Tennessee’s Agricultural Crime Unit has been working the past 25 years to help protect our state’s most important industry against crime.

For Cannon County’s T. Wayne Williams, he’s been living out his dream over the past year.  Last October he was elected as one of the six national officers for the Future Farmers of America organization and this experience has been one to remember.

It’s still unclear if a new farm bill will be passed this year. AFBF Vice President of Public Policy, John Newton, says there is still some hope that something could come together in the coming weeks.

Ruby’s Happy Farm in Robertson County has been named Tennessee State University’s Small Farmer of the Year.

New farm income projections say the farm economy is still tough, as we hear in this report from Chad Smith.

Just outside of downtown Nashville , Tennessee State University’s Agriculture Research and Education Center continues to benefit students, industry partners and farmers.

German television producer Claudia Bates and her team have been in Middle Tennessee this week interviewing farmers to better understand rural America as part of a documentary for German Public Television on the upcoming mid-term elections.

For years, farmers have said deer and other wildlife are causing significant damage to their crops. A new study from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) backs up those concerns, estimating that wildlife causes about $75 million in crop damage across Tennessee each year.

Folks in East Tennessee are beginning to have an even bigger problem with Black bear encounters, particularly along the edge of the Cherokee National Forest.

Without a doubt, this isn’t your grandfather’s, or even your father’s farm anymore.  Just like with the rest of society, technology has changed everything on the farm.