The Georgia Ag Tag
A Project to Promote Agriculture and the Environment
Supporting Georgia FFA and Georgia 4-H
We encourage Extension Agents to print the art work found here, deliver it to your local tag office and ask them to help promote the tag.
The official art work (exactly like the print above) should come from DMV state office soon. If your tag clerk needs coaching to find the tag listed in a computer, the code is FFH.
The idea for the agriculture tag’s design came from rising juniors and seniors attending the Governor’s Honors Program during the summer of 2005. The students researched other states’ agriculture tags and came up with their own ideas of what should be on the tag. The students completed a rough design. Mike Parsons, an artist from Winder, took their rough design and created the design for the agriculture tag.
Georgia voters approved a constitutional amendment authorizing specialty tags by a 67%-33% margin. Included in this amendment was the “Ag Tag” proposed by Senator Greg Goggans of Georgia’s 7th District. The new automobile license plate was designated to honor Georgia agriculture. Proceeds from the sale of the agriculture tags will go to benefit 4-H and FFA. The agriculture tags will be available as soon as 1,000 tags are ordered.
We appreciate the actions of many people to support the passage of the legislation proposed by Senator Goggans. We particularly acknowledge the support of the Governor’s Agriculture Advisory Committee, and General Assembly members in both chambers.
Bo Ryles (Director of 4-H/ State 4-H Leader) and John Wilkinson (State Director of Agriculture Education) are coordinating a plan to move the project forward. Extension Agent Eddie McGriff (Coffee County) has provided excellent background work and made a large number of contacts to get the sales of the tag moving. We will look to Donnie Smith and the Governor’s Agriculture Advisory Committee to provide advice and support as we move forward.
The tags can be pre-purchased now. Visit your local tag office and request the tag. They will place the order. Very soon the tags will be manufactured and delivered to purchasers. There is a $25 fee for the tag. Ten dollars of that fee will go to fund special initiatives in Georgia 4-H and Georgia FFA. The dollars collected from the tag sales will be evenly distributed between 4-H and FFA.
The funds will be used to support work relative to the mission of the two organizations and specifically to promote agriculture, agricultural awareness, and environmental education.
Sept. 5, 2007
