Tennessee Home & Farm Radio

Forestry and wildlife are vitally important industries in Tennessee. Dr. Don Hodges is the Department Head of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries at The University of Tennessee Knoxville. He says there are a lot of opportunities for students interested in going into the field.

Nov 22, 2021

Training The Next Generation Of A Billion Dollar Industry

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Get ready to pay more for your Thanksgiving meal. According to a survey from the American Farm Bureau the cost of Thanksgiving dinner will be 14 percent higher than 2020. Chad Smith breaks down the cost and explains why things are have increased this year.

Nov 19, 2021

Cost of 2021 Thanksgiving Meal Higher Than Last Year, Survey Shows

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Tennessee row crop farmers are working overtime now trying to finish harvest of this year’s corn, soybeans and cotton crops.

Nov 18, 2021

Trying to Wrap Up Harvest

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COVID-19 is still having a major impact on how things function in Washington DC. Chuck Conner with the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives talks about what those impacts are and details what some of the issues are being focused on there.

Nov 17, 2021

COVID Impact In Washington D.C.

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Tennessee Ag Literacy Week gives people in the agriculture industry the opportunity to introduce students to agriculture by reading to them. Teachers explain why this is so important.

Nov 16, 2021

Tennessee Ag Literacy Week

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The long awaited infrastructure bill passed The House of Representatives last week. Now President Biden is set to sign it into law. Chad Smith explains how this soon to be law will impact agriculture.

Nov 15, 2021

Infrastructure Bill Impact On Agriculture

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Ag exports have had a rough few years. They were first negatively by the trade war with China and then by COVID-19. Dr. Andrew Muhammad with t\The University of Tennessee explains where Ag exports stand now.

Nov 12, 2021

Some Ag Exports Still Lagging

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Carbon markets, carbon sequestration are relatively new terms being talked about a lot as large corporations are looking to pay farmers to offset their greenhouse gas emissions.

Nov 11, 2021

A New Market for Farmers

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The University of Tennessee’s Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Department face one of the more critical challenges and that’s educating the next generation of ag teachers, ag communicators and much more.

Nov 10, 2021

Focused on the Next Generation

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Law Enforcement deal with livestock on a pretty regular basis. The Farm Animal Care Coalition of Tennessee trains law enforcement officers so they know how to better deal with these situations.

Nov 9, 2021

FACCT Law Enforcement Training

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For the past six years Farm Credit Mid-America, in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and CoBank, have been holding a Tennessee Leadership Forum for the state’s ag leaders.

Nov 8, 2021