{"id":357,"date":"2017-12-12T14:30:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T19:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/?p=357"},"modified":"2017-12-12T14:30:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T19:30:22","slug":"gacaa-honors-award-winners-at-2017-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/2017\/12\/gacaa-honors-award-winners-at-2017-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"GACAA Honors Award Winners at 2017 Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents honored several for their\u00a0service and dedication to UGA Cooperative Extension and the field of agriculture at the 2017 Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement conference held in Columbus on November 6-8, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Fruit disease\u00a0State Specialist, Dr. Phillip Brannen, received the Senior State Specialist award and Jason Duggin (left), beef cattle State specialist was awarded the Junior Specialist award.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-358\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Jason-Duggin-Jr-Specialist-Award-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Jason-Duggin-Jr-Specialist-Award-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Jason-Duggin-Jr-Specialist-Award-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Jason-Duggin-Jr-Specialist-Award.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Jason-Duggin-Jr-Specialist-Award-207x138.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wesley Ham (center) from Monroe County was awarded the 2017 Georgia State\u00a0Outstanding Young Farmer winner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-361\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Wesley-Ham-Georgia-State-Winner-Outstanding-Young-Farmer-2017-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Wesley-Ham-Georgia-State-Winner-Outstanding-Young-Farmer-2017-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Wesley-Ham-Georgia-State-Winner-Outstanding-Young-Farmer-2017-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Wesley-Ham-Georgia-State-Winner-Outstanding-Young-Farmer-2017.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Wesley-Ham-Georgia-State-Winner-Outstanding-Young-Farmer-2017-207x138.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lori Wurtz (center) from Webster\u00a0County was awarded the Secretary of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-359\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Secretary-of-the-Year-Lori-Wurtz-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Secretary-of-the-Year-Lori-Wurtz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Secretary-of-the-Year-Lori-Wurtz-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Secretary-of-the-Year-Lori-Wurtz.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Secretary-of-the-Year-Lori-Wurtz-207x138.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steve Brown (second from left)\u00a0former\u00a0Assistant Dean for University of Georgia Cooperative Extension\u00a0\u00a0was awarded the prestigious Friend of Extension Award.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-360\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Steve-Brown-friend-of-extension-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Steve-Brown-friend-of-extension-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Steve-Brown-friend-of-extension-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Steve-Brown-friend-of-extension.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gacaa\/files\/2017\/12\/Steve-Brown-friend-of-extension-207x138.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all of our recipients and we thank you for your dedication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents honored several for their\u00a0service and dedication to UGA Cooperative Extension and the field of agriculture at the 2017 Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement conference held in Columbus on November 6-8, 2017. 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