Georgia’s land is dominated by approximately 3.4 million acres of evergreen, mixed, deciduous, and wetland forests. Evergreen farming is a monoculture farming practice that is common to the Southeast region of the United States. Georgia’s forest is native to approximately 250 species. Within the forest, along field edges, and in swamps are a number of flowering trees- these trees add a splash of color in an ocean of forest green.
The southern United States native forages are frequently low in nutrients and poorly digestible, while improved pastures are quite the opposite. Since the south produces a rapid growth of pines, which are a major use of the land, the integration of pines, pastures, and cattle seem to offer an efficient and economical form of management.
At one time in history, cotton was the most valuable crop; it has been rivaled by peanuts, tobacco, and corn. Georgia has easily gained the respect of being the nation’s largest producer of peanuts. Tobacco is the principal crop in the southern and central sections of the state and peanuts are principal in the southwest. Broilers, eggs, and cattle are major products which makes livestock and poultry raising account for the largest share of farm income.
