GFB News Magazine

Ag Education Hatches in Elementary Schools

The amazing world of agriculture is being introduced to a new audience as a pilot program to offer ag education classes to elementary students is underway in 26 schools statewide.

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• Ag in the Classroom
• FFA
• Magazine

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Cooley Farms Demystifies Poultry Farming, Opens Farm to Public

Crawford County poultry farmers open a learning center to give guests an inside view of what goes on in a chicken house.

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• farm families
• Georgia Farm Bureau
• Magazine
• Poultry

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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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• Magazine

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Wrangler's Georgia jean is green

Part of the Wrangler Rooted Collection, the Georgia jeans are made with cotton from McLendon Acres in Calhoun County.

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• cotton
• Magazine

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• Adam McLendon
• Calhoun County
• cotton
• Jeans
• Wrangler

GFB Photo Contest puts farm life in focus

Greene County's Nicole Duvall wins top prize.

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• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Magazine

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• GFB Photo Cotest
• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers

Use of Vermeer mower top prize in GFB Hay Contest

GFB members who grow Bermudagrass hay should submit entries by Oct. 31 to have a shot at winning this annual contest.

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• GFB Hay Contest
• Magazine

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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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• Magazine

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UGA teaching farmers to save water by scheduling irrigation

The UGA Agricultural Water Efficiency Team is helping farmers use irrigation scheduling tools to conserve water by planning irrigation based on crop water needs.

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• cotton
• crop management
• Irrigation
• Magazine
• peanuts

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Depression Common for Farmers

Dr. Mike Rosmann, a psychologist & part-time farmer in Iowa, has been writing a syndicated column about emotional health issues since 2012. He explores why depression is prevalent amongst farmers.

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• farm families
• farm/rural stress
• Magazine

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GFB YF&R Conference cultivates mental health growth

Annual conference offered communication workshops & tips on how to help farmers in crisis.

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• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Magazine

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• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Marshal Sewell
• Rural Stress
• Wiley Bailey
• YF&R Leadership Conference

GFB Commodity Conference covers gamut of ag issues

Disaster aid, livestock issues, feral swine control & EPA regulations are on farmers' minds these days. Learn what experts said about these topics & more.

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• Georgia Farm Bureau
• GFB Public Policy
• Magazine

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Meet the winners & finalists of GFB YF&R Contests

Winners of all four contests announced during GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Conference

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• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Magazine

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Stories, photos & funds sought for Georgia Cattle History Book

A book that's in the works will celebrate all aspects of cattle production in Georgia. Georgia's beef & dairy community is being asked to help make it a reality.

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• beef
• Magazine

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Land & Leadership Advocates learn to promote agriculture

New GFB program for farmers ages 36-50 equips members to connect with consumers.

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• Georgia Farm Bureau
• Land & Leadership Advocates Program
• Magazine

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GFB Award presented to Patsie Cannon

Patsie Cannon has supported Georgia's beef industry for more than 35 years through UGA beef programs & her family's cattle marketing company.

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• beef
• Georgia Farm Bureau
• Magazine

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A year later, Hurricane Michael recovery inches along

Much progress has been made, but ag producers say full recovery will take years.

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• Hurricane Michael
• Magazine

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Marchant: Creating ag advocates

Discussion Meet winner

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• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Magazine

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Kinsauls: Preparing new farmers

Excellence in Agriculture Award winners

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• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Magazine

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Jimmersons: Diving in with gratitude

Achievement Award winners

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• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Magazine

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Pridgen: Pitching the positives of ag

Member of the Year Award winner reaches out to students, public

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• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Magazine

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The nuts and bolts of federal farm programs

Series of meetings walks growers through requirements.

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• Disaster aid
• Farm Bill
• Magazine

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Jackson, Norton and Parker win state goat and lamb show

Georgia Farm Bureau sponsored grand prizes

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• Livestock shows
• Magazine

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Fendt tractors beef up distribution in Southeast

New configuration is designed to adapt to row-crop farming.

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• Magazine
• Sunbelt Expo

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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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• Magazine

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Georgia's latest Centennial Farms inducted

Award honors farms in operation for 100 years or more.

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• Magazine

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Lily Baucom leading Georgia Foundation for Agriculture

Foundation supports agricultural literacy projects and helps fund educational opportunities.

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• Georgia Farm Bureau
• Magazine

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Georgia Foundation for Ag offers $65,000 in scholarships

March 1, 2020, is the deadline to apply.

