Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has signed a new bill, which takes effect July 1st, requiring drivers to secure trailers to their vehicles with safety chains. According to a story from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Frank Watson, Extension coordinator in Wilkes County, said trailer-owners must ensure their trailer has a safety chain or cable as a safety backup to the primary hitch connection. But commodity trailers, like peanut wagons or cotton wagons, are exempt.” More on this story can be found at: http://georgiafaces.caes.uga.edu/?public=viewStory&pk_id=5471. For more information on trailer safety, see the national Extension publication at www.extension.org/pages/64391/livestock-trailer-safety#.VV41MFlVhBc.