trifoliata rootstocks such as `Flying Dragon,' `Rich 16-6' and `Rubidoux.' These trials will determine how newly developed citrus root-

stocks affect different varieties in terms of tree yield, fruit quality, disease resistance, tree size and cold hardiness. `Rubidoux' rootstock is being used in the trials to compare with other hybrid rootstocks developed by the USDA and the University of Florida. Many of these rootstocks have shown tolerance to HLB.
"Many of these rootstocks being evaluated have never been evaluated on satsumas anywhere," said Price. "By performing these trials, we will see how some of the varieties of citrus we grow in Georgia perform on these newer rootstocks. If HLB becomes a problem in Georgia, we will have data on how Georgia-grown satsumas and tangos perform on the newer HLB-tolerant rootstocks."
Promising results The trees in the rootstock and variety trials
have survived the state's winters thus far. The data collected on yield, fruit quality, tree size and hardiness over the course of years will provide important guidance for growers to continue to advance the growing citrus industry in Georgia. As of now growers are speculating about how some of these rootstocks and varieties will perform in Georgia.
Data collected in 2020 from the `Owari' trial showed that trees on the rootstocks `X639,' `Kuharski Carrizo,' `Cleopatra' and

`Sour Orange' produced less fruit in 2020 than 2019, indicating that these trees may alternate bear, or produce greater than average yield one year and lower than average the next. Rootstocks `US-942,' `US-897' and `US-852' produced significant yield increases over the previous year and have yet to alternate bear. Thus far, `Owari' trees grafted onto `US-942' have produced the most yield in the `Owari' trial.
The 2020 crop also showed that fruit took longer to turn orange on rootstocks with heavy fruit loads, including 'US-942,' 'US897,' 'US-852' and 'Rubidoux.' This can be a problem when marketing the fruit, Price said, however each growing season is different, so multiple years of data are needed to draw conclusions.
The rootstocks produced a higher percentage of cull fruit from the previous year. Many factors may contribute to more cull fruit, from weather conditions to fertility. Cull fruit is considered fruit that isn't marketable due to abnormal size, severe blemishes, puffiness or sunburn.
Rootstocks also influence tree size. Large trees present more harvest challenges than smaller trees," Price said.
"For example, `Owari' grafted onto `X639' may be twice as large as `Owari' grafted onto `US-897.' If you have 100 pounds of fruit

on a small tree and 100 pounds on a large tree of the same age, that affects the yield efficiency of the tree. The smaller tree will have a greater yield efficiency. With the size of the tree, larger doesn't necessarily mean better it is easier to harvest from the smaller tree than a larger tree," Price said.
Expanding the industry There are hundreds of varieties and root-
stocks available in the citrus industry, including hybrids which are constantly being developed by researchers crossing different varieties seeking improved rootstock qualities.
"Hopefully our data will help new growers decide what rootstocks they want to use when they are planting their groves," Price said.
Since it launched in 2013 and 2014, South Georgia's citrus industry has grown to about 2,000 acres of commercial citrus planted primarily of cold-hardy satsumas, Price said.
The `Owari' rootstock trial has been supported by Langdale Corp., The Irrigation Store, Lowndes County Farm Bureau, Dasher Services, Loch Laurel Nursery and Hahira Nursery.
For more information on citrus rootstocks, visit citrusrootstocks.org. More information on UGA citrus research is available on the UGA Citrus Blog.

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Horses offer quiet healing from mental distress

Therapy programs help children, adults, veterans overcome emotional trauma

By Jay Jones
jay.jones@agr.georgia.gov
Humans have asked a lot from horses over the years, from the farm to the battlefield. Today, horses are helping heal the human spirit through equine-assisted psychotherapy.
Stephanie Cirasa of Waypoint Ranch in Carrollton is one of several licensed counselors across Georgia who uses horses to help people with mental distress. Cirasa and her husband, Ray, assist veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress disorders and other issues from military service. Other horse therapies of this type also help children and adults overcome emotional issues.
Cirasa explained the horses bring something to each session that allows clients to lower their guard to work out their problems. She said it's not something you can find readily available in an office setting.
"They have a very powerful sense of awareness that lots of people try to put into beautiful words," she said. "They are very aware, and if you allow them to be aware, the process becomes almost magical, but it's not magic. It's just the natural skills and tools that these horses are employing that they're born with."
Equine-assisted psychotherapy is a mental health treatment field certified by the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association, or Eagala. There are different types of therapies that involve horseback riding and one-on-one interaction between the animal and the client.
Equine-assisted psychotherapy may not include riding but exercises involving grooming, feeding and completing tasks. Sessions are done either in a group or with a single client, with one or more horses.

