September 2024

UTIA Researchers Win Grant for Automation Technology for Nursery Industry

Sep 18, 2024 News Release

Darlene Player and Bailey Millsaps studying a Pot-in-Pot Extraction Robot prototype

Efforts Will Help Nursery Growers Compensate for Lack of Workers

National Society Honors Row Crop Sustainability Specialist

Sep 17, 2024 News Release

Dana Porter, professor with Texas A&M and president of ASABE (2023-2024), presenting an award to Lori Duncan

Lori Duncan Receives Young Professional Award from ASABE

General / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Extension / Agricultural Engineering / Alumni / Awards / Biological Engineering / Cotton Production / Crop Production / Crop Production Systems / Soil

West Tennessee River Walk Challenge Returns This Fall

Sep 17, 2024 News Release

Three women with their backs turned walk down a road next to a garden

Free Program Provides Friendly Competition, Weekly Prizes

General / Human & Animal Health / Youth & Family / Extension / Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of / Family and Consumer Sciences / Health and Wellness / Public Health

Northeast Tennessee Beef Expo Scheduled for October 17

Sep 12, 2024 News Release

Cows in a field beside a fence

Beef Producers Invited to Learn from UT Extension and UT AgResearch Experts

Farm & Food / General / AgResearch / Extension / Northeast Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / 4-H Animal Science / Agricultural Education / Animal Production / Animal Protection / Beef / Continuing Education / Farm Animal / Livestock and Forage Systems

Fall in the Gardens Scheduled for October 3 and 4 at UT Gardens, Jackson

Sep 11, 2024 News Release

People in a crowded auditorium listen to a speaker at Fall in the Gardens

Attendees Will Enjoy Lectures, Tours, Fall Plant Sale and More

General / Landscape & Gardening / AgResearch / Extension / State Botanical Garden of Tennessee / UT Gardens, Crossville / UT Gardens, Jackson / West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Master Gardener / Plant Production

UT Extension Farm Equipment Expo Scheduled for November 1

Sep 11, 2024 News Release

Farm equipment in a field

Presentations and Demonstrations to Assist Producers with Equipment Decisions

Farm & Food / General / Agricultural and Resource Economics, Department of / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Extension / Agri-business Economics and Entrepreneurship / Agricultural Education / Agricultural Engineering / Consumer Economics / consumer finances / Farm Financial Management

UTIA Entomologist Elected President of SIP

Sep 10, 2024 Highlight

Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes

Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes to Serve as President of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology

General / Insects & Pests / AgResearch / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Awards / Careers / Food Safety / Health and Safety / Leadership Development / Nutrition and Food Safety / Plant Protection

Ag Day 2024 Scheduled for September 14

Sep 06, 2024 News Release

the 2023 Ag Day crowd

Three Stewards of Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Natural Resources Will Be Honored

General / Youth & Family / 4-H Youth Development / AgResearch / College of Veterinary Medicine / Extension / Herbert College of Agriculture / UTIA / Alumni / Awards

Fall in the Foothills Scheduled for September 29

Sep 05, 2024 News Release

Sunset over the mountains behind a cornfield

UTIA Festival Celebrates Autumn

Farm & Food / General / Youth & Family / AgResearch / East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Dairy / Food Products / Food Safety / Nutrition and Food Safety

Three UTK Faculty Members Honored as Chancellor’s Professors

Sep 05, 2024 Highlight

torchbearer

Two Hail from UTIA

General / AgResearch / College of Veterinary Medicine / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Herbert College of Agriculture / Awards / Veterinary Medicine