12 September 2025

📰 In This Issue:

  • Headlines
  • Report Reveals Challenges in Disaster Response After Hurricane Helene
  • Milk's Got Game Returns with SEC Athletes Powering Performance
  • 2025 Fall District Meetings: RSVP for District 3,4, and 6!
  • Georgia Beef Commission Call for Research Proposals
  • Jasper County Feral Swine Workshop
  • Upcoming Events Calendar
  • Register for the 2026 Georgia Dairy Conference
  • GMP Associate Membership

Headlines

Policy & Trade


Management 


Markets

Report Reveals Challenges in Disaster Response for Georgia Farmers After Hurricane Helene

The following is from the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture.


As part of the follow up to the Weathered But Strong campaign, the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture collaborated with The HIVE Research Collective and Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center to conduct a survey this summer to learn how Hurricane Helene affected Georgia farmers, specifically their attempts to recover in the days and weeks immediately after the storm hit Georgia Sept. 27, 2024.

 

The press release attached and below provides highlights of the survey report that can be found in its entirety at

https://www.supportgeorgiafarmers.org.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Lily Baucom at info@gafoundationag.org or 478-405-3461.

 

Turn in your farm utility information for emergencies like this!

In preparation for hurricane season this year and beyond, GMP is compiling an emergency response database to assist members with power restoration and generator access before and after a major storm event. If you haven't spoken with Bethany yet about your farm's utility information, please contact her at bethany@gamilk.org or 770-324-1260.

Milk’s Got Game Returns With SEC Athletes Powering Performance

The following is from The Dairy Alliance. 


Long before the stadium lights, the game-day crowds, or the highlight reels, there were early mornings, small wins, and a jug of milk in the fridge. Milk's Got Game returns for another season, and The Dairy Alliance, a nonprofit funded by dairy farm families in the Southeast, celebrates how milk powers athletes' performance on and off the field. This year, The Dairy Alliance joins SEC football players Gunner Stockton and Talyn Taylor of Georgia and Jake Merklinger of Tennessee, along with their mothers, to show fans how real dairy milk's high-quality protein supports strength, recovery, and hydration for active lifestyles.


"Real dairy milk fueled these athletes while they were growing up, and it continues to power their routines today," said Joanne Engelhardt-Risko, Vice President of Strategic Marketing at The Dairy Alliance. "With this year's Milk's Got Game campaign, we're spotlighting the evolution of real dairy milk as a powerful sports drink that helps athletes recover, stay strong, and perform at their best. This campaign also celebrates the role of moms, the original champions of dairy milk - if the best young athletes in the country trust dairy milk to power their game, it's because their moms do too."


To read the full article, click here. Be sure to check out the video on TDA social media accounts.

2025 Fall District Meetings

If you're in District 3, 4, or 6, mark your RSVP for Fall District Meetings next week!

Georgia Milk Producers and The Dairy Alliance invite dairy producers across the state to attend the upcoming Fall District Meeting in your district. The meetings will include: 

  • District Elections to ADA of Georgia/Dairy Alliance board
  • Updates on Key Industry Issues & Promotional Programs
  • Upcoming Events 



Lunch or dinner will be provided depending on the time of the meeting. We value your voice and look forward to seeing you soon! 


To RSVP for your local meeting, contact Bryce at 229-221-3906 or bryce@gamilk.org.

Georgia Beef Commission Call for Research Proposals

The Georgia Beef Commission is looking for research proposals to

be considered for 2026 (Project duration January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026), by the Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Beef.


The Beef Commission is not listing priorities for proposals this year but will ask for

researchers to make proposals for areas they feel most relevant for the Georgia cattle industry.

However, all topics for research will be considered on their individual merits and potential success and funding availability.


Proposals should be limited to three (3) pages and include:

Title and investigator(s) names

Need for research in Georgia.

Potential benefit (how do you propose to evaluate cost/benefit?)

Objectives

Procedures and location(s) of research

Budget: Include requests for funds for personnel services and operating costs.

The Georgia Agriculture Commodity Commission for Beef does not pay administrative

overhead cost.

Proposals accepted are required to provide quarterly updates on status of projects to the

commission.

Projects can also be designed for multi-year research.

Georgia Commodity Commissions do not pay indirect costs.


For proposals from researchers outside the University of Georgia, please submit

proposals to the following email: Fred.rayfield@agr.georgia.gov

The commission will hold a meeting in late November or early December for presentations of previous year’s projects and proposals. The date will be announced later.


For more details, click here.

Jasper County Feral Swine Workshop

The following is from the Morgan County Extension Office.


The registration deadline for the Jasper County Feral Swine Workshop is quickly approaching. The event will be held on September 25, 2025, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm, at Thomas Persons Hall, located at 319 College Street Monticello, Ga 31064. This event is free to attend, and we will provide a meal for those who have registered. Please reserve your seat and meal by September 18, 2025. The registration link is below for your convenience, and the event flyer is attached with more information. Feel free to share with friends. We look forward to seeing you there!


Jasper County Feral Swine Workshop Registration

GMP Classifieds

Want to showcase your business to dairy producers and industry professionals across the Southeast and US? Email info@gamilk.org to learn more about how you can advertise in the GMP E-News.

Calendar of Events

September 16 & 17 - Georgia Ag Labor Relations Forum

UGA Tifton Conference Center

Registration: GeorgiaAgLaborForum.com


Fall District Meetings

September 15th - 7pm District 3 at Farmview Market, Madison


September 16th - 7pm District 6 - Burke Co Extension Auditorium, Waynesboro


September 16th - 12pm District 4 - UGA Teaching Dairy, Athens


September 18th - District 1 - Farm Tours


October 2-12 - Georgia National Fair and Livestock Shows

The Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter, Perry, GA


October 14-16 - Sunbelt Ag Expo

Spence Field - Moultrie, GA


October 15th - Sunbelt Dairy Showdown

Dairy Pavilion - Moultrie, GA


October 28-29 - Southeast Dairy Sustainability Forum

DoubleTree Suites by Hilton at The Battery, Atlanta, Georgia


Register for the 2026 Georgia Dairy Conference

Registration for the 2026 Georgia Dairy Conference is open and filling up fast! With 16 industry leading speakers and a premier trade show featuring companies from across the US and more, this is an event you don't want to miss. To secure your spot, register today by visiting www.gadairyconference.com or clicking the image below.

Thank You, Associate Members


The mission of Georgia Milk Producers is to support, sustain, and grow the Georgia dairy industry. In addition to our partners in industry who support the Georgia Dairy Conference each January, we are also offering an opportunity for allied industry to partner with GMP year-round, network with producers throughout the year, and promote their companies outside of the conference. Thank you to our inaugural Associate Members, Dairy Farmers of America, FERA Animal Health, and BMO Bank.

Until Next Time,


GMP

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