Agriculture

~ Press release provided by Virginia Farm Bureau Federation FARMVILLE — Though Tyson Foods continues contract buyout payments with longtime chicken grower Pete Watson, four broiler houses sit empty on his Nottoway County farm after […]

~ Press release provided by Page County Extension Office STANLEY — The Page County Extension Office is offering an Apple Tree Grafting workshop to be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 15, at the […]

~ Press release provided by Laurel Ridge Community College MIDDLETOWN — The Laurel Ridge Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will be hosting the “Cultivate Your Agribusiness Conference” from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, […]

January saw high temperature reach 73 degrees By Carl Quintrell, weather correspondent STANLEY — Temperatures for the month of January were above average. The average afternoon high temperature was 43.9 degrees, or 0.8 degree above […]

~ Press release issued by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation RICHMOND, Jan. 29 — Keeping the farm going sometimes requires the operator to leave it behind. And 100 of them did that on Monday for Virginia Farm […]

~ Press release provided by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation NEW KENT, Jan. 25 — A torrent of wet weather has lifted drought advisories in several Virginia localities…and saturated some farmers’ fields. After a dry summer […]