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The East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center is known for its comprehensive and diverse research program in agriculture. Research areas of emphasis include, but are not limited to, turfgrass management; soybean, corn and wheat breeding; switchgrass production and processing; organic vegetable crops; season extension with high tunnels; plant diseases; weed management and control; reproductive management in beef and dairy cattle; row crop and forage variety testing; amphibian diseases; bacterial pathogenesis; antibiotic resistance; and more.				One of 10 research and education centers in the University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station system, the East Tennessee center serves as a field laboratory providing experimental plots, lands, livestock, orchards, equipment, and other types of support for research programs developed by Experiment Station scientists. The center was established on land purchased by the university in 1869. Since this time, six units have been added, increasing the center to 1,968 acres. We invite you to explore this site to find out more about our operations and activities. Let us know if you would like to receive an e-mail alert when this site is updated or if you have comments about it.
News (more) UT AgResearch Announces 2016 Field Day Schedule UT Institute of Agriculture Celebrates Ag Day 2015 Fall 2015 Upcoming Events		Video (more)   Southern Part. for Integr. Biomass Supply Systems "The Southern Partnership for Integrated Biomass Supply Systems"   Switchgrass Forage "Experts with UT's Institute of Agriculture believe switchgrass is nutritious for farm animals, and..."   Cattle Sell-Off "Some livestock barns are selling three and four times the usual number of cattle, but thats not necessarily..."   Greenhouse Protected Agriculture "More and more of the fruits and vegetables we eat are grown indoors."		Events (more) Our local events   Organic Crops Field Tour  4/28, Knoxville  ETREC Other UTIA events, or elsewhere   Senior Bull Test Sale  1/21, 12 noon CST, Spring Hill  MTREC Blooms Day  5/7-5/8, Knoxville  UTGard		Contact us East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center 3209 Alcoa Hwy. Knoxville, TN 37902 Phone: 865-974-7201 Fax: 865-974-9462 rbsimpson@utk.edu