Monthly Archives: July 2013
The Queen of Fruits
UT FRUIT SPECIALIST DR. DAVID LOCKWOOD SAYS TN’S PEACH CROP IS TURNING OUT VERY GOOD THIS SUMMER.
Reach to Recovery
For more than 40 years, the American Cancer Society’s Reach to Recovery program has helped BOTH MEN AND WOMEN cope with their breast cancer...
What is a Farmer?
WHAT IS A FARMER IS THE QUESTION THAT WAS RECENTLY POSED TO 7TH GRADERS ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE TENNESSEE FARM BUREAU’S ANNUAL ESSAY...
Great American Cookout
THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION IS serving up a July 4th Picnic Survey for you to devour.
Good Bugs?
NOT ALL INSECTS ARE BAD, Some insects help us in our daily lives in a variety of ways. USDA’S Rod Bain HAS THE STORY.
Bees Hoping for Sunshine
IT CONTINUES TO BE A TOUGH YEAR ON BEEKEEPERS. JUST LIKE WITH ROW CROP FARMERS, ALL THE WET WEATHER OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF...
Rain, Flood waters Impacting Farmers
AFTER LAST WEEK’S HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT IN MIDDLE AND EAST TN, FARMERS ARE STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS.
A New Crop of Rice
ROW CROP FARMER DOUG SINGLETEARY AND HIS FAMILY AT CHILDRESS FARMS IN DYER COUNTY HAVE ADDED A NEW CROP TO THEIR OPERATION THIS YEAR.
Tenn. Jr. Beef Expo
Tenn’s 42nd Annual Junior Beef Exposition.
Young Farmer Challenges
Tenn. Young Farmers face many challenges to stay profitable and remain on the farm.
TVA Working to Control Flood Waters
MOST EVERYONE IN TENN HAS BEEN IMPACTED IN SOMEWAY FROM ALL THE UNUSAL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THIS YEAR. AND TVA HAS BEEN WORKING TO...
Organic Tobacco
A Dickson County Young Farmer is trying something new this year, organic burley and dark tobacco.
House Passes “Farm Bill Farm Bill”
IT USED TO BE MUCH EASIER TO GET A FARM BILL PASSED, BUT NOT THIS ONE.
Keeping the Stats
Just how much do you know about USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service?
Rutherford County Couple Named Young Farmers of the Year
Brandon and Katherine Whitt of Rutherford County were named as the Tennessee Farm Bureau’s Outstanding Young Farmer and Rancher Achievment Award winners.
If You Like Peaches…
Fresh, juicy peaches. One of the most delicious things about summer. But South Carolina peach farmer Chalmers Carr explains that without the foreign workers...
New Soybean Pest
A pest of soybeans in the deep South is rapidly on the move to other soybean areas. Gary Crawford has more.
Farmers Markets Overflowing
ALL ACROSS THE STATE, THOSE GARDENS ARE STARTING TO REALLY PUSH OUT THE PRODUCE. AND CONSUMERS ARE REAPING THE FRESH REWARDS. AND ITS NOTICEABLE...