Monthly Archives: April 2014
Switchgrass for fuel and forage
https://ag.tennessee.edu/news/Pages/NR-2014-04-SwitchgrassEvent.aspx
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces Additional USDA Actions to Combat Spread...
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2014/04/0066.xml&contentidonly=true
American Farm Bureau Tells Members to ‘Ditch’ EPA Water Rule
http://www.fb.org/index.php?action=newsroom.news&year=2014&file=nr0422.html
Tennessee’s Strawberry Crop Late, But Still Great, For Most of State
http://news.tn.gov/node/12317
State Introduces New Mobile App for Farms, Farmers Markets
http://news.tn.gov/node/12306
State Introduces New Mobile App for Farms, Farmers Markets
A "Pick Tennessee" mobile app is now available which can find and then map the way to locally grown farm products, farms and farmers...
PTP APP Ready for the Season
THE NEW PICK TN PRODUCTS MOBILE APP IS READY FOR DOWNLOAD FOR APPLE AND ANDROID DEVICES WITH THE HOPE OF GETTING BETTER CONNECTION FOR CONSUMERS...
Ditch the Rule
THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU IS ASKING ITS MEMBERS TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST EPA’S PROPOSED RULE CHANGE WITH THE CLEAN WATER ACT.
Farmland the Movie
A NEW MOVIE IS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED MAY 1ST ACROSS THE COUNTRY CALLED FARMLAND. A GROUP OF TENNESSEE FARM LEADERS HAD THE CHANCE...
Earth Day is Every Day on the Farm
As we celebrate Earth Day, farmers across Tennessee may look at it a little differently.
A Century of Better Management
ITS HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT TN’S DIVISION OF FORESTRY IS 100 YEARS OLD. AND THE TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RECOGNIZED THAT FACT WITH A JOINT...
Gavel Falls for Last of 108th
STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE ONCE AGAIN CONCLUDED ANOTHER SESSION OF THE TENN. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THIS WAS THE 108TH SESSION OF THE BODY WHICH, LIKE LAST...
Farmers Hopeful this is Last Spring Freeze
OLE MAN WINTER HANGING ON AT LEAST ONE MORE TIME, SOMETHING TENNESSEE FRUIT GROWERS HAVE COME TO EXPECT THIS TIME OF YEAR. BUT THAT DOESN’T...
Livestock Producers Hoping for Black Vulture Solution
CONGRESSMAN SCOTT DESJARLAIS, REPRESENTING TN’S 4TH IS TRYING TO HELP FARMERS GET SOLUTIONS TO STOPPING THE CONTINUING PROBLEM THAT BLACK VULTURES ARE CAUSING TO...
Impending Cold Snap, Freeze Risk May Threaten State’s Strawberry Crop, Fruit...
http://news.tn.gov/node/12271
Plenty of Eggs for Easter
The American Farm Bureau recently released its Semi-Annual Marketbasket Survey of retail prices on 16 food items. The informal survey, conducted by volunteers in...
UAV Privacy Bill Passes Senate
MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE ARE WRAPPING UP THEIR SCHEDULES AND PASSING THEIR FINAL BILLS OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 108TH TENN GENERAL...
Making the Best Better
UT PRESIDENT DR. JOE DIPIETRO ADDRESSES THE DELEGATES ATTENDING 4-H CONGRESS.
Friend of 4-H
BART KRISLE, CEO OF TENN. FARMERS CO-OP WAS SELECTED BY THE TENN. 4-H FOUNDATION AS THIS YEAR’S RECIPIENT OF THE FRIEND OF 4-H AWARD.
A New Red Tractor
A BRAND NEW CASE IH FARMALL TRACTOR WAS DELIVERED TO THE HATCHER DAIRY FARM IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY TO CHUCK YOEST AND JENNIFER HATCHER.
Protecting our Property
A historic piece of legislation that will stop forced annexation was approved by an overwhelming majority and is considered to be one of the...
Smaller Corn Crop, More Soybeans Forecast by USDA
http://www.fb.org/index.php?action=newsroom.news&year=2014&file=nr0331.html
New Leadership in Tennessee FFA
At the 86th Tennessee FFA Convention held recently in Gatlinburg, a new slate of State FFA Officers were elected for the coming year and...
2014 4-H Congress Officers Elected
Since its beginning in 1948, Congress has given more than 33,900 4-H'ers and volunteer leaders firsthand experience in state government. 4-H Congress is truly...
Geared for Success
Gov. Bill Haslam addressed the delegates of the Tennessee 4-H Congress at the State Capitol. Congress brings some 400 ninth to tenth graders and...
FFA Igniting Leadership Across the State
More than 3000 FFA members from across the state gathered in Gatlinburg recently at the 86th State FFA Convention and one of the highlights...