August 2024

Smart Yards and Friends Festival is September 7

Aug 29, 2024 News Release

A crowd of people under a pavilion

Visit the UT Gardens, Knoxville, to Learn More About Sustainable Landscaping Practices

General / Extension / UT Gardens, Knoxville / Commercial Landscape Management / Landscape / Master Gardener / Plant Production / Plant Protection / Soil / Sustainable Residential Landscapes / Water

Make Plans to Attend the UT Arboretum Society Butterfly Festival

Aug 29, 2024 News Release

painted lady butterfly on a purple flower

The Event is Saturday, September 28

Landscape & Gardening / Youth & Family / AgResearch / Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center / UT Arboretum / Animal Behavior / Landscape / Residential and Consumer Horticulture

Beef & Forage Systems Field Day Scheduled for September 24

Aug 26, 2024 News Release

Black angus cows with a farmer in a field

Beef Cattle Producers are Invited to Learn About Precision Livestock Management

Farm & Food / General / AgResearch / Extension / Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Spring Hill / Agricultural Education / Beef / Farm Animal / Forage / Livestock and Forage Systems / Precision Livestock Farming / Soil

Fall Armyworms Pose Potential Threat to Tennessee Lawns and Farmland

Aug 22, 2024 News Release

A fall armyworm eats a soybean leaf

UT Entomologist Shares Latest Control Strategies

Environment / Farm & Food / General / Insects & Pests / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Extension / Plant Protection

New Program Creates Leadership Training for Agriculture, Forestry Industries

Aug 20, 2024 Highlight

Tennessee Agriculture and Forestry Leadership (TAFL) program

General / UTIA / Agri-business Economics and Entrepreneurship / Agricultural Communication / Agricultural Education / Leadership Development

UT Institute of Agriculture Presents Top Faculty and Staff Awards for 2024

Aug 14, 2024 News Release

Hongwei Xin, dean of UT AgResearch; Keith Carver, senior vice chancellor and senior vice president of UTIA; Vince Pantalone; Justin Rhinehart, interim dean of UT Extension; David White, interim dean of the Herbert College of Agriculture; and Paul Plummer, dean of the UT College of Veterinary Medicine.

Vince Pantalone Named Institute Professor, UTIA’s Greatest Honor

General / AgResearch / College of Veterinary Medicine / Extension / Herbert College of Agriculture / Plant Sciences, Department of / UTIA / awards and promotions / Soybean Production

Amy Kirk Receives the Lloyd and Nettie Downen Endowment Fund Leadership Enhancement Award

Aug 14, 2024 News Release

Portrait of Amy Kirk

UT Institute of Agriculture Presents Top Faculty and Staff Awards for 2024

General / College of Veterinary Medicine / Extension / UTIA / awards and promotions

Julie Harstin Receives the Alice Ann Moore Outstanding 4-H Youth Development Agent Award

Aug 14, 2024 News Release

Portrait of Julie Harstin

UT Institute of Agriculture Presents Top Faculty and Staff Awards for 2024

General / 4-H Youth Development / Extension / 4-H Youth Development / awards and promotions

Vince Pantalone Receives the UTIA Institute Professor Award

Aug 14, 2024 News Release

Vince Pantalone posing in a field

UT Institute of Agriculture Presents Top Faculty and Staff Awards for 2024

General / Plant Sciences, Department of / UTIA / awards and promotions / Crop Production / Plant Production / Plant Protection / Soil / Soybean Production

Matthew Deist Receives the Charles and Julie Wharton Award for Outstanding Extension Achievements

Aug 14, 2024 News Release

Portrait of Matthew Deist

UT Institute of Agriculture Presents Top Faculty and Staff Awards for 2024

General / Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Community and Economic Development / Extension / UTIA / awards and promotions / Crop Production / Residential and Consumer Horticulture