Agriculture

Augusta County clinical psychologist Dr. Caitlyn Owens’ passion for “listening to, walking alongside and empowering communities” is inspiring a critical movement in agriculture.

Many foreign workers come to Virginia farms legally through the federal H-2A temporary agricultural worker program. Farmers say those workers are essential to a stable domestic food supply.

Carroll County cattle farmer ready to put stronger public speaking and advocacy skills to work after graduating from the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Women’s Communications Boot Camp.

Students from Isle of Wight County joined a statewide chorus of crunches, simultaneously biting into Virginia-grown Honeycrisp apples to celebrate the event’s 10th anniversary.

Virginia’s corn growers are expected to harvest an average of 167 bushels per acre. That’s an encouraging reversal for a crop that experienced significant moisture stress during planting and growing seasons. 

Virginia livestock producers can again apply for permits to shoot black vultures that threaten newborn animals, but farmers say the renewed program barely scratches the surface of a growing problem. 

Virginia farmers voiced their opinions on critical agricultural issues during October roundtables in Montgomery and Tazewell. The discussions were accompanied by farm tours of area greenhouse, beef cattle, dairy and pumpkin operations.