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GA HR1397
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/8/2024
Primary Sponsor
Robert Dickey
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AI Summary
- Georgia House of Representatives commends Bruce Redmond as Effingham County's 2024 Georgia Farmer of the Year
- Redmond assumed full ownership of Shiloh Farms in Effingham County after his father's death in 2018, incorporating conservation farming practices such as crop scouting, grid sampling, low-pressure irrigation, and bahia grass rotation with peanuts
- Shiloh Farms is the largest producer of certified bahia grass seed in the Southeast, growing Tifton 9 bahia grass seed cooperatively bred by the UGA Coastal Plain Experiment Station and the USDA Research Service
- Redmond has served on the local USDA Farm Service Agency for seven years and received honors including 2023 Effingham County Friend of 4-H, 2022 Georgia Outstanding Young Farmer, and 2021 Conservationist of the Year by the Ogeechee River Soil and Water Conservation District
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide a copy of the resolution to Bruce Redmond
Legislative Description
Redmond, Bruce; Effingham County's 2024 Georgia Farmer of the Year; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/8/2024
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