Unmanned aerial vehicles hold great promise for the agriculture industry. They could allow operators of large farms and producers of high-value crops to better identify and treat crop problems. But the rapid proliferation of both amateur and commercial drones also poses a privacy risk.

America’s farmers probably will see lower profits this year, according to the latest forecast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. And Virginia farmers are likely to be among them.

According to a legal opinion issued Dec. 14 by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency broke the law with social media and grassroots lobbying campaigns advocating for its “Waters of the U.S.” rule.

The Flory family is farming futuristically with robotic milking stalls and a closed-loop flush system that allows them to recycle and help the environment.

Mountains and Fraser firs are all you can see for miles from Rodney Richardson’s back porch. And that’s fine with him, because growing Fraser firs is how he makes his living.

“Friend of the Farm” decals are turning up on windows and vehicles statewide—a reminder of how Virginia Farm Bureau has, for 90 years, upheld a promise to advocate for agriculture and preserve the things that make Virginia special.

Virginia’s agriculture community had reason for a pre-holiday celebration when Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a $2.43 billion bond package on Dec. 9 that will be part of his Fiscal Year 2017-2018 budget.

The single most important thing landowners can do to protect timberland is to know their boundary lines and maintain them.

Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with the George Washington Regional Commission, recently received a 2015 Innovation Award from the National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation.

The practice of giving flower bulbs as a gift dates back to Colonial Virginia. And so do questions about how to care for the resulting blooms through the winter.