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Increasing farm income and keeping family farms in the family.
 
Wildlife Health
Emerging infectious diseases, including those that travel from animals to humans.
UT Obesity Research Center
Interdisciplinary approaches to prevent and treat overweight and obesity.
 
Bio-Based Energy Analysis
A potential win for energy, agriculture, and the environment.
Forage Research
Improving Tennessee forages by providing answers for today and tomorrow.
 
SunGrant Initiative
Renewable energy, revitalizing rural areas, and biobased industries.
Phytophthora Plant Pathogens
Soybeans, vegetables, the Irish potato blight, and Sudden Oak Death.
 
Protected Agriculture
From hydroponics to organic raised beds, from computer-controlled greenhouses to simple rain shelters.
Sun Grant BioWeb
Providing current info to use biomass resources for bioenergy and bioproducts.
 
Ag & Food Security
Training industry and government to prevent terrorist acts targeting the ag and food sector.
Office of Bioenergy Programs
Positioning Tennessee as a leader in reducing our dependence on petroleum.
 
Agri-Industry Modeling
For value-added and high value products in agriculture and forestry.
Cloning Project
Embryonic development, animal fertility, and genetic links of animal diseases.
 
Insect Physiology
Studying the physiology of the insect gut and characterizing its interactions with invading microbes.
Production Economics
Providing producers and agribusinesses with the most up-to-date economic analysis.
 
Sensors & Controls
New technologies for agricultural and biological systems.
Bioprocessing
Size reduction and separation of biomass for energy production and bio-products.
 
Crop Varieties
Statewide trials and management of corn, cotton, soybean, and small grains.
Dogwood Group
Diseases, culture and breeding of Cornus florida and other dogwoods.
 
Food Safety
Developing/evaluating strategies against pathogens and food-borne illness.