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The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is now accepting grant proposals for projects that will help improve water quality and reduce or eliminate nonpoint source pollution.

The Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Commission will meet Sept. 6, 2019 at 3 p.m. CDT in the Fifty Forward Building at the Fairgrounds located at 174 Rains Avenue in Nashville.

With summer winding down and many types of produce hitting their peak harvest in Tennessee, there has never been a better time to visit a farmers market.

In an effort to provide more efficient results for Tennessee’s cattle producers and veterinarians, the Kord Animal Health Diagnostic Lab will change sample requirements for testing cattle persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea (BVD-PI).

The Tennessee Forestry Commission will meet Sept. 4 at 9 a.m. CDT in the conference room of the Bruer Building at Ellington Agricultural Center, located at 406 Hogan Road in Nashville, Tenn.

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is announcing the appointment of Kenneth Kim, D.V.M., D.A.C.V.P. as director of the C.E. Kord Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory.

Governor Bill Lee has recognized Whitney Flatt of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture with the Governor’s Excellence in Service Award.

The Fawn Hollow community of Townsend, Tenn. has earned Firewise USA® recognition based on its efforts to reduce the vulnerability of homes and landscapes to wildfire.

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry will be providing access to federal grant funding for communities and volunteer fire departments to be better equipped for wildfire.

The Tennessee Grain Indemnity Fund has surpassed its minimum balance requirement of $10 million and will suspend assessments from grain producers.

Women are increasingly changing the face of agriculture — not just in Tennessee, but across the nation.

The Tennessee Corn Promotion Board will meet Aug. 20, 2019 at 1 p.m. CDT at the University of Tennessee Research and Education Center located at 3A Ledbetter Gate Road in Milan, Tenn.

The Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program (TAEP) is announcing new options and changes to better assist Tennessee farmers in diversifying, expanding, and improving their farming operations.

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry is now accepting orders for tree seedlings at the East Tennessee Nursery in Delano, Tenn.

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is advising homeowners and gardeners to monitor their rhododendron plants after detecting a disease that kills plants, trees, and shrubs.