2025 GA FL Tobacco Tour
Join us for a car caravan tour beginning in Live Oak, Florida, where we’ll explore tobacco farms and Extension on-farm research plots continuing through Georgia’s tobacco production regions, including stops in Hazlehurst and Metter, Georgia.
Hotel details for the 16th and 17th, along with the finalized tour schedule and route are now available!
June 16 - 18, 2025
Additional details of the schedule and driving directions will be added the week before the tour. We look forward to having you join us for the 2025 Georgia-Florida Tobacco Tour!
General Schedule
The tour will begin with a Kick-Off Supper in Live Oak, FL, on Monday, June 16, and end near Metter, Georgia on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
June 16, 2025
The tour will begin with a Kick-Off Supper at the Brown Lantern (417 E Howard St, Live Oak, FL 32064). Supper will be served at 7:00 p.m. Please register or contact J. Michael if you will attend.
Lodging:
- Holiday Inn Express and Suites
- 6694 US 129 North, Live Oak, FL, 32060
- 386-362-2600
- A block of rooms has been reserved.
- Please call and make your reservation by May 23, 2025. At that time, our block will end. *King rooms may be added at an additional cost and by request.
- Other hotels are available in the area. There is a Holiday Inn & Suites is located in Lake City, FL.
June 17, 2025
Tuesday morning, the tour will leave the Holiday Inn Express and Suites at Live Oak at 7:30 a.m. to visit Florida and Georgia tobacco farms, on-farm demonstrations, and producers. Lunch will be in Georgia.
In the afternoon, we will visit several additional on-farm demonstration sites in Georgia and finish the day in Tifton, GA., for the evening.
Lodging:
- Tuesday evening, the La Quinta Inns & Suites, Tifton, GA will be the Georgia Tobacco Tour's headquarters.
- 1215 US-82 W, Tifton, GA 31793
- 229-586-8025
- Use this La Quinta booking link to make your reservation.
Additional Tifton Lodging:
- Hampton Inn-Tifton
- Exit 62 on I-75 and GA Hwy 82
- 229-382-8800
- To reserve your room, call directly (let them know you're with the UGA Tobacco Group) or use this Hampton Inn Booking Link. The Group Code is UTG if you need to use it. It goes under "special rates" and then "group code."
- Directions for supper will be available upon check-in.
June 18, 2025
Wednesday morning, the tour will leave the Applebee’s parking lot in Tifton at 7:30 a.m. and visit on-farm demonstrations, tobacco farms and tobacco growers in Georgia. Lunch will be served on H & H Farms near Cobbtown, GA.