BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 6, 2026--
Tractor Supply Company ( NASDAQ: TSCO ), the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, is kicking off the Christmas season with its 2026 Holiday Gift Guide, featuring useful gifts, trusted brands and delightfully unexpected finds for everyone on the list, with quality options for every budget.
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From stocking stuffers under $10 and hundreds of gifts under $50 to larger wish-list items, the 2026 assortment brings together leading national brands and Tractor Supply exclusives across tools, outdoor cooking, apparel, boots, toys, pet treats, home accents and seasonal decor. The assortment reflects what Tractor Supply customers enjoy most, with ideas for the Sportsman, Handyman, Animal Lover, Homebody, Western Spirit and Grillmaster.
“The best Christmas gifts are the ones people will actually use, whether that’s a dependable drill for the shop, a tumbler to keep your coffee warm on a freezing morning or a new chew toy for the dog,” said Seth Estep, executive vice president and chief merchandising officer at Tractor Supply. “We’ve brought together gifts with personality, quality and great value so customers can find something for everyone on their list and enjoy the season along the way.”
Customers can explore the Holiday Gift Guide online and in more than 2,450 Tractor Supply stores nationwide, with additional categories and Hot Deals rolling out throughout the fall.
Gifts They’ll Actually Use
Tractor Supply’s Holiday Gift Guide makes it easy to shop by interest:
Shoppers can also browse gift ideas for him, her, kids and pets or shop by price. Stocking Stuffers Under $10 include hats and cold-weather accessories, toys and games, soaps, lip balms and seasonal snacks and candy.
Holiday Fun, Tractor Supply Style
Alongside classic pre-lit Christmas trees, garland and lights, shoppers will find farm-inspired decor from Tractor Supply’s exclusive Red Shed brand, including dairy cow Christmas string lights, barnyard scene gift wrap and a metal caroling duck statue.
For customers who like to go a little bigger, the seasonal assortment includes larger-than-life holiday decor such as a 6-foot cowboy Santa rooster and giant Highland cow inflatables. Festive apparel, ornaments and holiday tableware round out the collection.
To shop the full 2026 Holiday Gift Guide and stay updated on weekly Hot Deals throughout the season, visit TractorSupply.com or a local Tractor Supply store. Products, pricing and availability may vary by location and online, with items available while supplies last.
About Tractor Supply Company
For more than 85 years, Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO) has been passionate about serving the needs of recreational farmers, ranchers, homeowners, gardeners, pet enthusiasts and all those who enjoy living Life Out Here. Tractor Supply is the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the U.S., ranking 290 on the Fortune 500. The Company’s more than 54,000 Team Members are known for delivering legendary service and helping customers pursue their passions, whether that means being closer to the land, taking care of animals or living a hands-on, DIY lifestyle. In store and online, Tractor Supply provides what customers need – anytime, anywhere, any way they choose at the low prices they deserve.
As part of the Company’s commitment to caring for animals of all kinds, Tractor Supply is proud to include Petsense by Tractor Supply, a pet specialty retailer, Allivet, a leading online pet and animal pharmacy, and VIP Petcare, the largest provider of mobile veterinary care in the U.S., in its family of brands. Together, Tractor Supply is able to provide comprehensive solutions for pet care, livestock wellness and rural living, ensuring customers and their animals thrive. From its stores to the customer’s doorstep, Tractor Supply is here to serve and support Life Out Here.
As of June 27, 2026, the Company operated 2,463 Tractor Supply stores in 49 states and 209 Petsense by Tractor Supply stores in 23 states. For more information, visit www.tractorsupply.com and www.Petsense.com.
Tractor Supply's 2026 Holiday Gift Guide kicks off the Christmas season with stocking stuffers under $10, hundreds of gifts under $50 and gift ideas for grillmasters, sportsmen, animal lovers and more.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved.
“It was a great surprise, and I obviously didn’t expect it,” Halzen said, speaking to the Nobel Physics Committee by phone from Italy, in a call broadcast at the news conference to announce the winner.
Halzen said it was predicted that he would win the prize, but the announcement still made him feel “strange.”
“I am working on a proposal, and I hope that this prize will help getting it approved,” he said to chuckles from the audience.
Neutrinos are tiny cosmic particles with no electric charge and extraordinarily small mass, making them difficult to detect. Yet they are everywhere: They spew from stars like the sun, and trillions zip through our bodies every second.
Scientists cannot glimpse the mysterious ghost particles zooming around on their own, so they measure what happens when the particles collide with other bits of matter. Neutrinos bump into other particles only rarely, so scientists build large detectors to improve their odds of catching collisions.
Halzen had the idea to turn the vast Antarctic ice into such a detector. The Nobel committee said his work was instrumental to the construction of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica, which glimpsed the first high-energy neutrinos from faraway galaxies.
“This experiment in the Antarctic is a revolutionary way of understanding the universe that we didn’t have before,” said Michael Moloney, chief executive officer for the American Institute of Physics.
When a neutrino interacts with ice in the detector, it produces a flash of light that’s picked up by sensors. The transparent ice makes it easier for scientists to pick up on faint signals from the mysterious ghost particles, and the sensors are buried about 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) deep to protect against interference from cosmic rays and radiation.
The 82-year-old scientist is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the U.S., which operates the observatory. Efforts by The Associated Press to reach him were not immediately successful.
“IceCube is like no other telescope in the world,” the university's interim chancellor, Eric M. Wilcots, said in a news release. “And there is no other scientist quite like Francis Halzen, whose idea to create a neutrino detector under almost a mile of ice has led to a remarkable multinational and multi-institutional scientific collaboration and a fundamental shift in how we think about the universe.”
Halzen helped pull the curtain back on an elusive crew of neutrinos that scientists say carry clues about the development of other galaxies and the universe as a whole.
“It’s all part of working out the story of where we are in the universe, what’s our place in the universe, how did our galaxy form?” said Jonathan Bagger, chief executive officer of the American Physical Society.
Supported by the National Science Foundation, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a massive collaborative effort that today involves more than 400 scientists in 14 countries.
In a post on social media, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said Halzen is the 11th Belgian to win a Nobel Prize. De Wever called the award “impressive recognition for a lifetime dedicated to shedding light on the great mysteries of the cosmos through its smallest components.”
A representative from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory did not immediately return a request for comment.
Ellen Moons, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the award Tuesday in Stockholm. She is the first woman to head the prestigious academy and present the award.
The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million), whether for an individual, a small group of laureates or an organization.
Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultrasensitive measurements achieved by MRI machines and laid the groundwork for better cellphones and faster computers.
The announcements of this year's prizes began Monday with the Nobel Prize in medicine being awarded to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.
This week's awards continue Wednesday with the chemistry prize and literature on Thursday. After Friday’s peace prize is awarded, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced Monday.
Dazio reported from Berlin, and Ramakrishnan reported from New York. Alexa St. John in Detroit contributed to this report.
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A portrait of Francis Halzen is shown on the screen during the announce of the recipient of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 6, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
A portrait of Francis Halzen is shown on the screen as Eva Olsson, Ellen Moons, and Mark Pearce announce as the recipient of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 6, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
FILE - A Nobel diploma and medal are displayed, Dec. 8, 2020, during a ceremony in New York. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE - A bust of Alfred Nobel on display following a press conference to announce the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 3, 2022. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP, File)
