Agriculture

Hanover County grain and hay producer Leigh H. Pemberton of Doswell was elected Dec. 4 to a fourth three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.

Matt T. Fimon of Brunswick County was elected Dec. 4 to a three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.

Accomack County vegetable and grain producer David L. Hickman of Horntown was elected Dec. 4 to a 10th three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.

Halifax County forester A. Bruce Slagle was elected Dec. 4 to the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors. He will complete the three-year term of Robert J. Mills Jr. of Pittsylvania County, who was elected VFBF vice president.

Southampton-based agricultural software and drone manufacturing company Agricision Inc. earned top honors in the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture, Innovation and Rural Sustainability Agricultural and Forestry Innovation Challenge.

Marshall Slaven of Bridgewater took top honors Dec. 3 in the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers Discussion Meet at the 2024 VFBF Annual Convention in Hot Springs.

The president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation told farmers that the organization helped defeat legislation in this year’s General Assembly that would have taken away local governments’ ability to determine where commercial solar energy facilities are located.

J.M. “Jerry” Jenkins of Blackstone was honored on Dec. 4 for 50 years of service on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.

The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers Committee honored Wayne and Pattie Pryor of Goochland County on Dec. 3 with its 2024 Warren Beach Award for their contributions to the VFBF Young Farmers Program.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall told farmers attending the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention Dec. 3 that “we need a modernized farm bill now!”