AgResearch

2025 Fall Gardeners’ Festival is Scheduled for August 26

Jul 23, 2025 News Release

A box shaped like a barn on a post in a garden

Everyone Is Invited to Attend Annual Event

Landscape & Gardening / Youth & Family / AgResearch / Extension / Plateau AgResearch and Education Center / UT Gardens, Crossville / Agricultural Education / Landscape / Plant Production / Plant Protection / Residential and Consumer Horticulture / Sustainable Residential Landscapes

UTIA’s Robert Burns Receives Gold Medal Honor from ASABE

Jul 16, 2025 News Release

Robert Burns

Biosystems Engineer Receives the McCormick Case Gold Medal from ASABE

General / AgResearch / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Extension / Agricultural Engineering / Animal Production / Awards / Precision Livestock Farming

“Sweet Traditions” Hard Cider Benefits Tennessee Grape Research

Jul 14, 2025 News Release

bottles of the hard cider Sweet Traditions on a display

Apple Barn Hard Cider Company and UT Institute of Agriculture Unveil a Limited‑release Hard Cider

Farm & Food / General / AgResearch / Extension / Food Science, Department of / Herbert College of Agriculture / Plant Sciences, Department of / UTIA / UTIA Office of Institutional Advancement / Fruit and Vegetable, Commercial / Viticulture

Helping a Region Overcome Hurricane Helene Devastation

Jul 14, 2025 Highlight

Hurricane Helene flood recovery team of 8 men and women

For at Least One UTIA Employee, It’s Personal

Environment / General / AgResearch / Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication, Department of / Animal Science, Department of / Beef and Forage Center / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / College of Veterinary Medicine / Extension / Northeast Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Plant Sciences, Department of / Climate / Community Development / County-level Agricultural Economic Impact / Economics and Markets / Emergency / Environmental Stewardship / Farm Animal / Veterinary Medicine

Fire Ants in Your Yard? UT Extension Offers Control Recommendations

Jun 25, 2025 News Release

Fire ant mound in a green lawn

Painful Pest Can Be Eliminated Using the Two-Step Method

General / Insects & Pests / Landscape & Gardening / AgResearch / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Extension / Health and Safety

UTIA Researcher to Receive Award from the Soil and Water Conservation Society

Jun 23, 2025 News Release

Sindhu Jagadamma

Sindhu Jagadamma To Be Recognized for Her Research on Soil Health and Management

Environment / Farm & Food / AgResearch / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / UTIA / Awards / Crop Production / Environmental Stewardship / Soil

USDA Awards Grant to Study Hurricane Helene Flood Impacts on Croplands

Jun 23, 2025 News Release

Emine Fidan standing in a field that was impacted by floods

UTIA Researchers Help Farmers Manage Contaminants in Croplands

Environment / Farm & Food / AgResearch / Beef and Forage Center / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Extension / Plant Sciences, Department of / UTIA / Crop Production / Crop Production Systems / Economics and Markets / Food Safety / Forage / Fruit and Vegetable, Commercial / Health and Safety / Plant Production / Soil / Water

Annual Steak and Potatoes Field Day Scheduled for August 21

Jun 20, 2025 News Release

black angus cows in a field

Cattle and Vegetable Producers Invited to Learn Research Advances

Farm & Food / AgResearch / Animal Science, Department of / Beef and Forage Center / Extension / Food Science, Department of / Plant Sciences, Department of / Plateau AgResearch and Education Center / Beef / Crop Production / Food Safety

Tobacco, Beef and More Field Day Scheduled for June 26

Jun 18, 2025 News Release

Tobacco

Event Features Field Tours and Gardening Tips

Farm & Food / Landscape & Gardening / AgResearch / Animal Science, Department of / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Extension / Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center / Plant Sciences, Department of / UTIA / Animal Production / Beef / Crop Production / Crop Production Systems / Forage / Livestock and Forage Systems / Master Gardener / Tobacco Production

AI TechX Grant to Advance Cattle Disease Detection

Jun 16, 2025 News Release

UTIA Vice Chancellor for Advancement Charley Deal; EnSenSys representatives James Buck, Steve Wakham, and John Castellaw; UT AgResearch Dean Hongwei Xin; and UTIA researchers Hao Gan, Ashley Morgan and Debra Miller.

UTIA and Enterprise Sensor Systems Team to Identify Infectious Diseases Using AI and Hyperspectral Imaging

General / Human & Animal Health / AgResearch / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Spring Hill / UTIA / Animal Protection / Precision Livestock Farming