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Tennessee Home & Farm Radio Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
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Tennessee Home & Farm Radio is a two-minute agricultural highlight with co-hosts Lee Maddox, Amy Beckham and Thomas Capps. Lee Maddox is a native of Lincoln County where he was raised on a cattle farm, and he is a graduate of MTSU’s communications department. Amy Beckham is from Cookeville where she grew up visiting her uncle's cattle farm, and graduated from UT Knoxville with a degree in food and agricultural business and a minor in agricultural communications. From Rockvale, Thomas Capps is an MTSU graduate with a degree in multimedia journalism, and has experience working as a television news reporter and weekend anchor. All three work to share the story of agriculture and rural life in Tennessee and beyond.
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Shooting Hunger for 10 Years
This year marks the 10th year the Tennessee agriculture industry has rallied together to fight hunger with our Shooting Hunger events.
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Rolling Hay
If you've driven around Tennessee the past few weeks, you've no doubt seen or gotten behind a farmer heading to the hay field.
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Getting Ready for No-Till
The bi-annual Milan No-Till Field Day is coming up July 25 at the University of Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Milan, and research center director Blake Brown provides insight into what you can expect from this year's event.
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Calling for Action on Labor
Labor shortages across the country continue to plague farmers.
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Officially Summertime
As today marks the first official day of summer and the longest day of the year, row crop farmer Landen Perkins of Madison County shared what he needs when it comes to weather this summer and how his crop season has gone so far.
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Ambassadors for 4-H
Tennessee’s 4-H program is the largest and what many of us would say is the best in the nation. There are more than 152,000 members in our 95 counties and this week members of the state honor council are traveling across the state to meet with and thank supporters and share the incredible success story of this important youth organization.