The Chattooga Young Farmers will hold their annual banquet coming up next month at Chattooga High School.  The speaker for the meeting will be Billy Hughes – the Agricultural Education Program Manager for the Georgia Department of Education which oversees the state’s FFA programs.

Hughes, a former principal at Effingham County High School is a native of Bryan County. He started his teaching career in 1990 at Effingham County High School, where he taught agriculture until 2001, when he became the Central Region Area forestry instructor. He returned to ECHS as agriculture teacher, which he continued until 2006. From 2006 to 2011, he worked as CTAE supervisor for Effingham County Schools. He was principal for Effingham County Middle School from 2011 to 2016.

Hughes, who lives in Rincon, has a bachelor’s degree in agriculture education from the University of Georgia, a master’s degree in ag education from Clemson University and a specialist degree in educational administration and supervision from Lincoln Memorial University.

The Young Farmer’s Banquet will be held on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 7 PM.