Visitors to the Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition at Spence Field near Moultrie on Oct. 15-17 have plenty of reasons to make a stop at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) building.

“ABAC and the Sunbelt Expo have a long history,” said Dr. Jerry Baker, interim Provost and interim Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (SANR). “Dealer Days was the event that eventually turned into the Expo everyone now knows. It originated on ABAC’s campus in 1964.”

Baker said that Dealer Days was originally meant to allow farm equipment dealers to showcase their wares while in turn allowing ABAC students the opportunity to meet with potential employers.
Visitors to the ABAC building will be able to meet with student ambassadors as well as ABAC faculty and staff and get information on all degree programs offered by the college. They will also be able to see exhibits from ABAC’s Georgia Museum of Agriculture (GMA) and purchase souvenirs ranging from caps and t-shirts to toys and consumable goods made at the GMA.

Baker also said that potential students who stop by the booth will be able to enter to win a gift basket full of ABAC merchandise, as well as enter to win a scholarship to attend ABAC.

“This year, we’re excited to offer an ABAC scholarship to a future student who visits our booth at the Expo,” said ABAC President Tracy Brundage, who also serves on the Expo’s board. “We’re also going to be waiving the application fee for prospective students October 13-20 as our way to celebrate the agriculture industry and the Sunbelt Ag Expo. ABAC is proud to offer a top-tier education while being a smart financial choice for students, as more than 50 percent of our students graduate free from student debt due to our affordability and the $1 million in annual scholarships we award.”

ABAC’s School of Agriculture and Natural Resources offers bachelor’s degrees in agribusiness, agriculture, agricultural technology management, environmental horticulture, natural resource management, agricultural education and agricultural education.

Within SNAR, the Department of Agriculture students can choose a concentration in agricultural technology and systems management, animal science, crop production, crop and soil science, general agriculture, livestock production, turf and ornamental, turfgrass and golf course management or turfgrass science. Students in the Department of Forest Resources can choose a concentration in conservation law enforcement, forestry or wildlife, while students in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication may choose between the agricultural studies track and the elementary agriculture education track.