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Giles County’s Mike Mayfield has been named state executive director for the Tennessee Farm Service Agency. The announcement came from USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins as Mayfield had served as the county executive director for 34 years before serving as state director under President Trump’s first administration.May 6, 2025
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The Tennessee Small Businessperson of the year is Ben Neale of Maury County. Ben has a meat processing plant in Lynnville, TN, and a butcher shop in Spring Hill, in addition to running a beef cattle farm. Ben describes what drives him to grow his businesses & the purpose behind them.May 5, 2025
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Southern Farm Bureau presidents and administrators join together each year for their annual conference and rotate as to which state they meet in. This week the group met in Knoxville and took a day to learn more about Tennessee agriculture as they toured part of the ag campus at the University of Tennessee Institute of […]May 2, 2025
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Mental health is something we all struggle with from time to time, especially if you’re a farmer. The stresses of farming can easily get to you if you’re not careful. Tennessee YF&R State Chair Lee Bagwell is working to break the stigma on mental health, and make it more common to talk to friends and […]May 1, 2025
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The dry weather has allowed farmers to get back out in the field and begin planting again. George McDonald with Catesa Farms talks about what this planting season has been like, and the challenges inflation and a slow farm economy has had.Apr 30, 2025
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Emmy Armstrong of Greene County recently graduated from the spring session of Women’s Communications Boot Camp hosted by the American Farm Bureau Federation. Armstrong escribes what she learned from the four day training, and why she believes she’s a better advocate for agriculture now.Apr 29, 2025
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Ariana Mota Carrillo was recently selected to be the 2025-2026 Tennessee State FFA Reporter & Sarah Marshall was selected as the new state Sentinel. Both ladies describe what is means to be selected and what they hope to accomplish in their year of service.Apr 28, 2025
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Memphis native and former NFL 1st round pick Michael Oher is now retired from playing professional football and now raising his family in Middle Tennessee and working to help disadvantage kids through his Oher Foundation. He shared part of his story earlier this year to young farmers at the Tennessee Young Leaders Conference in Franklin.Apr 25, 2025
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Its no secret prices farmers are getting for their cattle are at all time highs. Josh Woodard is the general manager at the Columbia Livestock Center where the weekly sales are managed by United Producers Incorporated. And this week they held their annual customer appreciation day along with a special Hereford sale.Apr 24, 2025
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Tennessee state lawmakers wrapped up business this week on the first half of the 114th Tennessee General Assembly this week. Tennessee Farm Bureau’s Shelby Vannoy discusses how Farm Bureau’s priority issues faired this session.Apr 23, 2025
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Everyday is earth day on the farm. Matt Griggs is a row crop farmer in Madison & Crockett County. He discusses why he’s such a proponent of using cover crops, and how he’s seen first hand how growing them has benefited his farm.Apr 22, 2025
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The newest offering from Feeding Minds Press focuses on growing a summer favorite. Chad Smith has details.Apr 21, 2025
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The Tennessee General Assembly has approved the state’s budget for the coming fiscal year which begins July 1st. It totals some $59.8 billion dollars and included in that total is several million dollars earmarked for Tennessee agriculture.Apr 18, 2025
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South West Greene High School Senior, Reece Ottinger, recently completed a year long project of building a livestock showing barn for her FFA chapter. Ottinger explains what it was like undertaking such a big project & how happy she is to see it complete.Apr 17, 2025