Agriculture

A newly released study found that the annual economic impact of Virginia’s agriculture and forestry sectors increased by nearly 7% since similar research was conducted in 2016.

The wild American ginseng season ends Dec. 31, and Virginians foraging the root will need to finish gathering by then.

From broken pieces of ceramic interred in soil to modern designs displayed in galleries, human hands have been shaping clay into objects for millennia.

With colder temperatures settling in, the weeks leading up to winter are a prime time to prepare your home for damaging snow and ice storms.

Sleepy D.C. suburb is surprisingly farm-focused, and elevated agricultural input costs are affecting food prices worldwide.

Students at Meherrin Elementary School in Southampton County and Powhatan Middle School in Powhatan County will get to cultivate leafy greens in their classrooms with new hydroponics systems presented by Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom.

Essex County cattle and grain producer J. Barry Bates of Tappahannock was elected Nov. 30 to a second three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.

Cumberland County cattle, forage and forestry producer William F. “Bill” Osl Jr. of Columbia was elected Nov. 30 to a third three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.

Woodstock beef cattle farmer Justin Pence was elected Nov. 30 to a three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.

Montgomery County cattle and hay producer Bruce N. Stanger of Christiansburg was elected Nov. 30 to a third three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.