The 2025 Appling County Farm Tour was a success! We had a very good turnout last Friday and hope all of the participants enjoyed the stops and demonstrations from our speakers. I would like to thank all of our speakers for their time and commitment to this event, we could not have done it without them. Our extension office greatly appreciates the collaboration with our Chamber of Commerce, Thank you Jaide Stallings and Brian Shipes for working with us to put on this event! See further in this recap pictures and videos from our farm tour day.
Stop 1: Perry Whites Pecan Orchard
Here we watched a demonstration of a pecan air blast sprayer. Perry White spoke about the importance of using a airblast sprayer to control pecan diseases. Andrew Sawyer discussed the importance of pesticide safety, Andrew is the UGA SE Pecan Agent.
Stop 2: Perry Whites Blueberry Field
Here we watched several equipment demonstrations, including Blueberry Machine Harvester, Blueberry Machine Hedger, and Blueberry Airblast Sprayer. Mr. Perry White discussed the importance of all these machines and their efficiency versus handpicking and hand pruning. Dr. Laurel Dunn, UGA Food Safety Specialist, travelled down from Athens and gave a spill to our participants on all the fod safety practices growers are required to do and other food safety facts.
Stop 3: Circle F Sale Barn
Here Mr. Joe Eason discussed with us all the hard work Circle F puts in to bring a cow from the field to the table, they do it all. Mr. Joe Eason is the head rancher at Circle F. At the sale barn he showed us all the different breeds of cattle they have on their ranch and gave us a little show on horse showing us how they handle cattle.
