Keeping Honesty At The Forefront Of Social Media
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Matt and Kelly Griggs operate roughly 1,600 acres of cotton, corn, soybeans, and wheat in Humboldt, Tennessee. Matt, a University of Tennessee-Martin graduate, began the fifth generation...
Researchers from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture outline gains in all major agricultural sectors in this year’s economic report to the governor, a marked improvement from the previous fiscal year that reflected depressed global demand for U.S....
• By Tyson Raper •
I dug through my closet to get a jacket this morning. With cooler temps creeping into the forecast, calls on defoliation timing, products and rates have really picked up. In this blog, I highlight results...
• By Sandy Steckel and Scott Stewart •
We are currently experiencing another round of fall armyworm in bermudagrass here at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson, Tennessee, and this is also occurring elsewhere. We wouldn’t be...
Growing up on a small West Tennessee cotton farm, I remember many good and bad experiences. I was born and raised in one of those big white frame two-story houses with my brother and me sleeping upstairs.
In the summertime,...
Earlier this year, The Cotton Board hired Grant Saum as its new Mid-South regional communication manager. His territory includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
The RCMs work to ensure that stakeholders of the Cotton Research and Promotion Program in...
• By Tyson Raper •
In the past 10 days, the Tennessee cotton crop appears to have turned the corner. Still, most all our acres classify as "late," with the majority of the crop planted after the 15th of May....
• By Larry Steckel, Clay Perkins and Delaney Foster •
Judging from research tests and walking a few farmers’ fields, many of the preemergence-applied herbicides in soybeans and cotton played out about a week or so ago. Timing is everything...
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will host the annual Weed Tour on Wednesday, June 16, at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center. The guided tour will feature 60 weed management research tests in corn, soybean and...
Cotton, corn, soybeans, wheat — these row crops make up the bulk of row-crop agriculture across Tennessee, and a new certification from University of Tennessee Extension is now available for row-0crop producers.
The Tennessee Master Row Crop certification program, which...
The 2020 Tennessee Cotton Variety Trial Results publication (PB 1742) is now available online. Included within these results are nine large strip trials (CSTs) testing 15 XtendFlex commercial varieties, five large strip trials (CSTs) testing five Enlist commercial varieties...
• By Tyson Raper •
If you trust the forecast, volatile temperatures should increase over the weekend before again falling into the upper 40s by the middle of next week. Thanks, 2020.
Unfortunately, we do not have great options after Sunday...
Agri-AFC, GreenPoint AG and Tennessee Farmers Cooperative have formed a joint venture combining their agronomy operations and will operate under the banner "GreenPoint AG."
The combination will include all operations of Agri-AFC LLC’s wholesale and retail business, GreenPoint AG’s retail...
We all are experiencing a time in our society when anxiety and fear have crept in and challenged our ability to maintain a sense of normalcy.
Those who are fortunate enough to be surrounded by family are connecting with one...
Rockin’ The Hills Of West Tennessee
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
In the late 1800s, Ernest Reeves traveled from Canada and settled in Fayette County, Tennessee, where the Loosahatchie River runs through the rolling hills and bottomland of this fertile agricultural...
