Lee-Allen Turner and his heifer, Triple T MS Autumn, were awarded the grand champion Brangus Heifer and Bred-By-Exhibitor Champion at the Tennessee Junior Livestock Exposition. Displaying Lee-Allen’s trophies is his father, John Turner.

Cody Walker exhibited the Grand Champion Polled Hereford Heifer at the Cumberland District 4-H Expo in Cookeville. Presenting Cody with his trophy is Rob Williams.

John-Adam Turner shows off his skills in the show ring. John-Adam won the Showmanship contest for fourth-grade 4-H members with his Brangus Heifer. One hundred fifty-seven 4-H members, representing 46 counties from across Tennessee, participated in this year’s Junior Livestock Exposition. Expo, as it is referred to, is the largest youth livestock show in the…

Mark A. Halcomb UT Area Nursery Specialist Fall planting has many great advantages over spring. The roots will settle in and do a little growing. The plants get a jump on spring growth. The plants will be able to tolerate next summer’s drought much better. It can be a major win-win. But, two possible negatives…

Ten free trees will be given to each person who joins the National Arbor Day Foundation during September of 2004. The free trees are part of the nonprofit Foundation’s Trees for America campaign.The 10 trees are the American Redbud, White Pine, Sugar Maple, White Flowering Dogwood, Pin Oak, Red Maple, Birch, Siver Maple, Red Oak…

Presented by the Department of Urban Forestry, 474-TREE This is a shrub that is generally not used but really is an heirloom that should come back to our gardens. It is also called Carolina Allspice. The bark was used as a substitute for allspice giving it the name. This shrub grows all over the eastern…

Steve C. Stubblefield CFSA Director USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is currently holding a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up from Aug. 30 to Sept. 24.CRP is a voluntary program available to agricultural producers to help them safeguard environmentally sensitive land. Producers enrolled in CRP plant long-term, resource-conserving covers to improve the quality of water,…

J. Dale Beaty Extension Leader If you thought about going to the trouble of weaning your calves and using a double shot heath program and feeding them for about 45 days back in the early summer, you’re probably like a lot of beef producers here in Tennessee. There’s a lot of talk about the extra…

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