Livestock

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.