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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2020 FARMERS AND CONSUMERS MARKET BULLETIN – 404-656-3722 – agr.georgia.gov PAGE 13

Wanted horse manure com-
Trade? Have reg angus bull,
Wanted: Female puppy or
Briggs and Stratton 18 horse
Wanted: KMC caddy, in good
FARMLAND FOR motor model 422437, type 5y/o, very docile, Ten x breed- post in the Barrow, Gwinnett, spayed adult female Blue condition. E. Brown Avera
RENT/LEASE 1045 or code 86103112, run- ing, will trade for younger Walton area. Will pay a small Heeler or Jack Russell. Good 706-831-3442
ning. Carlton Dubberly Way- Angus or Hereford bull, must fee if you will load it. William home with 2 acres fenced.
72 acres of good grazing land cross 912-285-1546 or 912- be docile. L. Bandel Eatonton Wyatt Winder 770-868-6210 Beekeeper. Brent Nichols Wanted: Multiplying Onion
for rent in Pulaski County. 20 281-3009 706-473-3733 Brunswick 912-266-5688 sets. Call or text. Mavis
acres of hay field for rent. For Wanted Sheffield sweeps for Kennedy Talladega, AL 205-
more info, call or text. N. Smith Flatbed truck, 4x4, diesel, Want permission to hunt civil a 2 row Pittsburg type cultiva- Wanted: Grinder for planer 902-4550
Hawkinsville 478-230-1745 Ford F350, 2500 Dodge, tor also a complete Coulter as-
Chevrolet 2500; 2007 or up. war relics on property near sembly for same. B.L. Barfield chipper and paper knives; Will buy large plastic tubs that
For lease, 3-acre pasture for Joe Little Gainesville 770-983- battle sites with metal detec- Cordele 229-406-9268 must be in good working cattle minerals are sold in. NE
horse/garden plus 9 acres 7504 tors. Will share finds. David W. condition. Gary Reese GA area. C. Haynes
woods for hunting. Water and Great pasture commercial Mashburn Epworth 706-632- Wanted to purchase 1 pair of Harlem 706-831-3086 Gainesville 770-983-3927/
electricity available: $5 per feet to homeless sheep, Lla- 5456 Llamas of breeding age. Lon- 770-718-6697
acre, per month. Charles mas, Alpacas. Will pay deliv- nie Pope SunnySide 770-233- Wanted: Holstein Female be-
Wayne Toccoa 256-881-9356 ery. Ann Daniel Macon 478- Want to buy pigeons around 0130 tween 1 and 18 months old. Report symptoms, get
741-2067 the northeast Georgia area, Must be 50% White & 50%
Wanted: (8) 400lbs. beef Black and NOT sterile. Joel answers from Georgia’s
SERVICES I would like to buy a trio of prefer rollers, homers or tum- heifers, 100 miles from Villa Ri- Wiley Coolidge 229-890-8888
blers reasonably priced. Jarrad
Cuckoo Maran chickens that Seabolt Demorest 706-949- ca. Will pick up. Neal Ochs Vil- Email: numberman4@yahoo.- COVID-19 hotline:
lay chocolate-colored eggs. 9615 la Rica 678-877-9398 com 844.442.2681
BOARDING Walter Echols Ellenwood 404-
FACILITIES 725-1175 ProduCe Growers: GDA is linking farmers, consumers
ISO minimum 50ac of pasture
The Georgia Animal Protection to rent in Burke/Jefferson or Continued From Page 1
Act requires boarding and surrounding counties for cattle.
breeding facilities to be li- Must be fenced, have water explained. “It’s got to be picked, and it’s got to be sold within a certain amount of time.”
censed. A current license source. Call/text James Byrd The market for produce and fruit growers is equally divided between retail grocery stores and food services such as
number must be submitted with Blythe 706-401-6578 restaurants and schools. With half the market gone thanks to COVID-19, it is difficult to see how retail sales can make that
notices for publication in the JD 7130-7530, 4x4 cab trac-
“Boarding Facilities” category. tor in excellent condition, low up.
