Montgomery County Agriculture

Roger Galloway, Agricultural Extension Agent
Randy Wood, Area Livestock Agent
 Area Specialized Agent
Jody C. Smith
  • Poultry

Roger Galloway and Randy Wood are the Extension Agents in Montgomery County that work exclusively with agriculture. Randy has responsibilities in livestock and forages. Roger covers horticulture, landscaping and crop production. The Area Poultry Agent is Jody C. Smith.

Montgomery County Extension sponsors and helps coordinate with The Montgomery County Cattlemen's Association, the Montgomery County Rodeo and Expo, the North Carolina Peach Festival, the Horsemen's Association, pesticide certification and youth livestock activities. One-on-one interaction with clientele in Montgomery County is still what makes the extension program accessible and extraordinary. We work through North Carolina State University to obtain researched based information. This information can be used to increase production and obtain better marketing.

There are a lot of exciting activities happening with livestock production. The Montgomery Cattlemen have educational meetings from October through April. Different marketing and production practices are discussed at the meetings to help producers become more efficient. The Horsemen's Association meets monthly to discuss opportunities in the equine industry. Montgomery has REINS volunteers that help spread information to people with interests in horses. These volunteers can set up meetings or help individuals with concerns. The volunteers are horse oriented people that have been trained by extension to deal with horse issues. In 1998 6 youth competed in 4-H livestock projects. These youth learned about production and care of goats. Waste Management is also a large category that falls under livestock. Randy administers the continuing education credits for liquid waste operators that have swine or poultry.

If you would like to talk with one of the agriculture agents, please call the office between 8 and 5 Monday through Friday. The phone number is (910) 576-6011. Let's all work together to make Montgomery agriculture strong.




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Last updated September 8, 2003 by Betty Juhan