The Blount Unit is the primary site of the Center’s registered Angus cattle herd and serves as the Center’s main hub of activity for livestock research, teaching, and educational outreach, which supports one of the largest Agricultural Sectors in Tennessee.
The unit is utilized to provide land, equipment, cattle, sheep, and support for faculty and graduate students to conduct agriculture-related research and education, with a primary emphasis on beef cattle and forage production. Several UT classes hold hands-on lab sessions at this Unit.
The Blount Unit also is used for different programs and studies in reproductive physiology, endocrinology, embryo transfer, estrus synchronization, beef cattle genetics, and beef nutrition (including study of the rumen microbiome), as well as renewable biofuels research and small ruminant pathology.
The Blount Unit is one of several sites for experiential learning associated with the Center’s Live and Learn Internship Program for undergraduate students, as well as many 4-H youth development events (such as livestock judging and land judging contests).
Field trails with hybrid poplar trees. These fast-growing trees are being developed as a feedstock for alternative fuels and chemicals. 
Contact the Blount Unit:
East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center–Blount Unit
4258 UT Farm Road
Louisville, TN 37777
Brandon Beavers
Phone: 865-387-5149
Email: bbeaver2@tennessee.edu
