On most days, you can find retired Crawford County Sheriff Kerry Dunaway at the end of a long gravel road in Roberta, working on his new calling.
"We start out young calves on this farm," Dunaway said.
It's not just beef, either. Dunaway owns a small organic farm that sells pork, poultry, beef and other commodities exclusively to domestic buyers--most of whom are in central Georgia.
But he said the tariffs being discussed in Washington D.C. and Beijing are still on his mind.
"Those eventually affect us just like weather, just like labor, just like taxes," said Dunaway.
Dunaway is not exporting his goods and said he's not overly worried about the situation yet.
However, he admitted he is concerned that escalating trade tensions between China and the U.S. could jack up the cost on some of the goods he needs, thus cutting into his profit.
"That's a trickle down to us... where feed prices are fluctuating," Dunaway said.
Georgia Farm Bureau Public Relations Director Andy Lucas agreed it's a risk.
"Anytime that you talk about trade... for ag, all the commodities are interlinked together," Lucas said.
After a string of back-and-forth tariffs, Lucas said he's worried about a full-blown trade war breaking out between the United States and China--something he said could have a serious impact on Georgia farmers.
"We want to make sure the administration realizes it's very touchy right now and with income being as low as it is right now for our producers, we're concerned," said Lucas.
According to Lucas, the Georgia Farm Bureau is working with legislators and the White House to make sure that trade war never happens.
While they do, small farmers like Dunaway watch, hoping whatever happens next won't hurt their business.
China is the second largest destination for American agricultural, worth roughly $21 billion a year.