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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE • GARY W. BLACK, COMMISSIONER
100th Anniversary
1917 – 2017
ATHENS — What’s better than reaching into your pantry or refrig-erator and pulling out a delicious product that’s made in your state? The University of Georgia’s Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest helps to highlight the state’s burgeoning food product scene with its annual competition.
Registration for the 2018 contest, which is coordinated each year by the UGA Center for Agribusiness and Eco-nomic Development, is now open online at flavorofga.com.
Now well into its second decade, the competition serves food entrepreneurs – assisting them in testing new products and reaching a larger audience – and established brands, helping them break into new mar-kets and receive accolades for established product lines.
“My sales are up just over 300 percent compared to last year,” said Jeff Campbell, who won the barbecue sauce category in 2017 with his Wicked Que Georgia Vinegar Sauce. “This is in big part due to the contest. Not only winning it but just being a part of it has spurred me on to call on more stores and work harder on my sales.”
To date, more than 1,200 food products have been entered in the contest. Many of these products are sold in regional and national mar-kets. As a result of the contest, some have increased their wholesale distribution or internet sales or experienced better traffic at local farmers
markets.“Flavor of Georgia participants tell us that the contest provides rec-
ognition, credibility and exposure for their products,” said Sharon P. Kane, the contest coordinator and food business development specialist
in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sci-ences. “It also provides a valuable resource for networking
with other food entrepreneurs and industry experts.”Product categories include barbecue sauces, bev-
erages, condiments and salsas, confections, dairy, honey, jams and jellies, meats and seafood, meat-alter-native products, sauces and seasonings, snack foods, and miscellaneous products. There is no limit to the number of products an individual business can submit.
The early registration fee is $100 per entry and continues through Jan. 19. After that date, the price
increases to $150 and remains open until Feb. 8. All en-tries are featured in the annual product directory, which is
seen by leading food industry buyers and media outlets. Contest finalists will be invited to participate in the final round of
judging in Atlanta on Tuesday, March 20, through a live pitch to judges, with an awards reception immediately following.
The grand prize winner will be awarded an exhibit space for up to two registrants at the Georgia Food Industry Association annual con-vention – a value of more than $1,500 – and three consultation sessions
ATHENS — The Georgia Ag Forecast seminar series will be held Jan. 30 through Feb. 7 at six sites across the state. University of Georgia agricultural economists will present insights into the latest market and regulatory conditions for the state’s largest industry – agriculture.
Hosted by the UGA College of Agricultural and Envi-ronmental Sciences, the 2018 seminar series will be held in Athens, Bainbridge, Cartersville, Lyons, Macon and Tifton. Registration for the series is now open at georgiaagforecast.com.
More than 1,000 producers, agribusiness representatives and community leaders attended the seminars in 2017.
“The main objective of the Ag Forecast seminar series is to provide Georgia’s producers and agribusiness leaders with information on where we think the industry is headed in the upcoming year,” said Kent Wolfe, director of the UGA Cen-ter for Agribusiness and Economic Development. “It helps producers plan for the next year, but it’s also good for bank-ers and others who have businesses involved in agriculture or who will be impacted by the farm economy.”
Economists from the center and from the college’s de-partment of agricultural and applied economics will deliver the economic outlook, which will focus on Georgia’s major commodities and the way that global markets, weather pat-terns and historical trends will affect them.
In addition to the economic outlook for 2018, attendees in Bainbridge, Lyons, Macon and Tifton will hear from Bob Redding of the Redding Firm in Washington, D.C. Redding will discuss major themes that may be addressed in the 2018 farm bill and moderate a discussion on the bill.
Attendees in Athens and Carrollton will hear from Matt Hauer of the UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government Ap-plied Demography Program. This program provides state and local leaders with current demographic data and detailed population projections that enable Georgia leaders to more effectively address issues and plan for the future. In 2017, Hauer worked with the Georgia House of Representatives Rural Development Council to provide the demographic data they needed to make recommendations for potential legislation.
Individual seats are $35 per person and a table of eight is $240. All seminars begin at 9 a.m. and are followed by a net-working lunch, except for the Tifton event which will open with a 7 a.m. breakfast, followed by the seminar.
Registration ends Feb. 8 for UGA’s 2018 Flavor of Georgia contest
Registration open for Georgia Ag Forecast seriesUGA agricultural economists hitting the road to present economic outlook for 2018
With snow in South Georgia and frigid blasts holding temperatures below freezing throughout much of the state, it would appear that Georgia is experiencing a much different winter than last year. But despite the lower, cooler tempera-tures and higher winds of late December, average tempera-tures for the month were still relatively warm, according to University of Georgia Climatologist Pam Knox.
With the current La Niña – a natural cycle of cool water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean that serves as a driving force for weather patterns in the winter months – the Southeastern U.S. could continue to see inconsistent temperature patterns over the next several months.
“In a weak La Niña like this one, the wave patterns can set up in odd ways, leading to crazy things like Alaska being warmer than Georgia,” said Knox. “If you look at the global temperature maps, we are one of the few regions in the world that is currently below normal.”
So, what does this mean for farming operations across the state? The impact of these frigid temperatures varies from sec-tor to sector. According to Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, the cold weather will show a positive trend in the number of chill hours needed to have a successful growing season for specialty crops.
“The cold weather is providing us much-needed chill hours for peaches and blueberries,” said Black.
Wade Parker, agriculture and natural resources program development coordinator for UGA Extension in Statesboro,
said the cold snap will also help fulfill chilling hours on pecans and small grains such as wheat. The number of chill hours this year has already surpassed the number of chill hours that Georgia crops were exposed to last winter.
Cooler temperatures may also help reduce whitefly popula-tions.
“We are hopeful that these weather conditions will have a positive impact on reducing the whitefly pest population in produce and cotton areas of the state,” Black said.
Last year’s mild winter allowed for a significant increase in the whitefly population, which plagued crops and affected yields in the last growing season.
