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Annual agricultural trade conference will showcase successes, challenges

  February 9, 2017
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The ninth annual Governor’s Conference on Agricultural Trade is set for March 6-7 in Richmond, and agricultural leaders are calling it a timely opportunity to highlight the value of farm and forest exports to the state and national economies.


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Agriculture Business, Agriculture Trade, News
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Careful driving around large trucks means everyone arrives safely

  February 9, 2017
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U.S. truck drivers travel more than 430 billion miles each year. Large trucks’ size and handling characteristics require careful driving, not only by operators but also by motorists around them.


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Auto Safety, Insurance, News, Safety, Virginia Farm Bureau
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Dairy producers asked to participate in Farm Bureau survey

  February 9, 2017
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The American Farm Bureau Federation and American Farm Bureau Insurance Services have been collaborating to develop a new dairy insurance product and are hosting an online survey to support market research efforts.


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Animals and Livestock, Dairy, Insurance, News
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Farm group working to find funding for environmental practices

  February 2, 2017
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If it hadn’t been for state cost-share money, Ronnie Nuckols said, he wouldn’t have been able to install 14 fences to keep his cattle out of streams.


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Animals and Livestock, Conservation, Farm Practices, Livestock, News
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Farmers, forest landowners can apply for environmental quality incentives

  February 2, 2017
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Virginia farmers and forest landowners can apply for assistance to protect the health and productivity of their land under the federal Environmental Quality Incentives Program.


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Crops, Farm Bill, Forestry, Legislative Issues, News
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Farmers fear program loss will be coyotes’, vultures’ gain

  February 2, 2017
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Chuck Shorter has been fighting to keep coyotes from killing his livestock since at least 1973, “and I’m still fighting them,” he said.


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Animals and Livestock, News, Wildlife
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Groundshaker star attraction of Hoofprints of History Tours

  February 2, 2017
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It’s been a long time since Thoroughbred horses have lived at Secretariat’s birthplace at The Meadow Event Park in Caroline County, but things have come full circle.


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Meadow Event Park, Meetings and Events, News, Programs, Secretariat
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Grant funding available for Southside vineyard development; additional grapes needed

  January 26, 2017
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The Virginia Tobacco Commission has awarded a grant to help grow Southern Virginia wineries.


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Crops, Grants, News, Programs, Tobacco, Wine Grapes
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Virginia cotton production hit more wrinkles in 2016

  January 26, 2017
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Corn and soybean producers in Virginia managed to have a good year in 2016 despite weather challenges, but cotton growers saw their yields plummet as heavy rain ended the growing season.


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Cotton, Crops, News
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School system finds flavored milk does a budget good

  January 26, 2017
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Los Angeles’ public school system is crediting flavored milk with offsetting some of its budget deficit.


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Dairy, Economy, News
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