KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture recognized some of its top faculty, staff, researchers and extension experts at UTIA’s annual Awards and Promotions Luncheon held on the UTIA campus in Knoxville August 2, 2019. Many of the awards are gifts made possible…
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is announcing the appointment of Kenneth Kim, D.V.M., D.A.C.V.P. as director of the C.E. Kord Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory (KAHDL).
Governor Bill Lee has recognized Whitney Flatt of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) with the Governor’s Excellence in Service Award.
The Franklin Tractor Supply Company store will host a backyard poultry event on Aug. 10, providing customers the opportunity to learn how to care for and manage an at-home flock.
Good Golly Miss Molly!
The University of Tennessee Center for Profitable Agriculture, in cooperation with the UT Manage Program, will offer a workshop for farmers who want to learn how to create and use spreadsheets to evaluate their farm records.
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has named Don Hodges, currently the James R. Cox professor of forest economics and management, to lead the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries.
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry will provide access to federal grant funding for communities and volunteer fire departments to be better equipped for wildfire.
TIME Magazine’s Show of the Year, “Matilda the Musical,” is coming to Franklin as part of the Act Too Players professional company, ATPRO.
Women are increasingly changing the face of agriculture — not just in Tennessee, but across the nation.
The Franklin Farmers Market hosted its ninth annual Tomato Festival on Saturday, with 10 participating farms competing in the categories of heirloom or standard tomatoes.
Landowners looking to conserve and maintain forests can now place orders with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry (TDF) for tree seedlings at the East Tennessee Nursery in Delano, Tennessee.
The Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program (TAEP) is announcing new options and changes to better assist Tennessee farmers in diversifying, expanding and improving their farming operations.
Blühen Botanicals and the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture are pleased to announce an agreement to conduct hemp production research.
Beef cattle producers, fruit and vegetable growers, and Tennessee landowners should save the date for the Steak & Potatoes Field Day on Tuesday, Aug. 6.
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) is advising homeowners and gardeners to monitor their rhododendron plants after detecting a disease that kills plants, trees, and shrubs.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Tennessee has been awarded a $40,000 grant to collaborate with the nonprofit Resource Capture to develop a more sustainable way to manage the booming Nashville metropolitan area’s organic wastes and, in the process, provide a va…
Landscape contractors, designers and nursery producers should mark their calendars and plan to attend two hydrangea workshops offered by the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is now in Tennessee, and experts with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will hold public workshops to answer questions about the disease and what hunters and others should know.
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) recently announced a new structure for its division dedicated to supporting new and expanding agricultural and forestry businesses.
RIPLEY, Tenn. (AP) — Wearing wading boots and a wide-brimmed hat, Derrick Currie casts his green fishing line into a pool of brown water along a rural Tennessee road.
On June 29, the Thompson’s Station Tractor Supply Company store will host a farmers market featuring locally grown, fresh produce as well as other seasonal products.
People can be such creatures of habit, that characteristic often eases our lives by allowing us to take the guesswork out of our choices. But, it can also stifle discovery of new things.
The invasive insect responsible for the death of hundreds of millions of trees in 35 states has migrated into Middle Tennessee.
Tennessee horse owners now have a new resource to protect the health of their livestock.
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