[Light music playing in background. Birds chirping. Horse whinnying.]
>>Female voice: Every facet of agriculture requires work. It doesn't  matter if it's research,  it doesn't matter
if it's actual production it,
doesn't matter if it's picking cotton. Agriculture means work.
Male voice of farmer: It's a challenging industry. You just have to
stick with it and work hard at it. That's
about all you can say about the poultry industry. Cattle industry same way.
Another male voice of farmer: Things change. Every year there's new
thing, new ways to do things, new
chemicals, new seed varieties change.
>>Doug Smith, Turkey Creek Farms: One of our the big resources that we utilize here on the farm is the Extension agent.
We use the extension agent for a variety
of things from identifying weeds on the
farm and proper spraying techniques. We
can get all sorts of recertifications
for our pesticide license through our
Extension agent.
>>Glenn Heard, Glenn Heard Farms: We'll get them to check a field, or research something for me that you know  that I want to know more about,
>>Karl Zimmer, CEO Premium Peanut: You
know premium peanut we're only about
three years old as a company but we're
we're owned by 350 farmers, 350 peanut
growers. They're integral to agriculture
in the state. But integral to that whole
agricultural process is the University
of Georgia and the College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Extension.
>>Kristi Griffis Arnold, President Ga Cattlemen's Association: You know University of Georgia
Extension and Georgia Cattlemen's
Association have a long-standing
partnership. We partner on lots and lots
of activities. Georgia Cattlemen's relies
very heavily on Extension for a lot of
things for connection to research, for a
connection to experts. Whatever that
newest information is that's coming
Extension realizes that they're the
transportation method for that
information to get it from the
universities to the producers.
>>Keith Kelly, CEO Kelly Products: There's no doubt it's a huge benefit to have the
University of Georgia here in our state
and working with, you know, farmers
and local businesses and having access
from a food
perspective like FoodPIC. So we're
just a small independent dairy that went
to FoodPIC and was able to get access
to some of the best research people in
the country. That's a huge benefit.
>>Neil Talton, Ocmulgee Dairy: They stay on top of things and they have answers before some of the other people
do and they have an unbiased opinion on
different products or what we need to do
and what we need to use and their
research is so much more extensive than some of these others.
>>Keith Kelly: There's things
there that might take a lifetime to
learn so why not take advantage of what
they've got and you know it's already
being paid for. You may have pay for some of the services but they're minimal
compared to if you went outside and
hired professionals to come in there
with the same amount of things data wise
same kind of knowledge you're going to
get from the Extension is a fraction of
the cost if you went and hired in the private sector.
>>Glenn Heard: Myself and every farmer
we're limited on time. We try to accomplish
as much as we can every minute of every
day and having the agents to be the in-between helps us save time.
>>Karl Zimmer: The
University of Georgia and the College of
Agriculture has been just a tremendous
partner in everything that we do as I
said from Extension to research projects
to serving as advisors and consultants for us.
>>Gary Black, Commissioner Ga Dept. of Agriculture: We need to recognize the incredible service that it provides.
All of us are taxpayers. All of us are
citizens and we all have a vested
interest in utilizing the great asset
that is within, you know, within this
University System.
When you look into the future what what
are those one of those challenges I'm
facing as a grower? What are those
challenges I'm facing as a rural leader?
What are those challenges that I might
be facing as, you know, trying to
develop the rural economy? There's no
better place to go than the University
of Georgia.
>>Doug Smith: I mean you can go to your
local feed and seed dealer and you could ask
questions there and you can ask your
neighbors when you meet them at church
or run into them at the restaurant but
you know to have actual trained
professionals and scientists that are
actually looking at things and being
able to access that it's a good use of
our tax dollars
