The ongoing drought has brought historic water levels on the Mississippi River. Those low levels are creating problems for farmers who rely on the water way to transport harvested grain. On this episode of Root of The Matter Lee Maddox talks with, Mike Steenhoek, with the Soy Transportation Coalition & corn and soybean farmer, Alan Meadows, about the challenges farmers are facing.

Kevin Thompson discusses the impact of the work being conducted at the University of Tennessee's Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center ahead of their Beef and Forage Field Day.

UT Beef and Forage Field Day website

In this episode of Root of the Matter we talk with the Farmers' Almanac Editor Pete Geiger about the famous weather guide, and the science behind their forecasting.

The Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration in ShelbyVille, TN was back in full swing this year. TN Walking Horse Celebration CEO, Warren Wells sat down to discuss the nationally recognized event with Tennessee Farm Bureau's Lee Maddox.

The Farmers Almanac 2023 edition is ready to come out including their winter forecast.

A delegation of Tennessee 4-H have traveled to Botswana Africa to help the Dream Academy with local school children, teaching them about agriculture and STEM and working to bring back the "4-B" club.

A Conversation with Stefan Maupin who after 27 years of public policy work for the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation will become the Executive Director of the Tennessee Soybean Promotion Council.

Dr. Carrie Castille will soon start her new role as Senior Vice Chancellor of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. In this episode of Root of the Matter Lee Maddox talks with Dr. Castille about her new position and her career.

On this Episode of Root of The Matter we sit down with Department Head of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science at The University of Tennessee Knoxville. She discusses what her department does and how they help the Ag industry.

On this episode of Root of The Matter we sit down with UT Extension Farm Financial Specialist Charly Martinez. We discuss what he does and farming financial issues.