Notices submitted without this hrs. Hugh Hosch Auburn 770- Charles Hall, executive director of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, said the loss could be historic,
information will not be pub- 789-3258 if half of the typical farm gate value of Georgia produce – between $500 million and $750 million – cannot be recovered.
lished. For more information, “I realize that’s a broad range, but that’s historically where we’re going to be. Saying that 50 percent of the produce goes
Land-clearing and tractor
please call the GDA Equine work needed on ½ acre
Health Division, 404.656.3713. w/house in the Austell/Mabel- into food service if you look at that low number, that $500 million, and we lose 50 percent of that market or let’s just say
even 40 percent, we could look at it as a loss of $200 million and upwards of $400 million,” Hall said.
Horse boarding available, ac- ton area. Bobbie Garrison Hall said growers are looking at different solutions that would help until the economy restarts. They have considered de-
cepting mares/foals/geldings, Woodstock 404-403-4102
run-in shelters in all pastures. Looking for a 30-inch cut rid- veloping more direct sales from farms to consumers. However, Hall noted one problem is the distance between consumers,
Multi-horse discount, feeding ing lawn mower that needs most living in urban and suburban areas of the north, and farmers mostly in South Georgia.
packages and standing ser- some work within 30 miles of Hall added that online purchases have potential since many farmers grow a variety of crops to sell. “The problem that
vices for vet/farrier as needed. Macon. Must be complete. growers have is that they are not used to selling on a box basis. They’re used to selling on a pallet or truckload basis, so there
Jack Lafoon Waynesboro Ernie Presley Macon 478-284-
706-622-0345 9265 will be some challenges with that.”
Sunny Brook Stables. Dry-full Looking for poultry, chickens, Russ Goodman of Cogdell Berry Farms in Homerville said he has a great crop of blueberries this year and is also con-
board available. Great facility ducks, turkeys, geese, any cerned where he can market them. Goodman said blueberry harvests come in waves. The first wave did well, but he wonders
in the heart of East Cobb. type of poultry. Billy Mont- what will happen when the second and third waves of blueberries are picked in the coming months.
Boarders and trainers wel- gomery Homer 678-591-6410 Goodman said his co-op has worked to deliver directly to stores as commercial distributors have trouble keeping their
come: $300-$700. Joanna centers staffed. Food banks are another route they are trying. Goodman noted news of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pledging
Bednarz Marietta 404-617- Looking to buy 7-10ft Bush
4381 Hog. Can be nice or need $100 million to food banks to help in feeding increased numbers of unemployed, so he has contacted food banks in Lowndes
work, brand doesn't matter, County to sell blueberries directly to them. He is also working with a local non-profit to distribute to children in Brooks and
EMPLOYMENT cheaper the better! Connor Clinch counties.
Power Monroe 404-989-2306
“Every week, every child is going to get two pounds of blueberries, so, you know, that’s an effort too, on a small scale on
Farm Help Needed and Seek- Looking to buy Bird-eye pep- things like that,” he said.
ing Farm Employment ads pers, also called chiltepin or Goodman added that after the threat to COVID-19 subsides, he hopes people will have a greater appreciation of farmers
must be related to agricultural Indian pepper. Lillian Edwards
farm work. Ads submitted for Newton 229-734-6624 and particularly local farmers in a way that may be a reckoning on how the country gets food.
domestic help, companions, “I hope that when we come back from this that people realize you’ve got to keep the American farmer in business, and
baby sitters, housekeepers, Looking to purchase a one I hope programs like Georgia Grown and Sweet Home Alabama and Fresh From Florida have more meaning to people
etc. will not be published. row corn picker, tractor oper-
ated feed grinder and tractor because of what’s going on,” Goodman said.
