Monthly Archives: July 2013

The Queen of Fruits

2013-07-05 10:08:00
UT FRUIT SPECIALIST DR. DAVID LOCKWOOD SAYS TN’S PEACH CROP IS TURNING OUT VERY GOOD THIS SUMMER.  

Reach to Recovery

2013-07-05 10:10:00
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?

2013-07-05 10:11:00
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

2013-07-05 10:13:00
THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION IS serving up a July 4th Picnic Survey for you to devour.

Good Bugs?

2013-07-05 10:14:00
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

2013-07-12 10:42:00
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

2013-07-12 10:44:00
AFTER LAST WEEK’S HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT IN MIDDLE AND EAST TN, FARMERS ARE STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS.  

A New Crop of Rice

2013-07-12 10:46:00
ROW CROP FARMER DOUG SINGLETEARY AND HIS FAMILY AT CHILDRESS FARMS IN DYER COUNTY HAVE ADDED A NEW CROP TO THEIR OPERATION THIS YEAR.

Young Farmer Challenges

2013-07-12 10:50:00
Tenn. Young Farmers face many challenges to stay profitable and remain on the farm.

TVA Working to Control Flood Waters

2013-07-19 09:56:00
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

2013-07-19 09:58:00
A Dickson County Young Farmer is trying something new this year, organic burley and dark tobacco.

House Passes “Farm Bill Farm Bill”

2013-07-19 10:00:00
IT USED TO BE MUCH EASIER TO GET A FARM BILL PASSED, BUT NOT THIS ONE.  

Keeping the Stats

2013-07-19 10:02:00
Just how much do you know about USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service?

Rutherford County Couple Named Young Farmers of the Year

2013-07-23 10:18:00
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…

2013-07-25 06:02:00
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

2013-07-25 06:03:00
A pest of soybeans in the deep South is rapidly on the move to other soybean areas. Gary Crawford has more.  

Farmers Markets Overflowing

2013-07-29 10:58:00
ALL ACROSS THE STATE, THOSE GARDENS ARE STARTING TO REALLY PUSH OUT THE PRODUCE. AND CONSUMERS ARE REAPING THE FRESH REWARDS. AND ITS NOTICEABLE...

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