“Of course, the extreme temperatures also have the poten-tial to present great challenges as well, such as increased heat-
What a difference a year makesCooler winter temperatures impact Georgia agriculture across the board
See CONTEST, page 8
See FORECAST, page 7
See COLD WEATHER, page 7
FARM EMPLOYMENT If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722. Only farm work or farm help
wanted advertisements allowed. No commercial, industrial or domestic employment permitted.
Broiler poultry farm needing full-time worker; housing and salary provided. Mike Bloodworth Knoxville 478-836-2535
Looking for work on horse farm in Houston Co. David Rape Perry 478-235-4159
FARM MACHINERY If you have questions regarding this
category, call 404-656-3722.Only farm machinery and equipment
owned by the advertiser and used in his/her own farming operation can be advertised; those persons advertising for machinery and equipment wanted must be seeking those items for their own farming operation.
135 Massey-Ferguson diesel with power steering, 8 pieces of equip-ment. Jim Thompson Fayetteville 770-680-0817
1949 Allis Chalmers G, front and rear cultivator, restored like new: $3500. John Gray Perry 478-461-6695
1950 Farmall Cub tractor, runs good, tires and sheet metal good, 12-volt, everything works, plus International belly mower in good condition: $2200 for both. Johnny Williams Carrollton 770-546-0968
1952 8N Ford, refinished, new paint, gas tank, steering wheel, show condi-tion: $3700. Please leave message. Leo Turner Clarkesville 706-754-3087
1965 International I-404 gas trac-tor, new valve train and parts added, good condition: $3650. Marvin Gar-rett Gillsville 770-869-7618
1975 F600, steel grain body w/ dump, 330 XD Gas, less than 55,000 miles, sheltered, one owner. $4000. Douglas Carter Nicholls 912-345-2885
1979 International with heavy haul-ing Anderson trailer, in great condi-tion. Case front-end loader and bush hog included: $10,250. Will consider selling separately. Call/text. Mark Cor-tez Palmetto 770-306-2976
1980 Intl. spreader truck, diesel in-cinerator, 100kW John Deere genera-tor; used on poultry farm. Otha Brown Yatesville 706-472-3552 770-550-5133
30-35 4” Rainbow irrigation 30’ joints: $.50 per foot OBO. No trailer. Terrell Rutland Lenox 229-382-5504
30 ft. gooseneck 10-ton trailer; 8 new tires, needs floor: $5000 firm. Chad Allen Dudley 478-290-3901
4 new 10-16.5 10-ply HE-TL skid steer, Titan tires, list $2144, will sell for $1000. W.G. Griffin Byron 478-396-2409
4-row Pittsburgh cultivators with 4 John Deere 71 planters + (2) 500 lb. First Product hoppers, excellent con-dition: $3200. Carson Cannington Eastman 478-374-0579
5 ft. brushmower; $2850. 6 ft bucket grapple; $1050. 48” pallet forks; $450 and $550. 6 ft. bucket; $575. Jim Bishop Franklin 706-675-3943
5-shank all-purpose plow, New Hol-land 7’ sickle mower, 6’ bush hog Ford dirt scoop; all good condition. Clay Pentecost Winder 770-601-3855770-867-4373
6-row KMC peanut inverter plow, field-ready, complete rebuild. John T. Bullington Cordele 229-273- 3597
6’ scrape blade 3pt. hitch; $325. 6 volt tractor headlight assembly, 6” tract-o-lite $50. W.A. Allen Com-merce 706-677-3300
51 running tractors, 125 parts trac-tors. Assorted makes and models. Will sell 1 or all. Robert Collins Cal-houn 706-602-9027
841 Ford diesel, new motor, new paint, 4-speed, used in hay field 2017: $4850. T.A. Floyd Blairsville 706-994-6451
920 CAT rubber tire front-end load-er, $6000; also have one for parts. George Stern Macon 478-361- 1491
93 JD 630 harrow, 22’ with 22’ Un-verferth harrow; $15,000. R. Bennett Blackshear 912-281-5285
9/8R all-wheel jack, good condi-tion; $150. 3-pt boom pole, $75. Lany Smith Rome 706-234-1347
9965 JD cotton picker, great shape, field ready, 4-row, 1625 engine hours, 1235 fan hours. John T. Bullington Cordele 229-273-3597
Athens model 107, 8’ wide offset pull type harrow, 24” discs; $5000. Shannon Sell Hoschton 770-823-7631
Bowie hydromulcher, hydroseeder; $3500 ea. Power arm, side arm mow-er 3 pt. hitch; $6700. N. McConnell Hiawassee 706-896-6319
Bush Hog-brand rotary cutter, 72” Squealer model, new blades, works good: $500. Thomas Tucker Lithia Springs 770-941-2354
Caroni 6 ft. flail mower, used three times, almost new; $1000. Danny Ki-nard Griffin 706-601-9286
Case/IH 5300 grain drill like new, 21 double discs; $6000. John Deere 530 round baler; $5500. Round bales hay, net-wrapped. Jeff Bacon Dudley 478-875-3918
CAT loader 955, serial # 2715286. Good sheet metal, fair undercarriage, runs and operates well; $9500. James DeLay Douglasville 678-313-0370
CAT trackhoe, 2251980, 30 ft. reach, 34 inch bucket, 20K. Ron Smallwood 316 Hawknest Dr. Greenville 770-463-8697 678-222-8921
Cub Cadet log splitter, 25 US ton, Honda GCV 160, overhead cam mo-tor, never used; $1000. Ted Kramer Ranger 770-310-3308
DR all-terrain tow behind trimmer/mower. Used very little. $875. Jerry Booker Midland 706-569-8183
Farmall M, restored, pictures avail-able; $4800 OBO. E. Hasel Hartwell 706-436-1832
Ford 6600 tractor with 2846 Bush Hog loader: forks, bucket, bale spear; $12,500. Brown 8’ pull-type aerator with brand new knives; $7500. Brian Henry Hartwell 864-617-6436
Ford 8N, 1952 tractor, new paint, gas tank, steering wheel; $3700 or trade for old pick-up. Leo Turner Clarkes-ville 706-754-3087
Ford 8N, good for parts; $375. Buck Thompson Fayetteville 770-616-0006
Ford 8N tractor; gas, new front tires; good rear tires, 12-volt system, good metal, new radiator; $2500, obo. Larry Houston Covington 770-235-3082
Ford 801 Diesel, powersteering, very good sheet metal; $2500. R. Thomp-son Vidalia 912-281-3030
Ford LN9000 S/A road tractor, Cum-mings, 7-speed and good lowboy. Harry Puckett Buford 770-655-7354
Ford tractor, 4610, completely rebuilt in the last 300 hours; 24’ gooseneck stock trailer, new tires, breaks. Clark Holton Douglas 912-592-8584
Ford Workmaster 601, gas tractor, parade or work, excellent condition w/3 pieces of equipment; $4200, w/o equipment $3700. Ron Smith Hamp-ton 770-227-0504
Hammer mill O.B. Wise, size 12, three screens, runs great, needs minor sheet metal work. Ed Weber Barnesville 678-588-0459
Hay unroller, fits ON, 3-pt. hitch, hy-draulic, used one season: $500. Wylie Calhoun Columbus 770-596-4388
Heavy duty tag-a-long trailer approx. 20’ including dove tail and ramps. Needs new wood and tires. Frame in excellent condition; $1500. Tim Cook Hazlehurst 912-539-3544
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Classified advertisements in the Market Bulletin are free to subscribers and limited to one ad per issue per subscriber number. Out-of-state subscribers may only publish ads in the Out-of-State Wanted category. Advertisements from businesses, corporations, dealerships, real estate agents or other commercial entities are not permitted. Advertising is limited to farm-related items.