FARM HELP dump wagon. Contact and Georgia Grown, the marketing division of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, has worked to get the word out to the
send pics. Willie Walker Snel-
NEEDED lville wwalker3193@gmail.com public that farmers are open for business. Georgia Grown has a virtual marketplace of members on its website, georgia-
grown.com, promoting them across social media and working to help farmers find new ways to sell their products.
Horticulturist for farm, part- Manual, parts for JD 1550 Paul Thompson, deputy director of Georgia Grown, said his office is looking for ways to get produce directly from farms
time and flexible hours. Will Power-Till no-till drill. Also, to schools that continue to distribute meals to students, many of whom depend on school meals each day as their main source
teach all you need to know but small SP or pull type combine, of food.
must be industrious and ener- working, near working condi-
getic K. Hendricks Atlanta tion. Dave Baldwin Cobbtown Thompson said Georgia Grown is also working to find ways to utilize freezer space across state farmers markets and
404-307-1784 904-923-5151 dave_bald- private distributors for processing and storing fruits and vegetables. He said all the efforts show promise but are in the early
win@earthlink.net
Need experienced gardener stages of development.
Need 10 female goats, prefer-
to plow, plant and harvest 5-6 ably from same farm, delivered “I’ve been on the phone this morning with some tenants at the markets to see if there are some freezer space or processing
acre vegetable garden at a to Young Harris. Call Clark facilities that we could use and put this together,” Thompson said. “I feel like there are no dumb ideas at this point. We have
farm in the Eatonton area. 404-202-3272 Young Harris got to do something that we’ve never done before, so it’s going to take somebody thinking, and I hate the words ‘outside the
Call Sandra at 470-709-8776
Pallet fork for 3032 JD hay box,’ but we have to be thinking atypically to figure out something that’s never been done or else. Food services aren’t there
SEEKING FARM fork to attach on front of JD to take up that slack, so we have got to figure something else out.”
EMPLOYMENT 3032e compact tractor. K.
Piper Rockmart 770-668-4999
Seeking farm work, non- Rototiller, small or large. Price gouging during COVID-19
smoking, no drinking, no Nelson Massey Conyers 770-
drugs. Randall Lowery Mariet- 483-2639 If you have a concern about price gouging, contact the Georgia Department of Law
ta 678-218-4205
Seeking seeds for Hot Pink Consumer Protection Division by calling 404.651.8600 or 1.800.869.1123, or visit them
Feather, also called Celosia,
WANTED flowers. Looking for white, yel- online at http://consumer.ga.gov/form/price-gouging/step1/price-gouging-form.
low and pale pink blooms. C.
Stroud Temple 770-562-0474
Items wanted in all Classified
Categories will be advertised Seeking to lease 50 to 100 Find Georgia Agriculture Online!
here. acres for hunting, 2020-2021 Notice
season, Walton and Morgan
600 or 800 Ford, 3000 or counties, grandson and I, safe
4000 Ford or any diesel with 3 and sober. Danny Bryan Mon- www.agr.georgia.gov Ads for the
point hitch. Nelson Massey roe 404-520-9359
Conyers 770-483-2639
Seeking up to 5 gallons of May 20th issue
A free standing carport, prefer mayhaws for jelly-making. @GeorgiaGrown: https://twitter.com/
2 car, will remove, must be Neva NeSmith Coolidge 229- are due by noon,
very reasonable, prefer green, 228-1780 or irvneva@earth-
will consider others, decent link.net www.facebook.com/georgiagrown May 8th. Classifieds
condition. Joe Diver Hi-
awassee 706-896-8814 Small to medium tract of
land for hunting only. No scheduled to run
All farm and barn items of camping or camp fires. @Iamgeorgiagrown
significant age considered. Within one hour of Cleve- May 20th will post
One item or all. No property or land. Seeking yearly lease.
machinery. Lets talk. Bill Mc- Bill Duryea Sautee Na- Georgia Grown: https://www.pinterest.com/GaDepAg/
Graw Watkinsville 706-614- coochee 770-815-4988 online May 7th.
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