2025 Sunbelt Ag Expo Top 10 Innovation Award Winners
2025 Sunbelt Ag Expo Innovation Award Winners Learn more about each Top 10 product below. These are in alphabetical order by company name and not an official ranking of the top 10. To learn more about the Sunbelt Ag Expo Innovation Award, visit...
What to see at the Sunbelt Ag Expo
Ag Teachers Check out all of these amazing opportunities for your students: Wednesday, October 15 Youth Educational Challenges sponsored by Hays LTI Contest from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Lunch at 11:00 am Award Ceremony at 2:00 pm Advocacy in Action Contest...
Trouble with the Bermudagrass Stem Maggot?
By Dr. Lisa Baxter, UGA State Forage Extension Specialist Bermudagrass hay producers throughout the region are currently battling the bermudagrass stem maggot, or BSM. This pest has damaged bermudagrass forage each summer since it was first discovered back in 2010. ...
2025 Farmer of the Year – Steve Hopkins – Virginia
Steve Hopkins Virginia Farmer of the Year 2025 Seven generations of Hopkins family members have worked to maintain and grow their Riverview Farms Cattle operation in Louisa. Steve and sons Blake and Garrett run the 1200+ acre cattle, crops, and poultry operation as...
2025 Farmer of the Year – Jeff Wilson – South Carolina
Jeff WIlson South Carolina Farmer of the Year 2025 Cotton Hills Farm in Lowrys has been operating continuously since 1882, when the original 100 acre home place was gifted to Theodosia Abell by her father on the occasion of her wedding to Joseph Wilson. Cotton, small...
2025 Farmer of the Year – David “Harrell” Overman – North Carolina
David “Harrell” Overman North Carolina Farmer of the Year 2025 Harrell Overman is a sixth-generation Wayne County farmer whose grandfather rented him a 13-acre tobacco farm to work when he was just 14 years old. He and his wife, Lorenda, have been farming...
2025 Farmer of the Year – Kent Hamilton – Georgia
Kent Hamilton Georgia Farmer of the Year 2025 Kent Hamilton is CEO of Southern Valley Fruit and Vegetable, Inc., based in Norman Park. Kent said, “It was founded in 1987 and is a women-owned and family-operated corporation that’s spent generations growing, packing,...
2025 Farmer of the Year – James “Jim” Alderman – Florida
James “Jim” Alderman Florida Farmer of the Year 2025 A fourth-generation Floridian, Jim Alderman was one of eight children born into a farming family that first came to Florida in the 1820s. As a child he worked in the orange groves and helped out with his...
2025 Farmer of the Year – Jeremy Allen – Arkansas
Jeremy Allen Arkansas Farmer of the Year 2025 Jeremy Allen of Bismarck has deep family roots in Hot Springs County. His grandfather started a dairy in the 1950s, and his parents were poultry farmers who built three chicken layer houses. Jeremy bought his first set of...
2025 Farmer of the Year – Dr. Issac “Nealy” Barrett, Jr. – Alabama
Dr. Issac “Nealy” Barrett, Jr. Alabama Farmer of the Year 2025 Bar Neal Farms in Wetumpka is a fifth-generation farming and ranching operation with deep roots in central Alabama. Nealy Barrett Jr. started his own cow herd at the age of thirteen with twelve...
Research in Motion: Trials at the Sunbelt Ag Expo Research Farm
If you ride anywhere in rural South Georgia, you are bound to see dust in the air and tractors and planters in the field moving full-speed ahead…well, really at a tortoise pace. An unseasonably cool, dry spring has farmers in this area of the country a bit behind at...
The “Old-Fashioned” Way of Doing Business
It’s so easy to pick up our phone or computer, pull up our favorite search engine, type in a term, and search for what we want to know. Directions, a recipe, the best way to do something, the latest trend, how to fix something, the best price for an item – you...
SUNBELT IN REVIEW 2024: CAROLINA’S FIELD, FOREST & WATER
CAROLINA’S FIELD, FOREST & WATER – Season 3, Ep. 8 SC Governor’s School for Agriculture at De la Howe In this special edition of our student-led podcast, our host Dell Brockman and field reporter Carson Griggs go on-location to the annual SUNBELT...
Georgia Peanuts: A Tasty Tradition
By Whitnie Yoder, 2024 Sunbelt Ag Expo Social Media Intern Since 1986, the Georgia Peanut Commission has supported the Sunbelt Ag Expo and served their tasty, grilled sandwiches to the hungry attendees. These two simply go together, just like peanut butter and jelly....
Local Marketplace: The Family Living Building
By Shelby Wentz, 2024 Sunbelt Ag Expo Social Media Intern At the Sunbelt Ag Expo, the Family Living Building stands out for showcasing a variety of small and local businesses. Here, you can explore a mix of shops offering handmade goods, including clothing, jewelry,...
Expo Showcases Mental Health and Wellness Resources for Farm Communities
By Peyton Coursey, 2024 Sunbelt Ag Expo Social Media Intern The Sunbelt Ag Expo offers vital support to farmers and their families, yet one topic often unaddressed is farmer mental health and well-being. This year, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine of...
Long-Standing Traditions at the Sunbelt Ag Expo
By Bethany Champion, 2024 Sunbelt Ag Expo Social Media Intern Mr. Jerry Tillman is a long standing friend of Sunbelt Ag Expo, marking this as his 31st year as a field demonstration volunteer. Tillman can be found in the peanut or cotton field managing a demo, giving a...
Mastering the Art of Cattle Operations
By Colleen Barber, 2024 Sunbelt Ag Expo Social Media Intern The Sunbelt Ag Expo has an interactive experience to offer in the beef pavilion. Both the beef pavilion and the Priefert booth had vendors, equipment, and expert had advice to offer Expo attendees to broaden...