A patient and a therapist experience the healing
power of horses at Winning Strides in Conyers.
(Special photos)
Gwendolyn Coley, a licensed equine therapist with the PEACH Pit in Fort Valley, works with veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan and are dealing with PTSD. She explained a session doesn't involve much talking. The goal is interacting with the horses to complete a stated goal.
"Some people come to us specifically because they don't want to talk about this stuff. They want their stuff to go away," she said. "Out here, they're working on their stuff, and the focus is on the horse, not on them. That makes it easier for them to work through their stuff and then apply what's going on in the arena to their real life." A session will involve a client working with a horse to complete a task that may be as simple as walking around

the arena. As one veteran describes it in a testimonial video on PEACH Pit's website: "It gives you a break from always thinking, always worrying, always living in the past. It gives you a moment, a chance to live in the present."
Coley started PEACH Pit as a non-profit in 2014 to combine her love of horses with her desire to help people. This year through Eagala's Military Services program, she can offer eight therapy sessions without charge to veterans.
Coley hopes to make equine-assisted psychotherapy more convenient to all veterans in Georgia. She is working with licensed therapists to meet clients at farms across the state. She partnered with a therapist in Marietta who hosted veterans at farms nearby in Buford.
"Instead of having the folks come way down here, drive two hours for an hour session and two hours back home, I thought, `Let's try to find someone closer to them,'" she said. Susan Jung, a counselor who uses horses in her practice, Winning Strides in Conyers, agreed with Coley that a session's results don't represent success or failure. After a session, Jung and her clients gather in a circle inside the arena to talk about what happened. The goal is not necessarily getting the horse to follow them but learning how to communicate with the horses. "We talk about what happened with the group and almost always somebody will say, `Yeah, that happened at work, too,' or `That happened whenever we tried to do something,'" Jung said. "And then, they began to process what happened in the arena and try to correlate that to what happened in real life and how they can make things better."
-For more information about equine-assisted psycho-
therapy, go to www.eagala.org/military. To learn more
about the services available to veterans in Georgia, go to
https://thepeachpitgeorgia.org.

High-tech farming
Broadband issues aside, technology is common on most farms today

By Jay Jones
jay.jones@agr.georgia.gov
Many farmers can relate to how Dr. Wes Porter, a professor of Crop and Soil Sciences at the University of Georgia, described the challenges of adopting new technology in the field, particularly when technology doesn't work.
"A farmer knows how to farm, so if the technology has failed, you know how to revert back to farming, right? So, we can unplug that wire," Porter said. "We were having a problem the other day. Unplug that dang thing and roll. Sometimes that's some of our biggest hindrances. Right there is when we start having those technical issues that are costing us time."
Porter was speaking on a panel covering farmer perspectives on technology last month hosted by the Technology Association of Georgia. Many experts see agriculture's future in precision farming, technology that connects farm equipment through broadband internet services, but Porter's group talked about existing technology on the farm and what producers face in the field as they work to keep pace.
The panel agreed there are two primary categories of ag technology precision farming that can gather data from fields to improve production, and automation that reduces the workload.
Porter and others on the panel noted that poor or lack of good broadband service is keeping farmers from adopting precision farming, but he said in many ways, farms are using technology right now in automation.
"We can argue that auto-steer is a type of automation,

right?" Porter said. He added that many farmers already have monitors in their
cabs to watch planting or spraying without worrying about driving in a straight line. Porter also said ag technology is becoming more integrated in ways that help farmers even more.
"My stance on it is, we probably have more automation on the farm than we realize, and we're probably utilizing it," he said. "I think we need to step back and look and see how that's helping some of our operators and our farmers become more efficient already. That's really the main goal of it, right? It's just to make our operator and our farmer lives a little bit easier and to kind of help from that perspective."
Chris Rhodes, director of industry partnerships at UGA's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, said that Georgia is in a great position as new technology for farming develops. He called Georgia the Ag Capital of the East Coast with its diversity of commodities grown and raised in the state. Rhodes added that Georgia's ag sector benefits with Atlanta serving as a technology enterprise center and companies that focus on ag technology development.
"We have unique advantages here in Georgia, and because all of that stuff is coming together, we're seeing a growth of technology folks working on agricultural challenges, and in the converse of that are ag folks working in technology," Rhodes said. "As we grow both of those businesses, we will continue to see ourselves grow into a bigger and bigger ag tech leader on the East Coast."
Brian Carroll of the farm tech advocacy group Emerging Prairies agreed but argued there is a disconnect between tech companies and farmers. He says the problem farmers have in

adopting technology is that they are usually at the end of the manufacturing chain. Carroll said a little collaboration early on can make a big difference.
"A lot of times, technology gets developed, and it's searching for that problem, and that's where the barrier is developed, or it works great the first time, then as they add more features to the technology, you see that misalignment take place," Carroll said.
Carroll added that his organization works to bring everyone together for "real-time feedback" to identify problems and look at how technology can address them. "You really only have so many different cycles to get it right."
The panel also discussed factors that can hinder farmers from adopting new technology. As Carroll and Porter note, farmers and producers have a limited window of time to get investment out of their operations, say 40 years of growing cycles. Missing one due to overcoming learning curves may turn some away from trying new technology.
Rhodes believes training is essential, but the way people acquire technology has changed over the years, helping farmers learn how to use new tools quicker. He compared it to learning how to use a smartphone when those devices first appeared.
"We all know how to use a cell phone now or a smartphone. Ten years ago, I didn't know how to use that, but I've figured it out. It's intuitive, and it's all in one place," Rhodes said. "So, I think as these new technologies are becoming first, more and more smartphone focused, and second, just user-friendly, we're going to see adoption go up really much quicker than maybe we have in the past."

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