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Soybeans led Virginia’s Top 12 farm and forest exports in 2016

  May 25, 2017
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Overseas demand for soybeans is strong, and the popular legume was the top Virginia farm and forest export in 2016.


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Agriculture Business, Agriculture Trade, Crops, News, Soybeans
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Va. grain farmers enjoying near-perfect planting conditions

  May 4, 2017
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Virginia grain growers have enjoyed almost perfect planting conditions so far this spring.


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Agriculture Business, Crops, News, Soybeans
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Virginia Farm Bureau Grain Marketing key player in supply chain

  May 19, 2016
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Virginia’s farmers produced more than half a billion bushels of grain and soybeans between 2006 and 2012. And the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Grain Marketing Division moves millions of those bushels across the state annually.


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Crops, Grain, Soybeans, Virginia Farm Bureau
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Heavy rainfall virtually halts fieldwork, damages some Va. crops

  October 9, 2015
Although Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Virginia “dodged a bullet” with Hurricane Joaquin, farmers still got hit with crop damage.


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Cotton, Crops, Peanuts, Soybeans, Tobacco
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‘Consumers are asking’ for edamame, soybean growers find

  February 14, 2013
Edamame is well on its way to becoming a protein option for some Virginians.


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Crops, Soybeans
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Virginia soybeans added to stink bug’s farm targets

  October 26, 2012
The brown marmorated stink bug has become even more of a pest since being discovered in more than 40 county soybean fields in the state.


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Crops, Soybeans
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