Advertisers and buyers are advised to be aware of state and federal laws governing the sale and transfer of live animals. The Georgia Department of Agriculture does not assume responsibility for transactions initiated through the Market Bulletin but will use every effort to prevent fraud. Advertisers are expected to fulfill the terms of their offers. Failure to do so through either negligence or intention may require the Market Bulletin to refuse future ads.
Market Bulletin staff reserves the right to designate ad length and to edit for spelling, grammar and word count. Ads run a maximum of two consecutive issues if the category allows. A new ad must be submitted to run longer than two consecutive issues.
Ads in regularly published categories are limited to 20 words including name, address, email address and phone number. The following ad categories are published periodically and allow up to 30 words: Farm Services; Farm Services Wanted; Farmland Rent/Lease; Farmland Rent/Lease Wanted; Farmland for Sale; Handicrafts. Ads for Farmland for Sale are published twice per year, in the spring and the fall.
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JD mower conditioner #1360; NH square bailer; 8-wheel rake, tedder, all for $19,500. COLT 4-horse slant w/camper; $4900. Bob Witt Newnan 404-372-8395
Large load of treated lumber 2x6-8, 8-10-16 ft; $300. Connie Powell Mon-ticello 770-476-0637 770-545-9339
Locust fence post & rails. Barney Cook Blairsville 706-994-2600
Outdoor wood-burning furnace; heats up to 4500 sq. ft. You load/haul. Can email photos/details: $3500. Ran-dall Ingram Ball Ground 770-735-2258
PVC fencing, assorted sizes, com-pleted inventory; $800. 5’x9’ alum. air vent, new; $100. Ralph Sebacher Sharpsburg 678-378-6650
Sawmill blade with insert, 42”; $200. Lamar Bryant Cleveland 706-878-8509
Shenandoah zone control brooders. Chore-Time feed hopper switches. Dimmers and timers. Leave a mes-sage. Marcus Dyer Calhoun 931-808-1122
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Market Bulletin Farmland Ad FormThe Spring 2018 Farmland Edition of the Market Bulletin will be published
March 14. The deadline to submit ads for that issue is noon Feb. 28.
Ad guidelines: Only Georgia farmland of five acres or more may be advertised. Include price, acreage and county where the property is located. All property must be for sale by the owner. A maximum word count of 30 – including name, address, phone number and city – is permitted in Farmland ads. Only one ad per subscriber per issue. You must be a paid subscriber to advertise in the Market Bulletin. Fax to 404.463.4389 or mail to: Georgia Department of Agriculture, Att: Market Bulletin, 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30330.
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FARMLAND SECTIONS AND COUNTIESBryanBullochCamdenCandlerCharltonChathamClinchCoffeeEcholsEffinghamEvansGlynnJeff DavisLanierLibertyLongMcIntoshMontgomeryPierceScrevenTattnallTelfairToombsWareWayneWheeler
Tear down, haul off 300 ft. chicken house, 3’x20’ metal roofing, steel trusses. Edsel Orr Cumming 770-887-3348770-280-5998
Two 1-ton feed bins; $500. Two fence line hay feeders, 6 ft. long; $400. Nancy England 4373 East Hall Road Gainesville 30507 770-532-8818
Wanted: Farm wagon with ball hitch in usable condition. Approx. 12’ long. Double axle. Joe Burns Gray-son [email protected] 9422
LIVESTOCK All livestock must have been in the
advertiser’s possession for at least 90 days before they can be advertised. Livestock listed must be for specific animals. Generalized ads such as “many breeds of cattle” or “want hors-es, any amount” will not be published. Ads for free or unwanted livestock will not be published. Ads for cats, dogs, reptiles, rodents and other animals not specifically bred for on-farm use will not be published.
