Dr. Tim Durham doesn’t like the term ‘GMO;’ he prefers ‘biotechnology.’  “GMO has a bad connotation to it,” the Ferrum College assistant professor of agronomy and agricultural sciences explained during a Feb. 24 workshop at the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers Winter Expo. 

The 10th Annual Berry Production and Marketing Conference will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 8 at Virginia State University.

The Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule will go into full implementation for large U.S. farms in the summer of 2019. But recordkeeping must start this year.

When planning for the sale of their crops, grain farmers should use “realistic optimism.” That was the message delivered Feb. 20 by Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Grain Division Manager Robert Harper during the 2018 Virginia Grains & Soybean Annual Conference.

A new invasive pest, the spotted lanternfly, was discovered in January in a stone yard in Frederick County.

The Fauquier Education Farm is offering four would-be farmers the chance to cultivate their own quarter-acre garden plot.

Virginia Farm Bureau Federation was one of six state Farm Bureaus honored for innovation Jan. 7 with an American Farm Bureau Federation New Horizon Award.

Farmers and food hubs interested in selling products online have an opportunity to do so more easily.

If you’re already planning next year’s vegetable garden, consider farmscaping with flowers to help control harmful insects.

The U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance believes the documentary Food Evolution may go a long way toward changing people’s minds about genetically modified organisms in agriculture.