The annual livestock 911 training put on by the Farm Animal Care Coalition of Tennessee (FACCT) took place this week.

Recently more than 200 young farmers from across the state headed to Southeast Tennessee for the annual YF&R Fall Educational Tour.

Tennessee grain farmers depend a lot on export markets especially for corn and soybeans and recently, the US Grains Council held their Export Exchange Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas and several participants from that conference traveled to Tennessee and Kentucky to see firsthand how the products they buy are produced.

Besides tending to the needs of those that have been impacted by the affects of Hurricane Helene, there’s also an ongoing effort to care for livestock and pets.  That’s part of the reason the University of Tennessee College of Veterinarian Medicine has deployed its mobile small animal care unit along with a large animal ambulatory truck to the area.

While the South deals with Hurricane Milton, the devastation from Hurricane Helene is still being calculated.

October is Pork Month! All month long people are celebrating the commodity that is a part of our diet on a regular basis, and thanking the farmers that produce it.

Recover continues in Upper East Tennessee following the destruction left behind from Helene. Now the need turns to items to keep folks warm as cooler weather is expected later this week.

The clean up and recovery continues in upper East Tennessee from the massive damage left behind from Hurricane Helene. Farmers in the area detail what they've lost and how the recovery will take years.

Joseph and Meredith Redman of Washington County were recently named this year’s Tennessee Young Farmers & Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture winners. The results were announced at the annual fall educational tour, and the couple was extremely proud to take home the win.

Seth Krantz is a veterinarian for Tosh Farms. He was recently selected to be a member of the National Pork Board. He explains what it means to him to be selected for the Pork Board, and what he hopes to accomplish in his three year term.