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Annual Texas sage acts like perennial
Many annuals are so proficient at seeding that they are, in effect, perennials. That is, they appear every year almost without fail. Read More ...
By Jimmy Williams

UT AgResearch is planning a Steak and Potatoes Field Day
CROSSVILLE — Variety is on the plate, so to speak, at this year’s University of Tennessee Steak and Potatoes Field Day hosted by the Plateau AgResearch and Education Center. Read More ...

Rinker wins silver
JUNIOR OLYMPICS — The Tennessee Wildlife Federation, in cooperation with the Henry County Youth Shooting Sports Association and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, recently hosted the fourth annual Tennessee Junior Olympic State Championships at Holly Fork Shooting Complex in Paris.  Read More ...

"Super Socks" Help Stem Pollution Runoff
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their collaborators have improved on an existing method for removing contaminants from storm water runoff.  Read More ...

Better Control of Reproduction in Trout and Salmon May be in Aquaculture's Future
Fast-growing farm-raised salmon and trout that are sterile can now be produced using a method developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.  Read More ...

Potential Indicators of Type 2 Diabetes Investigated
Though you may not have type 2 diabetes, you probably know someone who does. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research physiologist Sean H. Adams is conducting studies to discover more about this complex disorder and especially to determine how better nutrition and regular physical activity might help prevent it.  Read More ...

Foliage cop-out club claims new card-carrying member
By JIMMY WILLIAMS Special to The Messenger It is axiomatic in gardening — and garden writing — circles that appreciation of foliage and its value increases with the age, experience and (supposed) expertise of the gardener or author. Read More ...

National Beef Cattle Symposium to be hosted by Tennessee Aug. 5-6
A national symposium designed to help beef cattle producers enhance their operations is coming to Nashville in August. The University of Tennessee Extension will host the 11th Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Symposium Aug. 5-6 at the Nashville Airport Marriott. Read More ...

Obion County 4-H Shooting Sports team
STATE SHOOT — The Obion County 4-H Shooting Sports team members were among the 259 youth who recently participated in the Tennessee 4-H State Shoot held at the Montgomery County Shooting Complex in Southside.  Read More ...

U.S. Grains Council Elects New Board, Officers; Vinduska Named Chairman
BOSTON, MASS. July 20, 2010 – A new slate of officers and Board of Directors were elected at the U.S. Grains Council’s 50th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting. Terry Vinduska, a corn farmer representing the Kansas Corn Commission, was elected chairman for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.  Read More ...

Bright New Dry Bean for Salads and Other Foods
Crimson, a new cranberry dry bean cultivar, is now available for production in the form of foundation seed that could give rise to a new bumper crop of the colorful legume for 2010.  Read More ...
 
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