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The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries announced a harvest of 17,929 turkeys during the 2019 spring gobbler season. The 2019 harvest was 11% higher than last year’s harvest.
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Cannabis has become a buzzword over the past few years, thanks to the non-stop increase in proponents that push for its legalization. It’s important to distinguish cannabidiol (CBD) from tetrahydrocannbinol (THC).
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Gov. Ralph Northam is recommending more than $4.9 million in Appalachian Regional Commission grants for 20 projects in the Appalachian Region, which encompasses 25 counties and eight independent cities in Southwest Virginia.
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Brainchild of Harvard biochemist Daniel Nocera, the “bionic leaf” is a small man-made solar collector that takes sunlight and water and turns it into any of a variety of usable fuels or fertilizers.
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On the farm of the future, drones will fly over forests and crops to communicate with robots embedded in harvesting equipment on the ground.
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The Charlottesville Reading Series will host a fiction reading and musical performance on Friday, June 21, from 7-8 p.m. at New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville.
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David Schmale, a professor in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to New Zealand, where he will work to improve the security of water systems.
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Black bears, deer, foxes, racoons, geese, vultures and coyotes continue to be a problem for Virginia’s farmers. They often eat crops and create ruts in fields, or prey on livestock, killing sheep, calves, goats and chickens.
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Every home should have a capable plumbing system. After all, having access to clean water and an effective drainage system can have a considerable impact on your family’s health.
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As Virginia outlines its third phase of measures to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay, farmers are concerned that a wave of stringent regulations could wash them out of business.
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