~ Press release provided by Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
This October, Virginia Farm Bureau’s Real Virginia television program will highlight Page County as part of its County Close-up segment.
Each month, the feature focuses on a different Virginia county and provides an in-depth look at the area from an agricultural perspective. Elijah Griles, video content creator for Farm Bureau, recently interviewed local farmers and others to explore the role agriculture plays in the county, which sectors are most prevalent and how the industry is changing.
The most recent Census of Agriculture, conducted in 2022, found Page County had a total of 492 farms on 57,321 acres, and the market value of all agricultural products sold that year was more than $204 million. Livestock, poultry and other animal products account for 95 percent of all farm income. Crops make up the remaining 5 percent, with the major plantings in hay, forage, corn and nursery stock crops. Other commodities produced in the county include cultivated Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops.
Real Virginia focuses on Virginia agriculture with a consumer audience in mind. The program airs nationwide at 5 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of each month in the Voices of Agriculture program on RFD-TV on Dish Network and DirecTV, and on selected cable outlets around the state.
It airs weekly on WBRA digital channel 15.2, the WHRO World Channel, WVVA Bluefield and WTKR Norfolk, and on the first and third Sundays of each month at 10 a.m. on WVIR Charlottesville and at 10:30 a.m. on WHSV Harrisonburg; and on the first and third Saturdays at 8 a.m. on WRLH Richmond and at 5:30 a.m. on WSLS Roanoke.
Watch Real Virginia anytime online at youtube.com/user/VirginiaFarmBureau.
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