GFB News Magazine
Athens Technical College prepares students for agricultural careers
ATC students can earn an associate degree in ag science focusing on animal science, poultry science or horticulture.
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Farm Bureau safety events aim to save lives
Sumter event geared for farmers; 2nd District event provided rescue training for first responders.
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A Capitol Full of New Faces
New two-year session features first-time elected state officials, 53 new members in Georgia General Assembly,
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Georgia company wins national award
MycoLogic LLC, a start-up at Kennesaw State, developed technology to help farmers more efficiently grow specialty mushrooms.
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Farmers hesitant to dive into carbon markets
Take a crash course in the carbon market for row crops & learn why producers aren’t racing to sign up.
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Ride a horse, help a charity
Kel-Mac Saddle Club announces horse shows
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GFB Ambassadors spread good news about membership
The GFB Federation Ambassadors will serve for one calendar year promoting GFB as a membership organization.
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Livestock team unites Polk County
Students from Cedartown, Rockmart shine with help from local livestock owners.
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GFB a key presence at Sunbelt Ag Expo
Raines honored as GA Expo Farmer, McCall places 2nd in Expo Milking Contest, Leslie Jones urges motorists to be patient with farmers driving farm equipment.
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Vote “Yes” on Referendum B in November to Support Merged Family Farms
GFB Public Policy
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Speak up, don’t give up
YF&R Conference focuses on how to break barriers
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Harts, Fleming & Sizemore win GFB YF&R competitive events
State winners advance to national competition at AFBF Convention.
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The nose knows
Beagle Brigade sniffs out threats to U.S. agriculture
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Rising fuel costs complicate higher farm expenses
The price of diesel in late June was more than two times the price paid before 2020.
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Georgia native Young named AFBF executive vice president
Young will serve in a chief of staff role at AFBF, managing departments and working with state Farm Bureaus.
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Mercer study gauges farmers’ stress levels
Georgia Foundation for Agriculture partnered in survey
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Prevent pesticide poisoning
It’s important to safely store pesticides to protect the people and animals on your farm.
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Invasive tick new to Ga. confirmed in three counties
ALHT could potentially kill an animal from excessive blood loss.
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Brundage takes helm as ABAC president
Dr. Tracy Brundage began serving as ABAC president Aug. 1.
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Farmtastic Day!
Pittman's Family Farm in Toombs County hosted event organized by the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture and Georgia Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom Program.
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Murray receives National AITC Award
Murray is one of eight teachers honored with the 2022 National Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture Award
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County Farm Bureaus celebrate GFB 85th Anniversary
Events commemorate founding of Georgia Farm Bureau in 1937.
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Ag in the Classroom Update
Gwinnett & Grady County students win GFB Art & Bookmark Contests
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Top 12 Young Farmers & Ranchers Photo Contest Winners
Photos will be featured in 2023 GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers Calendar
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Women’s Leadership Update
Make plans to attend Women in Ag Leadership Summit.
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“Be in the Know, Conserve H20”
STEM Challenge open to grades 3-5; Nov. 18 entry deadline
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More than a half-century of agricultural advocacy
Polk County Farm Bureau President James Casey shares his Farm Bureau journey
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Grain bin accidents: Know how to prevent & respond
Training shows first responders how to respond to a variety of hazards associated with grain storage.
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict impacts agriculture worldwide
Fertilizer supply and prices pose challenges for U.S. producers.
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Speak up for agriculture: 7 actions of highly effective advocates
U.S. citizens have a civic duty to take an active role in government or at least interact with their elected officials.
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Southwest Georgia farmers gain access to deep groundwater
Project calls for installation of about 240 deep aquifer wells, supports conservation planning at farms & environmental monitoring of groundwater aquifers and ecosystems.
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McCall inducted into Georgia Ag Hall of Fame
GFB president honored for his contributions to Georgia agriculture and agribusiness.
