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Why Composting Your Leaves Can Help Your Garden and Yard

Leaves will soon fall in Tennessee, and before you’re quick to bag them up and toss them, know you can use them around your yard and garden this season. Fallen leaves can turn ...

Aug 25, 2025
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What To Know if You Want to Add Sheep and Goats to the Mix

For those with acreage looking to step into livestock, sheep and goats could prove a solid addition to the farm. Sheep and goats make a positive package if you don’t have hundr...

Aug 25, 2025
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UT Makes New Video Series to Help Tennessee Grain Producers

To help farmers understand a complex grain market, the University of Tennessee will release a video series to assist producers this next year.  

Aug 25, 2025
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Round N' Raise - Support Your Local 4-H & FFA

How You Can Help Your 4-H, FFA With the Co-op Round & Raise

Again this fall, the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative is elevating the next generation of agriculture through its Round & Raise program.  

Aug 25, 2025
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USDA to Provide Payments to Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought, Wildfires

The United States Department of Agriculture announced it will help livestock producers who were affected by drought of wildfires in 2023 and 2024.  

Aug 20, 2025
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Late-season corn plants against blue sky.

Managing Southern Rust in Corn

Last season, southern rust was easy to find in cornfields across much of the Midwest. Unfortunately for farmers, all the elements of the disease triangle aligned in 2025. There were ple...

Aug 14, 2025

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