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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.

Farmers see benefit of new drone technology

March 19, 2015

Farmers in Virginia and across the nation are closely monitoring new legislation dealing with the use of unmanned aircraft systems, or drones.

Farm Practices

Study: Farmers average just three sick days a year

May 23, 2013

A new study conducted by Gallup and Healthways suggests that farmers, foresters and those in the commercial fishing industry take the second-smallest number of sick days in the nation.

Farm Practices

Aquaponic systems allow crop and fish production year-round

January 31, 2013

An aquaponic system combines traditional aquaculture with hydroponics in a symbiotic environment to grow crops, often greens or lettuce.

Agriculture Business, Crops, Farm Practices

AFBF: FDA’s livestock antibiotic proposals based on theory

August 16, 2012

Citing a lack of data to support limiting antibiotic use in livestock, the American Farm Bureau Federation has told the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that it is concerned about proposals that would restrict antibiotic use based on unproven theory.

Animal Welfare, Farm Practices, Health and Wellness, Livestock

GAP certification voluntary but becoming necessary for produce growers

May 24, 2012

Farmers who wholesale their produce, and even those who sell directly to the public, are seeing more reasons to become Good Agricultural Practices-certified.

Farm Practices, Food Safety

Taking agriculture back in time ‘will not feed the world today’

February 23, 2012

Big companies are trying to change the way U.S. farmers operate their businesses, but some things don’t need changing.

Animal Welfare, Farm Practices, Legislative Issues

Speaker: Farmers can train beef and dairy herds to eat weeds

December 22, 2011

Farmers can reduce feed costs and increase their profit by teaching cows to eat more weeds than grass, a nationally known livestock expert says.

Farm Practices, Livestock

State begins tracking owner-financed farm conservation practices

October 13, 2011

Virginia farmers in six soil and water conservation districts are being urged to participate in a pilot program to collect information about conservation practices they’ve implemented.

Conservation, Farm Practices

Speaker: Technology is critical in addressing world hunger

June 30, 2011

Shoppers at farmers’ markets enjoy the freshness, taste and quality—and simplicity—of local produce and meats straight from the farm. But farmers can’t feed a growing world population using small-farm technology from a previous century.

Agriculture Business, Farm Practices, Locally Grown Food

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