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Virginia farmer and his son at top of national list for corn production
FROM Virgina Farm Bureau 01/09/25 / Agriculture / Breaking News / Environment / Nature and the Outdoors /
Charles City County farmer David Hula of Renwood Farms Inc. has topped nationwide yields for the 13th time, producing a 490.63 bushels-per-acre yield in the 2024 National Corn Growers Association Corn Yield Contest, according to the Virginia Farm Bureau. Sharing accolades in the irrigated strip-till category is Hula's son, Craig, who placed second with 461.30 bushels per acre.
Virginia strawberries will likely be bigger and sweeter in 2014
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By ELAINE LIDHOLM, Va. Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services 05/06/14 / Agriculture / Good Eating /
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services anticipates the peak of this year’s Virginia strawberry season to arrive in early May for southeastern Virginia, where temperatures are milder; and mid- to late-May in other parts of the Commonwealth, where the weather is cooler, a news release said.
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Emphasis on where food comes from during Va. Agriculture in Classroom Week
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03/23/14 / Agriculture / Education /
Prince William Farm Bureau has purchased 100 books about agriculture and has distributed one to each elementary school in Prince William County for reading during Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom Week March 23-29.
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Things you can learn about agriculture in a first grade classroom
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By Sandra J. Adams, Acting Commissioner, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) 03/23/14 / Agriculture / Education /
EDITOR'S NOTE: March 23-29 is Ag Literacy Week. Here and across Virginia many people involved in agriculture will read to school children to help them understand where their food comes from. Sandra J. Adams, Acting Commissioner, Va. Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), tells some of the things she learned from students last year in this abbreviated column.
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Rural Crescent community forum to be held March 6 in Manassas
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02/21/14 / Agriculture / Environment / Local Government /
On March 6, a panel of local experts will discuss the future of the Rural Crescent at a community forum sponsored by the Prince William Conservation Alliance. Each speaker will make a brief presentation, followed by Q&A with the audience.
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Help Prince William school cafeterias decide what’s for lunch on March 6
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02/18/14 / Agriculture / Education / Good Eating /
Here’s a chance for parents, students and staff to weigh in on new entrées, side dishes and other food products that could be offered for breakfast and lunch during the 2014-15 school year in Prince William County school cafeterias.
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Virginia agricultural bureau reports listeria found in cheese in Manassas
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02/15/14 / Agriculture / Health & Safety / Manassas /
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services with a contact from the Virginia Department of Health issued a Feb. 15 news release warning about bacterium found in a cheese sample in Manassas.
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Rep. Wolf continues to champion efforts in war on stink bugs
Virginia State Police advise motorists how to prepare for upcoming winter storm
Seven tips from Virginia State Police to get ready to safely navigate next snowstorm due Jan. 10-11,
