Rhea County

AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES

AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES

HORTICULTURE

A community gathering of adults and children

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES

4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

EVENTS

The Rhea County Extension Office is located at 125 Court Street, Suite 3 Dayton, TN 37321 with Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

a few people hiking through the woods on a flat path

Outdoor Enthusiast Expo to Bring Everyone Under the Same Tent

a man inspecting hops in the UT hopyard

First Ever Hort, Hops and Crops Field Day Scheduled for September 18

Jayne Wu, left, and Shigetoshi Eda work on a biosensor device that detects PTSD.

Researchers Help Develop Sensor to Detect PTSD

Nina Puckett with her presentation board

A New UT Extension Internship Program Supports Tennessee Small Farms

A close up of rice stalks growing out of muddy, flooded soil

Could Rice Production Take Root in Tennessee?

Alaina Boyd (left) and Kortni Blalock began in their new roles with the University of Tennessee Center for Profitable Agriculture in July. Both will provide leadership to various programs and topics to assist farmers and farm families with value-added farm enterprise development

UT Center for Profitable Agriculture Welcomes Two New Specialists

UTIA Research Associate creating in-vitro-produced embryos in the lab

FFAR Research Improves Cattle Reproduction

New Interim Director Appointed to AgResearch and Education Center at Milan

Blake Brown

UT AgResearch Appoints New Associate Dean of Field Operations

‘Silver Falls’ in a container with purple flowers

Delight in a Cascade of Delicate Foliage with ‘Silver Falls’

Keith Carver, David White, Justin Rhinehart, Charles E. Wharton, Niki Labbé, Paul Plummer, and Hongwei Xin

UT Institute of Agriculture Presents Top Faculty and Staff Awards for 2025

Keith Allen

Keith E. Allen Receives the Charles and Julie Wharton Award for Outstanding Extension Achievements

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Brian White Receives the Charles and Julie Wharton Award for Outstanding Extension Achievements

Troy Rowan

Troy Rowan Named the Walter “Mac” Pate Endowed Fellow in Livestock Genetics

Niki Labbe

Niki Labbé Receives the UTIA Institute Professor Award