From the latest in cotton pickers — satellite-steered machines that pick, form and deposit bales as they ride across a field — to an Auburn University truck that runs on wood chips, Sunbelt has always been about increasing economic efficiency, Executive Director Chip Blalock said.

With a spotlight this year on Kentucky, known for its thoroughbred horses and row crops, especially tobacco, Sunbelt is fortunate not to have seen the economy detract from the 1,200 exhibitors slated to be at the Expo Oct. 14-16, he said.

Swampie has provided some directions:

The Sunbelt Expo’s permanent home is at Spence Field in Moultrie, GA. 4 miles southeast of U.S. Hwy 319 on Hwy 133. The physical address is:
290-G Harper Blvd.
Moultrie, GA 31788-2157
Directions into Spence field & to EXPO building:

On Hwy 133, turn left into Gate 2. Follow West Yount Street and you will come to a oneway traffic circle. Take the traffic circle around until you reach North Vandenberg Drive - turn right onto North Vandenberg Drive. You will reach the Water Tower - veer to the right. The Expo Headquarters Building (tan building with a green metal roof)is on the right. The front of the office faces the runway - visitors please park in front of the building.

WZTV in Nahsville is covering the story:

The 31st annual Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition begins Oct. 14 with demonstrations of the latest farm equipment, goat and horse shows and seminars.

The three-day expo will attract 1,200 exhibitors and an estimated 100,000 visitors to a 700-acre complex at Moultrie in south Georgia.

The southeastagnet.com has a nice podcast about the ag expo:

We are just 3 weeks away from the anual Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition in Moultrie, Georgia and their Executive Director, Chip Blaclock, says the show will of course have a variety of things to see including many that livestock producers would be interested in.

Keep in mind I grew up in Georgia. When I mention Georgia, most people who have never been there think of Atlanta, a great southern metropolitan city.

Most have not heard of Moultrie, a small farming town in the southwestern region of Georgia. I grew up on a 75-acre farm that was then, and still is, a half mile off the main dirt road.

Go Here to read the entire post, and while you are there subscribe to his blog, the entire thing is worth the read.

Vicki Greene has posted a great review of the 3 day workshop at the Colquitt county Arts Center in Moultrie, GA by Tom Jones:

He and his wife Bonnie (who helped keep everything organized and flowing smoothly) were very helpful and gracious. There were little door prizes everyday and little gifts for everyone (paper samples, pens, cards etc.) The last day Tom gave each person a beautiful 1/2 sheet size watercolor print personally signed for us. I would highly recommend this workshop.

Vicki Greene is a watercolor artist living in North Florida with her husband, 2 dogs, a betta and many koi. Please visit her blog.

WALB is reporting that the recent outbreak of E.Coli in Moultrie did indeed originate at the Barbeque Pit:

The Barbeque Pit Steak and Seafood Restaurant voluntarily closed last Thursday at the request of the health department. Health officials called in the USDA who met Tuesday morning with the restaurant’s owners and Public Health officials.

The Moultrie, Ga DMA sponsored an Independence Day children’s parade this year on the square in downtown Moultrie Georgia.

I was born and raised in the American South, where my family’s history has been recorded since 1730 (and farther back according to family lore), who has been in a bi-racial marriage to a first-generation American for over 20 years

The post itself is fantastic and gives one a vivid peek into a time gone by:

This was the 1930’s.  South Georgia.  Small town.  If Moultrie wasn’t the buckle on the Bible Belt, it was at the very least the hole in which the buckle fastened.  Like almost everyone else, Mama Lucy’s family were strict Southern Baptists–no drinking, no card playing, and most certainly no tobacco!

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