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  • The 4-H Talent Review was spectacular last night in Little Rock!  Eight of our Georgia 4-H’ers rocked the stage with their singing, dancing and playing musical instrument talents. 4-Her’s included: Callista Clark from Williamson; Cubby Rupers from Hull; Hannah French from Cordele; Kira Howard from Twin City; Marie Hayes from Madison; Matthew Pryor from Euharlee;…

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  • GACAA members had a first busy day in Little Rock.  Many of us spent the day attending National committee chair and vice chair workshops, State officers workshop and visiting with vendors at the trade show.  Vice President Elect Brian Cresswell had the honor of walking across the stage presenting our Georgia State flag during the…

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  • Today kicks off the 101st Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement conference of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Much of your GACAA leadership and members are here attending this week receiving recognition, presenting the great work we do in Georgia, and learning new ideas from fellow Agricultural Agents from across…

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  • The 2015 NACAA AM/PIC in South Dakota was my first experience with a national meeting. I wanted to provide some insight to those who maybe looking to travel to Arkansas next year and let them know it is not that a troublesome task to make a national meeting. Our state association does a fantastic job…

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  • Topics during this year’s professional improvement seminars ranged from food deserts to utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles in agriculture. There were 79 presentations available to attendees, so it is safe to say there was something for everyone. Not only did the Georgia attendees receive some great information, but some also presented some of the great programs…

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  • NACAA President Mike Hogan is shown presenting the achievement award to Brenda Jackson, Murray County CEC and Whitfield ANR Agent. Agents receiving this award must show outstanding programming and must have worked at least ten years. Her programming includes forage field days, community gardening and food preservation. She has an active master gardener program supervising…

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  • Ray Hicks visited the Corn Palace yesterday in Sioux Falls. The Corn Palace serves the community as a venue for concerts, sports events, exhibits and other community events. Each year, the Corn Palace is celebrated with a citywide festival, the Corn Palace Festival. Historically it was held at harvest time in September, but recently it…

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  • There are over 100 commercial Beekeepers who manage over 225,000 colonies of bees in the state. Since 2008 honey production has been worth over 25 million dollars per year to SODAK Beekeepers. it is evident that honey production is big business in South Dakota and nationally they rank number 2 in the United States for…

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  • Hello! As your GACAA Secretary, I have updated the blog to keep you abreast of our activities this week. Sam Ingram will be assisting me through the week as well. This week is the National Association of County Agricultural Agents AM/PIC in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Georgia is well represented with 28 agents, with two…

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  • State’s Night Out

    Tuesday night was State’s Night Out, which is always a good chance for fellowship and social hour. This year, the Georgia delegation went to the Original Oyster House. We enjoyed a water front restaurant with a delicious seafood buffet.    

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