Event features field tours and gardening tips
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. – Tobacco and beef producers as well as home gardening enthusiasts are invited to an educational event at the University of Tennessee Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center. The center will host its annual Tobacco, Beef and More Field Day on Thursday, June 25. The event features a trade show as well as opportunities for tobacco farmers, beef and forage producers and home gardeners to learn about the latest research-based production recommendations.
Attendees will be able to choose from three tours during the event, each with a certain theme. Field tours include the tobacco tour, a beef and forage tour, and a home and garden tour. Tobacco tour topics will address both burley and dark tobacco production as well as disease management. The beef and forage tour will include a pasture walk and discussions of soil testing, summer weed control and stockpiling fescue. The home and garden tour will feature discussions on supporting monarch butterflies and other pollinators as well as vegetable varieties, blueberries and a “Three Sisters Garden,” where corn, beans and squash are grown together in the same space.
The trade show is open all morning for anyone interested in learning about general production and livestock agriculture. A complimentary lunch will follow the conclusion of the tours at approximately 12:00 noon.
Prior to the tours, representatives from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture will give a presentation from 8:15 – 9:15 on pesticide application. This presentation will provide attendees with 1 private applicator CEU and 1 commercial CEU.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. CDT at the assembly area at 3406 Oakland Road in Springfield, Tennessee. The tours run concurrently with the first tours departing at 9:30 a.m.
Visit agresearch.tennessee.edu/field-days for more details about the 2026 UT Institute of Agriculture field days. You can also contact your county UT Extension office. To request an accommodation for accessibility, contact the Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center office at 615-382-3130.
The site for the event is 3406 Oakland Road, Springfield, Tennessee. It is accessible from both Interstate 24 and Interstate 65. More information about UT’s Highland Rim Research and Education Center can be found at highlandrim.tennessee.edu.
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture is comprised of the Herbert College of Agriculture, UT College of Veterinary Medicine, UT AgResearch, and UT Extension. Through its land-grant mission of teaching, research and outreach, the Institute touches lives and provides Real. Life. Solutions. to Tennesseans and beyond. utia.tennessee.edu.