Crop Production

New Tennessee Farmer of the Year Competition Announced

Nov 17, 2025 News Release

George McDonald holding a watermelon in a field

Awards Program Re-envisioned Beginning in 2026

Farm & Food / General / Extension / UTIA / Agri-business Economics and Entrepreneurship / Animal Production / Awards / Crop Production / Dairy / Farm Financial Management / Fruit and Vegetable, Commercial / Plant Production

UT AgResearch Center Offers Free Nematode Testing for Tennessee Farmers

Nov 03, 2025 News Release

A microscope close up shows a yellow soybean cyst releasing small nematode eggs

Soil-Based Pest Could Impact Crop Yield

Environment / Farm & Food / General / Insects & Pests / AgResearch / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Extension / West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Crop Production / Soil

UT Extension to Host Financial Management Workshop for Crop Producers

Oct 27, 2025 News Release

A green and yellow combine picking cotton

Free Sessions Will Help Farmers Navigate Economic Challenges

Economy / Farm & Food / General / Agricultural and Resource Economics, Department of / Extension / West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Crop Production / Drought / Economics and Markets / Farm Financial Management

UT AgResearch Hosts Ribbon Cutting Celebrating Additions to Local Center

Oct 14, 2025 News Release

Eight people, two holding a pair of scissors, pose for a picture behind an orange ribbon at the front of a house

New Facilities, Equipment and More Will Enhance On-Site Research

Farm & Food / General / AgResearch / UT Gardens, Jackson / West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Community Development / Crop Production

Introducing the New UT Viticulture Team

Sep 29, 2025 News Release

Pierre Davadant, David Lockwood, Annie Vogel, Don Collier, and Cary Cox

Expanded Team to Serve Tennessee’s Growing Grape and Wine Industries

Farm & Food / General / AgResearch / Extension / Food Science, Department of / Herbert College of Agriculture / Plant Sciences, Department of / UTIA / County-level Agricultural Economic Impact / Crop Production / Economics and Markets / Food Products / Fruit and Vegetable, Commercial / Fruit and Vegetable, Home / Plant Production / Plant Protection / Soil / Viticulture

UTIA Participates in National Study Analyzing Microbial Communities, Environmental Factors Impacting Cotton Development

Sep 11, 2025 News Release

Two women in hates harvest samples from a cotton field

Findings Could Improve Crop Production Practices, Overall Yield

Environment / Farm & Food / General / AgResearch / Extension / Plant Sciences, Department of / West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Cotton Production / Crop Production / Crop Production Systems

Annual Cotton Tour Field Day Scheduled for September 10

Aug 25, 2025 News Release

A man with a clipboard speaks into a microphone while standing in a cotton field at the annual Cotton Tour Field Day

Explore Cotton Production Tools, Trials and Techniques

Farm & Food / General / AgResearch / Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, Department of / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Extension / Plant Sciences, Department of / West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Cotton Production / Crop Production

UT Extension Releases Grain Marketing Contract Video Series

Aug 22, 2025 News Release

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New Educational Resources Support Tennessee Grain Producers

Farm & Food / Agricultural and Resource Economics, Department of / Extension / Agri-business Economics and Entrepreneurship / Beginning Farmer Education / Crop Production / Economics and Markets / Farm Financial Management

Soybean Disease and Insect Field Day Scheduled for September 9

Aug 20, 2025 News Release

A hand holding a soybean pod attached to a plant

Learn Management Strategies for Row Crop Pests and Pathogens

Farm & Food / General / Insects & Pests / AgResearch / AgResearch and Education Center at Milan / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Extension / Plant Sciences, Department of / Agricultural Education / Beginning Farmer Education / Crop Production / Soybean Production

First Ever Hort, Hops and Crops Field Day Scheduled for September 18

Aug 19, 2025 News Release

a man inspecting hops in the UT hopyard

Visit the East Tennessee AgResearch Center for Informative Talks and Tours

Farm & Food / General / AgResearch / Beef and Forage Center / East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Herbert College of Agriculture / Plant Sciences, Department of / Commercial Horticulture / Crop Production / Crop Production Systems / Landscape / Master Gardener / Plant Production / Plant Protection / Residential and Consumer Horticulture / Soybean Production / Turf