The two top Blue Ribbon Country Hams at the Tennessee State Fair each were auctioned off for $5000 to benefit the Tennessee FFA Foundation.

The Tennessee State Fair, now in its 112th year at the current site, is up and running this week in Nashville with lots of activities for the young and old.

The 25th annual Tennessee Soybean Festival is underway in Martin, TN and what a festival it has become.

Poultry producer Ben Freeman and his family of Sumner County have two broiler houses where they raise chickens for Keystone foods and he feels the future is bright for poultry.

The new USDA forecast for 2018 farm income confirms and fills out the details of what many farmers already know. USDA’S Gary Crawford has the story.

Tennessee state director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency Dennis Beavers wants farmers to know the agency is prepared to begin distribution of the Market Facilitation Program.

Action on a bill that would ease the regulatory burden of agricultural labor is possible as Congress returns this week.

A recent tour of several farms in northern middle Tennessee brought the state’s commissioners of Agriculture and Environment and Conservation to see first-hand how our farmers are working to take care of their land.

Expanding broadband service to rural areas is a priority for many and the recent announcement from Middle Tennessee Electric Cooperative will help several under-served areas in seven mid-state counties.

According to the latest predictions from the Farmers Almanac, contrary to some stories we’ve seen on the internet, their forecast shows a very long, cold and snow-filled winter for many areas of the country, including here in Tennessee.