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Raines named ’22 Georgia Farmer of the Year
GFB director will compete with nine other state winners for the Swisher Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year Award.
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Bottomses named National Outstanding Young Farmers
Pike County couple one of four national winners for 2021
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GFB Homegrown event connects consumers with farmers
Female farmers shared their perspective at event during Cherry Blossom Festival in March.
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Davis named GFB 8th Dist. federation manager
Houston County native moves into new role after working with GFB Field Claims Department.
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Ag books ready for checkout at public libraries
Georgia Foundation for Agriculture & Georgia EMC partner to donate books to libraries.
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Ag In The Classroom Update
Farm Bureau celebrates Georgia Ag Week
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Georgia Cattlemen meet in Savannah
New president installed; biosecurity discussed
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Foundation recognizes recent donors
Georgia Foundation for Agriculture Update
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GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture past winners
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A View from the Field
Looking forward to reconnecting at GFB Convention
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Growing Christmas cheer
Christmas is year-round work for Windham Greenhouses in Laurens County
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Georgia Farm Bureau Middle School Bookmark Contest and High School Art Contest
Feb. 25, 2022, is deadline to submit entries for both contests to local Farm Bureau offices.
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Ruark reflects on Farm Bureau journey
GFB 4th District director stepping down after 48 years of service on board.
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Huffmaster to retire, capping a 40-year GFB career
Huffmaster played a key role as GFB led the charge to defend farmers’ sales tax exemptions on farm inputs.
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UGA, Florida teams win Advocacy in Action top prizes
Competition designed to put students in simulations where they promote their policy stance with elected officials.
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Natalie Murray wins GFB teaching award
Ag in the Classroom Update
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Talton, Murphree leading GFB Field Services Department
Talton has worked with GFB since 2014 and succeeds Dennis Black as Field Services Director.
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Ga. goat & lamb winners showed up & showed out
GFB sponsors the species grand champion prizes for shows held Oct. 8-10
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Georgia National Fair comes back full tilt
After a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the fair roared back to life at full throttle from Oct. 7-17.
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Hennebelle named Georgia’s new state veterinarian
Hennebelle will oversee the Animal Health Division of the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) while managing GDA staff veterinarians.
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Bennett & Fulwood join GFA staff
Bennett and Fulwood will set the Georgia Ag Experience’s schedule as it travels to schools and events statewide.
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Georgia Foundation for Agriculture recognizes third-quarter donors.
For more information on giving to the GFA, please visit http:// gafoundationag.org/JoinUs. html.
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GFB Commodity Conference speakers upbeat about agriculture
Commodity Advisory Committees consider recommendations for GFB policy on farm issues.
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Follow safety precautions around PTOs & hydraulics to prevent farm accidents
Farmers need to exercise safety measures when working with equipment powered by PTOs.
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Oct. 31 deadline to enter GFB Hay Contest
Use of a Vermeer 604R baler top prize.
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High school artists capture beauty of Georgia agriculture
Ag in the Classrom Update
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Former GFB President Wayne Dollar passes
Dollar served on GFB Board of Directors for 18 years, including as president from 1994 to 2006
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GFB awards prizes to GA Jr. National Livestock Grand Champions
GFB President Tom McCall and GFB Field Services Associate Director Clay Talton personally presented winners with their belt buckles and prize checks.
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Supreme Court rules for Georgia in water lawsuit
Court agreed with special master's conclusion that Florida failed to make a case.
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Gov. Kemp backs rural Ga. by signing ag & forestry bills
Ceremony at GFB office on May 7 addressed farm tax exemptions, agricultural commodity commissions and forestry.
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David Scott chairing U.S. House Ag Committee
Experiences on farm, in Ga. Legislature helped him grow into who he is.
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Dickey, Walker chairing Georgia Ag Committees
GFB looks forward to working with new leaders
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UGA economists deliver 2021 outlook for Georgia crops
Online comparison tool available to guide row crop farmers in decision-making.
