Agriculture

By Randy Arrington LURAY, Aug. 17 — On Friday, local officials and community members gathered at the Page Cooperative Farm Bureau to celebrate “100 years of helping the community grow.” A banner with those words […]

~ PVN staff report LURAY, July 6 — An annual event in Page County that was canceled last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic is returning in August. The Page County Farmers Association summer picnic […]

~ Press release provided by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation COURTLAND — When your date asks to go somewhere expensive, visit the local lumberyard. While timber market specialists joked about the astronomical price of lumber […]

~ Press release issued by the Governor’s Office RICHMOND — Governor Ralph Northam on Monday announced that Brunswick, Lee, Lunenburg and Rockingham counties will each receive grants from the Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development […]

BROOKNEAL — After a long dry spell in April and May, farmers are welcoming recent rains — but some are still contending with the effects of dry weather on their crops.  The recent rains and […]

~ Press release from the Governor’s Office RICHMOND — Governor Ralph Northam has issued a proclamation declaring June 13–19 as Virginia Agriculture Week to recognize and celebrate the many contributions of the Commonwealth’s agricultural community. The Governor, […]