FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Understanding Your Market’s Shoppers
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Laser Scarecrows: A high-tech Solution for Protecting Crops from Birds
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Feedlot Placements and Marketings Down Sharply from Year Ago
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Threat Looms and Urgency Grows as New World Screwworm Inches Closer to the Texas-Mexico Border
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The Chicken or The Egg…. Productivity in 2026
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Managing Increased Customer Traffic at Your Farm Market
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Succession Success: Preparing Your Agribusiness for the Future
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Tall Fescue Establishment Must-dos
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Farm Financial Stress and Suicide Risk: Red Flags Every Community Should Know
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Hub for all UGA Beef/Forage Drought Resources
The best place for agents and producers to report local conditions is the Condition Monitoring Reports (CMOR), described at https://www.drought.gov/data-maps-tools/condition-monitoring-observer-reports-drought-cmor-drought.
Winter Annual Forage Update
Recommendations for winter annual forage grasses are derived from updated results of the UGA Statewide Variety Test. These variety lists have been updated on the Georgia Forages website under the respective species name.
We also have a new bulletin on planting and growing annual forages in Georgia. This includes information on forage and cover crop uses:
Checklist for Cleaning and Disinfecting Poultry Enclosures
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USDA to Provide $1 Billion to Flood and Wildfire-Impacted Livestock Producers
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced eligible livestock producers will receive disaster recovery assistance through the Emergency Livestock Relief Program for 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire (ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW) to help offset increased supplemental feed costs due to a qualifying flood or qualifying wildfire in calendar years 2023 and 2024. The program is expected to provide approximately $1 billion in recovery benefits. Sign-up begins on Monday, September 15. Livestock producers have until October 31, 2025, to apply for assistance.
Qualifying Disaster Events
To streamline program delivery, FSA has determined eligible counties with qualifying floods and qualifying wildfires in 2023 and 2024. For losses in these counties, livestock producers are not required to submit supporting documentation for floods or wildfires. A list of approved counties is available at fsa.usda.gov/elrp.
For losses in counties not listed as eligible, livestock producers can apply for ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW but must provide supporting documentation to demonstrate that a qualifying flood or qualifying wildfire occurred in the county where the livestock were physically located or would have been physically located if not for the disaster event. FSA county committees will determine if the disaster event meets program requirements.
Acceptable documentation includes:
· Photographs documenting impact to livestock, land, or property
· Insurance documentation
· Emergency declaration reports
· News articles
· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration storm event database records
· Other FSA disaster program participation records
· Other documentation determined acceptable by the FSA county committee
Livestock and Producer Eligibility
For ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW, FSA is using covered livestock criteria similar to the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) which includes weaned beef cattle, dairy cattle, beefalo, buffalo, bison, alpacas, deer, elk, emus, equine, goats, llamas, ostriches, reindeer, and sheep.
Wildfire assistance is available on non-federally managed land to participants who did not receive assistance through LFP or the ELRP 2023 and 2024 for drought and wildfire program delivered to producers in July of this year.
When producers submit their application, they must provide documentation to support eligible livestock inventories as of the beginning date of the qualifying disaster event.
Livestock producers can receive assistance for one or both years, 2023 and 2024, and for multiple qualifying disaster events, if applicable. However, producers cannot exceed three months of assistance per producer, physical location county, and program year.
Payment Calculation
Eligible producers can receive up to 60% of one month of calculated feed costs for a qualifying wildfire or three months for a qualifying flood using the same monthly feed cost calculation that is used for LFP.
ELRP 2023 and 2024 for drought and wildfire and ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW have a combined payment limit of $125,000 for each program year. Producers who already received the maximum payment amount from ELRP 2023 and 2024 for drought and wildfire will not be eligible to receive an additional payment under ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW. Eligible producers may submit form FSA-510, Request for an Exception to the $125,000 Payment Limitation for Certain Programs, to be considered for an increased payment limit of $250,000.
Supplemental Disaster Assistance Timeline
USDA is fully committed to expediting remaining disaster assistance provided by the American Relief Act, 2025. On May 7, we launched our 2023/2024 Supplemental Disaster Assistance public landing page where the status of USDA disaster assistance and block grant rollout timeline can be tracked. The page is updated regularly and accessible through fsa.usda.gov. Contact your local FSA county office for more information.
