UGA Cooperative Extension
Pierce County Extension Office
Mission
Our mission is to extend lifelong learning to Georgia citizens through unbiased, research-based education in agriculture, the environment, communities, youth and families.
Address & Phone
Pierce County Extension
711 Hendry Street
P. O. Box 228
Blackshear, GA 31516
(912) 449-2034
(912) 449-8005 fax
Email address: uge4229@uga.edu
The Georgia Peanut Commission presented the Outstanding Georgia Young Peanut Farmer Award recently in Albany, Georgia. The award is presented to one Georgia peanut farmer based upon the applicant's overall farm operation; environmental and stewardship practices; and leadership and community service activities. The 2010 winner is Jim Waters of Blackshear, Ga.
Waters was raised on the family farm that he started managing in 2006 after the loss of his father. The farming operation consists of 225 acres of peanuts. He also produces cotton, corn, timber and pecans. The winner has participated in many on-farm research trials evaluating fungicide programs for peanuts, cotton variety trials and new herbicide materials for corn.
In addition to farming, Waters is a leader and avid agricultural supporter in the Pierce County Community. He serves as chairman of the Pierce County Industrial Development Authority, is a member of the Okefenokee Development Authority, vice president of the Pierce County Farm Bureau and represents Pierce County on the area Soil and Water Commission.
