Tobacco and beef producers as well as home gardening enthusiasts are invited to an educational event at the University of Tennessee Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center. The center will host its annual Tobacco, Beef and More Field Day on Thursday, June 25. The event features a trade show as well as opportunities for tobacco farmers, beef and forage producers and home gardeners to learn about the latest research-based production recommendations.
Attendees will be able to choose from three tours during the event, each with a certain theme. Field tours include the tobacco tour, a beef and forage tour, and a home and garden tour. Tobacco tour topics will address both burley and dark tobacco production as well as disease management. The beef and forage tour will include a pasture walk and discussions of soil testing, summer weed control and stockpiling fescue. The home and garden tour will feature discussions on supporting monarch butterflies and other pollinators as well as vegetable varieties, blueberries and a “Three Sisters Garden,” where corn, beans and squash are grown together in the same space.
The trade show is open all morning for anyone interested in learning about general production and livestock agriculture. A complimentary lunch will follow the conclusion of the tours at approximately 12:00 noon.
Prior to the tours, representatives from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture will give a presentation from 8:15 – 9:15 on pesticide application. This presentation will provide attendees with 1 private applicator CEU and 1 commercial CEU.
Source : tennessee.edu