Marion County Georgia Young Farmers Association

12/19/2025

There is an easier address to get to the party:
2751 Backbone Ridge

12/18/2025

Today is the last day to register for State Convention!

We can’t wait to welcome our GYFA family back to beautiful Jekyll Island for the 2026 State Convention! 🌱

January 23–24 will be filled with learning, reconnecting, and celebrating the best of Georgia agriculture.

📌 Register now: https://form.jotform.com/heathergyfa/2026-gyfa-convention-registration-

12/08/2025

Want a chance at winning another 🔫🔫🔫?

Attend our Christmas Party and pay your membership dues. Must be 18+ and present to win!

You don’t have to be a current member to attend. Just become one the day of the party. Membership dues are $30 for individual and $50 for a couple.

12/08/2025

Please share.
You do not have to be a member to attend BUT! if you become a member and pay your dues the day of the party OR! if you are currently a member and pay your dues the day of the party; you could win a nice shotgun!

👀 New This Year!! 👀
Want a chance at winning another 🔫🔫🔫?

Attend the Christmas Party and pay your membership dues. Must be 18+ and present to win.

11/27/2025

👀 New This Year!! 👀
Want a chance at winning another 🔫🔫🔫?

Attend the Christmas Party and pay your membership dues. Must be 18+ and present to win.

11/27/2025

We still have 10 more guns to give away!
Starting tomorrow you can buy tickets for $20 each or 6 for $75.

11/13/2025

Would love it if all of our Marion County members could go! ❤️

We can’t wait to welcome our GYFA family back to beautiful Jekyll Island for the 2026 State Convention! 🌱

January 23–24 will be filled with learning, reconnecting, and celebrating the best of Georgia agriculture.

📌 Register now: https://form.jotform.com/heathergyfa/2026-gyfa-convention-registration-

11/09/2025

We are going live at 6:00pm to draw our next raffle winner.

11/08/2025

✨✨Come see us!✨✨
We are set up and ready to go at the Rural America Festival. We have just a few tickets left if you would like to purchase some from us today.
We are going to draw our first gun at noon!

11/07/2025

Congratulations to Bryan Fryer for winning the raffle ticket giveaway! Your ticket is in the pot!

01/18/2025

Friday - 1-17-25 BREAKING NEWS:

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Confirmed in Commercial Poultry Flock in Georgia, All Poultry Activities in Georgia Suspended

Atlanta, Ga – Today, the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed a positive case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry operation located in Elbert County, Georgia. This is the first confirmed HPAI case in a commercial poultry operation in Georgia, and the fifth detection in the state of Georgia. As a result of this detection, effective immediately, all in-state poultry exhibitions, shows, swaps, meets, and sales are suspended until further notice.

“For the first time since the ongoing, nationwide outbreak began in 2022, HPAI has been confirmed in a commercial poultry operation in the state of Georgia,” said Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper. “This is a serious threat to Georgia’s #1 industry and the livelihoods of thousands of Georgians who make their living in our state’s poultry industry. We are working around the clock to mitigate any further spread of the disease and ensure that normal poultry activities in Georgia can resume as quickly as possible.”

On Wednesday, January 15th, 2025, the producer noticed clinical signs of Avian Influenza in their flock. Samples were collected on the morning of Thursday, January 16th, 2025, and transported to the Georgia Poultry Laboratory Network (GPLN) for testing. A positive HPAI detection was confirmed by GPLN on Thursday afternoon, and further confirmed by USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory on Friday, January 17th, 2025.

The Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Emergency Management and State Agricultural Response Teams (SART) immediately deployed to the affected premises to conduct depopulation, cleaning and disinfecting, and disposal operations on Friday, January 17th, 2025. Operations are expected to continue into the weekend. The affected premises had approximately 45,000 broiler breeders onsite at the time of detection.

All commercial poultry operations within a 10 Kilometer (6.2 mile) radius have been placed under quarantine and will undergo surveillance testing for a period of at least two weeks. As a result of this detection, poultry exhibitions, shows, swaps, and sales (flea market or auction market) in the State of Georgia are suspended until further notice. Notifications will be issued when the listed activities may resume in Georgia.

12/16/2024

See yall tonight!