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Virginia Farm Bureau News & Features is your place for news and information from around Virginia. From gardening tips and recipes to politics and events, stay up to date with what matters to Virginians.

Historic tobacco barns being saved

September 3, 2015

Like many old rural buildings, tobacco curing barns often are left to collapse from old age. But unlike other old barns, tobacco barns also represent a business and a way of life that shaped Virginia for centuries.

Crops, Tobacco

Global tobacco reps learn about quality U.S. leaf

August 27, 2015

Visitors from almost a dozen countries recently learned about tobacco grown in what several people referred to as “the greatest tobacco region in the world.”

Crops, Tobacco

Second fig harvest underway in Virginia

August 27, 2015

August marks the second round of fig harvesting in Virginia. The fruit makes two appearances, at the start of the summer in June and again from late August into October.

Crops

Virginia’s crop is ripe and juicy for National Peach Month

August 6, 2015

Whip up a delicious peach cobbler or enjoy a scoop of peach ice cream—it’s National Peach Month! With peak harvest season just around the corner, Virginia peach growers have fruit ripe and ready for picking.

Crops, Locally Grown Food, Peaches

Kale production on the rise

August 6, 2015

Farmers who previously focused their efforts on cultivating collard, turnip and mustard greens are now adding kale to their repertoires.

Crops

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

FDA deems GMO apples and potatoes safe for consumption

April 2, 2015

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has completed its evaluation for two varieties of genetically engineered apples and six varieties of genetically engineered potatoes and concluded that those foods are as safe and nutritious as their conventional counterparts.

Apples, Crops, Legislative Issues, Potatoes

New law opens door for hemp research in Virginia

March 26, 2015

A crop that was grown in the early years of the Virginia colony could be returning to farm fields in a few years.

Crops, Hemp, Legislative Issues, News

Virginians planting, harvesting more wine grapes

March 26, 2015

Virginia’s 2014 commercial wine grape harvest was more than 17 percent larger than that of 2013 with 8,039 tons, up from 6,862 tons. The 2014 harvest is second only to the 2009 harvest of more than 8,600 tons.

Crops, Wine Grapes

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