Month: May 2024

Utilizing Robotics to Assist with Production

Athens, GA | Between the use of GPS and auto-steering on tractors, to sensors and monitoring systems on irrigation pivots, precision agriculture has become an interregnal part of maximizing efficiency on the farm. And the next evolution could be the …

Georgia Dairy Producers are Watching for Avian Influenza

Athens, GA | With nearly a hundred dairy operations around Georgia, responsible for two hundred and thirty-five million gallons of milk every year, it’s an important industry for the state’s economy. While rising input costs and low commodity prices are …

Will a New Farm Bill Bring Relief to Producers?

Washington, D.C. | Each and every day, farmers and producers continue to struggle as input prices, regulatory burdens, and overall costs of production continue to rise. Couple that with uncertain weather and markets, and it’s no doubt been a challenging …

Georgia FFA Members Gather for Annual Convention

Macon, GA | There’s was no shortage of corduroy around Macon, as more than six thousand members of Georgia FFA were on hand for the ninety-sixth annual state convention. And with every corner of the state being represented, it was …

Gov. Kemp Signs Bills that Will Impact Georgia Ag

Valdosta, GA | While the Farm Bill might be stuck in limbo in the nation’s capital, Georgia farmers recently received some good news in Valdosta, where Governor Brian Kemp signed into law a number of bills aimed at helping the …

2024 Vidalia Onions Harvest Underway

Glenville, GA | Down in Vidalia Onion country in Southeast Georgia, growers, packers, and shippers are hard at work harvesting this year’s crop of sweet, Vidalia onions and getting them sent to stores across the country. As always, it’s a …

Rockdale Students Learn About Agribusiness Opportunities

Conyers, GA | The days of agriculture being known as just sow, cows and plows is now a thing of the distant past. That was never more apparent than here at the Rockdale Career Academy, where hundreds of students got …