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Skyrocketing fertilizer prices impacting Middle Tennessee farmers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Fertilizer costs had been already on the rise earlier than the conflict in Ukraine, however now they’re skyrocketing and farmers in Center Tennessee are feeling the pinch.
Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine are all main exporters of fertilizers and components used for fertilizer manufacturing. Sanctions towards Russia together with the preventing in Ukraine have tremendously diminished the availability of fertilizer being imported to the US and different nations.
George McDonald is the Proprietor/Operator of Catesa Farms in Riddleton, TN, and says he’s seen large will increase in the price of fertilizer. “Final 12 months on urea, we had been paying $450 per ton for fertilizer for urea. This 12 months, that value is $990 per tone, over double the price of what we’re paying final 12 months.”
Nonetheless, fertilizer isn’t one thing the farm can go with out. “All crops mainly require some sort of fertilizer. The crops that we develop, we develop corn, soybeans, candy strawberries, and watermelons, all these crops we use fertilizer on,” stated McDonald.
The rise in the price of oil can be placing a pressure on farmers in Center Tennessee. “What are you gonna do in regards to the excessive value of diesel? We’re gonna purchase it as a result of we have now to have it to function our tools,” McDonald stated.
The rising vitality disaster additionally means paying extra to move fertilizer to native farms. There are a lot of components at play, however on the finish of the day, farmers are coping with elevated meals manufacturing prices and a few of that’s already being translated into greater costs on the grocery retailer.
A worldwide grain scarcity can be looming because of the conflict. “When you’ve got Ukrainian farmers who can’t put out a crop, it is going to undoubtedly have an effect on everybody on the earth. Ukraine is the primary grower of sunflowers on the earth. They’re like quantity two in exports of wheat, quantity three in exports of corn on the earth. So that they have a big impact,” stated McDonald.
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With Europe’s breadbasket at the moment out of fee, many US farmers are working to select up the slack.
McDonald tells Information 2 that whereas there are various challenges, the primary objective for him and different farmers is to maintain producing sufficient meals to maintain the world fed, “There’s an outdated saying when there’s loads of meals, there’s a lot of issues. However when there isn’t a meals, there’s just one downside.”
Danny White is searching for the next Tennessee baseball coach at an uncommon time of year and in an unusual situation.
The totality of the situation following Tony Vitello vacating the post to become the manager of the San Francisco Giants has White taking a comprehensive look at the search.
“I’m going into this with open eyes,” White said.
White has made six hires at Tennessee, including for two of the most prominent programs. He’s now looking to fill one of the other most prominent positions on campus and replacing arguably the most popular Vols coach.
He has appointed pitching coach Frank Anderson as the interim coach and asked associate head coach Josh Elander to be a candidate for the position.
As he enters the search, White said he has “nothing specific” he is looking for in a candidate. He wants his first “data point” to come from talking to the leaders of the baseball team.
“I still want to hear their perspective, learn from that and then go into the process, but I don’t have anything particular in mind,” White said.
White’s search differs from his previous ones at Tennessee and is unique in its circumstances. Vitello’s departure is the first time an MLB franchise has hired a college baseball coach with no prior MLB experience. It also comes less than 18 months after the Vols won the national title, whereas his other coaching hires all followed necessary change.
Heupel’s six hires are football coach Josh Heupel, Lady Vols basketball coach Kim Caldwell, women’s soccer coach Joe Kirt, rowing coach Kim Cupini, cross country coach Justin Duncan and track and field coach Duane Ross.
The most consistent pattern in White’s hires stems from the choices of Heupel, Caldwell, Cupini and Ross. All four were winners lower levels and proved they could build high-level programs as head coaches.
Heupel was White’s first hire. He previously hired Heupel to coach at UCF then brought him to Tennessee shortly after he was named the athletics director. Heupel brought a big offense and questions about recruiting, but put the latter to rest at Tennessee.
Caldwell is White’s most notable choice since Heupel. White moved on from former coach Kellie Harper in April 2024 then quickly hired Caldwell. Caldwell had only one year of head coaching experience at the Division I level, but had won a national title at the Division II level and has been a high-level winner in her whole career. She brought an elite offensive system with her.
Kirt’s hiring perhaps most similar mirrors the baseball situation. He was an internal candidate after Brian Pensky dashed to Florida State. White went through the process but ultimately chose to appoint Kirt the coach instead of an outside hire.
Cupini was a proven program-builder. She built a successful program at San Diego then was a winner at SMU, where she was before she was hired at Tennessee. She won three AAC titles at SMU and the Mustangs to three consecutive NCAA Championship appearances.
Ross has a similar background, having led North Carolina A&T from 2012-22 and creating the program into a winner. He brought head coaching experience.
Duncan was a pivotal assistant at Oklahoma State, which fielded one of the nations best distance programs.
Mike Wilson covers University of Tennessee athletics. Email him at michael.wilson@knoxnews.com and follow him on X @ByMikeWilson. If you enjoy Mike’s coverage, consider a digital subscription that will allow you access to all of it.
