The annual livestock 911 training put on by the Farm Animal Care Coalition of Tennessee (FACCT) took place this week.

Recently more than 200 young farmers from across the state headed to Southeast Tennessee for the annual YF&R Fall Educational Tour.

Tennessee grain farmers depend a lot on export markets especially for corn and soybeans and recently, the US Grains Council held their Export Exchange Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas and several participants from that conference traveled to Tennessee and Kentucky to see firsthand how the products they buy are produced.

Besides tending to the needs of those that have been impacted by the affects of Hurricane Helene, there’s also an ongoing effort to care for livestock and pets.  That’s part of the reason the University of Tennessee College of Veterinarian Medicine has deployed its mobile small animal care unit along with a large animal ambulatory truck to the area.

While the South deals with Hurricane Milton, the devastation from Hurricane Helene is still being calculated.

October is Pork Month! All month long people are celebrating the commodity that is a part of our diet on a regular basis, and thanking the farmers that produce it.

Recover continues in Upper East Tennessee following the destruction left behind from Helene. Now the need turns to items to keep folks warm as cooler weather is expected later this week.

The clean up and recovery continues in upper East Tennessee from the massive damage left behind from Hurricane Helene. Farmers in the area detail what they've lost and how the recovery will take years.

Joseph and Meredith Redman of Washington County were recently named this year’s Tennessee Young Farmers & Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture winners. The results were announced at the annual fall educational tour, and the couple was extremely proud to take home the win.

Seth Krantz is a veterinarian for Tosh Farms. He was recently selected to be a member of the National Pork Board. He explains what it means to him to be selected for the Pork Board, and what he hopes to accomplish in his three year term.

Damage assessment and clean up continues in Northeast Tennessee as folks there continue to grapple with the devastation left behind from massive flooding from hurricane Helene. Folks on the ground give an update on conditions in the impacted areas and how people how pulling together to help each other.

Upper North East Tennessee is trying to make sense of the devastation left behind from hurricane Helene. The more than 30 inches of rain that fell in Western North Carolina sent massive amounts of water down the Nolichicky river, flooding many areas in East Tennessee. People lost homes, bridges were knocked out, and many farmers lost a lot of crops. Despite the massive loss people are coming together to help their neighbor in need.

During the Wilson County/Tennessee State Fair two of the grand champion market hogs were purchased by Tosh Farms, they in turn donated the pigs for free processing at Potts Meats and then the meat products were donated to Cul2vate in Nashville that will be distributed to needy families.

We’re less than six weeks away from the election, but already one state house race is over. Unicoi County Farmer, Renae Jones, won the republican primary for the district 4 state house seat in the August primary, and she doesn’t have anyone running against her in the November general election. Jones explains what it means to be elected as a state lawmaker, and what she hopes to accomplish in Nashville.

Advancements in technology, genetics, and cutting-edge practices in the beef industry have allowed farmers to improve the quality of beef they produce and send around the world. All of that require hours of research. The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture held their third annual Beef and Forage Field Day at the Middle Tennessee Research and Education Center in Spring Hill where they showcased their research. Thomas Capps explains why industry leaders hope connecting producers...

The Environmental Protection Agency has been murky at best in outlining how farmers, builders and landowners should comply with current Waters of the U.S. regulations. Chad Smith has more on the confusion surrounding implementation.

You might not think about it as a part of agriculture, but forestry products are just as much a part of agriculture as corn, wheat, and soybeans. State Forester, Heather Slayton, reminds us that forestry is a big part of Tennessee’s economy and touches each of us daily.

For decades studying agriculture has not been an option for students at the University of Memphis. That's about to change though with the new Institute for Agricultural and Conservation Research and Education, or ACRE as it's being called. On this episode of Tennessee Home and Farm Radio Thomas Capps explains what the ACRE program is, and how people hope it helps bring new cutting edge technology and practices to farms across Tennessee.

Dry conditions have allowed farmers across Tennessee to get an early start on harvest this year. Those same dry conditions though have taken a toll on corn in certain parts of the state. As Thomas Capps explains, some farmers are seeing poor yields while others are seeing above average.

For more than 40 years, the American Farm Bureau Federation has asked every presidential candidate for their stance on agricultural issues. Chad Smith has more on this year’s responses.

Cover Crops are not a new thing for farmers in Tennessee, but there is still a lot we're learning about them and their benefit to soil. A grant program through Agricenter International called, Farmers For Soil Health, is working to incentivise even more farmers to grow cover crops by paying them to grow them. Katie Miesse with Agricenter International explains how the program works, and how you can learn more about it by visiting the Farmers For Soil Health website.

The Farm and Forest Families of Tennessee and the West Tennessee State Fair hosted a hamburger grill off to kick off the regional fair in Jackson.

The Nashville Sounds baseball team held Ag Night recently at First Horizon Park.  Over 50 FFA members from area chapters attended to take in the ballgame but also tour the facilities and learn more about careers in agriculture from a panel of industry leaders.

More than 300 groups signed a letter encouraging Congress to pass a new farm bill this year. Chad Smith has more on the industry-wide effort.

Farmers are encouraged all the time the advocate for the Ag industry. A great way to do that is by talking to media on camera. The Tennessee Farm Bureau recently held a women's communications boot camp to help teach ladies in agriculture the best practices when being interviewed on camera.