By Clint Thompson The winner of the Georgia Peanut Product Innovation award was presented during the final day of the Sunbelt Ag Expo on Thursday. Rusty Bowers, owner of Pine Street Market in Avondale Estates, received a $10,000 prize check from the Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC). His entry was the Georgia Peanut Potlikker Sausage, featuring local chicken, peanuts and collard …
The Trump Administration and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced plans this week for the Harvest Fuel Relief (HFR) program that will offer one-time payments to American farmers to offset fuel costs during the 2026 harvest season. The $8 billion program will act similarly to the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program and will release commodity-specific payment rates in November. The …
By Clint Thompson Florida farmer Woody Larson was crowned Sunbelt Ag Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year during Tuesday’s Expo event in Moultrie, Georgia. Larson, who owns dairy and beef cattle across multiple ranches in Florida, was both excited and humbled when accepting the award during the annual luncheon. “Well, it’s pretty humbling actually. I mean first you’re nominated by …
By Clint Thompson Excessive rains from the previous two weekends soaked South Georgia and drenched peanut fields where the crop is nearing harvest. It was not an ideal scenario for the state’s crop, but it could have been a lot worse, says Scott Monfort, University of Georgia Extension peanut agronomist. “We are blessed that it was not any worse than …
By Clint Thompson The Sunbelt Ag Expo is just around the corner for farmers, industry leaders and agricultural enthusiasts looking to attend the Southeast’s premier farm show. It is scheduled for Oct. 20-22 in Moultrie, Georgia and will host visitors from Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Arkansas and Virginia. The annual Farmer of the Year luncheon will be …
By Clint Thompson Two straight weekends of heavy rainfall across parts of Georgia has impacted the state’s cotton crop. Camp Hand, University of Georgia Extension cotton agronomist, and the Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC) advise growers that the increased moisture will negatively impact the quality of most of Georgia’s cotton crop. “Just the last two weeks have been kind of hard …
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission and Camp Hand, University of Georgia (UGA) Extension cotton agronomist, are advising the state’s cotton growers about harvests plans over the next couple of weeks amid increased rainfall. Hand cautions producers about trying to do work in a field that has been saturated with rain. “I’m a fairly impatient person myself. I’ve been …
By Elizabeth Sanders and Clint Thompson The short-term and long-term futures of Georgia’s peanut crop was discussed during this week’s Georgia Peanut Tour, held in Savannah, from Sept. 22-24. Attendees, which included farmers and industry leaders, learned about the crop’s production practices and its post-harvesting process before heading to the consumer. Scott Tubbs, University of Georgia Cropping Systems Agronomist, talked …
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The National Cotton Council (NCC) and Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC) applauded the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry last week for advancing the Agricultural Act of 2026 and urge Congress to maintain momentum toward final passage of a full, five-year farm bill this year. “We appreciate Chairman (John) Boozman and the Senate Agriculture Committee for moving this …
By Clint Thompson Georgia peanut harvests will soon take place across Georgia. Then they will stop; and then start up again. A lull during harvest time is expected this year because of the weather conditions that growers experienced last spring, according to Scott Monfort, University of Georgia Extension peanut agronomist “We planted one-third of this crop from April to May, …
