Livestock

Farm women from 26 counties converged in Central Virginia to hear from renowned cattlewoman, author and professor Dr. Temple Grandin.

Cold. Uncaring. Corporate-owned giants fueled by greed and profits. Those are sometimes the stereotypes invoked when someone hears the words “factory farm.”

As the winter turns to spring, thousands of Virginia wool sheep will get their annual “haircut.”

Karen Henderson remembers being in the middle of the busy intersection of U.S. Routes 11 and 220—still dressed in her formal office attire—as she chased a cow that escaped the family’s livestock truck on the way to the stockyard.

Due to a continuing shortage of large animal veterinarians in rural areas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture is seeking nominations for its Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program.

When storms hit, disaster plans help livestock farmers weather the damages.