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  • This is the last week of the 2022 membership drive for the Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents (GACAA) and the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA)!  If you haven’t renewed membership, what better time than now. Membership is open to UGA Extension and Fort Valley State Extension professionals, and other UGA professionals having a…

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  • Editorial by Carole Knight So, last week I traveled to Fort Wayne, Indiana for the 104th NACAA Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference.  This year marks the 4th AM/PIC that I have attended and each year I learn more and more.  Not only is it a super professional experience (Dossier material!) but it is just…

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  • The Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents held elections at the 2017 Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement conference held in Columbus on November 6-8, 2017.  Congratulations to Brent Allen of Washington County, Southeast District, for being elected Vice President.  As Vice President, Brent will coordinate the food booth at the Sunbelt Expo in 2018 and plan the 2019…

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  • Under the direction of Vice President Forrest Connelly, GACAA members served the traditional BBQ pork sandwiches, sausage and hot dogs to attendees at the 40th annual Sunbelt Expo in Moultrie.  County Ag Agents, State Specialists, and administration worked together to serve the best BBQ at the event.  The GACAA food booth is a major fundraiser for…

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  • All GACAA members who plan to attend our state’s night out should plan to meet at the Radisson Hotel lobby a little before 4:30pm.  The first van will leave at 4:30pm and will make numerous trips to get us all there.  We will travel to Rodizio Grill. Our reservations are for 5:00 p.m. Cost of the meal…

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  • Many of us across the state will be heading to Utah late next week to attend the National Association of County Agricultural Agents annual meeting and professional improvement conference on July 9-13 in Salt Lake City. For many of us, this is a conference we look forward to each year to see fellow Ag Agent…

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  • Each year at our GACAA Annual Meeting/Professional Improvement Conference (AM/PIC) we recognize individuals (non-GACAA) who have made notable contributions to UGA Extension, our organization and to the agricultural industry. This year we will recognize the “2017 Friend of the County Agent”  at our GACAA AM/PIC in Columbus, Georgia, November 6-8.  For a nomination form and a list of past recipients,…

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  • Thursday was the final day our the NACAA Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Sixteen tours were offered to participants to see Arkansas agriculture and their natural State.  I had the opportunity to do Tour 4: Tourism, Town and Retirees- Adapating Agriculture to Fit the Market.  Our tour brought us to the Hot…

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  • One of the highlights of the conference is the award banquet night.  Last night, 4 of our colleagues were recognized for their great achievements.  The Achievement Award was given to Carole Knight and Amanda Smith.  The Achievement award goes to a recipient with less than 10 years of service with Cooperative Extension.  Both Carole and…

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  • One of the opportunities at the NACAA annual meeting and professional improvement conference is to share the great work we do as Ag Agents in Georgia.  Some create a poster of their Extension research or program while others conduct a presentation.  Some Agents applied for awards back in March and received them at the conference. …

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