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The Paper | Thursday, May 9, 2013
Value of agriculture in Jackson County cannot be denied as 40 percent of land is in production By SAM INGRAM
For The Paper
Jackson County’s first 4-H Rimfire Team On April 27, the Jackson County 4-H 22-Rifle Team competed at the 4-H State Rimfire Match at Rock Eagle in Eatonton, GA. Pictured, left to right, are team members Nicole Sherman, Mallory Peek, Benjamin Rigsby and Charlie Britt. They are the first team to compete from Jackson County through the 4-H S.A.F.E. Program.
Rigsby competed last year as an individual, where he earned a
bronze merit pin from the Civilian Marksmanship Program. This year, he earned a silver merit pin. The team is coached by Certified Rifle Instructors Tom Rigsby, Rusty Britt and Chris Peek.
Godfrey Family Memorial Archery Tournament is hosted by Jackson Co. 4-H
Recurve Traditional FITA Cloverleaf – 2nd Place - Russ Johnson, 3rd Place – Allison Greene; Junior – 1st Place - Brian Presley, 2nd Place – Sandie Gaskins. Recurve Olympic FITA Junior – 1st Place - Matthew Nilsen, 2nd Place – Tan Tongue, 3rd Place – Ethan Dyer; Senior – 1st Place - Tristan Gaskins, 2nd Place – Travis Adams, 3rd Place – Savana Bagwell. Compound FITA
Cloverbud – 1st Place - Kaitlyn Greene; Cloverleaf - 2nd Place – Kaycie Malcolm. Recurve 3-D Cloverleaf - 1st Place - Allie Greene; Junior - 1st Place – Tan Tongue, 2nd Place – Matthew Nilsen, 3rd Place – Sandi Gaskins; Senior – 1st Place – Tristan Gaskins, 3rd Place - Travis Adams; Compound 3-D Cloverbud – 1st Place – Kaitlyn Greene; Cloverleaf – 1st Place – Bree Reynolds, 2nd Place – Kaycie Malcolm, 3rd Place - Maddie Fowler; Senior – 1st Place – Ty Beason, 2nd Place – Nicholas Parr; Ladies – 1st place – Megan Mandus; Men’s Hunter – 1st Place - Ritch Bray, 2nd Place – Wade Johnson, 3rd Place – Chuck Malcolm. “We would also like to give a special thank you to our tournament sponsors: All Bright Electric, Michael Kellum/NEFF Rental, Ralph Brooks/ Edward Jones Investments, Lanier Pallet Recycling, 6M Farms, K-12 Solutions Group, Matthew Edwards/ All Steel Construction, Inc., Marlon Hardy/ Buffalo Creek Taxidermy, Bruce Wheeler and Peak Industries,” said the team and coaches.
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Sam Ingram is the Agricultural and Natural Resources Agent for Jackson County Cooperative Extension, located at 102 Cloverleaf Circle, Jefferson, GA 30549. Contact the extension office at 706-367-6345. The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension – Learning for Life. Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, 4-H Youth. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.
Hall County 4-H competes in horse judging event
Jackson County Archery Team of 4-H’ers and coaches at the recent tournament.
Jackson County 4-H hosted their annual Godfrey Family Memorial Archery tournament on Saturday April 20, at Maysville Baptist Church. Seventy-five shooters, five different county 4-H programs and additional coaches and spectators joined them for a beautiful day. First-place winners in the competition received medallions, and second- and thirdplace winners received certificates during the awards ceremony at the end. Pictured is the Jackson County Archery Team of 4-H’ers and coaches. Twenty-eight of the first, second and third place winners were from Jackson County. They were from the following categories and levels:
As I was preparing a presentation about the importance of agriculture in Jackson County for a select group of teachers who are interested in adding agricultural education into their curriculum, I thought I should not limit this presentation to just these few folks, but let all those in the county or at least those who read the paper, the opportunity to know how important agriculture is in Jackson County. Citing statistics from the 2011 Georgia Farm Gate Value Ingram Report which is compiled and published by UGA Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development, Jackson County ranks the No. 8 county in total FarmGate value out of 159 counties in the state of Georgia. No, this is not as good as being ranked 1, but when you think of big production agriculture your thoughts tend to go toward South Georgia with row crops and vegetable production. The fact is that North Georgia; Northeast Georgia in particular has six of the 10 “Top 10” producing counties in the state.
The question then arises of what commodities Jackson County produces to place so high in production value. It is no secret that poultry production is king in Northeast Georgia and poultry in Jackson County is our anchor commodity. Although poultry accounts for more than half of our production value, Jackson County is still a large producer of several commodities such as cattle, horses, forages and goats. So, although we still have people moving into Jackson County from the metro-Atlanta area remember that 40 percent of our land is still is agricultural production and also remember that agriculture is still very much vested in Jackson County.
Hall County 4-H recently participated in a horse judging event in which the moderator was multi-carded horse judge Ann Jones of Flowery Branch. The event was held at the barn of Jeff Davis Show Horses in Braselton, Georgia. Participants had to judge 3 halter classes and 3 performance classes. At the end of the event, there was a reining demonstration, question and answer session and refreshments. The Hall County 4-H Horse Club will have two Junior teams and one Senior team competing at the State 4-H Horse Judging event in Athens, Georgia on May 4. Photo of group attached and L-R is: Ann Jones, Hailey Sailors, Anna Pettit, Gracie McBride, Courtney Woodard, Kristy Barrett, Jeff Davis, Nicole Smith, Heather, Kyra Lavelle, Tori Gillespie and Heidi Lester.
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