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Education farm offers land for beginning farmers

  January 3, 2019
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Interested in becoming a farmer but find yourself lacking land or experience? The Fauquier Education Farm is recruiting up to three candidates this winter to run their own small-scale farm plots there.


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Agriculture Business, Farm Practices, News
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Deaths from distracted driving on the rise

  January 3, 2019
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Distracted driving is a fast-growing epidemic in Virginia and across the nation.


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Auto Safety, News, Safety
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Winter doesn’t freeze access to farm-fresh foods

  January 2, 2019
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This month Real Virginia, Virginia Farm Bureau’s weekly television program, will show you what kind of foods are available at winter farmers’ markets, and how one historic resort keeps local foods on guests’ tables in even the coldest parts of the year.


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Magazines, News, Real Virginia TV Program, Virginia Farm Bureau
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Preservation efforts gain traction with Loudoun supervisors’ votes

  December 27, 2018
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In a Dec. 4 meeting, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved two conservation initiatives proposed to help preserve the county’s rural areas.


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Conservation, Farm Practices, News
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Benchmark data from NASS helps turn the wheels of agriculture

  December 27, 2018
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What begins as a conversation with a farmer sometimes ends up as timely, invaluable data analyzed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.


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Agriculture Business, Legislative Issues, News
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Virginia farmers will help shape national Farm Bureau policies at annual convention

  December 27, 2018
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Seven delegates and two alternates from Virginia Farm Bureau Federation will join Farm Bureau producer members from across the nation in shaping policies important to farmers and ranchers at the 2019 American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention.


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Agriculture Business, Legislative Issues, Meetings and Events, News
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New farm bill provides hope for Virginia farmers

  December 20, 2018
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The 2018 Farm Bill is set to become law, and President Trump is expected to sign it this afternoon.


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Agriculture Business, Farm Bill, Legislative Issues, News
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Farm Bureau applauds new clean water rule proposal signed by EPA

  December 20, 2018
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State Farm Bureau presidents from across the nation attended a Dec. 11 event at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters to witness the signing of the proposed Clean Water Rule.


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Agriculture Business, Legislative Issues, News
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Homemade eggnog—season’s sipping, without Salmonella

  December 20, 2018
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Dec. 24 is National Eggnog Day, but the holiday treat is readily available weeks before that. Getting thirsty?


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Food and Drink, Food Safety, Health and Wellness, News
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Soggy fields have led to ongoing harvest in 2018

  December 13, 2018
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Most Virginia row crops typically are harvested by Thanksgiving, but a record rainy spring and summer has led to one of the longest harvest seasons in recent memory.


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Agriculture Business, Corn, Crops, News, Soybeans
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