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Asian Longhorned Tick arrives in Georgia

Invasive species positively identified on a cow in Pickens County.
- Categories:
- beef
- Magazine
- UGA
- Tags:
- Asian Longhorned Tick
11/17/2021
Growing Christmas cheer

Christmas is year-round work for Windham Greenhouses in Laurens County
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Poinsettias
- WIndham Greenhouses
11/17/2021
A View from the Field

Looking forward to reconnecting at GFB Convention
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
11/17/2021
Gov. Kemp honors Long for service to Georgia ag

Long presented with proclamation in Feb. 4 ceremony.
- Categories:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Tags:
02/22/2021
GACD sponsors Georgia AG Experience STEM Challenge

Students to explore the real-world issue that farmers face of maintaining soil health.
- Categories:
- Ag in the Classroom
- Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
- Magazine
- Tags:
02/21/2021
View from the Field

A message from Georgia Farm Bureau President Tom McCall
- Categories:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Tags:
03/10/2021
AFBF YF&R prize tractor at work on Nolans’ farm

Wayne County farm couple finished second in the American Farm Bureau Achievement Award contest.
- Categories:
- AFBF
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
- Magazine
- Tags:
05/09/2021
Supreme Court rules for Georgia in water lawsuit

Court agreed with special master's conclusion that Florida failed to make a case.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
05/27/2021
Georgia farmers weigh in on Daylight Saving Time

State law will end clock-changing if Congress gives authorization
- Categories:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Tags:
05/26/2021
McManus brought farm experience to GFB career

After 26 years, Assistant Public Policy Director retires.
- Categories:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Tags:
05/20/2021
Does your farm dog have what it takes to win $5,000?

Farm Bureau members have until July 2 to enter the 2022 Farm Dog of the Year Contest.
- Categories:
- AFBF
- Magazine
- Tags:
- AFBF
- Farm Dog of the Year
05/10/2021
Sizemore represents GFB in Collegiate DM

Lee County Farm Bureau member advances to Sweet 16 round
- Categories:
- GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
- Magazine
- Tags:
- AFBF
- Collegiate Discussion Meet
- UGA
- Willie Sizemore
05/13/2021
GFB commodity committees discuss ag issues

Spring meetings include guest speakers, facility visits as members consider policy recommendations.
- Categories:
- cotton
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- peanuts
- vegetables
- Tags:
05/21/2021
Late April storms damage South Georgia farms

Hail, heavy rain and high-speed wind disrupt picking and planting of various crops.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- stillfarming
- Tags:
- Bell Peppers
- Cabbage
- Echols County
- hail damage
- squash
- storms
05/11/2021
Decatur Co. student wins GFB Essay Contest

Writers explored how GFB Certified Farm Markets and agritourism benefit farmers and consumers.
- Categories:
- Ag in the Classroom
- Magazine
- Tags:
- Ag in the Classroom
- Decatur County Farm Bureau
- GFB Essay Contest
- Lauren Goble
05/16/2021
Mother, daughter duo makes memories with Farm Passport

Commerce resident Angela Gary writes about her experience visiting Georgia Farm Bureau Certified Farm Markets.
- Categories:
- Certified Farm Market
- Magazine
- Tags:
05/22/2021
Foundation for Ag helps students pursue ag degrees

GFA awards $65,000 in scholarships to a total of 24 students.
- Categories:
- Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
- Magazine
- Tags:
05/14/2021
Georgia Foundation for Agriculture recognizes donors

Contributions help GFA to advance agricultural literacy.
- Categories:
- Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
- Magazine
- Tags:
- Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
05/14/2021
Sen. Warnock explores Georgia agriculture

New senator hears from numerous farm stakeholder organizations while touring six Southwest Georgia farms;
- Categories:
- Federal Government
- Magazine
- Tags:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Georgia Farm Tour
- Raphael Warnock
- Senate Ag Committee
05/17/2021
Ag & textile leaders collaborate to bring manufacturing back to U.S.

Program uses Georgia-grown cotton, mostly processed in Georgia, to clothe Georgia healthcare workers.
- Categories:
- cotton
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Tags:
- cotton
- Field to Closet
- Georgia Cotton
- scrubs
05/19/2021
View from the Field

GFB Certified Farm Markets provide opportunities for people to come together.
- Categories:
- Georgia Farm Bureau President
- Magazine
- Tom McCall
- Tags:
05/23/2021
Georgia agriculture wins in ’21 Georgia Legislative Session

GFB Public Policy Update
- Categories:
- Magazine
- State government
- Tags:
05/24/2021
USDA allocates $330 million for multiple COVID-19 related programs

Funds are intended to help develop new markets for U.S. ag products, expand the specialty crop sector, and incentivize low-income consumers to buy fruits and vegetables.
- Categories:
- COVID-19
- Magazine
- vegetables
- Tags:
- COVID-19
- Dairy Donation Program
- Nutrition Assistance
- Specialty Crop Block Grant
- USDA
05/18/2021
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.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
05/25/2021
Certified Farm Markets & Agritourism benefit farmers & consumers

