Tobacco has a 2017 GA Farm Gate value of over $52 million, accounting for 13,139 acres in Georgia.
The UGA Tobacco Team works closely with county Extension agents, researchers, commodity and agribusiness groups to provide sound, research-based recommendations to assist Georgia farmers in producing high quality, flue-cured tobacco.
Top 10 Tobacco Counties in GA (by value)
- Coffee
- Berrien
- Pierce
- Appling
- Tattnall
- Candler
- Colquitt
- Lanier
- Wayne
- Cook
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CAES Chats is a series of interactive online sessions between alumni, friends and UGA faculty members - present and past. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions.
How has CAES changed since you were a student? What does student enrollment look like? How has COVID affected student life? Learn the answers to these questions and ask your own during our next CAES Chats with current students and administrators!
FeaturingJosef Broder (BSA - Agricultural Economics, ’71)CAES Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Doug Bailey (BSA - Horticulture, ’80)CAES Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Alyssa Rauton (BSA - Avian Biology, ’21)CAES Alumni Association Board Undergraduate Student Rep, CAES Philanthropy Council member, Sigma Alpha First Vice President, National American Dairy Science Association – Student Affiliate Division President
Jackson Wadsworth (BSA - Agriculture and Applied Economics, ’20;BSA - Agribusiness, ’20)CAES Ambassador, Alpha Gamma Rho President, AGHON member, Blue Key member
Oct
22
1:00PM - 2:00PM
CAES Chats with Academic Affairs
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUocu6vqjojHNBPXxNzkLhWP0V7i1v3Gw6t
The University of Georgia Department of Horticulture, together with UGA's Institute on Human Development and Disabilities, Master Gardener Extension Volunteer Program, Office of Sustainability, Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, and UGArden, are excited to share the award-winning “Hearts of Glass” documentary to the university community. The film is about Vertical Harvest, an ambitious small business located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that combines high-tech local food production and meaningful employment for people with disabilities. Join a discussion with the filmmaker, Vertical Harvest employees, and Clarke County School District and UGA faculty.
Stream the film between Friday, Oct. 23, and Friday, Oct. 30, at showandtell.film/watch/uga and join the panel discussion at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27. Register for the free panel event here.
Panelists:• Jennifer Tennican, Director and Producer of “Hearts of Glass"• Sean Stone, Senior Facilities Associate, Vertical Harvest• Kai Hoffman, Senior Grower of Vining Crops, Vertical Harvest • Jennifer Thomas, Special Education Teacher at Clarke County School District
Moderator: • Jennifer Jo Thompson, Associate Research Scientist and Director, UGA Sustainable Food Systems Initiative
Recently, Vertical Harvest and its CEO Nona Yehia have been named a CNN Champion for Change. This award profiles 10 innovators leading the charge to a better world with new ideas and groundbreaking solutions. Click here to view a promotional clip, or read the CNN article and view the three-minute segment specifically about Vertical Harvest.
Oct
23
10/23 9:00AM - 10/30 11:00PM
Hearts of Glass: A Conversation About Growing Plants, Community and Inclusion
https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/uga
Students are invited to join four panelists to learn about internship and career opportunities with Corteva.
Oct
28
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Ag Dawgs at Work with Corteva
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtduqurj4tEtJrhLn6mfyuRl8QVX6331nZ
Guest lecture by Julie Borlaug, vice president of external relations for Inari Agriculture:
"Using Innovation and Technology to End Hunger and Poverty"
Borlaug is the granddaughter of American biologist, humanitarian and Nobel laureate Norman E. Borlaug. As the vice president of external relations for Inari Agriculture, she is continuing the Borlaug legacy and inspiring the next generation by advocating for innovation and technology to end hunger and poverty. Borlaug has developed agricultural partnerships between public, private and philanthropic groups to expand the mission to feed the world’s hungry. She previously served as director of strategic initiatives for Texas A&M Agrilife Research, associate director of external relations for the Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, and director of development for the American Cancer Society.
The D.W. Brooks Lecture is named for the late D.W. Brooks, founder of Gold Kist, Inc. Brooks started Cotton States Mutual Insurance Companies in 1941. He advised seven U.S. presidents on farm and trade issues. Among his many honors, he was the first inductee into the University of Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Nov
10
3:30PM - 5:00PM
D.W. Brooks Lecture featuring Julie Borlaug
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZkaqWgvNQu6El7QhgaB84w