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Soybean farmers ‘don’t have a lot of room for air’ amid trade war with China

Lily Burris, WKMS

April 28, 2025

President Donald Trump’s growing trade war with China is putting added stress on American soybean farmers’ already tight margins.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Soybeans, tariff

Tennessee offers little relief for farmers wrecked by Helene

Pierce Gentry, WUOT

October 28, 2024

Tennessee’s Department of Agriculture says they lack the funding to help farms wrecked by flooding in East Tennessee.

Filed Under: Business, Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, Extreme weather, farmers, Hurricane Helene, severe weather

After tornado devastation, TSU rebuilds its agriculture campus from scratch

Char Daston

September 6, 2024

A group of well-dressed people cut a ribbon in front of a greenhouse on a sunny day. The man in the center carries a pair of giant scissors.
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Tennessee State University’s College of Agriculture suffered a direct hit during the March 2020 tornadoes. Four years later, the rebuilt facilities are finally open.

Filed Under: Education, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, Super Tuesday Tornado, Tennessee State University, tornado, tornadoes

A small Tennessee town’s riverbank is getting federal support for restoration

Caroline Eggers

August 27, 2024

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partnered with the town of Carthage this month to begin a streambank stabilization project on the Cumberland River. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, corps of engineers, Cumberland River, development, erosion, river, stream

PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge is spreading across Tennessee lands. The state might intervene.

Caroline Eggers

August 14, 2024

Tennessee farmers and landowners are using treated sewage as fertilizer across open lands, and some of that sludge is contaminated with toxic chemicals.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, PFAS, pollution, wastewater, water

Spotted lanternfly: Colorful, invasive insect detected in Tennessee again

Caroline Eggers

June 6, 2024

The spotted lanternfly was seen in Davidson County again this year after it was first found in Tennessee in 2023.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, invasive species, pesticides, tennessee department of agriculture, wildlife

Bill to remove protections for Tennessee wetlands stalls out

Caroline Eggers

March 12, 2024

The Tennessee General Assembly has effectively quashed a bill that would have removed statewide protections for wetlands. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, conservation, development, wetlands

Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

Robin McDowell, APandMargie Mason, AP

January 29, 2024

In a sweeping investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola. The prisoners who help produce these goods are disproportionately people of color.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity Tagged With: agriculture, Associated Press, Labor, prison

Vegan diets cause far less climate pollution, study shows. Here’s what to know in Tennessee.

Caroline Eggers

August 1, 2023

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Eating plants is far better for the planet than eating animal products, and a new study shows just how much.  

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, animal agriculture, climate change, meat, Vegan

The traditions and challenges of being a Black farmer in Tennessee

Magnolia McKay

April 18, 2023

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For generations, Black farmers have worked the soil in Tennessee, but the number of Black farmers have significantly declined across the United States in the last century. 

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: agriculture

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