Cattle If you have questions regarding ads
in this category, call 404-656-3722. 2 black Angus bulls, 4 years old,
full ET brothers. Sired by SAV 1867, dam’s sire SAV Providence. Brian Hart LaFayette 706-996-5070
60 black Angus cross Hereford, 50 calves born Sept.-Dec. Will lease pastures. Balance due early spring. Wayne Smith Butler 706-249- 2175
ABS semen tank, MVE2000 XC20, 20 week hold, 5 years old, 140 units Limousin, 9 units Angus, complete AI kit; $750. Calvin Minchew Macon 478-951-1697
Angus-Hereford bull, black with white face, DOB March 2015; fertility tested, very docile; calf easy with our heifers: $1800 OBO. Heath Brodnax Thomaston 706-938-8537
Black Angus bull, born 12/12/16, UGA H.E.R.D. program offspring: $1200. Matt Sanford Chatsworth 706-463-2141
Black Angus bulls, nice, 1 y/o, five to choose from. Kenneth Jones Green-ville 706-672-4845
Bottle calves for sale, heifers and bulls available. Guaranteed colstrum have been given Multimin 90 and Tri-angle 5, 7+ days old. Brittney Peters Social Circle 470-334-1933
FRANKLIN COUNTYEvery Tuesday, noon: Cattle, goats, sheep; Franklin County Livestock Sales, 6461 Stone Bridge Road, Carnesville. Call Chad and Clay Ellison, 706.384.2975 or 706.384.2105
GORDON COUNTYEvery Thursday, 12:30 p.m.: Cattle, goats, sheep, slaughter hogs; Calhoun Stockyard Hwy. 53, 2270 Rome Road SW, Calhoun. Call Dennis Little & Gene Williams, 706.629.1900
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY1st & 3rd Fridays: Horse sale, 7:30 p.m.; Circle Double S, 102 Lumber City Highway, Hazlehurst. Call Steve Underwood, 912.594.6200 (night) or 912.375.5543 (day)
JOHNSON COUNTY1st & 3rd Mondays, 7:30 p.m.: Chickens; Ol’ Times Auction, 503 Hill Salter Road, Kite. Call Robert Colston, 478.299.6240
JONES COUNTYEvery Saturday, 6 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; 5 p.m., farm miscellaneous, Ga. Lic. #3188; Buggy Town Auction, 1035 Hwy. 11, Gray. Call Jimmy Burnett 770.584.0388 or 678.972.4599
LAMAR COUNTYEvery Friday, 6 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; 5 p.m., farm miscellaneous, Ga. Lic. #3188; Buggy Town Auction Market, 1315 Highway 341 S, Barnesville. Call James Burnette 770.584.0388 or 678.972.4599
LAURENS COUNTY2nd & 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 COUNTYEvery Friday, 6 p.m.: Chickens, small animals; Gray Bell Animal Auction, Hwy. 281, Royston. Call Billy Joe Bell, 706.245.4205
MARION COUNTYEvery Thursday, 7 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Auction 41, 4275 GA Hwy. 41 N, Buena Vista. Call Jim Rush, 706.326.3549. Email [email protected]
NEWTON COUNTY2nd & 4th Saturdays: Pony Express Stockyard Horse & Tack Auction, 5 p.m.; GAL AUNR002843; 1852 Highway 11 S, Covington. Call Scott Bridges, 704.434.6389 or 704.473.8715
PULASKI COUNTYEvery Tuesday, 1:30 p.m.: Cattle, goats, sheep; Pulaski County Stockyard, 1 Houston Street, Hawkinsville. Call John Walker, 478.892.9071
SEMINOLE COUNTYEvery 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
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
TAYLOR COUNTY1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.: Feeder pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; RockRidge Livestock Auction, 1357 Tommy Purvis Jr. Road, Reynolds. Call Melba Strickland, 706.975.5732
TELFAIR COUNTY2nd & 4th Thursdays: Chickens, fowl, goats and sheep; check-in at 1 p.m., sale at 6:30 p.m. Horse Creek Auction, between Dublin and McRae off Highway 441. Call 478.595.5418
THOMAS COUNTYEvery Tuesday, 1 p.m.: Cattle. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays: Slaughter hogs; Thomas County Stockyards, 20975 Hwy. 19 N, Thomasville. Call Jimmy P. Benton, 229.228.6960
WHITE COUNTYEvery Saturday, 4 p.m.: Goats, sheep, chickens, small animals; Coker’s Sale Barn, 9648 Duncan Bridge Road, Cleveland. Call Wayne Coker Sr., 706.540.8418
WILKES COUNTYEvery 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 farm-related 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 Amy Carter at 404.656.3722 or [email protected].
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Registered Angus bulls, AI sired by Deer Valley All-In, Bridges velocity, 16 to 27 mos. Top 1% C.E. and growth; $2000 up. Ken McMichael Monticel-lo 706-819-9295
Registered black Angus bulls. 16-18 months old, semen tested, docile. Cold Spring Angus. Trish Stuede-mann, Cody Floyd Comer 706-371-2749
Registered black Angus bulls, (6) 2 y/o, (2) 3 y/o. All shots and AHIR & AI since 1980. Birth weight under 2.5. James Miller Hawkinsville 478-892-2839478-955-0224
Registered black polled Beefmaster bulls, several bloodlines, ages 1 yr. to 3 yrs, most semen tested, several to choose from. Shots and wormed by vet. Good conformation and gentle; $1500-$2500. Vernon Turner Dalton 706-278-7814
Registered black polled gentle Si-mAngus bull, Mytty in Focus grand-son, CE 11.9, BW 1.7, WW 77.3, YW 109.5, calves on site. Morris Shields Crandall 706-328-3087
Registered Charolais bulls, cow ready, LBW. Semen and BVD tested, gentle good selection. Delivery avail-able. Curtiss Kicliter Marshalville 478-967-2940479-396-1537
Registered red Angus bulls and heif-ers, 17 mos. Excellent blood line and EPD. Easy calving. Good prices. Da-vid Ulfik Oxford 470-891-1853
Registered Santa Gertrudis bulls, breeding age and younger. Eddy Mul-linax 131 Teague Rd. Ellijay 30536 706-273-4282
SimAngus bulls, 2 y/o and yearlings; low birth weight, gentle: $2500. Keith Thrasher Carlton 706-296-4031
SimAngus and Angus bulls, 12-16 m/o, AI sired, calving ease, semen tested; $1700-$2500. Chet Barrett Mount Airy 706-499-8008
Swine If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722.Advertisers submitting swine ads
must submit proof of a negative bru-cellosis and pseudorabies test from within the past 30 days. Exceptions are swine from a validated brucellosis-free and qualified pseudorabies-free herd; these operations must submit proof of that certification. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the test needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the test can be at-tached using the attachments button. Buyers are urged to request proof of a negative brucellosis and pseudora-bies test prior to purchase.
