The Tennessee Department of Agriculture made the press release below available today that outlines their updated TAEP qualifications. The press release is available at http://news.tn.gov/taxonomy/term/1/. Continue reading
Mark your calendars for the annual UT Cotton Focus meeting that is scheduled for Thursday, February 13th at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center in Jackson. Program highlights are below. Pre-registration is not required and there is no registration fee. CEUs are available for Pesticide Applicators and Certified Crop Advisors. Continue reading
We have fielded a number of calls from folks who believe that they are seeing more metribuzin injury on wheat this fall than in previous years. Continue reading
Results of the 2013 Soybean Variety Performance Tests in Tennessee have been posted at www.UTcrops.com.
The 2014 Insect Control Recommendations for Field Crops (PB 1768) is now available online. Hard copies of this publication are not yet available.
Tennessee Market Highlights for December 13, 2013 has been posted at http://economics.ag.utk.edu/market/tnmkt/2013/market121313.pdf . Continue reading
Dr. Aaron Smith’s comments on the USDA December WASDE report have been posted at http://economics.ag.utk.edu/outlook.html .
Tennessee cash rents from 2008- 2013 for cropland and pasture as measured by the Tennessee office of the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has been posted at the UT Crop Economics website at http://economics.ag.utk.edu/crop.html . Click under Extension Publications for the cash rent tables. Continue reading
The 2013 harvest season is done. There may be a few producers who are still working on getting the last acres out. For grains on the average, 2013 has been a record year in Tennessee. Continue reading