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• Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
• Magazine

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GFB YF&R winners: Growing Georgia agriculture

We're profiling the winnings in our four competitive events under the Young Farmers & Ranchers program

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• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Magazine

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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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• Magazine

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Gov. Kemp & Farmers Catch Up

Gov. Brian Kemp visited with farmers from Decatur and nearby counties Oct. 23 in Bainbridge. He reiterated his commitment to helping rural Georgia prosper while sharing his vision for bringing manufacturers and jobs to rural areas statewide.

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• Brian Kemp
• Disaster aid
• Hurricane Michael
• Magazine

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Georgia National Fair Celebrates 30 Years

For 30 falls, apple dumplings, racing pigs & twirling carnival rides have drawn Georgians to the state's premier fair where agriculture is celebrated.

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• Georgia National Fair
• Livestock shows
• Magazine

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Young Farmers & Ranchers Gaining Ground

The GFB YF&R Committee is making its mark within Farm Bureau, each county, and Georgia's ag community. Raising money for the Ga. Food Banks was one way it had a positive influence. Learn about the exciting activities the program offers.

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• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Magazine

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• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers

GFB Women's Leadership Committee promotes ag literacy

The GFB Women's Leadership Committee is helping county Farm Bureaus increase the awareness and understanding consumers have of agriculture. Get details of the upcoming GFB Educational Leadership Conference in April & the National AITC conference in June.

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• Ag in the Classroom
• GFB Women's Leadership Committee
• Magazine

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• Ag in the Classroom
• GFB Women's Leadership Committee

AFBF celebrates 100 years

Duvall: 'Farm Bureau members throughout our history, and still to- day, have always answered the call to feed, fuel and defend our nation'

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• AFBF Convention
• Magazine
• Trump

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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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• Magazine

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GFB YF&R members shine in AFBF contests

Georgia contestants finished in the top 10 in all three competitive events

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• AFBF Convention
• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Magazine

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UGA experts predict challenging times for farmers

Ag Forecast Series provides outlook for major Georgia commodities

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• beef
• cotton
• crop management
• Magazine
• peanuts
• Poultry

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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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• Magazine

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UGA–Tifton Campus turns 100

Beginning as the Coastal Plain Experiment Station, UGA-Tifton was established to address warmer climate and sandier soils in South Georgia.

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• CAES
• Magazine

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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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• Magazine

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Long County's Carlee Lynn wins GFB Essay Contest

For the 2019 Georgia Farm Bureau Middle School Essay Contest, students statewide pondered the question, “What would happen if there were no farmers or ranchers?”

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• Ag in the Classroom
• Magazine

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• Carlee Lynn
• Georgia Farm Bureau
• GFB Essay Contest

GFB Art Contest brings Georgia agriculture to life

Annual contest draws 671 entries from 69 counties. The winning entry, shown here, was by Manuel Rodriguez of Elbert County.

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• Ag in the Classroom
• Magazine

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• Art Contest
• Georgia Farm Bureau
• GFB Women's Committee
• Manuel Rodriguez

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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• Magazine

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• Georgia Farm Bureau
• Gerald Long
• GFB membership

Disaster aid & farm bill main topics GFB leaders take to D.C.

County Presidents' trip to D.C. includes remarks from Sen. David Perdue & Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue

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• GFB Public Policy
• Magazine

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• farm disaster assistance
• Georgia Farm Bureau
• GFB trip to D.C.

Peanut grading redesign progresses

The redesign of the Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service (GAFSIS) peanut inspection/grading process used at buying points is a step closer to completion, project leaders say.

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• Magazine
• peanuts

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• GA FSIS
• peanut grading

First responders get training for livestock highway incidents

Bovine Emergency Response Plan gives police and rescue personnel a framework of knowledge to help manage livestock-related highway incidents.

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• beef
• Magazine

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• Beef
• BERP
• Bovine Emergency Response Plan
• cattle
• highway accident
• livestock
• livestock highway accident

Flint River Fresh seeks farmers to feed Albany area

Flint River Fresh is working to help small farmers in the Albany area sell the food they grow directly to consumers and Dougherty County schools.

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• Farmers Markets
• Magazine

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• Albany farmers markets
• Flint River Fresh

N.C. lawsuits show Ga. needs stronger Right to Farm law

Nuisance lawsuits brought against North Carolina hog farmers and their integrator in 2018 and 2019 have highlighted the need for Georgia’s Right to Farm law to be strengthened to prevent similar lawsuits against Georgia farmers.