Goats And Sheep If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722.2-year-old Pygmy billy, proven
breeder, selling to prevent inbreed-ing, not for slaughter; $100. Barbara McCommons Dallas 404-790-5420
2 white bucks, 8 mos. 2 black bucks, 8 mos. Not registered; can be. William Landress Loganville 678-414-2505
Butcher dorper lamb. Pickup alive on farm. Approximately 80+ pounds. $250 Sunshine Mt. Vernon 912-339-2557
Handsome brown Boer mix billy, born 9/17/17. Very sweet personality. $75. Steve Jakes Williamson 678-588-4482
Lambs: 1 y/o Barbados/Katahdin cross, no chemicals, grassfed: $125 ea. Hair sheep, no wool. Janisse Ray Reidsville 912-557-1053
Nigerian Dwarfs, 3 doelings: 8 wks-6 months, bucklings: 8 weeks, colorful, dehorned, registered, small, beautiful. Pat Daniel Sandersville 478-456-5535
Polled Nigerian Dwarf billy; $200. Bob Reese Stockbridge 770-633-9294
Purebred Kikos, male and female, female has 3 babies by male, 3 weeks old, 1 male and 2 female. $500 for all. Stephen Shaw Cedartown 678-988-0544
Pygmy goat, males. Four months old. Raised with miniature donkeys and other goats; $40. Joe Burns Grayson 678-591-9422
Registered Katahdin rams from 7 m/o to 12 m/o; x-large, Midwest bloodlines. Duke Burgess Louisville [email protected] 478-625-9542305-923-0262
Wanted: Pair of Nigerian dwarf goats, unrelated, reasonably priced, within 75 miles. J. Futch Adel [email protected]
White Dorper ram, yearling, ready for service, great genetics, registered: $350. Kevin Campbell McDonough 770-274-9093
Stock Dogs If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722.Advertisers must submit a copy of
a current Rabies Vaccination Certifi-cate signed by a licensed veterinar-ian for dogs 12 weeks and older. Ads submitted without this information will not be published.
Anatolian shepherds, UTD shots, available 2/8/18; 8 w/o, raised with goats. Males $250, females $300. Jim Willis Rupert 478-862-5749
Female Great Pyrenees puppy born Nov. 10, raised with goats, parents and grandparents on site; $250. Call/text. Andy Givhan Rydal 770-655-0578
Great Pyrenees puppies, born Nov. 7, one male, two females; wormed, shots, parents on premises, guard/companion. Sydney Mabe Dawson-ville 706-265-7778
Wanted: Young male Catahoula or Australian Shepherd for guard and family pet, registration not necessary. Diana Williamson Lyons 912-455-5282
Equine For Sale If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722.Advertisers in the Equine for Sale or
Equine at Stud categories must sub-mit current negative Coggins tests for each equine advertised. This includes horses, ponies, donkeys, etc. Buyers are urged to request verification of a negative Coggins from the advertiser before purchasing any equine. Nega-tive Coggins reports are valid for 12 months from the date the blood sam-ple is drawn. Falsification or altering of any Coggins results can result in fines and suspension of advertising privileges. If you are faxing or mail-ing in an ad, the Coggins needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the Coggins can be attached using the attachments button. Gen-eralized ads, such as “many horses,” “variety to choose from,” etc., will not be published. Equine at Stud ads will also require a current stab
Beautiful palomino mare, easy ride, gentle, used on trail, grief/emotional therapy, approx. 15 hands, 29 years; $600. Miniature horse; $250. Scarlett Yow Canton 770-569-1212
Beautiful black riding pony, 4 years old, 9 hands, super gentle, can deliv-er; $600 cash. Janice Wilkes Athens 706-207-9366
One year old Jack donkey, friendly; $175. Mark Walter Bostwick 706-338-0389
Equine At Stud If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722.
Equine Miscellaneous If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722.Wedge seat for carriage driving, 15”
wide; $20. Photo available upon re-quest. Valette Adkins Milledgeville 478-968-5261
Boarding Facilities If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722.Advertisers must submit a current
stable license in order to advertise boarding and breeding facilities. Ads submitted without this information will not be published. For questions re-garding licenses and applications, call 404-656-3713.
Small private farm 24/7 staff, cov-ered arena, grass turn out, wash racks, limited trails, full board; $600 Kimberly Murray Stone Mountain 404-558-8897
Poultry/Fowl For Sale If you have any questions regarding ads
in this category, call 404-656-3722.Mallard ducks must be at least three
generations removed from the wild before they can be advertised. Adver-tisers must include this information in ads, or they will not be published.
