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Welcome!

The East Tennessee Research & Education Center is known for its comprehensive and diverse research program in agriculture. Research areas of emphasis include, but are not limited to, turfgrass management; soybean, corn and wheat breeding; switchgrass production and processing; organic vegetable crops; season extension with high tunnels; plant diseases; weed management and control; reproductive management in beef and dairy cattle; row crop and forage variety testing; amphibian diseases; bacterial pathogenesis; antibiotic resistance; and more.

One of 10 research and education centers in the University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station system, the East Tennessee center serves as a field laboratory providing experimental plots, lands, livestock, orchards, equipment, and other types of support for research programs developed by Experiment Station scientists.

The center was established on land purchased by the university in 1869. Since this time, six units have been added, increasing the center to 1,968 acres. We invite you to explore this site to find out more about our operations and activities. Let us know if you would like to receive an e-mail alert when this site is updated or if you have comments about it.

Video (more)

  Wood for Biomass
"Tennessee's vast forests might someday be used for biomass."
  Cattle Sell-Off
"Some livestock barns are selling three and four times the usual number of cattle, but that’s not necessarily..."
  Organic Vegetables
"The earth provides the foods we eat -- including healthy vegetables. UT researchers are studying how best to..."




Position open:
ETREC Director


News (more)

First Efficient Bioenergy-Crop-to-Cellulosic-Ethanol Plant
From Beef Cattle to B-roll

Events (more)

Organic Crops Field Tour  Thursday, April 29, 2010

UT Beef and Forage Field Day  Thursday, June 10, 2010

Turfgrass Research Field Day  Thursday, September 16, 2010