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The Winter Business Intensive teaches attendees about the ins-and-outs of the farm business.
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Farming

Appalachian Resource Conservation and Development Council announces field school

The Appalachian Resource Conservation and Development Council is now taking applications for its 2019-20 Field School Winter Business Intensive courses designed to train beginner farmers, according to a Thursday announcement.

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In this Thursday, June 20, 2019, photo, farmer Bernard Peterson leans on a tractor at his farm in Loretto, Ky. When the Trump administration announced a $12 billion aid package for farmers struggling under the financial strain of his trade dispute with China, the payments were capped. But records obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act show that many large farming operations easily found legal ways around the limits to collect big checks. At Peterson's farm, eight members of the family partnership collected a total $863,560 for crops they grow on over 15,000 acres in seven counties, including wheat and corn used at the nearby Maker's Mark bourbon distillery. Peterson said that it didn't make up for all their losses at a time when it was already hard to be profitable. The $1.65 per bushel aid payments for soybeans fell well short of losses he estimated at $2 to $2.50 per bushel, factoring in the loss of the Chinese market that took years to develop. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)
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agriculture

Some big farms collect big checks from Trump aid package

MINNEAPOLIS — When President Donald Trump’s administration announced a $12 billion aid package for farmers struggling under the financial strain of his trade dispute with China, the payments were capped. But many large farming operations had no Jul 3, 2019 at 2:44 PM

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee gives the keynote speech at Friday's sixth annual Washington County Agricultural & Business Appreciation Dinner, with more than 500 people in attendance. The event was hosted by the Washington County Agriculture Partnership.
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agriculture

Gov. Lee underscores importance of agriculture during 6th annual Washington County appreciation dinner

GRAY — Since being inaugurated, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee does not get out on his Williamson County farm as much as he used to, but as a strong supporter of the agriculture industry, Lee made time Friday to come to Northeast Tennessee for the sixth Mar 16, 2019 at 12:40 AM

FILE- In this April 5, 2018, file photo Matt Aultman, a grain salesman and feed nutritionist with Keller Grain & Feed, Inc., shows locally grown soybeans during an interview at their facilities in Greenville, Ohio. Soybeans, which account for less than 1 percent of U.S. exports, are upstaging weightier issues as the Trump administration tackles trade disputes with China and other countries. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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agriculture

A hill of beans: Soybeans upstage trade talks

WASHINGTON — Soybeans account for less than 1 percent of all the goods and services the United States sells the rest of the world.

Feb 5, 2019 at 11:20 AM
One of the biggest concerns for Jonah Lee, who runs Rolling Hill Farms in Scott County, was 2018’s record rainfall of 67.1 inches – the highest since 1973.
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Farm Expo

Farmers and ranchers discuss outlook for agriculture at Farm Expo, effects of record rainfall in 2018

When local farmers and ranchers arrived at the Ron Ramsey Agricultural Center Saturday morning for the annual Appalachian Farm Expo, there was a lot of discussion about the outlook for agriculture in 2019.

Jan 12, 2019 at 9:40 PM
On Wednesday, the Tennessee state veterinarian announced five new confirmed cases of the West Nile Virus in horses, including two in Washington County and one in Sullivan County.
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agriculture

3 local horses test positive for West Nile

On Wednesday, the Tennessee state veterinarian announced five new confirmed cases of the West Nile Virus in horses, including two in Washington County and one in Sullivan County.

Oct 31, 2018 at 5:27 PM
This frame grab from a video provided by Mercy for Animals shows a pig in an undercover video released by the group. The recently released undercover video showing pigs being abused at a supplier to the world's largest meat producer also highlights practices that are still common but slowly being changed in the pork industry. (Mercy For Animals via AP)
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agriculture

Undercover video shows pig abuse but also common practices

Ten states — none major pork producers — have passed laws that ban or phase out the use of those narrow metal cages, known as gestation crates or stalls, where sows are confined during their frequent pregnancies.

Jul 31, 2018 at 10:11 AM
Forty-two Tennessee farmers wrote an open letter to the state's congressional delegation complaining that new tariffs would raise prices for domestic farmers to update equipment, expand production or renovate farm buildings and storage.
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Tennessee

Letter: Tennessee farmers urge House reps to oppose tariffs

Dozens of Tennessee farmers have urged the state’s U.S. House delegation to oppose President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, saying they worry the fallout will cripple the rural state’s agriculture.

Updated Jun 12, 2018 at 4:59 PM
Even though schools were not in sessioin this summer, these men from the Recovery Soldiers Ministries provided need labor to cultivate crops destined to meet the needs of local families.
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agriculture

UT to provide financial records training for farmers at Blountville workshop

Preregistration is required, and the workshop will begin with check-in at 8:30 a.m. local time. The workshop will end at 4 p.m.

May 21, 2018 at 8:42 AM
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., promotes this year's renewal of the farm bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 17, 2018. GOP leaders have crafted the bill as a measure for tightening work and job training requirements for food stamps. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Conservative revolt over immigration sinks House farm bill

WASHINGTON — In an embarrassment for House Republican leaders, conservatives on Friday scuttled a bill that combines stricter work and job training requirements for food stamp recipients with a renewal of farm subsidies popular in GOP-leaning Updated May 18, 2018 at 3:29 PM

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Johnson City

Centuries of history under one roof: The Knob Creek Historical Museum

One of the best-kept secrets in town is the Knob Creek Historical Museum, a small two-story museum that holds centuries of history under one roof.

Jun 11, 2017 at 4:33 PM
The Stanleys, (from left) Morgan, Steven, Alyssa, Tiffany and Daniel, live on a poultry farm and orchard on Antioch Road in Johnson City.
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Meet Your Neighbors

Meet your neighbors: The Stanleys enjoy a labor of love

Steven and Tiffany, the heads of the household, grafts fruit trees and care for 200 chickens. Their children, Alyssa, Morgan and Daniel, help with chores when not at school. Even Chubs, a white-and-black, long-haired cat, keeps the farm free of mice and rats.

Apr 23, 2017 at 5:47 PM
Lee Dials, manager of the Tractor Supply Company in Johnson City, said her store gets in an average of 500 baby chickens a week. Tractor Supply is currently hosting Chick Days, a 10-week springtime event that lasts through Easter and features live baby chicks and ducklings for purchase in-store.
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Tractor Supply Company

Spring Chicken: Tractor Supply selling scores of baby chickens for 'Chick Days' event

Spring is just around the corner, and chirping resonates from the back of Johnson City’s Tractor Supply Company.

Mar 9, 2017 at 7:32 AM
The Bailey family (Lucy, Linnie, Roxy and Fred) in a tobacco field in Chuckey in 1931, part of the James Agee Film Project Photographs donated by the Rev. Henry and Lucy Bailey.
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Community

ETSU History Harvest hopes to preserve region's tobacco heritage

An East Tennessee State University program aims to preserve an important part of the region’s agricultural, economic and cultural heritage before it goes up in smoke.

Feb 3, 2017 at 10:11 PM
In this Jan. 23, 2017, photo, farmer Joe Buley pulls a weed from a bed of spinach growing in a high tunnel greenhouse at Screamin' Ridge Farm in Montpelier, Vt. Demand driven by the farm-to-table movement knows no seasons, so farmers in colder areas of the country increasingly use such structures to meet wintertime demand for local produce.
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agriculture

Farm to table: A bit tricky in winter, but in high demand

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Demand driven by the farm-to-table movement knows no seasons, so farmers in colder areas of the country increasingly use greenhouses and similar structures to meet wintertime demand for local produce.

Jan 26, 2017 at 7:24 AM
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