12 varieties peafowl including java green, game chickens, peacock feathers. Raymond Watts Macon 478-361-3468478-743-6692
20 Rhode Island Red hens, 2 roost-ers, 2 Barred Rock roosters. Chuck Hatt Calhoun 706-629-4690
2015 red and gold pheasants; hens $40, males $40. Pair gold leaf ban-tams, $25. Robert Borchert Lincoln-ton 706-359-3325
Ameraucana Mille Fleur bantams. Colleen Freeman Gainesville 678-897-9318
Ameraucana pullets, 10 m/o: $20 ea. James Young Metter 912-682- 2917
Baby chicks for sale. Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington and American Dominique. Pure breeds, not mixed. Monte Poitevint Lakeland 229-482-3854
Birmingham Roller pigeons, rare recessive red and yellow, and also Turner bloodline; $20ea. Ken Hatley Barnesville 770-358-1300
Blue Marans, Wyandottes, Buff Or-pingtons, White Leghorns, Rhode Is-land whites: $15. Laying, 6 m/o. Gary Ridley LaFayette 706-638-1911
Buff and black silkie trios, $120; hens, $10. Also, white topknot beard-ed silkies. Call for more info. Jack Jenkins Harlem 706-799-8597
Cobb 500 pasture broilers and No-vogen brown layers for sale as day-old chicks; ship or pick up; NPIP certified. Diane Berry Ray City 229-455-6437
OE bantams from show stock, BB reds, splash, blacks, brassy backs, blue brassy backs, opals, fawns and silver duckwings. William McBurnett Tyrone 770-487-2233
Purebred Madigan Clarets stags and pullets. 8 mos. old rooster cocks. 2-3 years old. Vernon Murphy Cornelia 706-778-5072
Red and yellow buff cochins, beau-tiful birds. Eldon Patterson 149 Cold Branch Road Eatonton 31024 706-485-7355
Rhode Island Red Roosters; $3.88. Spring 2017 hatch. David McDade Eatonton 706-473-2366
Rhode Island Red Pullets also Gold-en Comet Pullets. Now laying, quality birds. Brian Sturdy Dahlonega 706-865-9201
Tom turkeys, pheasants, bantams and pigeons. Danny Ryals Milled-geville 478-804-3868478-452-8497
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LISTING
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Once at the site, select Market News and Transportation Data in the left column. Click on Livestock, Meats, Grain and Hay under the heading Market News Reports by Pro-gram. Next, click on Cattle under the head-ing Browse by Commodity. Then click on Feeder and Replacement Cattle Auctions and select Georgia.
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Poultry/Fowl Requiring Permit/License
If you have questions regarding this category, call 404-656-3722.
Advertisers selling wood ducks must submit a USDA permit with their ad. Ads for wood ducks that do not have this permit will not be published. For information on these permits, call the US Fish & Wildlife Service Atlanta office at 404-679-7319. Advertisers selling quail must be accompanied by a copy of the commercial quail breeder’s license. Ads for quail that do not have this license will not be published. For information on these licenses, call the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Re-sources Division at 770-918-6401. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the permit/license needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the permit/license can be attached using the attachments button.
9 game poultry for sale. Chuck Hatt Calhoun 706-264-5025
Bobwhite quail, flight conditioned. Roy C. Peterson Ideal 478-662-4532
Poultry/Fowl Wanted
ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK
If you have questions regarding this category, call 404-656-3722.
Alternative Livestock Requiring Permit/License
If you have questions regarding ads in this category, call 404-656-3722.
Advertisers selling fallow deer, axis deer, sika deer, elk, red deer, reindeer and caribou must submit a current deer farming license with their ads. Ads submitted without this license will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the li-cense needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the license can be attached using the attach-ments button. For information about the deer farming license, contact the Georgia Department of Agriculture at 404-656-3667. For information on other hoofed stock, excluding llamas and buffalo, contact the Georgia De-partment of Natural Resources at 770-761-3044.
LIVESTOCK WANTED If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722. Any breed horses, goats and mules,
will pick-up and pay cash. Wayne Green Bremen 770-841-6815
LIVESTOCK HANDLING If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722.3-horse slant load Bee trailer, 5 ex-
cellent tires, solid floor, mats, dressing room, one owner; $5200. David Wil-liamson Hampton 678-300-2239
16’ Ponderosa cattle trailer. Middle panel with rear and side doors. Good tires and floor. $2100. David Cagle Fairmount 770-796-2555
Gore 2005, AC, tack room, 19’ alu-minum animal compartment, 12x6, tack room 4x6; $8500. Lee Sayer Ambrose 912-393-4915
Older model manual headgate. Heavy duty. Works fine. Pictures available. Tom Brown Canton 404-259-0998
RABBITS If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722.
FEED, HAY AND GRAIN If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722.All feed, hay and grain ads must in-
clude the variety offered for sale. Ads for mulch hay will not be accepted in this category; they will be published in the Fertilizers & Mulches category.
ConferenceUnicoi State Park1788 Hwy. 356Helen, Ga. 30545georgia-agritourism.org
March 8Georgia Grown Feed My School Source
ShowAtlanta State Farmers Market16 Forest ParkwayForest Park, Ga. [email protected]
March 22Vegetable and Small Fruit Production
TrainingLanier Technical CollegeForsyth Campus3410 Ronald Reagan Blvd.Cumming, Ga. 30041http://sustainagga.org/Journeyman%20
Farmer%20BRFD/JourneymanFarmer.html
Have an event to put on our calendar? Contact Amy Carter at 404.656.3722 or [email protected]
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.
Hay for sale: 4x5 mix hay, 25 rolls in barn. Justin Evans Rocky Face 423-364-8335
Hay round rolls; $50. 50 rolls or more $45 a roll. John Shaw 3424 Burnett Rd. Byron 31008 478-951-1204
Quality 2017 Coastal Bermuda hay, 4x5.5 net-wrapped rolls: $45. Delivery available, priced by distance. Chad Hendrix Collins 912-237-3430
Tift 44 Bermuda hay, no weeds/fertilized, 4x5 rolls: $35 ea. Pick up at farm. Smaller rolls for less. James Blankenship Concord 770-461-9734
Top quality Tift 44/Dallas grass mix; lg. square bales, $7. Netwrapped JD round bales; $45. Ralph Mills Gaines-ville 770-536-8438
Wyoming Alfalfa, 3x3x8’ bales; $165. Nice fall cutting. Gary Davis Blue Ridge 865-585-6174
Feed, Hay and Grain Wanted
AG SEED FOR SALE If you have questions regarding this
category, call 404-656-3722.Advertisers must submit a current
state laboratory report, fewer than nine months old, for purity, noxious weeds and germination for each seed lot advertised. Ads submitted without this information will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, this report needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the report can be attached using the at-tachments button. Seed lots must be uniform and cannot exceed 400 50-pound bags. Certain varieties of seed are protected from propagation unless they are grown as a class of certified seed. These include Florida 304, Coker 9152, Coker 9835, 6738 soybean, Haskell, Bennings and oth-ers. For questions regarding certified seed, call the Department’s Seed Di-vision at 404-656-3635.
