News & Features

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.

Estate planning essential for a happy, healthy retirement

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Getting ready to retire? Congratulations! You worked too hard for too long to have to struggle financially now. That’s why estate planning should not be overlooked.




Farm Bureau members help generate policies

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Farmer members help set policies for the organization, and those policies can benefit all members.



Planning holiday travel? Get your lodging lined up!

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Your holidays can be even happier when you make lodging reservations early and save money with your Farm Bureau membership.



Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, in Cultivate

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Find out how to prepare this fall and holiday treat, with Virginia-grown nuts.



Some rural businesses get help from VA FAIRS

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Hundreds of farmers have been helped by the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture, Innovation and Rural Sustainabilitysince it was formed in 2004. Its creation was spearheaded by Virginia Farm Bureau Federation.



Facilitating farm successes, in Farm Bureau News

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Virginia Farm Bureau’s most recent member magazine shares a couple of farm success stories facilitated by a Farm Bureau affiliate organization.



Make fall yard work easier, and save on a zero-turn John Deere mower

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Make fall yard work easier, and save on a zero-turn John Deere mower.




New insurance service should help dairy farmers

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Virginia’s dairy farmers are in a world of hurt, but a new Dairy Revenue Protection insurance policy will provide some measure of relief.



Botetourt student is named Outstanding Young Agriculturalist

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Claire E. Seibel of Botetourt County was named this year’s Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Outstanding Young Agriculturalist. She was recognized Aug. 3 at the VFBF Young Farmers Summer Expo in Richmond.



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