Each year, the Tennessee Corn Promotion Board seeks university research projects that develop research-based technologies and practices that will help farmers increase production efficiency and profitability while safeguarding and improving the natural resources needed for agriculture.
Read MoreThis month, Tennessee corn farmers celebrate the five-year anniversary of the corn checkoff. Efforts to create a Tennessee Corn Checkoff began with the desire of Tennessee Corn Growers Association members to form a commodity group dedicated to expanding the sale and use of corn grown in Tennessee.
Read MoreTennessee Department of Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher recently appointed new members to the Tennessee Corn Promotion Board. The newly appointed board members were selected from a list of recommendations submitted by the Tennessee Corn Growers Association, the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, and the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative to replace those members of the Board of Directors whose terms are expiring.
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