2024 Field Days: Stop 6 – R.W. Griffin
2024 Field Days: Stop 6 – R.W. Griffin Contact: Calvin Meeks, [email protected] RWG Cotton Sidedress TrialRW Griffin 18-0-0-3 has been one of the top choices for side dressing cotton in Georgia with excellent economics and performance proven year in and...
2024 Field Days: Stop 5 – UGA Extension – Kichler
2024 Field Days: Stop 5 – UGA Extension – Kichler Contact: Jeremy Kichler, [email protected] Colquitt County on farm demonstrations conducted at the Sunbelt Ag ExpoCounty agents and Extension specialists provide research-based information to growers,...
2024 Field Days: Stop 4 – UGA Extension – Kichler
2024 Field Days: Stop 4 – UGA Extension – Kichler Contact: Jeremy Kichler, [email protected] Colquitt County on farm demonstrations conducted at the Sunbelt Ag ExpoCounty agents and Extension specialists provide research-based information to growers,...
2024 Field Days: Stop 3 – RW Griffin
2024 Field Days: Stop 3 – RW Griffin Contact: Calvin Meeks, [email protected] RWG TopFlow Peanut Trial TopFlow is a liming material available to growers exclusively from RW Griffin that has demonstrated superior handling characteristics and performance....
2024 Field Days: Stop 2 – UGA Peanut Team – Monfort
2024 Field Days: Stop 2 – UGA Peanut Team – Monfort Contact: Scott Monfort, [email protected] UGA PEANUT TEAM is conducting several trials at the Sunbelt Expo’s Darrell Williams Research Farm. The trials are all set up as large plot evaluations similar to...
2024 Field Days: Stop 1 – UGA Weed Science – Culpepper
Stop 1 – UGA Weed Science – Culpepper Contact: Stanley Culpepper, [email protected] As family farms work tirelessly providing food, feed, and fiber for the world, the need for cutting edge research to support their sustainability is crucial. At the Sunbelt...
2024 Field Day Tour – July 10-24, 2024
2024 FIELD DAYS This year, the 2024 Field Days take on a new form over a two-week period instead of a one-day event. To access all of the additional information to accompany what you will see in the fields, check out the articles and videos below from the researchers...
Are You Ready to Learn About Hay at this year’s Field Days?
The farm crew has been working in overdrive to prep for this year’s Field Days. While we’ve always hosted an opportunity for farmers to join us to see the latest crop technology being put on trial in the fields, this year’s experience will be a bit different. ...
Farming Full-Speed Ahead
Now that we are well into the spring season, land prep has been done and planting is underway at the Darrell Williams Research farm. The warm weather and the aroma of freshly turned dirt have us excited for what’s to come with the 2024 growing season. At the end of...
Field Day 2024 – Mark Your Calendars!
Sunbelt Ag Expo stands out from other farm shows across the country because of its 530-acre Research Farm. Each year in late March or early April, the Expo farm crew begins planting plots representing crops grown in the southeast. What better way to celebrate the days...
Thirty-Four Years of Recognizing Excellence
By Chip Blalock Thirty-four years of recognizing excellence in Agriculture is what the Sunbelt Ag Expo SE Farmer of the Year program is all about. Since 1990, we have had the honor of recognizing 296 salt-of-the-earth farm families and distributing $1,320,000 of prize...
National Ag Day
It’s National Ag Day! Even though we celebrate the agricultural industry year-round here at the Sunbelt Ag Expo, we wanted to honor the people in the industry who make it possible for us to live our daily lives and raise awareness of how influential the agriculture...
It Takes a Village
By Chip Blalock It takes a village to make a first-class awards program happen. Over the last 33 years, we owe a debt of gratitude to the state coordinators and nominators who make the program happen in their respective states. These folks do the behind-the-scenes leg...
The Farm Families behind the Farmer of the Year Program
By Chip Blalock Over the years we have met some incredible farm families and experienced a wide variety of family farming operations. Including, traditional row crops, beef cattle, dairy, swine, sheep and goats, equine, poultry, tobacco, fruits and veggies, nurseries,...
The Start of the Farmer of the Year Legacy
By Chip Blalock For the 34th consecutive year, the Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition is honored to salute the agricultural community and industry with the Sunbelt Ag Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year Award. How exactly did the Farmer of the Year program get started?...
2023 Sunbelt Ag Expo: Day 3 Recap
Georgia EMC: Keeping the Lights On and Keeping Us Safe By Bethany Champion An excellent feature of the Expo is having the Georgia EMC booth provide relevant education on electrical safety. Throughout the week, the booth featured friendly faces, unique demonstrations,...
2023 Sunbelt Ag Expo: Day 2 Recap
Backyard Garden Fun By Bethany Champion All day at the Expo, you can find backyard garden and beekeeper experts at the Flint River Fresh Backyard Garden. Walking in the exhibit, you’ll find expert beekeepers to your right giving demonstrations on using hive equipment...
2023 Sunbelt Ag Expo: Day 1 Recap
Sunbelt Ag Expo Announces 2023 Farmer of the Year By Pheobe Beard The Sunbelt Ag Expo is proud to name Steve Cobb as the 2023 Farmer of the Year. Cobb is a native of Lake City, Arkansas, and has been farming for over 50 years. Justin Ladd, Senior Financial Office of...