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Bleckley County
成人影院 Extension Office

Our Impact

Making A Difference in Our County 2024

University of Georgia Cooperative Extension is working hard for its constituents. The following are examples of Extension’s impact in the county over the past year.

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4-H

Bleckley 4-H has continued to grow in the community during 2024-2025. 4-H partners with the Bleckley County School System to offer in-school club meetings monthly to our Cloverleaf 5th through 6th grade students where they were able to learn about agriculture, science, healthy choices, presentation skills and elected 4-H club officers. Our Junior 7th-8th graders also met monthly in-school and our Senior Club meeting were held in the evenings. Junior and Senior ?????4-H’ers in grades 7-12 learned about communication and leadership skills.

Both Bleckley County 4-H judging teams, Cotton Boll and Consumer Judging and Wildlife Judging, had a successful year. At the district level, our Cotton Boll and Consumer Judging team had numerous individual placements and our Junior Team placed 1st overall. The Senior Wildlife Judging team won 1st place at the state level and will compete at Nationals in Tennessee.

Bleckley County once again received the Superior Reserve Award at the Georgia National Fair and was first overall with over 100 entries. We had 11 1st place awards, 9 2nd place awards, 6 3rd place awards and 49 4th-10th individual placements.

Bleckley County 4-H offers many activities and this year we were able to engage over 150? ??????4-Her’s in our holiday activities such as the local Christmas Parade and our Holiday Day Camp.

Thirty-five of our students competed in Cloverleaf and JR/SR Southeast District Project Achievement. Bleckley County was awarded the highest percentage of placements in Senior project areas. We had three 1st place awards that will move on to compete at State Congress. While at Junior/Senior District Project Achievement, two of our juniors were elected as board members on the Southeast District Junior Board.

Bleckley County 4-H welcomed 7 new Teen Leader 1 and 3 Teen Leader 2 in 2024-2025.

Bleckley 4-H had a successful year with our SAFE Archery and Shotgun teams. Our Junior SAFE Shotgun team placed second in Savannah at the TCW Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays event along with several individual placements.

Our Horse Club continued to grow this year as the 4-Her’s learned all about horses and the care of a horse. Bleckley 4-H had several individual placements at the 2025 State Horse Show in Perry.

Summer programming engaged over 125 youth with both local programs and overnight 4-H Camps at Jekyll and local summer day trips to Tybee Island and Wild Adventures Theme Park.

In addition to these things, Bleckley County 4-H continues to offer a variety of other activities including leadership conferences, 4-H Day at the Capital and community service opportunities. 4-H’ers are learning skills to prepare them for a productive future. Our youth have the opportunity to learn new skills, increase their self-confidence, make new friends, experience different surroundings, and participate in many new things. These elements of positive youth development will continue to grow the Bleckley County 4-H program.

ANR

Agriculture remains vital to Bleckley County’s economy, generating a farm gate value of $48.6 million in 2024. Cotton leads in acreage, followed by peanuts, corn, and other row crops. In June, Derrick Bowen was appointed as the Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Agent and quickly integrated into the agricultural community, providing direct field support, educational outreach, and storm recovery assistance.

Bowen played a key role in peanut and cotton production efforts, conducting peanut maturity checks to help farmers optimize harvest timing and yield. He also led a local Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) survey in peanuts as part of a statewide monitoring initiative. After Hurricane Helene, he collaborated with local growers and the Farm Service Agency to gather yield loss data, ensuring Bleckley County’s challenges were accurately represented in USDA disaster relief considerations.

Throughout the winter of 2023–2024, Bleckley County organized row crop production meetings with 成人影院 specialists to deliver timely recommendations on pest, disease, and crop management. He also provided routine Extension services to homeowners, including soil and water testing, pest diagnostics, and lawn and garden consultations, maintaining strong public engagement beyond commercial agriculture.

David Hall, Southeast District Water Educator, contributed significantly through his environmental education and conservation work. Partnering with Bleckley 4-H, he reached over 800 students with lessons on clean water, pollution, and soil health. Hall also supported local agriculture with Mobile Irrigation Lab visits, water sampling, and leadership in the Georgia Master Irrigator Program. Together, Hall and Bowen maintain the Bleckley County ANR Facebook page, a key communication tool now serving over 500 members.

FACS

Bleckley County Extension doesn’t currently have a Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) agent. The Extension office works with surrounding county agents to provide programs on diabetes, high blood pressure prevention, canning, SafeServ? certification and cancer awareness. The Extension office makes the effort to assist local residents with their questions. Common questions are in regard to food safety, food preservation, mold and mildew management, healthy meal planning, family budgeting and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

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