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National FFA President Harper: Different methods, same goals
Nationwide travel has given way to virtual meetings for Newton County's Doster Harper.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Information
State ag organizations provide info about vaccine and healthy practices on the farm.
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GFB looking for Georgia Ag in the Classroom Teacher of the Year
National AITC Conference begins June 28 in Des Moines, Iowa.
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View from the Field
A parting note from GFB President Gerald Long
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Nick Place to begin leading UGA CAES on Jan. 1
Technical training, advanced research among incoming dean's top priorities
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West Georgia partnership seen as possible model for rural broadband
Survey shows 80.3% of rural Georgians have access to fixed terrestrial broadband internet service.
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Farm Bureau presents Rep. Bishop Golden Plow Award
Award recognizes sitting members of Congress for their representation of farmers and ranchers.
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Salter named GFB 10th District Federation Manager
Salter succeeds Michael Purvis, who moved into a GFB insurance role in Irwin County.
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State ag budget takes cuts, but it could have been worse
GFB Public Policy launches Digging In webinar series
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Richey Seaton retires from Georgia Cotton Commission
Sills, Snider take new staff positions
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CDC, DOL release COVID-19 guidance for ag workers
The recommendations outline a template of action ag employers can adopt to protect ag workers from COVID-19.
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GFB mourns loss of Childs, former Farm Bureau leader
Jackson County native served as GFB 1st Vice President from 1994 to 2008.
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GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers experience D.C.
Thirty YF&R members participated in the four-day program that included meetings with AFBF lobbyists, AFBF President Zippy Duvall, USDA, EPA, members of the House Ag Committee, Georgia congressmen and staff from the two Georgia senators.
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Georgia's latest Centennial Farms inducted
Award honors farms in operation for 100 years or more.
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Motorists, farmers urged to be cautious on road
GFB, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Governor's Office of Highway Safety push to reduce accidents involving farm equipment.
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Campaign underway to drive ag across Georgia
Georgia Foundation for Agriculture, GFB working to make Mobile Ag Classroom a reality
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This peach didn't fall far from the tree
Robert Dickey III is the 2019 Sunbelt Expo Georgia Farmer of the year
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Ag program sprouts at Emmanuel College
Emmanuel Colleges ag program offers a bachelor’s degree in diversified agriculture with one of four concentrations – ag business, ag science, ag communications and ag missions. The school is considering adding an ag education degree.
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Experts offer tips for managing forage land in wet conditions
The Georgia Forages Conference, held during the 2019 Georgia Cattlemen's Association Annual Meeting, offered information for forage producers to take into consideration following the extremely wet winter of 2018-2019.
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Bruce wins AFBF Collegiate Discussion Meet
Bruce qualified for the national competition by being the top collegiate finisher in the 2018 GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers Discussion Meet at the GFB YF&R Leadership Conference.
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Georgia Farm Bureau Needs You
Column from Georgia Farm Bureau President Gerald Long; Farm Bureau is doing meaningful work to keep Georgia’s farms thriving. These farms create jobs and support businesses that keep rural economies alive.
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GFB Foundation awards $57,000 to ag scholars
The selected students must intend to pursue or be pursuing degrees in agriculture, forestry or family and consumer sciences.
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UGA ag school among nations's best
Dean Pardue briefs Ag Forecast attendees on enrollment and research innovations at CAES.
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Trump: 'Farmers are the backbone of our country'
President speaks at AFBF Convention, discussing border wall, trade, rural broadband and regulations
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EPA's Wheeler outlines new WOTUS rule
In a Feb. 6 visit in McDuffie County, the acting EPA administrator shares guiding principles and summarizes what is a Water of the United States and what is not a water of the United States.
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Rain pushes '18 cotton harvest into '19
Georgia cotton producers in some cases were still harvesting the 2018 crop in February and a variety of weather-related problems cost them a big portion of their crop.
