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UT announces 2019 field days
With 17 unique events across the state, the 2019 field days schedule released by University of Tennessee AgResearch has topics of interest to farmers, gardeners, and anyone interested in Tennessee agriculture.
Included on the schedule are two events making a return: the biennial “Ag in the Foothills,” to be held Oct. 3 at the East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Knoxville, and “Woods and Wildlife” on Oct. 16 at the Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center in Oak Ridge. There will also be equine-
focused field days in each of the state’s three regions and a springtime “Organic Crops Field Tour.”
More information about each field day will be posted closer to the scheduled time at the UT Institute of Agriculture “News and Announcements” site. For each center’s address and phone number, visit agresearch.tennessee.edu.
Here is the complete schedule:
• April 25 – Organic Crops Field Tour, East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center, Organic Crops Unit (Knoxville)
• June 11 – Fruits of the Backyard, Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center (Spring Hill)
• June 25 – Green Industry Day, UT
Gardens (Knoxville)
• June 27 – Tobacco, Beef & More, Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center (Springfield)
• July 11 – Summer Celebration, West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center (Jackson)
• Aug. 3 – UT Arboretum Butterfly Festival, Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center (Oak Ridge)
• Aug. 6 – Steak and Potatoes, Plateau AgResearch and Education Center (Crossville)
• Aug. 27 – Fall Gardeners’ Festival, Plateau AgResearch and Education Center
• Aug. 29 – Turf & Ornamental Field Day, East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center, Plant Sciences Unit (Knoxville)
• Sept. 4 – Cotton Tour, West Tennessee Ag Research and Education Center
• Sept. 12 – Horse Management Field Day, UT Ag Campus (Knoxville)
• Sept. 17 – Horse Management Field Day, Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center
• Sept. 19 – Horse Management Field Day, AgResearch and Education Center at Ames Plantation (Grand Junction)
• Oct. 3 – Ag in the Foothills, East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center
• Oct. 10 – Northeast Tennessee Beef Expo, AgResearch and Education Center at
Greeneville
• Oct. 16 – Wood and Wildlife, Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center
• Oct. 18 – Beef Heifer Development School, Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Lewisburg.
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