150 Years of Georgia Agriculture

  • (2023) Commissioner Tyler Harper gives a speech at the Georgia National Fair.
  • (1989) The Structural Pest division inspects an apiary.
  • (Date Unknown) Dr. Doris Miller, a veterinary pathologist at Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, uses a nose swab on a bulldog to test for bacterial or fungal infection.
  • (Date Unknown) Atlanta State Farmers Market sign.
  • (Date Unknown) Georgia Always in Good Taste
  • (Date Unknown) A photo featuring an employee at the state lab was featured in an issue of the Market Bulletin.
  • (1926) January 7, 1926, issue of the Market Bulletin
  • (1916) Cover of the 1916 ag handbook.
  • (1944) Cover of the 1944 ag report.
  • (1944) Weights and Measures testing.
  • (1956) The Georgia Department of Agriculture building in Atlanta, GA.
  • (1944) Weight & Measures testing.
  • (1974) 100th anniversary celebration of the Department at the State Capitol.
  • (1974) Congratulatory letter from President (then Governor) Jimmy Carter on the Departments 100th Anniversary.
  • (1974) Georgia Department of Agriculture employees using computers in 1974.
  • (1974) Testing of fly larvae being done at the lab.
  • (1986) Georgia Seed Development Commission photo.
  • (1987) Building of the Tifton, GA satellite lab would provide fast access to major food & seed producing regions.
  • (1988) Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Market Bulletin employees using computers.
  • (1907) Cover of the 1907 Ag Handbook.
  • (Date Unknown) Former Commissioner Tommy Irvin gives an interview to Fox 5 Atlanta.
  • Inspecting field of beans
  • (1981) Dr. Walter M. Britton, UGA College of Agriculture, uses research instrument to measure deformation of eggshell strength
  • Lab worker inspecting culture
  • (2023) Commissioner Tyler Harper at his farm in Ocilla, GA.
  • (1944) Murphy Avenue Farmers Market.
  • Cotton Field