With market changes and increasing economic pressures, farmers continue to face stress with few directions to turn for help. Researchers at the University of Tennessee are looking for family farm…
Seeking Family Farm Member Stories
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or CFAP, began in April 17, 2020 to provide support to producers of non-specialty crops, wool, livestock, dairy, specialty crops, nursery crops and cut flowers,…
Graduate Research Assistant / M.S. Opportunity in Precision Technology and Animal Welfare
Precision technology, or precision livestock farming, has gained much attention in recent years. One unexplored avenue is the use of precision technology in conjunction with animal welfare measurements (hygiene, body…
Graduate Research Assistant / M.S. opportunity in Value-Added Dairy Production
Dairy producers have historically been at the mercy of volatile milk prices based on national and international market trends. To combat that, some producers have turned to value-added dairy production,…
CARES Act
The CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) was signed in to law on March 27, 2020. A focus of this program was to provide additional benefits to…
Bankruptcy Resources
In 2019 and 2020, two major milk purchasers for Tennessee dairy farmers declared Chapter 11 Restructuring. This led to a lot of uncertainty for our Tennessee dairy farmers about their…
Borden’s Chapter 11 Restructuring
On January 5, 2020, Borden announced it was entering a Chapter 11 voluntary reorganization proceeding. On July 21, 2020 the sale of Borden assets to Capitol Peak Partners and KKR…
Precision Dairy That pays
This hourly webinar conducted by Dr. Liz Eckelkamp, will count toward Tennessee Master Dairy Producer Certification. Three webinars will be equivalent to a single in-person meeting. Join us on August…
UT Parlor – Spring 2020
Click here to download the full UT Parlor in a pdf version Covid-19 Updates Since COVID-19 hit the US, a lot has changed. Business as usual is now working from…