Fluffy white cotton explodes over 3,000 acres of farmland tended by Wade C. Hodges III, and he is humbled by the fact that each plant starts with a single seed. The recently named 2017 Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce Farmer of the Year, Hodges farms because he loves it. Having grown up immersed in the life, the third-generation Bulloch County farmer grows row crops.
2017 Farmer of the Year
A 3rd generation farmer, Wade Hodges loves it
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