Report: Farmers diversifying income streams

Contributors

A report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture this fall provides a detailed look at the varied business models being used by American farms. In 2007, close to a third—or 686,600—of all U.S. farm households engaged in 791,000 income-generating activities other than farm commodity production, creating $26.7 billion in household income.

State Police: Busy with travel issues related to winter weather

Chris Graham

Virginia State Police troopers and supervisors have been spent the day going from crash to crash along Interstates 64 and 81 in the Augusta, Nelson and Albemarle counties. Slick road conditions have attributed to the majority of the crashes. The majority of crashes have involved only damage – no injuries – as the crashes have…