Sunbelt Ag Expo: Continuing to Impact the Southeast

Sunbelt Ag Expo: Continuing to Impact the Southeast

Year after year, the Sunbelt Ag Expo brings thousands of people from around the southeast, and even the world, to rural Moultrie, Georgia. Forty-two percent of those visitors come from states other than Georgia. In total, the Expo generates $16.72 million in economic...
Sunbelt Ag Expo: Continuing to Impact the Southeast

Expo 2021 is Right Around the Corner

The setbacks the COVID-19 pandemic inflicted on the Sunbelt Ag Expo in 2020 have lit a fire for improvement and safety for the 2021 event. Oct. 19-21, 2021, the Sunbelt Ag Expo will be live and in-person in Moultrie, Georgia. The mission of being “North America’s...
Educating the Next Generation

Educating the Next Generation

Senate Bill 330 or the “Green Agricultural Education Act” was signed by Governor Nathan Deal at the 90th Georgia FFA Convention on April 27, 2018. The purpose of this bill is to develop and implement agricultural education in elementary schools. The bill also provided...
Educating the Next Generation

Expo’s Youth Educational Challenges Provide Great Benefits

The Youth Educational Challenges competition at the Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition gives students opportunities to put their skills to the test. The challenges allow students 6th- 12th grade to engage in six competitive categories where they can compete in junior and...
Educating the Next Generation

Making College Connections at the Expo

The Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition has always had a special connection with colleges and universities throughout the Southeast. The Sunbelt Ag Expo began in 1964 on the campus of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC). At the time it was known as “Dealer Days”...
Educating the Next Generation

Rural Center Connects Georgia Grown with ABAC Dining Hall

Georgia Grown is a statewide program that allows new and established agribusinesses to grow and thrive by bringing producers and consumers together. Local producers can add their businesses to a statewide, searchable list, which gives their business exposure to...