UGA Extension - Fannin County

04/06/2026

The Fannin County 4-H/FFA Livestock Show Team is looking for people to start showing cattle! Animals can be housed at the new Fannin County School System Agriculture Facility Cattle Barn, and Livestock Team advisors Rhonda Mathews and Kate Phillips will help you get an animal to lease. Sponsors can be located to help secure feed. You will also be taught everything you need to know about showing cattle. This opportunity is open to students in 4th to 12th Grades in the 2026-2027 school year. Animals will be shown at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, GA in October. Contact Kate Phillips at [email protected] or 706-632-3061 for more information!

University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity Institution. If you need reasonable accommodation or language access services, contact the Fannin County Extension office at 706-632-3061 or [email protected], at least three weeks prior to the program date.

04/01/2026

As of 2 PM, Fannin County has reached halfway to our goal of 24 donations of $4 or more for $4 for 4-H! Are you willing to help support us by donating? Use the link below to donate 🍀

www.georgia4h.org/four

Donated funds will be used to help support hands-on classroom lessons and county programs.

04/01/2026

Today is the first day of $4 for 4-H 🍀 Support Fannin County 4-H by giving $4 (or more) to help support 4-H programing in our county! New this year, this a four day event, but our goal is to get 24 donors and turn our county green on the state wide map. The link to give is below.
www.georgia4h.org/four

03/12/2026

Don't forget to join Fannin County Master Gardener Extension Volunteers in collaboration with Fannin County Young Farmer Association this Saturday, March 14 from 10 AM to Noon at the Fannin County Agricultural Facility for our 2nd class of the Beginning Garden Series. The topic will be understanding seed packets, plant labels, and planting scheduling with Ginger Montgomery from Quinn’s Greenhouse and Nursery. Call us today to sign up (706) 632-3061 or feel free to show up for the class on Saturday. All are welcome and we hope to see you there!

University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity Institution.

03/09/2026

This weekend, 6 Fannin County 4-H'ers attended Northeast District Junior/Senior District Project Achievement at Rock Eagle 4-H Center! These 6 students have spent the past few months working hard on their projects and had the opportunity to present those this weekend.

Fannin Results

6th Grade-
Addie- 3rd Place Performing Arts Instrumental
Ziona- 1st Place Cat Care

7th Grade-
Faith- 3rd Place Performing Arts General
Haven- 1st Place Fashion R***e
Hope- 1st Place Performing Arts Dance
Zarius- 1st Place Food Labs: Better Breakfast

Special Shoutout to our Volunteer Jennifer Beavers for being recognized as a Northeast District Outstanding Volunteer! She has put in many hours of volunteer work to help chaperone and lead 4-H events.

We also had the chance to make lots of new friends from other Northeast District Counties!

02/26/2026

Fannin 4-H had a great day at the Capitol with 3 of our Middle School 4-H’ers for 4-H Day at the Capitol! We were able to spend the day learning about Georgia history and government. We also had the opportunity to sit and watch the Georgia House of Representatives in action!

02/16/2026

On Saturday, Fannin County FFA Alumni hosted their Fannin County Winter Youth Fair. Congratulations to the 3 Fannin 4-H participants.

Fannin 4-H Results

Landon Satterfield
1st Place Junior Showmanship-Breeding Ewes
1st Place Breeding Ewe Class 1
1st Place Breeding Ewe Class 2
Grand Champion Breeding Ewe
Reserve Champion Breeding Ewe

Owen Waters
1st Place Junior Showmanship-Market Hog
3rd Place Purebred Gilts Class 1

Kingston Ware
2nd Place Junior Showmanship-Market Hog
3rd Place Purebred Gilts Class 2
2nd Place Crossbred Gilts Class 1
Reserve Champion Crossbred Gilts

Good luck to these exhibitors at the State Livestock Show in Perry, GA this week!

02/09/2026

Tonight is Cloverleaf camp sign up from 6-8pm at the Extension/4-H office for 4th-6th graders. Camp will be at Wahsega 4-H Center and will be your best week of summer! If you have any questions, please call us at 706-632-3061.

02/03/2026

Applications are due in TEN days!! Don't miss out on this opportunity, pick up an application before it is too late. 🌱

We are excited to announce the opportunity to become a Fannin County Master Gardener Extension Volunteer.

The Master Gardener Extension Volunteer (MGEV) program in Georgia is a volunteer program designed to help University of Georgia Cooperative Extension staff transfer research-based information about gardening and related subjects to the public by training home gardeners to be volunteer educators. Master Gardener Extension Volunteers are active in many Georgia counties. Through this program, Extension is able to reach out and serve more citizens with educational programming and demonstrations.

UGA Extension Fannin County is looking for MGEV Trainees to assist in the following consumer horticulture projects:
• Adult education programs
• School garden education
• Local demonstration garden
• Seed library

Training will begin April 7, 2026. This will be a joint training between Gilmer and Fannin counties. You are expected to volunteer in the county which you apply in. There are eight total classes. The first four classes will be held in Gilmer County, and the last four will be held in Fannin County. Classes are held from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Tuesdays. Cost to train is $275 and this covers program fees and materials. The training fee is due after you are selected to train. Applications are due February 13, 2026, but you can submit sooner! Class size is extremely limited.

Stop by our extension office today to pick up an application with more information! Our address is 205 Church Street #1, Blue Ridge GA.

01/15/2026

🐔Fannin County 4-H Poultry Judging begins February 2nd🐔
Have you ever seen your poultry and eggs in the grocery store labeled as Grade A? Come check out the 4-H Poultry Judging Team and learn how to grade chickens and eggs.

This year, we will have two different time options for practices, come to the one that fits your schedule best!
Monday Practice- 5:30-7 PM
Wednesday Practice- 3:30-5 PM

Practice starts the week of February 2

Practices will be held once a week until the contest on April 23rd.
For questions or more information contact us at 706-632-3061 or by email at [email protected] or [email protected]

University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Veteran, Disability Institution. If you need a reasonable accommodation or language access services, contact your County Extension office at least three weeks prior to the program date.

01/13/2026

We are excited to announce the opportunity to become a Fannin County Master Gardener Extension Volunteer.

The Master Gardener Extension Volunteer (MGEV) program in Georgia is a volunteer program designed to help University of Georgia Cooperative Extension staff transfer research-based information about gardening and related subjects to the public by training home gardeners to be volunteer educators. Master Gardener Extension Volunteers are active in many Georgia counties. Through this program, Extension is able to reach out and serve more citizens with educational programming and demonstrations.

UGA Extension Fannin County is looking for MGEV Trainees to assist in the following consumer horticulture projects:
• Adult education programs
• School garden education
• Local demonstration garden
• Seed library

Training will begin April 7, 2026. This will be a joint training between Gilmer and Fannin counties. You are expected to volunteer in the county which you apply in. There are eight total classes. The first four classes will be held in Gilmer County, and the last four will be held in Fannin County. Classes are held from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Tuesdays. Cost to train is $275 and this covers program fees and materials. The training fee is due after you are selected to train. Applications are due February 13, 2026, but you can submit sooner! Class size is extremely limited.

Stop by our extension office today to pick up an application with more information! Our address is 205 Church Street #1, Blue Ridge GA.

12/23/2025

Our office will be closed December 24-January 1, 2026 in observance of the holidays. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!