Press Release: 44th Annual Sunbelt Ag Expo – The New Era of Agriculture
News Release Contact: Becca Turner 229-985-1968 Email:becca@sunbeltexpo.com For Immediate Release 2022 – The New Era of Agriculture The Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition will celebrate its 44th Anniversary show October 18029, 2022. Over 1,200 exhibitors will...2022 Sunbelt Shorts: Must See Opportunities at Expo
SWISHER FARMER OF THE YEAR Since its inception in 1990, the Swisher/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year Award has evolved into the most prestigious honor in the southeast and nation with 265 outstanding agribusiness leaders being honored for their “excellence...
2022 Sunbelt Ag Expo Temporary, Part-Time Staff
The Sunbelt Ag Expo is seeking 75 temporary, part-time lot attendants/flaggers to help with this year’s Expo. We look forward to a great event. Please see the attached flyer for more information. Apply online at www.employgeorgia.com. If you have questions,...
Experience Dairy at the Sunbelt Ag Expo
UGA Animal and Dairy Science students are currently doing some amazing work that is expected to benefit farmers. One of these is looking at the voluntary waiting period, essential to monitoring cows’ reproductivity. Once monitored, they can be put on an...
Aquaponics at the Expo
If you are looking to diversify your agricultural knowledge on fish farming, hydroponics, or a more sustainable way to grow your food; look no further, visit the Aquaculture Building. This exhibit will provide you with tremendous learning opportunities through...
Focus on the Board – Carla Hornady
Carla Hornady has served as a board member for the Expo since 2017; however, her involvement in the agricultural community dates much further. Carla Hornady is a native of Billingsley, Alabama, a small rural community in Autauga County, where she grew up on her...
2022 Youth Activities at the Expo
To sign up for the contests and learn more, click here. Students experience numerous learning opportunities and participate in various activities. Both high school and college students will have an opportunity to attend the Expo to compete in “Advocacy in Action”,...
2022 American Stock Dog Grand Finals
Guest Blogger Darby Masters, 2022 Sunbelt Ag Expo Intern The 2022 American Stock Dog Grand Finals are here. Stock dogs and their handlers come from across the southeast to compete in the stock dog trials held at the Sunbelt Ag Expo. Stock dogs are dogs that help...
Opportunities for Youth at Expo
While the Sunbelt Ag Expo serves as a central hub during the third week of October for those in the agricultural industry to conduct business, it also serves as a place for students and young adults with a particular interest in the field of study to learn from the...
Focus on the board – Ron Carroll
Since his first time attending the Sunbelt Ag Expo in 1990, Ron Carroll has become a huge supporter of the Expo, its mission, and the role it plays in the community. In the past 32 years, Carroll has only missed 2 shows and taken on many active roles in our program as...
Field Day – Join us next Tuesday, August 2nd
Rain may have caused us to delay Field Day, but we look forward to welcoming you to the Darrell Williams Research Farm next Tuesday, August 2nd, at 8:00 a.m. To get excited about the featured plots, see the list below. We can’t wait for you to experience the latest...
Robert E. Saunders | Virginia Farmer of the Year 2022
In a reflective mood Robert Saunders, of Saunders Brothers, Inc. in Piney River, Virginia, quoted Mark Twain’s famous advice, “Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.” Growing up on a family farm as one of seven brothers was...
John M. Harrison | Tennessee Farmer of the Year 2022
Philadelphia, Tennessee, the home of Sweetwater Valley Farm, was settled as part of a Revolutionary War land grant in the early 1800s. At the turn of the twentieth century, it became a dairy farm, with the original barn built in 1917. Seventy years later, John and...
Keith Allen | South Carolina Farmer of the Year 2022
Betty Allen Farms in Latta, South Carolina, has been in Keith Allen’s family for nearly 200 proverbial lean and fat years. Growing from a modest holding in 1837 to 3800 acres today, the farm has experienced everything from near loss at auction in 1917 to two recent...
Kevin Matthews | North Carolina Farmer of the Year 2022
Kevin and Cindy Matthews own and operate Matthews Family Farms of North Carolina, Inc., Precision Nutrient Management, Inc., and Deep Creek Grain, Inc. in East Bend and Yadkinville, North Carolina. Matthews is the fourth generation on his family’s farm. He said, “With...
Michael L. Wagner | Mississippi Farmer of the Year 2022
Located in the rich, highly organic, blue gumbo clay soil or ‘terroir’ of the Mississippi Delta is Two Brooks Farm, owned by Michael L. Wagner. His family can count an unbroken line of ten generations of farmers back to 1742. Their prodigious, consistent labor has...
Wesley C. Parker | Kentucky Farmer of the Year 2022
Wesley Parker was raised on a 150–acre dairy farm in Christian County, Kentucky, where his family grew silage and hay for their cows and a small crop of tobacco. In the late 1970s, they transitioned out of the milk business into raising hogs. Parker recalled, “My dad,...
Scotty Raines | Georgia Farmer of the Year 2022
Scotty Raines didn’t grow up on a farm, but his father kept a large garden at home. His mother, a beautician, had abeauty shop behind their house. So Scotty began his agrarian career by selling produce from the garden—tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, and corn—to her...