Agriculture

Agriculture experts say residents and producers in the Shenandoah Valley and across Virginia face little immediate risk.

Virginia’s deepening drought is now expected to last through the entire summer.

Gov. Spanberger has signed into law a bill that formally defines “agrivoltaics.”

Virginia’s drought situation is showing signs of improvement, according to the latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor.

The former 80 Acres Farms greenhouse operation on Koehn Drive was sold late last week to Ecopromt USA, which plans to restart production and hire about 45 employees by mid-August.

Governor Abigail Spanberger is calling on the federal government to provide emergency assistance to Virginia farmers after widespread spring freeze events caused major crop losses across the Commonwealth.

80 Acres Farms will close its Rt. 11 Harrisonburg facility by July 21.

Many retail egg prices are now under $2.00 per dozen.

The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Heritage Acres, located at 8089 Greenhouse Road in Weyers Cave.

Vineyards across the Commonwealth experienced a severe frost event overnight on Tuesday and it resulted in substantial damage to early-season grape growth