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Peanut plantings expected to be on the rise in 2017

  March 16, 2017
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Plantings of Virginia peanuts have been on the decline, but for the first time in several years industry analysts expect that to change.


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Agriculture Business, Crops, News, Peanuts
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Virginia farm brewery uses homegrown, farm-malted product

  March 16, 2017
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At Wood Ridge Farm in Nelson County, growing barley is the first important step in a hands-on process by which Barry Wood oversees production of craft-brewed beers served at his Wood Ridge Farm Brewery.


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Barley, Crops, Food and Drink, News
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Learn how to start or improve an agritourism operation at three-day conference

  March 16, 2017
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Agritourism operations are in vogue right now and if you want to start one or improve an existing business, plan to attend the 2017 Virginia Agritourism Conference.


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Agriculture Business, Agritourism, Conferences, Meetings and Events, News
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New safety training tools available for horse farm workers

  March 16, 2017
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Bilingual safety posters and animal handling guidelines are available for horse farm owners to share with employees.


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Animals and Livestock, Equine, News
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Got a teen driver? Smart Start Program available online

  March 14, 2017
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Help your teenage driver get off to a road-smart start—and save money, too—by enrolling in Virginia Farm Bureau’s Smart Start Program.


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Auto Safety, Insurance, News, Programs, Safety, Virginia Farm Bureau
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April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month

  March 14, 2017
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It’s a scary statistic—eight out of 10 traffic crashes in Virginia are related to a distracted driving incident.


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Auto Safety, News, Safety
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International offices, trade missions lead to increased agricultural exports

  March 9, 2017
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Virginia’s proactive approach to international trade has landed the state $4.5 million in new export sales of soybean products to Southeast Asian markets.


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Agriculture Business, Agriculture Trade, News
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NAFTA trading partners recount gains since 1994

  March 9, 2017
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Agriculture officials from the Canadian and Mexican embassies detailed benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement for their countries’ respective industries at the ninth annual Governor’s Conference on Agricultural Trade.


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Agriculture Business, Agriculture Trade, News
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Public schools milking students’ increased consumption of dairy products

  March 9, 2017
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Some Virginia public schools are increasing dairy offerings at breakfast and lunch, and hungry students are gobbling them up.


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Animals and Livestock, Dairy, Food and Drink, News
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Small farm decline may be due to a paperwork problem

  March 9, 2017
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Virginia lost 300 small-scale farms last year, according to an annual survey by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The amount of farmland remained static at 8.1 million acres, and the total number of farms declined by only 200, to 44,800.


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Agriculture Business, News
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