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We harness the creative energy of 130 Ph.D. faculty, specialized staff, and gifted graduate students. We make the agricultural, forest, and ornamental industries more efficient, improve the quality of rural life, and conserve soil, water, air, and wildlife. We do this with basic and applied research programs on the Institute of Agriculture campus, in partnership with UT Knoxville and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and at ten Research Centers across the state.   How can we work with you?

Research Topics (more)

    
Pain at the pump?
Biofuel up.
AgResearch

Video (more)

  Weather Station
"There's a saying in Tennessee - if you don't like the weather, just wait a few minutes, it's about to change!..."
  Student Solar Project
"Could bright sunlight provide much-needed power and energy? Some UT students are working to harness solar..."
  Pumpkin Display
"A beautiful pumpkin - the perfect symbol of all things autumn. Now you can see literally thousands of..."

News (more)

UT Professor Explains How Permaculture Can Help us Help Ourselves
Creating 'Bubble Wrap' for Embryos
Biomass Field Day Demonstrates Industry's Expertise
Don’t Let Fall Bite You Back
UT Initiative to Improve Safety of Nation’s Food Supply
New Dairy to Research Animal & Environ. Best Management
    

Events (more)

Forest Resources Tennessee Healthy Hardwoods  3/31, 8:00 a.m., Oak Ridge  FRREC

Organic Crops Field Tour  4/26, 9:00 a.m., Knoxville  ETREC

Blooms Days  5/12, Knoxville  UTGard

Fruits of the Backyard Field Day  6/12, 8:30 a.m., Spring Hill  MTREC

Beef and Dairy Field Day  6/14, 7:30 a.m., Walland  ETREC

Green Industry  6/19, 8:00 a.m., Knoxville  UTGard

    

Websites (more)

Wildlife Health
Emerging infectious diseases, including those that travel from animals to humans.
Forage Research
Improving Tennessee forages by providing answers for today and tomorrow.
Protected Agriculture
From hydroponics to organic raised beds, from computer-controlled greenhouses to simple rain shelters.

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