Agriculture

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and American Farm Bureau Federation is reminding farmers that a small gesture can go a long way for a loved one who’s not OK. 

Prohibitive costs, encroaching development and sluggish bureaucratic processes lead to land-access barriers for young, beginning and underrepresented farmers.

Virginia Tech researchers are recruiting dogs and their owners to help stop the spread of the destructive spotted lanternfly.

Virginia agriculture and forestry exports reached a record high value of $5.1 billion in 2022, according to recently released data from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Americans haven’t forgotten the days of empty grocery store shelves, and a majority recognize the necessity of reauthorizing the 2023 Farm Bill, according to a recent poll from the American Farm Bureau Federation. 

It may only be early spring, but some seasonal favorite foods are already showing up at local farm markets.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Value-Added Producer Grant program marked two decades of operation last year, and part of its success is attributed to its partnership with the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture, Innovation and Rural Sustainability.

Virginia Farm Bureau members can now get paid for leasing land to Vogue Towers to install a wireless communication tower.

April means asparagus—one of the spring’s most venerable vegetables—has arrived. 

Grain bin fatalities continue to be a concern in rural America, and Hanover County farmers are working to prevent similar tragedies in their community.