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Review program helping produce growers prepare for federal compliance

  April 18, 2019
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Dana Boyle welcomed the group of visitors to her family’s farm, adding, “I’m not nervous about this. I don’t know whether I should be.”


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Crops, News, Vegetables
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Weather-wary growers hoping for sweet strawberry season

  April 11, 2019
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Like the rest of Virginia’s farmers, strawberry growers have been dealing with an extremely wet winter and early spring. But if the sun comes out soon, they’re hoping for a sweet picking season.


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Berries, Crops, News
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Virginia is holding on to corn and wheat stocks

  April 11, 2019
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Virginia had slightly more corn, wheat and oats stored in off-farm facilities on March 1 than at the same time last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


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Agriculture Business, Crops, Grain, News
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Crop estimates yield some surprises

  March 28, 2019
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The 2018 corn and soybean yield and production estimates are in from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the top Virginia county for soybean yields in 2018 was Frederick County, with an average of 55.2 bushels an acre.


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Agriculture Business, Corn, Crops, News, Soybeans
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Controlled environment agriculture on the rise

  March 14, 2019
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Growing food indoors has been trending for several years, and some farmers are weighing the benefits of moving production indoors.


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Agriculture Business, Crops, News
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Trade conference highlights winter of discontent, hope for spring

  March 7, 2019
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Speakers’ remarks evoked a mix of hope and frustration at the 11th annual Virginia Governor’s Conference on Agricultural Trade. The event was held March 5 in Richmond and drew more than 300 participants, including representatives from 15 foreign embassies.


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Agriculture Business, Agriculture Trade, Crops, News, Soybeans
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Rapidly evolving industry attracts Virginia farmers to hemp summit

  March 7, 2019
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The second Industrial Hemp Summit took place Feb. 25 and 26, on the heels of the 2018 Farm Bill’s passage in December. That legislation lifted restrictions on growing hemp in the U.S.


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Agriculture Business, Conferences, Crops, Hemp, Meetings and Events, News
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Extended trade talks leave soybeans in storage, growers in limbo

  February 28, 2019
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Virginia soybean growers already expect the 2018-2019 marketing season to be a bust. And as trade talks between China and the U.S. extend into spring, they’re worried that next year’s exports sales will slump as well.


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Agriculture Business, Agriculture Trade, Crops, News, Soybeans
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Wet weather proved a mixed blessing for 2018 field crops

  February 21, 2019
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2018 was the wettest year on record for dozens of Virginia communities, especially in rural areas. And corn, peanut, soybean and tobacco crops all were affected by the extra moisture.


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Agriculture Business, Crops, News
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Cut flower growers’ conference set for March

  February 14, 2019
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Five years ago, the U.S. Census of Agriculture estimated that the number of Virginia cut flower producers had jumped from 117 in 2007 to 227 in 2012.


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Agriculture Business, Crops, Horticulture, News
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