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Will Calvin Ridley play vs Colts? Indianapolis Colts vs Tennessee Titans injury report Week 8
The Indianapolis Colts (6-1) host the Tennessee Titans (1-6) in NFL Week 8 action on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025.
The Colts hope receivers Josh Downs (concussion) and Ashton Dulin (chest) — who is also a special teams ace — can return, as well as pass rusher Tyquan Lewis (groin), who exited Week 7 action mid-game.
Tennessee interim coach Mike McCoy says key defensive players Jeffery Simmons (hamstring) and L’Jarius Sneed (quadriceps) will likely miss some time. Receiver Calvin Ridley (hamstring), who didn’t play last weekend, was one of eight Titans who did not practice because of injury on Wednesday.
Indianapolis Colts injury report vs. Tennessee Titans for NFL Week 8, Oct. 26
Colts who did not practice on Wednesday, Oct. 22: DE Samson Ebukam (knee), T Braden Smith (rest), DE Tyquan Lewis (groin), CB Kenny Moore II (Achilles); limited participation: CB Jaylon Jones (hamstring), WR Josh Downs (concussion); full participation WR Ashton Dulin (chest), RB Tyler Goodson (groin).
Tennessee Titans injury report vs. Indianapolis Colts for NFL Week 8, Oct. 26
Titans who did not practice on Wednesday, Oct. 22: DL Jeffery Simmons (hamstring), CB L’Jarius Sneed (quadriceps), WR Calvin Ridley (hamstring), RB Tony Pollard (rest), OL Kevin Zeitler (rest), P Johnny Hekker (illness), LB Arden Key (quadricep), DE James Lynch (shoulder), LB Jihad Ward (rest), OL Blake Hance (shoulder/back), WR Bryce Oliver (knee); limited participation: DE Sebastian Joseph-Day (calf), S Xavier Woods (ankle).
Colts 2025 regular season schedule
- Week 1: Indianapolis Colts 33, Miami Dolphins 8, box score, stats
- Week 2: Colts 29, Denver Broncos 28, box score, stats
- Week 3: Colts 41, Tennessee Titans 20, box score, stats
- Week 4: Los Angeles Rams 27, Colts 20, box score, stats
- Week 5: Colts 40, Las Vegas Raiders 6, box score, stats
- Week 6: Colts 31, Arizona Cardinals 27, box score, stats
- Week 7: Colts 38, Los Angeles Chargers 24, box score, stats
- Week 8: Sunday, Oct. 26, vs. Tennessee Titans, 4:25 p.m., CBS
- Week 9: Sunday, Nov. 2, at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., CBS
- Week 10: Sunday, Nov. 9, vs. Atlanta Falcons in Berlin, Germany, 9:30 a.m., NFL Network
- Week 11: Bye
- Week 12: Sunday, Nov. 23, at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m., CBS
- Week 13: Sunday, Nov. 30, vs. Houston Texans, 1 p.m., CBS
- Week 14: Sunday, Dec. 7, at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS
- Week 15: Sunday, Dec. 14, at Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m., CBS
- Week 16: Monday, Dec. 22, vs. San Francisco 49ers, 8:15 p.m., ESPN’s “Monday Night Football”
- Week 17: Sunday, Dec. 28, vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., Fox
- Week 18: Date TBD, at Houston Texans, time TBD, TBD
Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown cover the Colts all season. Get more coverage on IndyStarTV and with the Colts Insider newsletter.
Levorn Harbin addressed the media today ahead of Kentucky.
Well-known as Coach Chop, Harbin is the outside linebackers coach for Tennessee, and an instrumental presence in the recruiting scene. Harbin reflected back at the Alabama game, while moving forward.
Lack of Success Against Alabama
“Um, number one, I mean, Alabama got a great offensive line. (They) had a couple of guys that probably going to be first-round draft picks, but there’s some things that I can do better to help the guys out that I’m having to coach up this week and um the guys were in position a couple of times but didn’t finish like we would like to. We’ll clean that up this week and we’ll move on to being better than what we were last week.”
How Does Alabama Outcome Impact This Week’s Approach?
“I’m the same every week, but also, you got to go back and evaluate what you’re doing and maybe be a little bit more tedious about certain things. That’s what I have had to do this week. That’s what I and the guys also got to work on, the little things. I have to keep coaching it and for those guys, the biggest thing is just finishing. Finishing rushes and I got to coach that part up and teach them how to finish too. So, that’s on me. That’s not on them. That’s my job, and no, I don’t change from week to week. Wins or losses, I treat the same to be honest with you.”
Does Success Feed on Itself
“Every snap the guys go out there and think they are gonna win. That’s what you got to first put in their mind that they can’t win every rep. Last week, they were a little disappointed with the outcome of the production, but they also went back and watched the film, they saw where they could have been successful and they weren’t. So, it wasn’t like they were just so much better than us. Now, they did have some good plays, doing a great job with their sets and with their hands and we could have been a little bit moreviolent. They saw where they could have done a better job and been more productive. So, I mean, we’re not worried at all about moving forward.”
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