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PAGE 8A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. MAY 25. 2023
Scenes from last Friday’s ArtWalk Jasper
Winning artists were:
1st - Jonah Warren; 2nd -
Morgan Clifton; and 3rd -
Mary Gilmore.
Other participating artists
included: Jill Bearden,
Sydney Johns, Crystal
Bertram, Shanna Coulter,
Barry Edleman, Lee Jor
dan, Jennifer Noe, Dianne
Lacefield, Olin Gillis,
Maggie Shaw, Edith Por
tillo, Elizabeth Whitehead,
Tom Reed, Aaron Abbot,
Wayne Mayson, Nancy
Hollifield, Kelly Glaros,
Robert Brown, and rising
student artists Daniel
Vasquez, Julianne Nadol-
ski, and Kellie Morris.
Farm Gate survey underway
Important for all Pickens farm
products to be counted
400jobs in Pickens
County are directly
related to
agriculture
By Justin Fellenbaum
Extension Coordinator
University of Georgia
Extension Pickens County
The Pickens County Ex
tension Office needs your
help in gathering data on the
agricultural commodities
produced in Pickens County.
Each year, every county
in Georgia compiles a list of
all the agricultural products
produced in their county.
These numbers make up
what is called the Farm Gate
Value Report. These num
bers are very important to see
the value agriculture has in
our state and to provide cru
cial support for the industry.
Agriculture accounts for
nearly $14.7 billion in the
Georgia economy. The top
commodity in the state is
broiler production at $4.2
billion.
Pickens County does its
share of contributing to the
farm values in the state. In
2021, the agriculture value of
the county was estimated to
be over $42 million. The top
commodities produced were
broilers, beef cattle, and lay-
You can also scan the
code that will take you to a
survey you can fill out from
your phone.
ers. There are over 400 jobs
in Pickens County directly
related to agriculture, with a
total economic output of
over $80 million. The total
number of farms in the
county is in the 115-200
range.
It is important to continue
to report these numbers each
year. If you are a producer of
agricultural commodities for
profit, then we want to
know!
Feel free to reach out to
the Pickens County Exten
sion Office at 706-253-8840,
or by emailing the Agricul
ture and Natural Resource
Agent, Justin Fellenbaum at
justin.fellenbaum@uga.edu.
All reporting is com
pletely confidential and only
reflects a value of what is
produced with state aver
ages.
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