Agriculture

Farmers learned how to effectively approach critical conversations during a workshop at the 2025 Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention in Williamsburg Dec. 2.

Katie Frazier, a native of Bridgewater, Virginia, has been selected to be Virginia’s next Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry.

As commercial Christmas tree suppliers prepare to meet post-Thanksgiving demand, a few Virginia tree farms pass along their profits to support community organizations.

Formerly known as the Office of Farmland Preservation and administered by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Office of Working Lands Preservation is now housed within the Department of Forestry.

Groundwater levels in the central Shenandoah Valley have dropped another 4 feet over the past 30 days and are now at the third-lowest level in 10 years.

With Thanksgiving just days away, the Harrisonburg Farmers Market is making it easier for families to serve fresh, locally sourced dishes at their holiday tables.

The United Nations is recognizing 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer.

Kristin Beery graduated from American Farm Bureau Federation’s Women’s Communications Boot Camp on October 31, 2025.

Farmers in 16 counties can apply for financial incentives to implement practices that help support nesting grassland birds during the 2026 haying and grazing season.

The D.O.F will be taking collections of a number of tree nuts until October 15.