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Carroll County Livestock Sale Barn Report
AMS Livestock, Poultry, & Grain Market News
Georgia Dept of Ag Market News
Tuesday, September 30 2025
FARM RELATED FOR SALE/WANTED/OPPORTUNITIES
Do you have something farm-related to sell? Examples include: farm equipment, hay, farm animals, livestock, etc. Are you looking for a ag-related job or want to hire someone? Send me an email with the description of the item and other relative information and I will post it here.
UPCOMING EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
Cotton Mill Farmers Market
Every Saturday
9 to 11 a.m. at 120 N. Park St. (Hwy.27) Moore’s Chapel UMC Parking Lot
Park either in front lot on N. Park OR from Alabama Street turn on MLK St. and park in Water Park Lot
All Local Farmers. Fresh Healthy Food. Rain or Shine.
www.cottonmillfarmersmarket.org
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Garlic Growing Essentials with Lynnae Boudrea
Carroll County Young Farmers Meeting
Tuesday, Oct. 7 | 6:00 PM
Carroll County Agricultural Center
Develop a new habit, while experiencing the joy of growing your own food. The Carroll County Young Farmers welcomes you to enjoy a fine meal and learn from an experienced farmer. Who knows you might meet a farmer that will share some extra okra with you.
Register @ https://www.carrollyoungfarmers.com/events-1/garlic
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The Pine Beetle
Featuring Paul McDaniel, Forest health Coordinator for the GA Forestry Commission
Agribusiness Seminar
October 9, 2025 from 6-8 pm
115 N. Highway 113, Carrollton, GA
Dinner will be served free of charge
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Beef Fest Raffle
Drawing Saturday October 18th at 12PM. Chance to win one of four prizes.
Two beef Quarters- Pre-cut and packaged. One quarter per winning ticket. Each Quarter is a $1000 value.
Two beef boxes Pre cut and packaged. One box per winning ticket. Each box is a $250 value.
Only 200 tickets being sold. Winners do not have to be present to win. Winner is responsible for arranging pick up.
Proceeds benefit Carroll County Cattlemen’s Association.
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Carroll County Cattlemen’s Association October 23, 2025 at the Carroll County Ag Center located on 900 Newnan Road Carrollton GA, 30117.
Speaker Kim Hagen from Hagen Farms with the topic of Freeze Branding Cattle.
Please RSVP to 770-836-8546 or carroll.extension@uga.edu by October 21.
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Mushroom 101 Workshop
Curious about mushrooms? Whether you want to learn more about mushroom production or simply understanding their role in nature, the Mushrooms 101 workshop in partnership with the Mushroom Club of Georgia is the perfect place to start!
In this hands-on session, you will learn:
• The basics of mushroom biology
• Tips for growing mushrooms at home
• How mushrooms contribute to healthy ecosystems
Details:
Date: Friday, November 7, 2025 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Location: UGA Griffin Campus, Flynt Building room 305, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223
Cost: $20
Register: https://tinyurl.com/mushrooms2025
Deadline to register is Thursday, November 6! Register early!
Questions about the Workshop?
Contact Dr. Bethany Harris
📞 770-228-7247
Contact Beth Horne
📞 770-228-7214
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Farmstead Forum 2025
Learn. Grow. Connect. November 7 and 8
Located at the Carroll County Ag Center 900 Newnan Road Carrollton, GA.
What You Will Learn:
Regenerative farming and gardening-container gardening soil health, fall soil prep, organic practices, market do’s and dont’s, and mushroom cultivation.
Animal Husbandry- Raising chickens, cattle, dairy goats, dairy cow, panel.
Food Preservation and Homemaking- Dehydration sourdough, freshly milled flour, and more.
Herbal and Functional Medicine- Natural remedies, vaccnines science or religion, building family apothacary, and medical panel.
Pre-Event Workshops: Poultry processing, canning, and folk medicine walkabout and seminar.
Live Demos Include: Goat’s milk soapmaking, food fermentation, farrier hoof trimming, honey decapping, tallow rendering, seed starting, pruning, and plant propagation, portable sawmill, and hand quilting.
25% Off sale for all tickets and workshops.
QR Code bottom right corner for limited time discount.
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In My Homesteading Era
Location 900 Newnan Road Carrollton, GA 30117.
Join us for our popular homesteading series!
Upcoming Classes:
November 10 Container Gardening.
December 16 Sourdough Discard
$25 per class or $120 for all. Please call 770-836-8546 to register. All classes are at 6:00PM EST. Dinner is provided.
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