On Feb. 28, Upson County Extension Office and Upson County Livestock hosted more than 45 veterans for the cattle portion of the Agribility/Farm Again Farmers Boot Camp.
Upson Extension Agent Hailey Partain facilitated the local program, which is designed for disabled veterans across the State of Georgia. The program in Upson was the first phase of the statewide program. More than 20 local volunteers joined forces to make it happen.
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Classes of the day included Cattle Breed Basics, Record Keeping, Cattle Evaluation, Biosecurity, Transportation/Trailer Safety, Cattle Nutrition, Herd Health, and Equipment Needs.
At the end of the day, attendees took a test to become Beef Quality Assurance Certified.
We are honored to have been able to serve Georgia farmers for two decades! Check out our highlight reel of our impact over 20 years!
“Skippy’s a partner, she’s a pet and she helps us with the cattle every day,” Donald said. That assistance was necessary after he was injured on the farm in 2019 – paralyzed from the neck down – and faced a long road to recovery. He regained the ability to walk, using two canes. “Being able to keep the cows and having something for me to live for every day…she has contributed to that immensely,” he said.
When a half-ton bale of hay fell off a wagon in 2019, striking the back of Donald Adams’ head, the future of his family farm fell into immediate uncertainty. Read the story here that was highlighted within the Collage of Agricultural Sciences Cultivate magazine.
Two Decades of Service
We are honored to have been able to serve Georgia farmers for two decades! Check out our highlight reel of our impact over 20 years!
The grant is part of a larger initiative called Farm Again, a statewide program that supports individuals in production agriculture who face challenges due to injuries, disabilities or chronic health conditions. READ MORE
Georgia AgrAbility farmer, Iteago Felton, was recently featured on Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency success stories about his farm and the assistive technology he uses to keep it running.
Farm Again program director, Dr. Glen Rains, was awarded a grant from the USDA National Institute on Food and Agriculture to develop a climate-smart farm. This project involves an interdisciplinary team of researchers and Extension professionals with partners at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Clemson University, and Kansas State University.
Georgia Hosted NTW in 2024
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Georgia AgrAbility was the proud host for the 2024 National AgrAbility Training Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia on March 25th-28th 2024! The largest NTW yet with almost 300 registrations, we had a blast.
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Georgia AgrAbility is so thankful to everyone who came to Georgia for NTW in March! We had a wonderful time getting to see all of you! Thank you to the National AgrAbility Staff for all of the hard work in making this year’s conference a success. A special thanks to Tess and Jo Beth for taking care of everything. ​