Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist If you have been to the grocery store lately, you already know that eggs are expensive these days. During 2024, the average price of…
High Egg Prices Expected to go Higher
Registration Open for TPA Annual Meeting
Tom Tabler Professor and Extension Poultry Specialist The Tennessee Poultry Association (TPA) is thrilled to announce that registration is now OPEN for the 2026 TPA Annual Meeting & Summer Getaway, happening July 31st – August…
UT Poultry Science Club Honors Supporters
Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist The UT Poultry Science Club honored two extraordinary departmental supporters at the Animal Science Department’s Annual Awards Banquet on May 5th. The Distinguished Poultry…
TPA Announces 2026 Service Tech Workshop Agenda
Tom Tabler Professor and Extension Poultry Specialist The Tennessee Poultry Association (TPA) has announced its lineup of speakers and topics for the 2026 Service Tech Workshop to be held April…
Happy Thanksgiving
Tom Tabler Most of the trees have shed their leaves and are now only dreary gray skeletons of their former colorful selves just a few weeks ago. These lonely sentinels…
TPA Grower’s Meeting 2025 Cancelled Due to Avian Influenza Concerns
Megan MacArthur The Tennessee Poultry Association (TPA) recently released an update on the scheduled Grower Meetings that were to be held at the following locations this year: Martin, TN- November…
TPA Cancels Fall Poultry Grower Meetings
Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist With the recent report of avian influenza in a commercial poultry flock in northern Georgia and in backyard flocks in nearby Arkansas and North…
2025 TPA Grower Meetings Schedule
Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist The Tennessee Poultry Association has announced its upcoming 2025 Grower Meetings schedule including topics and speakers. The meetings will be held in: Martin, TN…
Avian Influenza Returns
Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist After being avian influenza free (for the most part) for most of the summer, the U.S. has seen 3 new cases appear in the…
Help CDC Understand Backyard Flock Owners and Their Flocks
Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist Cases of avian influenza have slowed considerably with the onset of hot weather and the fact that we are between the spring and fall…
TPA to Host Annual Meeting
Tom TablerProfessor and Extension Poultry Specialist The Tennessee Poultry Association (TPA) will host the 2025 TPA Annual Meeting and Summer Getaway on July 25 & 26 at the Gaylord Opryland…