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• GFB Public Policy
• Magazine

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• Georgia Right to Farm Law
• North Carolina nuisance lawsuits

Georgia legalizes hemp farming

The hemp farming act authorizes the research, production, processing and regulation of industrial hemp in Georgia.

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• GFB Public Policy
• Magazine

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• Georgia Farm Bureau
• Georgia House Bill 213
• Hemp

GFB honors Ga. Jr. National Grand Champions

GFB hosted an Evening of Champions for the 4-H & FFA members who won grand championship prizes with their animals at the Georgia Junior National Livestock Show.

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• Georgia Farm Bureau
• Magazine

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• 2019 Georgia Junior National Livestock Show
• Georgia Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture

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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• Magazine

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Georgia Agriculture: Farming by the numbers

Results of the 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture are in. The biggest change in Georgia agriculture since 2012 has been a shift in the size of farms.

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• Magazine
• USDA Agriculture Census

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• 2017 Census of Agriculture

Pecan growers: Pick new varieties when replanting

If there is a silver lining to the devastating impact Hurricane Michael had on Georgia’s pecan producers – an estimated 27,455 pecan acres destroyed – it’s that producers can replant their orchards with new varieties that cost less to grow.

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• Magazine
• pecans

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• Georgia pecan varieties
• replanting pecans after Hurricane Michael

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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• Magazine

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Girl Power: Celebrating 50 years of Women in FFA

This year marks the 50th anniversary of females being able to join FFA. Meet some of the outstanding Georgia women who have worn FFA jackets the last 50 years.

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• FFA
• Magazine

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• 50 years of women in FFA
• FFA celebrates 50 years of female membership
• Georgia FFA

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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• Magazine

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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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• Magazine

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Spontaneous hay combustion a hot topic at GFB Convention

The presence of moisture, carbohydrates, oxygen and microorganism can combine in the right conditions to ignite stored hay. Monitoring is a key practice to preventing these fires.

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• GFB Convention
• Magazine

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Kemp praises Georgia farmers, vows to help South Ga. rebuild

Then-Gov.-elect shared plans to strengthen rural Georgia communities in speech at GFB Convention.

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• GFB Convention
• Magazine

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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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• Magazine

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GFB 2nd District holds 10th annual cattle show

Eighty-three students competed in this annual event designed to prepare them for the Ga. Junior National Livestock Show & introduce them to Georgia Farm Bureau's YF&R program.

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• beef
• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Magazine

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View from the Field: Working to make Harvest 20 a reality

GFB's Harvest 20 Vision consists of three elements: Inspire. Educate. Preserve. GFB is working to inspire our members, educate consumers about agriculture and preserve the future of Georgia agriculture.

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• GFB Harvest 20 Vision
• Magazine

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• ag research
• GFB Harvest 20 Vision

GFB launches Land & Leadership Advocates Program

Georgia farmers & ranchers ages 36 to 50 have an opportunity to continue their Farm Bureau involvement through a new program.

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• GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Land & Leadership Advocates Program
• Magazine

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• Land & Leadership Advocates

New farm bill gives agriculture five years of certainty

Get the highlights of the 2018 farm bill Congress passed in December.

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• Farm Bill
• GFB Public Policy
• Magazine

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• Farm bill
• GFB Public Policy

Farmers, don't let stress steal your joy

Studies show farming ranks in the top ten most stressful occupations. Take a look at rural stress & resources for help.

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• farm/rural stress
• Magazine

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• farm/rural stress

Whiteflies bugging vegetable & cotton producers

An estimated $200 million in crop losses were attributed to whiteflies in 2017. UGA entomologists are researching techniques to control whitefly populations.

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• cotton
• crop management
• Magazine
• vegetables

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• cotton
• crop management
• Vegetables

Peanut growers encouraged not to increase acreage

UGA peanut experts caution farmers that increasing acreage could cause an oversupply of peanuts and lower prices.

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• crop management
• Magazine
• peanuts

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• crop management
• peanuts

Dickey family moving farm forward together

Dickey Farms, one of GFB's Certified Farm Markets, has been growing peaches since 1897. The 4th & 5th generations of the family are collaborating to grow the farm for the next generation.

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• Certified Farm Market
• farm families
• Magazine
• peaches

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