Custom sprigging Bermuda grass, Alicia, Coastal, Russell and Tift 85. Also sprigs for sale. Ronnie Hart Guy-ton 912-665-2261
Ghost pepper seeds: 15 seeds for $1, send SASE. Elwood Holt 102 Hatcher Road Warner Robins 31088 478-396-9841
Old timey Cayenne, Yellow Cayenne, Rooster Spur, Peter Pepper seeds. 25 seeds; $2.00 pack + SASE. Terry Madaris 2017 Cloud Springs Road Rossville 30741 423-883-7264
Ag Plants for Sale
Comfery root stock, 10 pieces of root. $10 and 2 postage. Marvin Mc-Williams 2317 Fox Dr. Marietta 30066 770-427-6848
Few figs- 3 varieties, many mul-berries; $5. Many dewberries; $2. Many other plants. No shipping. Carla Houghton Marietta 770-428-2227
Ag Seed/Plants Wanted
FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTALS
FOR SALE If you have questions about this cat-
egory, call 404-656-3722. 4” Perennials, 350 varieties; all
$1.50 each including Helleborous. 1 gal. grafted Japanese maples; $20-$25. Display garden. Selah Ahlstrom Jackson 770-775-4967
Assorted seedlings, small trees and shrubs: $3-$15 avg. Grace Walsh Jonesboro 404-431-1510
Cosmos, tall, 6’ not unusual, 60+ seeds; $1 + SASE. Ira Bray 70 Wilkes Ct. Newnan 30263 770-253-0693
Long borders of 38 year old varie-gated Liriope. Come see. Make offer. Etheleen James 197 Glynn James Rd. Lyons 30436 912-526-8516
Magic Lily, 10 for $5, pomegranate for $3, Boxwoods old English, Korean, American. Faye Chambers 2579 Boyt Rd. Yatesville 31097 706-473-3371
Seeds: Foxglove, Sweet William, Poppy, Echinacea, Shasta Daisy; $1 plus SASE. Etheleen James 197 Glynn James Rd Lyons 30436 912-526-8516
Zig-zag fern; $25. Pink bloom Crown of Thorns; $35. Staghorn fern, 20 yrs. old; $50. Clivia; $20. No shipping. Nina Cooper Moultrie 229-985-1970
FLOWERS REQUIRING PERMITS
If you have questions regarding this category, call 404-656-3722.
Advertisers selling officially protect-ed plants must have a permit to sell such plants. Ads submitted without this permit will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the permit needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the permit can be attached using the attach-ments button. For information on the sale or shipment of protected plants, call the Protected Plant Program at 770-918-6411.
MISCELLANEOUS If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722.1959 6-cylinder Chevy motor, runs
good; $850 cash. You pick up. Sarah Briscoe Commerce 706-658-6829
27ft. flagpole, $100; 2 ea. 35ft. light-pole, $200; aluminum air vent, 5’x9’. Ralph Sharpsburg 678-378-6650
Complete aquaponics system. 100 gal. fish tank, 4 grow beds, 2 sump tanks, pump; $200. Peter Fogg Fort Valley 478-293-2833
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Forecast Continued From Page 1
ing costs to our poultry producers,” said Black. “It is still a little too soon to quantify those challenges, but we will continue to monitor the effects the weather has on our crops, livestock and poultry in the coming days.”
According to Tim Coolong, PhD., a vegetable re-searcher based on the Tifton Campus of UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the dam-age to cool season crops will be evaluated once tem-peratures rise. For some crops, such as broccoli and cauliflower, the cold weather may have rendered them unmarketable. Onions, carrots, kale, collards and mus-tards may have experienced foliar damage and dieback over multiple nights of low temperatures.
Will Bentley, executive vice president of the Geor-gia Cattlemen’s Association, cautioned cattle produc-ers to provide their livestock with the proper amount of care and feed to meet their energy needs. Feeding
quality hay is instrumental in keeping livestock in good condition throughout the long and challenging winter months, he said.
“As long as cattle can stay dry and avoid large amounts of wind, they can typically handle very low temperatures,” said Bentley.
While it is easy to identify the potential impacts that cold weather can have on Georgia agriculture, it re-mains to be seen what the rest of the winter season will bring to the state. It is important for Georgia farmers to remain vigilant to the impacts cold temperatures could have on their business.
“The current La Niña is forecast to swing back to neutral conditions by mid-spring,” said Knox, the UGA climatologist. “But the January thaw looks to be just around the corner, and we will see what happens after that.”
cold Weather: Time will tell if chilly temps help or hurtContinued From Page 1
Bee removal, work guaranteed. Met-ro Atlanta and West Georgia areas. W.O. Canady Villa Rica 770-942-3887
Galberry, voted best-tasting honey in the state of Georgia; $52 a gal-lon, shipping included. Ben Bruce Homerville www.brucesnutnhoney.com912-487-5001
Honey, sizes available: Quart, $14. Pint; $8. 8 oz. bear; $5. Jimmy Brown Jackson 770-775-0157678-448-7781
Learn honey bees: Lake Hartwell Bee Keepers short course, Feb. 24; 1 day, 8 classes. Lunch and prizes provided; $50. K Bourne Lavonia [email protected]
Looking for honey extractor. Don Gamblin Palmetto 678-201-5345
Wanted: bee equipment, pick up swarms for free, remove bees from a structure for a fee. Leonard Day Ma-con 478-719-5588
Things To Eat 1 quart of shelled black walnuts;
$25 plus shipping. Herman Robinson Bremen 678-821-3466770-294-9600
17 shelled pecans, mostly halves; $9 per pound, plus postage. Bagged in freezer. Morgan County area. Frank Eaton Buckhead 706-342-0727
2017 Desirable pecans, $11/lb + postage, will crack, shell, separate your pecans, $.50 cents/lb. Russell Eaton Stockbridge 770-506-2727
2017 pecans for sale; cleaned and ready for the freezer. Peggy Griffin Clarkesville 706-947-8417
2017 pecan halves; $12 quart. Madi-son area. Margaret Bratton Madison 304-228-5334
2017 pecans, in the shell; $5/lb. + shipping. Charles Sawyer Mount Airy 706-768-4776
Cracked black walnuts, extra clean, large pieces; $25 per quart. Jim Law-son Ball Ground 770-893-2141
Grain-finished Angus beef, side or quarter, cut to order; $3.50/lb hanging weight plus processing. Jason Cox Social Circle 404-925-5412
Lamb for sale; half, $5/lb., or whole, $4.50/lb. Grassfed, no antibiotics or hormones. Raven Waters Reidsville 912-557-1053
Marview Farms provides grassfed and pastured: beef, pork, lamb and goat; free-range eggs and chickens. Fernando Mendez Arabi Marview-Farms.com229-401-8722
Pecans; hand cleaned; $10/lb plus shipping. $4/ pound cracked, plus shipping. Shirley Spruill Carrollton 770-301-3114
Fertilizers & Mulches Fresh, clean red pinestraw, installed
and cleaned: $4/bale. Travis Golden Conyers 404-710-9884
Long leaf pinestraw delivery and installation or semi trailers dropped. Josh Bulloch Manchester 404-925-1076
Pre-bagged horse manure; $1.50 bag. (20-40 lbs per bag). Price re-duced for 100+ bags. You load. Call first. Martha V. Braumann Law-renceville 678-662-9393
loid grass carp must submit a cur-rent Wild Animal License from the Georgia Department of Natural Re-sources. Ads submitted without this license will not be published. If you are faxing or mailing in an ad, the li-cense needs to be sent along with it. For ads submitted online, the li-cense can be attached using the at-tachments button. For license infor-mation, call 770-761-3044.