GFB Essay Contest winning entry by Walker Elrod
- Categories:
- Ag in the Classroom
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Tags:
05/15/2021
AFBF seeks ag innovators

Ag Innovation Challenge offers 11 prizes totaling $165,000.
- Categories:
- AFBF
- AFBF Convention
- Magazine
- Tags:
- AFBF
- Ag Innovation Challenge
05/18/2021
GFB sponsors FFA Discussion Meet

Ware County's Colleen Barber won event, held during Georgia FFA Convention.
- Categories:
- FFA
- GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
- Magazine
- Tags:
- FFA
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Georgia FFA Discussion Meet
- GFB
05/12/2021
GFB YF&R Conference focuses on ag advocacy

Radke, Powell & Koch provide inspirational talks as Young Farmers & Ranchers meet on Jekyll Island
- Categories:
- GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
- Magazine
- Tags:
09/09/2021
Greens, Jackson & Lance win GFB YF&R Competitive Events

Congratulations to Steven & Tara Green, Jessica Lance & Cleve Jackson!
- Categories:
- GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
- Magazine
- Tags:
09/09/2021
County Farm Bureaus essential to policy development process

Public Policy Update
- Categories:
- GFB Public Policy
- Magazine
- Tags:
09/05/2021
New GFB hires

You may notice some new faces at Georgia Farm Bureau events this fall. Join us in welcoming these new members of the GFB Field Services Department
- Categories:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Tags:
09/04/2021
Farmtastic Family Fun Day brings ag book to life

Event at Rock House Creamery intended to spark children's interest in agriculture.
- Categories:
- Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
- Magazine
- Tags:
09/02/2021
Tale of a book illustrator

Ward Jenkins taught children how to draw a cow during the Farmtastic Fun Day event.
- Categories:
- Ag in the Classroom
- Magazine
- Tags:
09/01/2021
Oct. 31 deadline to enter GFB Hay Contest

Use of a Vermeer 604R baler top prize.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
08/31/2021
Follow safety precautions around PTOs & hydraulics to prevent farm accidents

Farmers need to exercise safety measures when working with equipment powered by PTOs.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
09/05/2021
Georgia Foundation for Agriculture thanks donors
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
- Georgia Ag Experience
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
08/28/2021
High school artists capture beauty of Georgia agriculture

Ag in the Classrom Update
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- GFB Ag in the Classroom
- GFB Art Contest
- Sidney Smith
08/27/2021
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.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Georgia Junior National Livestock Shows
08/25/2021
GFB photo contest winners focus on ag

YF&R Update
- Categories:
- GFB Photo Contest
- Magazine
- Tags:
- Georgia Farm Bureau photo contest; agriculture photos
08/24/2021
GFA & Georgia EMC gift ag books to libraries
- Categories:
- Ag in the Classroom
- Magazine
- Tags:
- Georgia EMC
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Spalding County Farm Bureau
08/23/2021
GFB Commodity Conference speakers upbeat about agriculture

Commodity Advisory Committees consider recommendations for GFB policy on farm issues.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
09/08/2021
Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities STEM Challenge open to grades 3-5

Nov. 12 deadline to enter this contest coordinated by the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture & sponsored by Georgia Assc. of Conservation Districts.
- Categories:
- Ag in the Classroom
- Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
- Magazine
- Tags:
- GACD
- Georgia Association of Conservation Districts
- Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
- GFB
- STEM
08/29/2021
View from the Field: An accident can only take a second to happen
- Categories:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Tags:
09/09/2021
Long receives GFB Commodity Award

Former GFB president served on GFB Board of Directors for 21 years.
- Categories:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Tags:
09/08/2021
GFB funds ag research

Nine UGA researchers receive almost $137,000 in grants
- Categories:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
- Magazine
- Tags:
09/06/2021
Black retires from GFB after 25 years

Black has served as GFB Field Services director since 2017.
- Categories:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Tags:
09/03/2021
Former GFB President Wayne Dollar passes

Dollar served on GFB Board of Directors for 18 years, including as president from 1994 to 2006
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
08/26/2021
Georgia Foundation for Agriculture recognizes third-quarter donors.

