Tennessee Home & Farm Radio

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If you’ve looked at the forecast, you know this week is practically perfect for farmers planting and Josh Ogle, Lincoln County row crop farmer is looking forward to it.

Apr 13, 2021

Time to Plant

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Gov. Bill Lee and other state, local and federal officials were on hand for the grand opening of the Tyson Humboldt processing facility and are excited for what this means for our most important industry.

Apr 12, 2021

Tyson Investment a Shot in the Arm

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A proposal to eliminate the stepped-up basis in agriculture would have a costly impact.

Apr 9, 2021

Stepped-Up Basis

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Tyson Foods is a step closer to operational at their new Humboldt processing facility that’s been three years in the making.

Apr 8, 2021

Finally a Ribbon Cutting for Tyson Humboldt

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The President’s jobs plan would help rural residents and farmers to better connected with the world, virtually and physically.

Apr 7, 2021

Connecting Rural Residents

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Corn and Soybean plantings are expected higher in Tennessee but USDA predicts farmers will plant less nationwide than anticipated. Micheal Clements shares what this means for supply and demand.

Apr 6, 2021

Corn and Soybean Plantings Down Nationwide; Up in Tennessee

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American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall appearing virtually recently with Vice President Kamala Harris giving an update on the progression of vaccination’s in rural America and the need for farmers to get the vaccine for COVID-19.

Apr 5, 2021

Vaccinating to Protect Our Food Security

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Here in a few weeks a lot of us enjoy the sweet taste of home grown strawberries and later in the spring those Tennessee-grown peaches, but right now, farmers producing those crops have been hard at it trying to protect the delicate plants from this latest cold snap.

Apr 2, 2021

Protecting the Crop

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Tennessee State Representative Johnny Shaw of Bolivar was appointed by Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton to serve on the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee of the Southern Legislative Conference.

Apr 1, 2021

Appointed to Serve Our Most Important Industry

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Over the weekend, parts of Middle and East Tennessee were hit hard with storms, causing massive amounts of flooding and detrimental damage.

Mar 31, 2021

Rain, Rain and More Rain

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Hunter Grills of Dyer County was the winner of the Tennessee Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award contest back in July and as the Young Farmer of the Year, Grills and his family receive a year’s lease on a CASE IH tractor.

Mar 30, 2021

Taking Home A Tractor

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Every ten years, we go through the process of counting ourselves through the U.S. Census.  And afterwards, the state comptroller’s office studies and maps these numbers to draw new district lines.

Mar 29, 2021

Redistricting