Theme: Field Implementation of Precision Livestock Farming

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will host the 2023 U.S. Precision Livestock Farming Conference. The theme is “Field Implementation of Precision Livestock Farming.”

Precision Livestock Farming involves the real-time monitoring of images, sounds and other biological, physiological and environmental parameters to assess and improve individual animal health and well-being within herd or flock production systems.

Up to $2,750,000 is available for Individual Artists and Arts & Culture Centered Nonprofit Organizations in 12 East Tennessee counties.
The Arts & Culture Alliance (ACA) is pleased to announce American Rescue Plan Recovery and Renewal Grants, a federal funding program made possible through the City of Knoxville, Knox County, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Dr. Justin Rhinehart currently serves as a professor and beef cattle specialist in the UT Department of Animal Science. A native of Loudon County, his family managed a diversified farming operation growing livestock, tobacco and nursery crops with family in Jefferson County.

In the medical and Dental profession of which I am a member the key word is PREVENTION!

Many times Government tries to correct a problem which it helped create by its INACTION!

I urge our local representatives to be PROACTIVE not REACTIVE to the problem of the "Chicken Farm" in Sharps Chapel. The runoff of untreated waste (6000-10000 pounds) per day from 36000-72000 hens will likely cause great damage to Norris Lake, including pollution causing fish to die, reduction of property values, thus reducing the tax revenue to Union County.

Access to essential health care is limited in economically depressed urban areas. Federally qualified health centers strive to bridge the gap of care to these areas by providing affordable, comprehensive health care. Some of the risk factors for chronic pain happen to be the same risk factors that are common among those who utilize FQHCs (low education level, low socioeconomic status, and higher rate of substance dependence or abuse). Therefore, those more likely to have chronic pain are also more likely to have their healthcare needs met at FQHCs.

Have you ever been told something that you didn’t totally agree with? My dear friend and cousin Lynda has often told me that I am brave. I don’t see myself that way. Ironically, when she inadvertently drove into a potentially dangerous situation, she responded with more bravery than I ever would have.

I just read a headline on my Facebook news feed titled “A Mother Says Her Son Was Sold in a Mock Slave Auction. School District Votes Unanimously on Action Plan.”

I like beets. It seems the fresh ones can only be found in the summertime. No matter, the canned ones are good, too. This recipe calls for canned beets. I will save the fresh ones to where they can star alone. A great soup for a hot summer day.

By Steve Roark
Volunteer, Cumberland Gap National Park

March is considered a blustery month, with winds being kicked up by the seasonal changeover. And you probably haven’t thought about it since 8th grade science, but it might be interesting to review why we have wind at all.

Bonnie Heiskell Peters
Union County Historian since 1994
Bonnie Heiskell Peters was born on a farm in Union County in 1935. Her parents, Dempsy Valpo and Elsie Seymour Heiskell, had 12 children - 6 boys and 6 girls.