Agriculture

~ Press release provided by Page County Cooperativce Extension Office STANLEY — The local office of the Virginia Cooperative Extension will host its 4-H Career’s with Cloverbuds Day Camp July 23-25 in Stanley with a […]

Year-to-date rainfall 1.68 inches below average By Carl Quintrell, weather correspondent STANLEY, July 1 — Total rainfall in the Page Valley for June was 1.38 inches, or 2.67 inches below the June average of 4.05 […]

~ Press release provided by Virginia Farm Bureau Federation MADISON, June 27 — With “abnormally dry” weather persisting statewide, moderate drought conditions are stressing pasture and cropland within a swath of the western Piedmont and […]

~ Press release provided by Virginia Farm Bureau Federation RICHMOND, June 20 — While summer drought conditions are not uncommon in pockets of Virginia, farmers statewide are expressing concern about the forecast. An ongoing string […]

~ Press release provided by Virginia Farm Bureau Federation LANCASTER — Sweet corn is the crown jewel of a summer feast, grown on 390 Virginia farms on 3,633 harvested acres, according to the 2022 Census of […]

~ Press release provided by Virginia Farm Bureau Federation RICHMOND — Virginia Farm Bureau Federation’s grassroots advocates are celebrating the advancement of agricultural legislation to support the commonwealth’s farmers in generating high-quality food and fiber.   Some […]