2024 Field Days: Stop 17 – Dyna-Gro
2024 Field Days: Stop 17 - Dyna-GroContact: Tim Moore, Tim.moore@nutrien.com Contact: Eric Lee, eric.lee@nutrien.com *This plot does not have a video.
2024 Field Days: Stop 16 – DeKalb
2024 Field Days: Stop 16 - DeKalbContact: Jason Pittman, jason.pittman@bayer.com Corn: DKC 66-06 TRE (116 RM) Placement: Place on deep sands irrigated and dryland Agronomics: Tall plant type with high ear placement. Average disease package so responds to a fungicide. Wide row (36”/38”) population...
2024 Field Days: Stop 15 – Pioneer
2024 Field Days: Stop 15 - PioneerContact: Adrienne Smith, adrienne.smith@corteva.com
2024 Field Days: Stop 14 – Americot, Inc.
2024 Field Days: Stop 14 - Americot, Inc.Contact: Justin Goodman, jgoodman@americot.com, or Adam Anderson, aanderson@americot.com NG 5430 B3XF - New Release! Americot is very excited about this variety in 24 and 25 growing season; not only for its high yield potential but being able to put forth a...
2024 Field Days: Stop 13 – Phytogen
2024 Field Days: Stop 13 – PhytogenContact: Adrienne Smith, adrienne.smith@corteva.com 2024 PhytoGen® cottonseed product descriptions for Sunbelt ExpoPhytoGen® cottonseed offers a wide portfolio of industry leading varieties with the Enlist® cotton trait. Enlist® herbicides offer the most robust...
2024 Field Days: Stop 12 – DeltaPine
2024 Field Days: Stop 12 – DeltaPineContact: Jason Pittman, jason.pittman@bayer.com Cotton: 2333 – New B3XF with exceptional yield and stability, won or was at the top of most trials in the SE in 2022 did well again in 23. Growth similar to 1840, place on mid level dryland all the way up to high...
2024 Field Days: Stop 11 – Dyna-Gro
2024 Field Days: Stop 11 - Dyna-GroContact: Tim Moore, Tim.moore@nutrien.com or Eric Lee, eric.lee@nutrien.com *This plot does not have a video.
2024 Field Days: Stop 10 – Southeastern Hay Contest
2024 Field Days: Stop 10 - Southeastern Hay ContestContact: Dr. Lisa Baxter, baxterl@uga.com, www.sehaycontest.com The Southeastern Hay Contest (SEHC) encourages producers to test their hay because it can ultimately help save money by identifying supplementation needs. The SEHC is only possible...
2024 Field Days: Stop 9 – UGA Forage Team – Baxter
2024 Field Days: Stop 9 - UGA Forage Team - BaxterContact: Dr. Lisa Baxter, baxterl@uga.com, www.georgiaforages.com The Sunbelt Ag Expo’s Darrell Williams Research Farm continues to provide an exceptional opportunity to highlight forage research in South Georgia by providing an outdoor classroom...
2024 Field Days: Stop 8 – R.W. Griffin
2024 Field Days: Stop 8 - R.W. GriffinContact: Calvin Meeks, calvin.meeks@rwgriffin.com RWG Corn Sidedress TrialRW Griffin 18-0-0-3 has been one of the top choices for side dressing corn in Georgia with excellent economics and performance proven year in and year out. The RWG research committee has...
2024 Field Days: Stop 7 – Helena
2024 Field Days: Stop 7 - HelenaContact: Eli Croley, CroleyT@helenaagri.com or Heath Herndon, HerndonJ@helenaagri.com *This plot does not have a video. The plan for the plot is to track potassium levels in the plant throughout the year utilizing our Extractor Tissue sampling program. In over 5000...
2024 Field Days: Stop 6 – R.W. Griffin
2024 Field Days: Stop 6 - R.W. GriffinContact: Calvin Meeks, calvin.meeks@rwgriffin.com 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 year out. The RWG research committee...
2024 Field Days: Stop 5 – UGA Extension – Kichler
2024 Field Days: Stop 5 - UGA Extension - KichlerContact: Jeremy Kichler, jkichler@uga.edu2024 Colquitt County on farm demonstrations conducted at the Sunbelt Ag ExpoCounty agents and Extension specialists provide research-based information to growers, consultants, and industry. One of the...
2024 Field Days: Stop 4 – UGA Extension – Kichler
2024 Field Days: Stop 4 - UGA Extension - KichlerContact: Jeremy Kichler, jkichler@uga.edu2024 Colquitt County on farm demonstrations conducted at the Sunbelt Ag ExpoCounty agents and Extension specialists provide research-based information to growers, consultants, and industry. One of the...
