We were delighted to welcome the FIFA delegates and are proud of our turf grass team, collaborating with MSU to develop real grass pitch (field) for the FIFA World Cup 2026! inside.fifa.com/tournaments/me…

Congratulations to Matt Backus for his new position as Director of the Ames AgResearch & Education Center! Read More: utianews.tennessee.edu/new-director-a…

The AgResearch & Education Center at Milan had a nice visit with Congressman David Kustoff, along with his West TN staff & most of his Washington D.C. staff. The visit included a tour of the West TN Ag Museum and a Q&A session.

A retirement celebration was held for Rick Carlisle, director of the Ames AgResearch & Education Center. Rick has over 45 years of service with UT, he notably hosted the National Championship for Field Trialing Bird Dogs each year. We thank Rick & wish him a happy retirement.

Nearly 90 renowned scientists and industry leaders (by invitation only) from 16 countries and seven U.S. states converged at University of Tennessee for an international symposium on “Food-Energy-Water Bioeconomies for Net-Zero Transition”.
Link: utianews.tennessee.edu/international-…

Another great Ag Day on the Hill – celebrating agriculture and the impact on people’s lives in Tennessee and beyond. As usual, UTIA was delighted to contribute! #NationalAgDay

Middle Tennessee AgResearch & Education Center at Spring Hill hosted UT ELI Fellows, and provided a wagon tour of various mission-oriented research, Extension and education programs and activities at the center.

National Biobased Products Day reminds us of the importance of biotech bio.news/biomanufacturi… #Agriculture #Biomanufacturing #Climate Change #Latest News

TSU/UTIA Joint Research Summit 2.0 was held at TSU last Friday focusing on plant biotechnology. Excellent presentations and interactions by researchers of both sides. Looking forward to future collaboration for the betterment of agriculture in TN and beyond.

We are proud of John Sorochan and Kyley Dickson on their Chancellor's Innovations Fund Award for revolutionizing athletic field assessment with a portable fLEX performance tester!

Congratulations 👏 to Oak Ridge Lab researchers who will #collaborate with UT Institute of Agriculture researchers on #sustainable #materials for the #automotive industry as part of a Circular #Bioeconomy Convergence Research Initiative awarded by UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute.
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Congratulations to Niki Labbe and Erin Webb for winning $20M from the UT-ORII convergent research initiatives with their circular bioeconomic systems project!

Congratulations to Blake Brown on receiving the 2024 Research Center Administrators Society (RCAS) Distinguished Service Award.
He has been a member of the RCAS for 25 years, and currently is chairman of the site selection committee . A very well-deserved award.

UTIA Department of Plant Sciences Professor John Sorochan is known around the world for his expert knowledge and research on sports turf.

Read more about his career and how his team is leading the turfgrass research for the 2026 World Cup: utia.tennessee.edu/spotlights/joh…

Andrew Muhammad, UTIA professor and Blasingame Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Policy, has been elected president of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
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UT AgResearch and UT Extension are gearing up for a full schedule of in-person and online field days in 2024, including the return of the Milan No-Till Field Day on July 25! See the full list of events: utianews.tennessee.edu/ut-agresearch-…

2023 was a record year for UT AgResearch with an impressive 228% increase in competitive funding obtained by our outstanding faculty compared to 2022.

Read about about some of the great work accomplished last year in the 2023 AgResearch Annual Report: bit.ly/3RS9OMj

UTIA Researchers Receive $12 Million DARPA Contract to Bioengineer Plants to Reduce Soil Contamination  utianews.tennessee.edu/utia-researche…

We want to congratulate Animal Science faculty Drs. Jun Lin & Phil Myer on making Stanford University's list of the top 2% most cited scientists globally for 2023 in their respective fields!
Learn More: animalscience.tennessee.edu/animal-science…

The AgResearch Center Director/ Department Head meeting on Nov. 28-29th was great! The event included the state of AgResearch, funding updates including the ARP grant, & reports from each center. Speakers: Keith Carver, Deb Crawford, Hongwei Xin, Barry Sims, & research faculty.