Agriculture

Katie Frazier was involved in local 4-H and FFA as a teenager, which ultimately impacted her professional life.

Timber theft is a real issue in the Old Dominion

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation awarded organizations for the maintenance of forested buffers.

The sale includes the turkey processing plant in Dayton, which employs more than 1,000 people.

A winter drought could have a significant impact on farms growing wheat and other small grains, creating challenging conditions as we head into spring.

A mature stand of northern white cedar trees along the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, Virginia’s largest remaining example of this globally rare forest, is now protected as part of Brocks Gap Natural Area Preserve. 

The Virginia State Dairymen’s Association has received a $115,000 grant to expand the use of bulk milk dispensers in school cafeterias across the Commonwealth.

With a few weeks left for general firearms deer season, the Department of Wildlife Resources wants to remind hunters to keep safety top of mind.

The Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program provides grants to charitable food assistance organizations to purchase Virginia Grown agricultural products, distributed to food-insecure Virginia residents statewide.

Cheyenne Rhodes of Shenandoah County took top honors in the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers Discussion Meet during the federation’s 2025 Annual Convention in Williamsburg.