News and Events
Current News Releases:
- Agritourism Conference Joins Horticulture Expo in January
The fifth Tennessee Agritourism Cultivating Farm Revenue Conference will be held in Nashville on January 28-30, 2010. This year marks the first time the conference will be held in conjunction with the Tennessee Horticultural Expo.
- UT Extension Beef Experts/County Agents Study at USDA Facility in Nebraska
Tennessee’s beef industry generates $600 million dollars for our agricultural economy each year, but to keep our cattle farms thriving - we need the latest knowledge and technology. That’s the opinion of University of Tennessee Extension experts and county agents who recently spent a week in October at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Roman L. Hruska Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska. Twenty-three UT Extension representatives made the trip.
- UT Extension Specialist Honored with National Evaluation Training Award
Joseph Donaldson is now being recognized by his peers nationally for his work with UT Extension in training and evaluation efforts. He is receiving the Excellence in Evaluation Training award from the American Evaluation Association for 2009.
- Educational Tour Planned for Farmers Interested in Agritourism
Tennessee farmers and agri-entrepreneurs interested in learning more about agritourism opportunities to implement on their farm are invited to attend a classroom on wheels. The “Focus on Agritourism Educational Tour” will be held November 4, 2009. The tour will start and end in Lawrenceburg at the Lawrence County Extension Office.
- Farmland Legacy and Estate Planning Workshops Scheduled
A series of public workshops is planned to ease the burden of farmland estate planning. Coordinated by University of Tennessee Extension, in cooperation with partnering organizations including the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, The Land Trust for Tennessee, and USDA Rural Development, estate planning workshops will be held in each of the grand divisions of the state.
- Asian Soybean Rust Confirmed in West Tennessee
The significant agricultural disease Asian soybean rust was confirmed on September 4 in West Tennessee on soybean leaf samples collected by UT Extension soybean sentinel plot scouts from Shelby County.
- Experts Urge Producers to be Aware of Soybean Cyst Nematodes
In Tennessee, many soybean fields are looking good this year, but experts say more cases of Sudden Death Syndrome are showing up which means there could be trouble below in the form of soybean cyst nematodes.
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