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The first stop on the participants’ tour through Georgia was at 1888 Mills, LLC, a textile manufacturer in Griffin. Though there are not as many textile mills in the Southeast as there was 20 years ago, the participants learned of the still vibrant, albeit smaller, textile industry in Georgia.
From there, the group traveled south to learn about the famous Georgia peach industry from Lane Southern Orchards in Fort Valley. The day concluded with a tour of a cotton gin at Coley Gin and Fertilizer in Vienna.
The next day, participants toured the Tifton area in south Georgia. Having stops at Kelly Manufacturing Company and Tifton Quality Peanut, participants learned about the peanut industry, an industry that does not exist in their home states.
The participants spent the remainder of the day at Lewis Taylor Farms learning about vegetable production from Bill Brim and at Davis Farms with Bart Davis learning about cotton, peanut and cattle production.
The cotton industry in the western U.S. faces a wide range of issues affecting profitability. , with cotton prices and futures, and production information on planting, fertilizing, and harvesting your cotton crop.
The following day, the group toured the Albany area. There the group toured Miller Brewing Company to learn about automated machinery for product handling and Thrush Aircraft, a manufacturer of agricultural aircraft. The group saw firsthand how Thrush makes complete aircraft from start to finish at their facility in Albany.
The latter part of the day was spent touring Bayer CropSciences’ cotton test plots and visiting RCL Farms in Bronwood. RCL Farms is a family farm operated by Ronnie Lee and his three sons – Neil, Ron, and Chandler.
