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Lee County
UGA Extension Office

Our Impact

Making A Difference in Our County

University of Georgia Cooperative Extension is working hard for its constituents. The following are examples of Extension’s impact in the county over the past year.

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Agriculture and Natural Resources

The Lee County Extension office serves commercial agriculture in the county in numerous ways. The office puts on annual production meetings for farmers. Some of these meetings are held at the Lee County office, while others are held with other counties. These meetings focus on the production of cotton, peanuts, grains, and pecans, as well as weed control and crop disease control. The county Agricultural and Natural Resources (ANR) agent makes troubleshooting site visits to farms to aid farmers in solving problems. Because Lee County has a large suburban population, much of the Lee County Extension office’s ANR programming is aimed at homeowners and commercial businesses. The ANR agent publishes a weekly illustrated newspaper column dealing with topics of interest to homeowners in the local newspaper.

4-H Youth Development

Leila Drew, 4-H agent, and Brooke Hutcheson, 4-H Educator, conduct 4-H Science Club meetings in 18 fifth-grade classes. 4-H staff worked with The Bread House in Albany to conduct a fundraiser during National 4-H Week in October 2025, selling pecan pie cookies and providing youth with hands-on experience in an industrial kitchen, packing cookies for the fundraiser. Lee and Dougherty 4-H split the proceeds of $1,200. Lee County 4-H has grown exponentially in the last year. During the 2024-2025 program year, they took 14 fourth, fifth, and sixth graders to the Cloverleaf Project Achievement, and this year, they are preparing 34 youth to compete. Lee County 4-H also offers youth opportunities to compete in Cotton Boll and Consumer Judging, Wildlife Judging, Horse Quiz Bowl, Horse Judging and Hippology, as well as SAFE Archery and Shotgun Teams.

The SOWEGA 4-H Horse Club, led by 4 certified volunteers, competes in State Horse Quiz Bowl, State Horse Judging, and Hippology contests with occasional field trips to local stables. In 2024, the Junior (4th-8th) Horse Judging Team placed 5th, with one student placing 10th individually.  The S.A.F.E. Shotgun Team and Archery Team have 6 certified coaches and 40 team members. In 2025, the Archery Team competed at the State 4-H Indoor Archery Contest in January and the State 4-H Outdoor Archery Contest in April. The Shotgun Team practiced from February to May to qualify for the State Modified Trap Contest at Rock Eagle on Mother's Day weekend.  Lee County 4-H also offers a variety of 4-H Summer Camps for grades 4th-12th. In 2025, Lee County 4-H had 478 individuals involved in various afterschool programs, camps, summer activities, and competitions.