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Updated website aims to clear up confusion about GMOs

  July 6, 2017
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Consumers continue to be bombarded with conflicting information about GMOs, but a website that was created in 2013 strives to solve that dilemma.


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News, Technology
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Industrial hemp event taking place at Virginia State University

  July 6, 2017
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A first-of-its-kind public event on industrial hemp will be offered Aug. 17 at Virginia State University’s Randolph Farm. The field day will be open to potential growers, researchers, marketing experts and industrial hemp producers to discuss the future of the crop in Virginia and neighboring states.


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Crops, Events, Hemp, Meetings and Events, News
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Carroll, Craig Farm Bureaus receive grants for educational efforts

  June 29, 2017
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Two county Farm Bureaus in Virginia are recent recipients of grants that will assist in educating youth about U.S. agriculture.


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Agriculture in the Classroom, Grants, News, Programs
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Amendments to ‘Farm Use’ laws take effect July 1

  June 29, 2017
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Changes to existing laws regulating unlicensed farm vehicles on Virginia’s highways go into effect July 1.


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Agriculture Business, Legislative Issues, News
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Summer driving is some of the deadliest, IIHS reports

  June 29, 2017
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The summer and early fall are the most dangerous times of year on the nation’s roads, according to an updated Insurance Institute for Highway Safety analysis.


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Auto Safety, News, Safety
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EPA indicates it will delay worker protection rule changes

  June 29, 2017
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Farmers who must meet revised provisions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Agricultural Worker Protection Standard, or WPS, may be facing a relaxed deadline for compliance.


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Agriculture Business, Legislative Issues, News
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Va. pollinator plan aligned with national recommendations to revive honeybee population

  June 22, 2017
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services released its pollinator protection plan just as a task force for the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology published a commentary examining honey bee health stressors. 


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Bees, Honey, Farm Practices, News, Pesticides
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Reopened Chinese market gives U.S. beef farmers opportunity to increase exports

  June 22, 2017
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U.S. cattle farmers can now export beef to China, which has opened up a previously closed market.


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Agriculture Business, Agriculture Trade, Animals and Livestock, Beef, News
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Farmers’ outdoor work can increase skin cancer risk

  June 22, 2017
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Many farmers have long-term exposure to the sun that can put them at risk for developing skin cancer.


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Farm Practices, Health and Wellness, News
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Nation’s land-grant universities are source of education, ag evolution

  June 22, 2017
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Past and recent agricultural graduates of Virginia State University and Virginia Tech have participated in a long-celebrated partnership between U.S. land-grant universities and agriculture.


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Agriculture Business, Farm Practices, News, Technology
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