http://www.moultrieobserver.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:57:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_295225721.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_295225721.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:56:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_295225659.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_295225659.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:35:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_294223534.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_294223534.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:35:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_294223558.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_294223558.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:49:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_293225014.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_293225014.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_293224121.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_293224121.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:28:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_293222826.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_293222826.html Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:20:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_271222132.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_271222132.html Farm families looking to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the busy fall harvest season will soon get that chance. They are invited to attend the Sunbelt Ag Expo farm show to be held Oct. 20-22 near Moultrie, Ga. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:39:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266234059.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266234059.html Vegetable farmer Bill Brim of Tifton, Ga., has made a name for himself in the produce business. An active farmer for 25 years, he currently farms about 2,500 acres of owned land and 1,500 acres of rented land. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:36:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266233738.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266233738.html A farm accident at age 14 left David Wright of Plantersville, Ala., without his right arm. He now looks back and says the accident was best thing that could have happened to him. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:32:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266233343.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266233343.html As a child, Orelan Johnson of England, Ark., was kept busy on his family farm hoeing cotton. Harsh as it was, that childhood labor didn’t deter Johnson from seeking and realizing his dream of becoming a farmer. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:28:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266232959.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266232959.html Located just south of Disney World, Brahma Island is home to 300-year-old oaks, ancient Indian settlements, wild game, 28 endangered species, 14 bald eagle nests and commercial beef cattle. This island, owned by Cary Lightsey of Lake Wales, Fla., and his Lightsey Cattle Co., is preserved in its natural state and will remain so through a perpetual conservation easement. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:25:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266232658.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266232658.html A Spanish-speaking Kentuckian who grows corn that’s made into premium sour mash bourbon has developed a diversified farming operation during a 26-year farming career. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:22:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266232338.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266232338.html Family farming is important for Donald Gant of Merigold, Miss. Over the course of his 39-year career, he started with 300 acres of rented land in the Mississippi Delta and built his operation into an impressive 6,192 acres devoted primarily to row crops. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:17:00 +0000 http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266231926.html http://www.moultrieobserver.com/expostories/local_story_266231926.html Fred W. Pittillo of Hendersonville, N.C., made a successful transition from dairy farming into turfgrass production. His Turf Mountain Sod farm grows cool season fescue, bluegrass and bentgrass turf varieties on about 1,200 acres in the mountains of western North Carolina. He raises sod on about 400 acres of rented land and 800 acres of owned land. The grasses stay green most of the year, even after the first frost.