Polk County

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Agriculture and Natural Resources

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Family and Consumer Sciences

Family and Consumer Sciences

4-H Youth Development

4-H Youth Development

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Community Development

Community Development

Online Payments

Online Payments

UPCOMING EVENTS

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The Polk County Extension Office is located in Benton, Tennessee with Office Hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Directions To Extension Office

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

a group of people gathered in front of a new fleet of kayaks at Tennessee RiverLine’s Anchored in Alabama event

Tennessee RiverLine Celebrates Partnership Milestones in Alabama at ‘Anchored in Alabama’ Event

Amaryllis bulbs in a wooden crate labeled

Amaryllis Sale Scheduled for November 11 at UT Gardens, Jackson

Smokey X, Bluetick Coonhound

Tennessee Mascot Diagnosed with Cancer

two women cutting flowers at the Organic Crops Unit of the East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Knoxville

UT Extension Releases Cut Flower Budgets and Publication

A green and yellow combine picking cotton

UT Extension to Host Financial Management Workshop for Crop Producers

Kentucky Yellowwood tree

Eighty-five Years of Big Tree History Available in One Place for the First Time

Jamie Greig, Andy Pulte, Carlos Trejo-Pech, Jiajia Chen, Denita Hadziabdic Guerry, Sathishkumar Samiappan, Alejandro Molina Moctezuma and Lacey Johnston

Transforming Good Teaching into Great Learning

Eight people, two holding a pair of scissors, pose for a picture behind an orange ribbon at the front of a house

UT AgResearch Hosts Ribbon Cutting Celebrating Additions to Local Center

acorns on a tree with Postponed written over the photo

Woods and Wildlife Field Day Set for October 23 Postponed

Chris Sneed

UT Extension Consumer Economics Specialist Receives National Award

rolling hills near Chuckey, Tennessee

Tennessee Forage & Grassland Council Annual Meeting Scheduled for November 7

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UT Extension’s Skill Up Tennessee Program Expands to Help Adults in Recovery

Virginia Sweetspire Impresses as a Favorite Native

Pierre Davadant, David Lockwood, Annie Vogel, Don Collier, and Cary Cox

Introducing the New UT Viticulture Team

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Choose from a Variety of Fruit Trees for Future Harvests