For more information on giving to the GFA, please visit http:// gafoundationag.org/JoinUs. html.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
11/11/2021
Bennett & Fulwood join GFA staff

Bennett and Fulwood will set the Georgia Ag Experience’s schedule as it travels to schools and events statewide.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
11/11/2021
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.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
11/11/2021
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.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
11/12/2021
Talton, Murphree leading GFB Field Services Department

Talton has worked with GFB since 2014 and succeeds Dennis Black as Field Services Director.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
11/13/2021
Ga. goat & lamb winners showed up & showed out

GFB sponsors the species grand champion prizes for shows held Oct. 8-10
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
11/12/2021
Natalie Murray wins GFB teaching award

Ag in the Classroom Update
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
11/13/2021
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.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
11/13/2021
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.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Jon Huffmaster
11/14/2021
Sunbelt Ag Expo back in business

Lee Nunn represents Georgia in Southeastern Farmer of the Year; Virginia celebrated as Spotlight State.
- Categories:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Sunbelt Expo
- Tags:
- John Deere
- Kubota
- Sunbelt Ag Expo
- Sunbelt Expo
- Tracy Robinson
11/12/2021
Ruark reflects on Farm Bureau journey

GFB 4th District director stepping down after 48 years of service on board.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- GFB Board of Directors
- Marvin Ruark
11/14/2021
Tripp & Taylor leading Georgia FSA & Rural Development
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
11/14/2021
Cattle traits that bring higher prices

Cattle buyer for Midwestern feedlots, shared what he’s looking for when he bids on calves at Georgia livestock barns.
- Categories:
- beef
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Sunbelt Expo
- Tags:
- Cattle prices
- cattle traits
- Randy Hand
- Sunbelt Expo
11/15/2021
Centennial Farm Program recognizes Georgia’s ag heritage

Georgia farm families honored during ceremony at the Georgia National Fair.
- Categories:
- Farm/Rural culture
- Magazine
- State government
- Tags:
- Centennial Farm Program
11/15/2021
Georgia Christmas trees adorn Vice President’s house

Newton County Farm Bureau's Chuck Berry won reserve champion in the 2021 National Christmas Tree Contest.
- Categories:
- Certified Farm Market
- Farm/Rural culture
- Magazine
- Tags:
- Christmas Trees
- Newton County
- Vice President
11/15/2021
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.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
11/16/2021
Ga. Foundation for Ag offers $65,000 in scholarships for ag students

Applications must be submitted online only by March 1, 2022.
- Categories:
- Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
- Magazine
- Tags:
11/16/2021
Dealing with grief: coping mechanisms

Being a part of a religious community can facilitate the recovery or healing process
- Categories:
- farm/rural stress
- Magazine
- Tags:
- church support
- Farm stress
- grief
11/16/2021
McCalls’ ag journey brings them home to Georgia Farm Bureau

New GFB President learned about Farm Bureau through his father's involvement
- Categories:
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Magazine
- Tags:
03/11/2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Information

State ag organizations provide info about vaccine and healthy practices on the farm.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
03/03/2021
David Scott chairing U.S. House Ag Committee

Experiences on farm, in Ga. Legislature helped him grow into who he is.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
03/09/2021
Nolans take second-place honors in AFBF YF&R contest

Mathis, Yopp represent Georgia well
- Categories:
- GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
- Magazine
- Tags:
03/04/2021
Property tax programs give forestland owners options

Agricultural Preference, CUVA, FLPA, Qualified Timber Property incentives could lower tax bills.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- UGA
- Tags:
03/01/2021
Dickey, Walker chairing Georgia Ag Committees

GFB looks forward to working with new leaders
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
03/08/2021
COVID-19 creates demand for agritourism

Majority of survey respondents looking for rural or small towns for getaways.
- Categories:
- Farmers Markets
- Magazine
- Tags:
03/02/2021
AFBF hosts historic virtual convention

GFB receives four awards of excellence
- Categories:
- AFBF Convention
- Magazine
- Tags:
02/28/2021
National FFA President Harper: Different methods, same goals

Nationwide travel has given way to virtual meetings for Newton County's Doster Harper.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
03/05/2021
UGA economists deliver 2021 outlook for Georgia crops

Online comparison tool available to guide row crop farmers in decision-making.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
03/07/2021
China, COVID-19 continue as major factors for livestock

Nepveux: There may be more disruptions, but they shouldn't be as severe as in 2020.
- Categories:
- beef
- Magazine
- Poultry
- Tags:
03/06/2021
Knowles wins 2020 GFB Quality Hay Contest

Details about 2021 contest to be released in mid-summer.
- Categories:
- GFB Hay Contest
- Magazine
- Tags:
02/24/2021
Georgia Farm Bureau honors Isakson with Commodity Award

Isakson championed Georgia agriculture in Georgia House, Georgia Senate, U.S. House, U.S. Senate.
- Categories:
- GFB Public Policy
- Magazine
- Tags:
02/25/2021
GFB YF&R & Women's Leadership Committees continue serving

Terms extended by one year because of COVID-19 disruption.
- Categories:
- GFB Women's Leadership Committee
- GFB Young Farmers & Ranchers
- Magazine
- Tags:
02/23/2021
GFB looking for Georgia Ag in the Classroom Teacher of the Year

National AITC Conference begins June 28 in Des Moines, Iowa.
- Categories:
- Magazine
- Tags:
02/26/2021
Goodman donation to Georgia Ag Foundation will fund scholarships

GFB 3rd District Director makes gift in memory of her husband, Dr. Jim Goodman.
- Categories:
- Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
- Magazine
- Tags:
02/27/2021