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Rural Pain: Opioid Crisis hits hard in the country
Addiction and overdoses are a rampant problem in rural areas, where a seemingly insignificant injury can have wide-ranging adverse affects.
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Miracle of birth displayed at Georgia National Fair
The Georgia Grown Baby Barn at the 2018 Georgia National Fair in October drew crowds to witness the miracle of birth.
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GFB Commodity Award presented to Chambliss
Former U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss received the 2018 Georgia Farm Bureau Commodity Award during the organization’s annual commodity conference.
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Meter data shows farmers using water responsibly
Data collected from the meters on thousands of irrigation pivots in Georgia show farmers are using water wisely to irrigate their crops.
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Bringing processing & markets closer to farms key to ag economic development
In the final installment of our Rural Prosperity Series, we look at how a reopened livestock barn provides farmers with a local market and helps the regional economy.
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Country goes to town
Travel to Newnan to see a collection of farm animal sculptures displayed on the city’s downtown square.
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GFB tailors insurance coverage for each poultry farm’s needs
Learn how GFB agents work to make certain the insurance coverage it offers poultry growers covers the specific needs of each farm.
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The farmers’ disconnect: Slow or no internet a constant headache
In the fourth installment of our Rural Prosperity Series, we look at the problems farmers are having due to the lack of broadband in rural Georgia.
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Cabes, Creasy, Lewallen win YF&R competitive events
One of the highlights of the annual YF&R summer conference is the discussion meet contest and announcement of the winners of the YF&R Excellence in Agriculture Award and YF&R Achievement Award.
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GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers Gain Ground at summer conference
Speakers at the annual conference told young farmers how to gain ground in the areas of business, advocacy, education and policy. The winners of the three YF&R competitive events were announced.
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Young Farmer & Rancher Achievement Award Profile: Mitchell and Becky Pittman
The Pittmans grow vegetables and fruit and have a roadside farm market in Toombs County
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Young Farmer & Rancher Achievement Award profile: Will and Heather Cabe
The Cabes raise poultry cattle and hay on their farm in Franklin County.
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Young Farmer & Rancher Achievement Award profile: Elton Baldy
Baldy grows vegetables and row crops on his farms in and around Colquitt County.
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GFB plants seeds for Harvest 20
Get tips from the GFB Educational Leadership Conference for county ag literacy programs.
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The Original Supernut
Georgians are familiar with pecans & eat them year-round. Most consumers, however, only think of pecans in terms of pies at Thanksgiving or Christmas. The American Pecan Council has launched a national campaign highlighting the virtues of pecans.
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Georgia National Fair to feature live cow & sow births
Everyone who attends the Ga. National Fair, Oct. 4-14 can see calves & piglets being born at the Georgia Grown Baby Barn.
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Ag Educator Workshops show teachers how to meet STEM requirements using ag
Another crop of teachers were introduced to the Ag in the Classroom (AITC) Program during two Ag Educator Workshops held in Laurens and Paulding counties this spring.
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GFB brings host of Doc Talk to Ga. Food Animal Conference
Veterinary associations and ag organizations hosted the 4th Annual Georgia Food Animal Conference
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Promoting Rural Prosperity: What do farmers need from their workers?
Farmers need help to plant and harvest, but they also need people who can do a lot of other things year-round.
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GFB poultry house inspections benefit growers
Inspecting poultry houses while they are being built allows GFB to monitor the construction process to ensure the contractors adhere to the modern building standards.
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GFB insurance policies follow UGA recommendations to protect poultry farmers’ investment
The Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company has adopted construction recommendations made by the UGA College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences that promote the structural integrity of poultry houses.
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GFB poultry house guidelines based on UGA recommendations
Georgia Farm Bureau’s Mutual Insurance Company (GFB MIC) is a longtime supporter of Georgia’s poultry farmers and was one of the first Georgia insurance companies to offer coverage for poultry operations.
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