AI quality, farm-grown channel cat-fish fingerlings, graded, priced by size, accurate weights and counts. Guaranteed live and healthy. J.F. Gil-bert Thomaston 770-468-0725706-648-2062
Seasoned Pecan wood, cut and part split for firewood or smoking whole tree. All for $200. You haul. Harold C. Landress Loganville 770-979-1636
Timber Timber must be individually owned
and produced by the advertiser on his personal property. No companies or businesses are allowed to advertise timberland in this category. Timberland advertised must be at least one acre. Timber wanted ads will not be published.
Approx. 50 acres of 1988 planted pines, located in Jefferson Co. Bid close 1/31/18. David Holley 4810 Harlem Wrens Rd. Harlem 30814 706-556-6984
Large hard wood trees for free. You cut and clean up. Vickie Hogan Clarkesville 706-768-5441
Oak, pine, cedar, sweet gum trees on 4 acres. Also large tree limbs on ground. Cut and remove. Steve Kmetz Hampton 770-897-0423
Handicrafts If you have questions regarding ads in
this category, call 404-656-3722.Handicraft ads are limited to 30
words.All-occasion angels-on-a-card for
gifts of friendship, weddings, etc.; $3 ea. Call for details. Claire Hawley Pine Mountain 706-663-9293
All types of chair caning, refinish-ing and repairs. James T. Lewis 1404 Kenwood Drive Perry 31069 478-987-4243
Chair and rocker caning of all kinds, also wicker and rattan repair; 36 years of experience. Duke Dufresne Sta-tham 770-725-2554
Craft show tent, Craft Hut brand; 10x10 with sides, very good condi-tion, one owner. Duane Christensen Woodstock 770-928-6313
Custom handmade T-shirt quilts, memory quilts, bears, pillows, show ribbon pillows, wall hangings, quilts; add embroidery or pictures. Margaret Watson Newnan [email protected]
In need of quilter to produce several full-size quilts for reasonable price, in or near Gainesville. Call after 6 p.m. Inez Smith Gainesville 770-536-8393
Please mail quilting patterns for church quilting class. Iva Nelle Spears 2325 Hwy. 337 Menlo 30731
Seeking small, easy, crochet, cross stitch and plastic canvas patterns. Will pay postage. Shirley Smith At-lanta 404-494-9964
CORRECTIONS 1000 gallon fuel tank, single wall,
currently used above ground in con-tainment wall; $1300. Fred Jarrell Butler 478-837-4301478-862-5301
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NoticeAds for the Feb. 14 issue
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We hear from lots of subscribers who’ve managed to resist the siren call of technology, and right now we’re envious of your willpow-er. As you’ve no doubt heard, the Georgia De-partment of Agriculture recently experienced a cyber event that temporarily prevented us from accessing several important digital databanks, including our Market Bulletin subscriber and advertising databases.
The good news is that no data was compro-mised, nor was it released publicly. However, the event did occur during a busy time of year when the department is handling thousands of license renewals for gas stations, food retailers and processors. This is also the time of year when farmers renew their Georgia Agricul-ture Tax Exemption (GATE) cards. And then there’s your Market Bulletin, which we work diligently to deliver to 40,000 of you on time, every two weeks. We fell a few days short of that mark with our Jan. 3 issue, for obvious reasons. It took a little ingenuity, a lot of mid-night oil and gobs of elbow grease, but we got a smaller version of the paper out for you.
Our IT staff has been working nights and weekends for the past several weeks – taking off only for Christmas and New Year’s Day – to restore our connections to our networks. They hope to have us fully operational again
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Editor’s NotE:Hitting the reset button from the UGA Food Product Innovation
and Commercialization Center on product or process design, ingredient functionality, sensory testing and/or shelf life determina-tion, a $1,500 value.
All finalists receive a Silver-level Geor-gia Grown membership, courtesy of the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The contest is being held in conjunction with the department’s statewide Agricultural Awareness Week, which celebrates all aspects of the agricultural industry, from farmers to food businesses.
For more information or to register, visit flavorofga.com or call 706.542.9809. Follow the contest @FlavorofGA on Twitter and Instagram and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/flavorofga.
Enter now and saveA discounted early registration fee of $100 per entry to the Flavor of Georgia Contest continues through Jan. 19. After that date, the price increases to $150 and remains open until Feb. 8. Contest finalists will be invited to participate in the final round of judging in Atlanta on Tuesday, March 20. An awards reception will follow.