WE CREATE REAL. LIFE. SOLUTIONS.™

Whether it’s in the classroom or animal hospital, at one of our research facilities, through interaction in our communities here or abroad, the people who represent the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture provide Real. Life. Solutions. to many of society’s most pressing issues.

We support life-long learning by educating students, children, and communities through programs in all of our units. Our experts educate farmers and producers at educational events and in the field.

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Our faculty and students connect across the Institute to create solutions. We focus on grand challenges and help communities adapt to an ever-changing world by conducting pioneering research.

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We deliver real-life solutions through our ninety-five Extension offices, ten AgResearch and Education Centers, a leading veterinary medical center, and a program serving communities worldwide.

UT Extension is offering resources to remind everyone how to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Benery Giant zinnia

Tennessee Gardeners Test Plant Varieties in Home Gardens

Two students examine a modern turkey’s foot and the bone structure of a Tyrannosaurus rex in the fossils classroom at the Clyde Austin 4-H Center

Great Hands-on Learning Options Ahead for Tennessee K-12 Youth

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2025 Spring Plant Sale Set for May 2 and 3 at West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center

Cicada on a tree

Get Ready for the Return of 17-Year Cicadas

Lisa Stearns

UTIA Vice Chancellor of Marketing and Communications Elected to ACE Board of Directors

A flooded field next to a road

UTIA Compiles List of Tornado and Flood Recovery Resources

A woman holding freshly cut millet stands in a garden

2025 Grow What You Know Conference Will Empower Women in Agriculture

Participants of the UTIA Smoking School holding trays of meat

The 5th Annual UTIA Smoking School Returns in June

Friendly Professor explaining exercise to students in high school classroom.

Life Work, Not Homework

Indian Pink, a native woodland perennial

What’s in a Name? Native Spigelia Performs Well in Most Situations

Acorns in a tree

Joint Agreement Signed to Collect, Study and Plant Tree Seedlings

David G. White, dean of the University of Tennessee Herbert College of Agriculture

Four Researchers Honored by AAAS as Lifetime Fellows

Kelsey Coffman

UTIA Entomologist Receives Insects 2024 Young Investigator Award

American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall and UT Herbert College of Agriculture student Callie Robinson

Callie Robinson Wins AFB Young Farmers and Ranchers Collegiate Discussion Meet

field of cool-season forage mix in Franklin County, Tennessee, in March

UT Extension Introduces Tennessee Forage Budget Calculator

tropical candelabra bush (Senna alata)

UT Gardens to Hold Spring Spectacular Plant Sale

The Herbert College of Agriculture is one of only three land-grant agricultural colleges in the nation to be named from a philanthropic gift.

Learn About The Herberts

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Our graduates and faculty members are helping to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges.

Read about our research

UPCOMING EVENTS

EXPLORE ALL EVENTS

From anteaters to zebras and everything in between, UTCVM provides Real. Life. Solutions. to thousands of clients

Learn about our programs

What is chronic wasting disease? Can I use plastic biodegradable mulch in my garden? How can I be a smarter health care consumer?

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SPOTLIGHTS

First-generation food science student prepares for medical school and builds lasting connections at Herbert

Forestry alumna (’96, ’99) advances hardwood forest conservation through research with the USDA Forest Service

Clinical assistant professor empowers horses to reach peak performance through innovative rehabilitation at UTCVM

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