Our Field Days

The annual Steak and Potatoes Field Day includes topics of interest for beef cattle producers, fruit and vegetable producers and land managers. This in-person field day will be held Thursday, August 21, 2025 at the Plateau AgResearch and Education Center beginning at 8:00a.m. (CDT).
The 2025 Fall Gardener’s Festival Field Day event is being held on Tuesday, August 26, 2025 beginning at 9:00a.m. (CDT).
The UT Gardens, Crossville, provides an ideal setting for ornamental and experiential research in a plateau environment, specifically the Cumberland Plateau.

Beef Cattle grazing in a field at sunset — 2025 Steak and Potatoes Field Day – Thursday, August 21, 2025

2023 Display from Fall Gardeners Festival — The 2025 Fall Gardeners’ Festival will be held on Tuesday, August 26, 2025

EVENTS

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Learn More about a Field Day Event Near You:

February 5, 2026, 5:00 p.m. EST – Brehm Animal Science Arena, UT Institute of Agriculture Campus (Knoxville)

Monthly, April – October. Online Event Only

April 30, 2026, 8:00 a.m. CDT – Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center – UT Highland Rim Forest (Tullahoma)

June 11, 2026, 8:00am EDT – UT Gardens and Brehm Animal Science Building, UT Institute of Agriculture Campus (Knoxville)

August 13, 2026, 8:00 a.m. EDT – East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center – Plant Sciences/Organic Crops Units (Knoxville)

August 20, 2026, 8:00a.m. CDT – Plateau AgResearch and Education Center (Crossville)

August 25, 2026, 8:00 a.m. CDT – Plateau AgResearch and Education Center (Crossville)

August 29, 2026, 9:00 a.m. EDT – Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center – UT Arboretum Auditorium (Oak Ridge)

October 14, 2026 – Northeast Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center (Greeneville)

October 15, 2026 – Clyde Austin 4-H Center (Greeneville)

October 22, 2026, 8:00 a.m. EDT – Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center – UT Arboretum Auditorium (Oak Ridge)

October 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m. EDT – East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center – Little River Dairy (Knoxville)

February 11, 2026, 5:00 p.m. CST – Central Region: UT-TSU Extension Rutherford County (Murfreesboro)

April 30, 2026, 8:00 a.m. CDT – Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center – UT Highland Rim Forest (Tullahoma)

May 21, 2026, 8:30 a.m. CDT – Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center (Lewisburg)

June 9, 2026, 8:00 a.m. CDT – Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center (Spring Hill)

June 25, 2026, 8:00 a.m. CDT – Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center (Springfield)

August 20, 2026, 8:00a.m. CDT – Plateau AgResearch and Education Center (Crossville)

August 25, 2026, 8:00 a.m. CDT – Plateau AgResearch and Education Center (Crossville)

September 22 & 23, 2026, 8:00 a.m. CDT – Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center (Spring Hill)

February 9, 2026, 5:00 p.m. CST – Western Region – First Farmer’s Cooperative (Lexington)

June 17, 2026, 8:30 a.m. CDT – West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center (Jackson)

July 23, 2026, 8:00 a.m. CDT – AgResearch and Education Center (Milan)

September 8, 2026, 8:30 a.m. CDT – AgResearch and Education Center (Milan)

September 9, 2026, 8:30 a.m. CDT – West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center (Jackson)

October 1 & 2, 2026, 9:00 a.m. CDT – West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center (Jackson)

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