UT releases 2025 field day schedules

Director of the UT Beef & Forage Center Bruno Pedreira delivers a presentation at the 2024 Steak and Potatoes Field Day at the Plateau AgResearch and Education Center in Crossville, Tennessee. Photo by H. Harbin, courtesy UTIA.
KNOXVILLE — The UT Institute of Agriculture will present nearly two dozen field days in 2025 featuring advanced research and tried-and-true landscaping, production and land management techniques for practicing farmers, homeowners and all who are interested, a news release stated.
Most events will be hosted at UT AgResearch and Education Centers throughout the state, and they will feature UTIA researchers and UT Extension specialists as expert speakers.
Field days begin in February with horse management events in East, Middle and West Tennessee. This year’s schedule features the return of the West Tennessee Summer Celebration in Jackson on July 10 as well as new events focused on soybeans, hops and more. The popular Beef Heifer Development School will be presented in the spring rather than later in the year.
The UT AgResearch system, a unit within the UT Institute of Agriculture, supports the land-grant mission and includes 10 UT AgResearch and Education Centers that manage more than 34,000 acres across Tennessee. Faculty and students conduct more than 1,000 field trials each year, and thousands of farmers, ranchers, researchers and members of the public attend the events to learn more about agricultural production and landscape and natural resource management. Topics range from livestock management to precision farming research and techniques, commercial horticulture, home gardening and more.
The 2025 schedule and locations include (all times local):
Horse Management – Feb. 4, 5 p.m. EST, Brehm Animal Science Arena, UTIA Campus at Knoxville
Horse Management – Feb. 10, 5 p.m. CST, First Farmer’s Co-Op, Lexington, Tennessee
Horse Management – Feb. 11, 5 p.m. CST, Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Spring Hill
Tennessee Turf Tuesdays – April 1, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT. Event is online on Tuesdays during lunch with seven topics scheduled over several months. Visit tiny.utk.edu/TurfTuesday for more information.
Beef Heifer Development School – May 22, 8 a.m. CDT, Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Lewisburg
Fruits of the Backyard – June 10, 8 a.m. CDT, Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Spring Hill
Green Industry Day – June 12, 8 a.m. EDT, UT Gardens and Brehm Animal Science Arena at Knoxville
Weed Tour – June 18, 8:30 a.m. CDT, West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Jackson
Tobacco Beef & More – June 26, 8 a.m. CDT, Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center at Springfield
Summer Celebration – July 10, 8 a.m. CDT, West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center, at Jackson
Steak and Potatoes – Aug. 21, 8 a.m. CDT, Plateau AgResearch and Education Center at Crossville
Fall Gardeners’ Festival – Aug. 26, 8 a.m. CDT, Plateau AgResearch and Education Center at Crossville
UT Arboretum Butterfly Festival – Sept. 6, 9:30 a.m., Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center – UT Arboretum Auditorium at Oak Ridge
Soybean Insect and Disease Field Day – Sept. 9, time TBA, AgResearch and Education Center at Milan
Cotton Tour – Sept. 10, 8 a.m. CDT, West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Jackson
Hort, Hops and Crops Field Day – Sept. 18, 8 a.m. EDT, East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center — Plant Sciences/Organic Crops Units at Knoxville
Precision Livestock Technologies: Beef & Forage Systems – Sept. 23 and 24, 8 a.m. CDT, Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Spring Hill
Fall in the Gardens (Plant Sale and Garden Talks) – Oct. 2 and 3, 9 a.m. CDT, West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Jackson
Woods and Wildlife Field Day – Oct. 23, 8 a.m. CDT, Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center – UT Highland Rim Forest at Tullahoma
Northeast Tennessee Youth Career Day – October, date and time TBA, Northeast Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Greeneville
Northeast Tennessee Beef Expo – October, date and time TBA, Northeast Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Greeneville
For more information, visit agresearch.tennessee.edu/field-days.
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