Chapter 11: The Agricultural Core

Tennessee is full of agriculture. Plenty of farmland and room to grow. The agricultural core is arranged in the center of the state, Nashville included. Sunburst Tomatoes make their home in Nashville, Tennessee. They grow undercover in outside the center of the city. Tennessee is an excellent state for growing soybeans, cotton, tomatoes, and tobacco. Wheat, hay, and sorghum also contribute to the state's agriculture. The state receives roughly 50' of rain annually. Tennessee averages 40 F in winter and 78 F in summer. West Tennessee averages 5” of snow while northeastern Tennessee gets 16”. These conditions make it easy for crops to flourish. 


The state is divided into three subdivisions: 

West: row crop land

Middle: fertile rolling land 

East: hilly to mountainous.

Tennessee has more to offer than just crops. The state is also known for dairy farming and its cattle. Tennessee’s top agricultural commodities are cattle and calves, chickens,  and greenhouse products.There are 2,040,000 cattle, 131,400 goats, 2,808,000 chickens and 210,000 horses within Tennessee. The dairy cattle produce over 909 million pounds of milk each year! Tennessee farmers produce 323 million eggs per year.

http://www.netstate.com/economy/tn_economy.htm
http://www.agclassroom.org/kids/stats/tennessee.pdf

Chapter 10: The Southern Coastlands

Tennessee rest rights above the Southern Coastlands that include the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and finally part of South Carolina. Florida being the sole state completely engulfed in the Southern Coastlands. The agricultural structure of Tennessee is mainly comprised of Soybean production. Soybeans account for 11% of the states total agriculture. The soils of the  state make Soybean production excellent.

Tennessee is prone to natural disasters just as the Southern Coastland state of Florida. However, Tennessee does not get hit nearly as hard by hurricanes. Tennessee is prone to Tornados, and flash flooding.  The hurricanes from the Southern Coastlands can create the floods that hit Tennessee. The hurricane season is roughly August through November, and along with the tornados and flash floods, hurricanes can also hit the state of Tennessee. Thankfully for the residents of the state, there are warning that allow those in direct impact of the natural disaster to evacuate.


Although Tennessee is a landlocked state, it still has major ports like the Southern Coastlands. Memphis is the 2nd largest port on the shallow draft portion of the Mississippi River and the 4th largest inland port in the United States. The Memphis port helps to move products such as steel, petroleum, tar, rock and gravel, course grains, salt, asphalt, and fertilizers.

    http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=52579

http://www.tennessee.gov/homelandsecurity/getready.html

http://www.portofmemphis.com/