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State Fair bringing back Sale of Champions to benefit youth livestock activities

July 20, 2015

After several years on hiatus, the Youth Livestock Sale of Champions will return to this year’s State Fair of Virginia at 6 p.m. on Oct. 3.

Animals and Livestock, Livestock, State Fair of Virginia

EPA: Chesapeake Bay clean-up progressing in Virginia

July 9, 2015

A 2014-2015 interim report card on efforts by Virginia farmers to reduce pollutants reaching the Chesapeake Bay found producers are “generallyon-track for meeting programmatic milestones” in a multi-year effort.

Chesapeake Bay, Legislative Issues

Recent rains are mixed blessing for grain and produce farmers

July 9, 2015

Ample rains in the past week have delayed some wheat harvests and soybean planting but generally benefited row crops and hay.

Crops, Hay

Tobacco remains a top Virginia crop

July 9, 2015

Virginia flue-cured tobacco production has rebounded from a decade ago, when the generations-old auction system and federal tobacco quotas ended.

Crops, Tobacco

Heirloom tomatoes enhance the taste of summer

July 2, 2015

They’re all the rage at farmers’ markets and trendy restaurants and among gardeners and foodies. That’s because heirloom tomato varieties are tasty.

News, Tomatoes

Rural transportation needs improvement, study finds

June 25, 2015

A recent report from a national research group shows that the U.S. rural transportation system is sorely lacking.

Legislative Issues

Could indoor farms be oases in food deserts?

June 25, 2015

Inside a 100-year-old former YMCA, researchers from Virginia State University are discovering which techniques for indoor farming work best in an urban environment—and hoping to help reduce the problem of food deserts in American cities.

Farm Practices, Grants, Locally Grown Food, Programs

Farmers using fertilizer with record-breaking efficiency

June 19, 2015

Farmers are growing more crops with less fertilizer, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Farm Practices, Fertilizer

Virginia has ‘lemon law’ to protect buyers of farm equipment

June 19, 2015

Just as there is a Virginia “lemon law” to protect purchasers of new automobiles, the state also provides protection for people purchasing new self-propelled farm equipment.

Legislative Issues

US apple exports to China could help Virginia growers

June 11, 2015

Why do Virginia apple growers care how many West Coast apples are shipped to China? China is a growing world market, and a domestic over-supply of Washington state apples could hurt Virginia apple prices.

Agriculture Business, Agriculture Trade, Apples

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