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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)

    
Worried about forest loss?
We cut the waste.
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Video (more)

  Hatcher Family Dairy
"Tennessee has lost roughly half its dairy farms in the past decade. But one family wants to keep its..."
  Biofuel Refinery Groundbreaking
"Many believe America must find new ways to create energy and fuel. UT recently started construction on a..."
  Barley
"Its one of our most lasting symbols of America - wind gently sweeping through a grain field. And soon it..."

News (more)

Farmers Awarded UT Switchgrass Contracts
Tennessee Opens New Organic Crops Unit
UT Scientist a Leader in the National Biomass Conversion Effort
Helping Gardens Grow
UTIA Professor Named to Scholarship Foundation Leadership
UT Beef and Forage Field Day Scheduled for June 11
    

Events (more)

Summer Celebration  7/9, 10:00 am, Jackson  WTREC   Program   News release

Tobacco and Forage Production  7/16, 8:00 am, Greeneville  RECGRN   Program   Poster

Steak and Potatoes Field Day  8/4, 8:00 am, Crossville  PREC

Turfgrass Field Day  9/3, 7:30 am, Knoxville  ETREC

Northeast Tennessee Beef Expo  10/8, 7:30 am, Greeneville  RECGRN

Pumpkin Field Day  10/9, 1:00 pm, Jackson  WTREC

    

Websites (more)

UT Organics
Increasing farm income and keeping family farms in the family.
Wildlife Health
Emerging infectious diseases, including those that travel from animals to humans.
UT Obesity Research Center
Interdisciplinary approaches to prevent and treat overweight and obesity.

People (more)


David Stone
IRIS and Salary Budget