As storms target the Gulf Coast and west of us, most people in our area breathe a sigh of relief to see them miss us. But plenty of local farmers are happy to see the rain after a dry stretch.
You can say farming is in the blood of one young man in Bulloch County. He grew up with his father, grandfather, and great grandfather working the family’s land.
Sean Brannen spends plenty of time these days behind the wheel of a tractor. He and his family have more than 4,000 acres of cotton and peanuts to plant for the season.
Farming is the only profession and the only life Josh Brannen has known. He’s among the fifth generation to tend this soil in Bulloch County and remembers farming as far back as he can remember.
Farmers from across the Southeast had a keen eye on a big announcement Tuesday afternoon in Bulloch County. National environmental leaders gave them the green light to use one chemical that courts had tried to ban earlier this year.
It takes approximately 150 days in between planting and harvesting peanuts, something the Boyd family has been doing in Effingham and Screven counties for more than a century.
Farmers have faced an economic risk others might not appreciate when it comes to the pandemic. But they continue the work it takes to feed and clothe much of the world.