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Pannell wins GFB Hay Contest

Posted on March 2, 2025 2:04 PM

                 Georgia Farm Bureau Hay Committee Chairman Harry Thompson, left, congratulates Neal Pannell for winning the GFB Hay  Contest. The award was announced at the 2024 GFB Convention in December. /Photo by Kenny Burgamy

Congratulations to Walton County Farm Bureau member Neal Pannell for winning the 2024 GFB Quality Bermudagrass Hay Contest. Pannell won the contest with hay that had a Relative Forage Quality (RFQ) test score of 145.95. As the first-place winner, Pannell receives the free use of a Vermeer mower-conditioner for one year, courtesy of Vermeer. He will have the option to buy the equipment at a reduced price at the end of the year. 

GFB also congratulates the runner-up winners: 2nd place - Will Cabe of Franklin Co. for hay with an RFQ of 145.41; 3rd place - Tony Petty of Bartow Co. for hay with an RFQ of 139.20 ; 4th place - Paul H. Kelly Sr. of Jasper Co. for hay with an RFQ of 138.20;  and 5th place - Eddy Turner of Washington Co. for hay with an RFQ of 138.12.

Cabe won a $200 gift card and gift bag. Petty, Kelly and Turner each won a $100 gift card and gift bag sponsored by GFB.

GFB offers an online hay directory at https://www.gfb.org/join/hay . You must be a GFB member to list hay for sale. Anyone who entered the 2024 GFB Hay Contest is eligible to list their hay for free. The cost to list hay in the directory if you didn’t enter the contest is $10 and may be submitted at any time. Contact Jeremy Taylor at 800-342-1196 or jrtaylor@gfb.org for more information.