2024 Field Days: Stop 3 – RW Griffin
2024 Field Days: Stop 3 - RW GriffinContact: Calvin Meeks, calvin.meeks@rwgriffin.com RWG TopFlow Peanut Trial TopFlow is a liming material available to growers exclusively from RW Griffin that has demonstrated superior handling characteristics and performance. It has also demonstrated excellent...
2024 Field Days: Stop 2 – UGA Peanut Team – Monfort
2024 Field Days: Stop 2 - UGA Peanut Team - MonfortContact: Scott Monfort, smonfort@uga.edu 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 how we conduct our on-farm evaluations. The...
2024 Field Days: Stop 1 – UGA Weed Science – Culpepper
Stop 1 - UGA Weed Science - CulpepperContact: Stanley Culpepper, stanley@uga.edu 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 Expo, nearly 10 acres of land is used by the...
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 and companies participating in...
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. Instead of a one-day Field Day, the...
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 the season, we will have 168...
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 getting longer and the...
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 money. The original eight...
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 industry is. The country as a...
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 work to get the state winners...
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, Christmas trees, alligator...
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? In the late 1980s, Swisher...
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, and snacks for everyone who...
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 and proper care of the...
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 Farm Credit Mid-America,...
2023 Southeastern Sunbelt Ag Expo Farmer of the Year: Steve Cobb, Arkansas
News ReleaseContact: Becca TurnerEmail: becca@sunbeltexpo.com For Immediate ReleaseSTEVE COBB NAMED 2023 SOUTHEASTERN FARMER OF THE YEARSteve Cobb, of Lake City, Arkansas, has been selected as the overall winner of the Sunbelt Ag Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award for 2023. Cobb Farms is a...
Spotlight Feature – Cali Mendoza
If you've ever been out to the Darrell Williams Research Farm at the Sunbelt Ag Expo, you've probably seen Cali around. Affectionately referred to as "the ‘glue’ that holds the Sunbelt Ag Expo together," Cali has served the Expo and the farm for many, many years as the foreman, putting his heart...
2023 Sunbelt Shorts
FARMER OF THE YEAR Since its inception in 1990, the Sunbelt Expo’s Southeastern Farmer of the Year award program has evolved into the most prestigious honor in the southeast and nation with 286 outstanding agribusiness leaders being honored for excellence in agriculture. The goals and objectives...
Sunbelt place for cutting-edge weed research
By Brad Haire For the past few years at the Sunbelt Ag Expo, University of Georgia Extension weed specialist Stanley Culpepper, and team have evaluated the WeedOut program, particularly looking at how the novel system might fit into a cotton production system. Culpepper and his team, along with...
Focus on the Farm – Sunbelt Expo remains key location for southeast hay research, reward
By Brad Haire The Sunbelt Ag Expo Darrell Williams Research Farms is one of the region’s top places to highlight forage research in South Georgia. The Expo hayfields provide multiple purposes, such as a classroom for the University of Georgia Extension agents' trainings, field days for farmers,...
Georgia’s EMCs
Georgia’s electric cooperatives are excited to return to the Sunbelt Ag Expo with their exhibit of electric safety, renewable resources, and interactive activities. The EMCs have been part of the Expo since the 1960s when it was known as “Dealer Days” and “Farm Power & Recreation Show” at ABAC...
Focus on the Farm – Sunbelt Expo a chance for education and comradery
By Stephanie Sokol With a constant stream of innovations, farmers have plenty to keep up with on and off the field, and they need information to help them do that. The Sunbelt Ag Expo Darrell Williams Research Farm provides a place for farmers and agriculture industry members to unite and see...
Aquaponics: Farming for the Future
With the global population on the rise, sustainable farming is stealing the spotlight. Meet aquaponics – the dynamic duo of aquaculture and hydroponics.If you're interested in broadening your understanding of fish farming, hydroponics, or sustainable food production methods, you're in luck – the...
Poultry: Get All The Answers About Georgia’s Top Commodity
With Georgia being the number one state in broiler poultry production, it comes as no surprise that the poultry barn is quite the happening place. Whether you are a commercial grower or have a backyard flock of ten birds, you are destined to learn practical information to better your operation....
Equine in Action at Sunbelt
BRIDLE UP and trot over to the Priefert Arena to experience an equine extravaganza from all aspects of equine. At the Expo this year, you will be able to watch multiple events including reining, ranch riding, trick riders, and the crowning of a new court of the Sunbelt Ag Expo Rodeo Queens. Trevor...
Evolving educational seminars and vendors in the Beef Pavilion
The beef industry is advancing every day and there are many new inventions under the Beef Barn (also known as the Beef Pavillion). The beef barn is designed to hold many different experts and professionals in the cattle industry. Within this fast-paced industry, the Expo prepares all aspects and...