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Producers urge lawmakers to support farmworker bill
PEACH BOTTOM, Pa. — Graywood Farms, a member of Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, underscored the need for agriculture labor reform during an immigration roundtable held this week. The event, entitled “Lower Food Prices, Keep...
Cattle groups request input from farmers on Va. labs
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Cattlemen’s Association and the Virginia Farm Bureau are working together to make sure the state’s livestock producers are aware of the proposal by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to revamp its...
Va. Tech lauds Joines’ expertise
Chad Joines, director of the Virginia Tech Beef Cattle Center, is the 2022 Employee of the Year in the university’s School of Animal Sciences within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.His role in managing a facility that affects the broad beef...
Md. Dairy Shrine inducts Frederick County couple
THURMONT, Md. — For decades of dedication to the dairy community and the Brown Swiss breed, Harold and Peggy Long of Long View Farm last month were inducted into the Maryland Dairy Shrine. The Longs established Long View Farm in 1956 near Thurmont, Md.,...
N.Y. farm sues DFA, calling it a ‘monopsony’ in Northeast
A New York milk producer is suing Dairy Farmers of America, accusing it of being a monopsony due to its purchase of regional processing facilities that have driven the price of milk down for farmers across the Northeast, including Maryland and Delaware. DFA,...
Empty pastures an ‘emotional day’ for Ediger
THURMONT, Md. — In April, the last 15 animals of Dr. Raymond Ediger’s Green Spring Farm herd of Shorthorn cattle were dispersed at public auction. The remaining herd consisted of seven cows with calves at their side, four yearling heifers, and four...
Va. Extension hosts Shenandoah Valley field day on Aug. 3
RAPHINE, Va. — The 2022 Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center on Aug. 3 will give farmers with interests in forage, livestock and forestry a chance to see the results of research there.Registration begins at noon with the tour...
Campbell moves up, takes over Virginia Cattlemen’s Association
The new president of the Virginia Cattlemen’s Association has high hopes for the organization as he leads it into a new year and expanding programs. David Wayne Campbell moved from the office of president-elect to president of the state-wide group...
Expert: Exports critical to dairy
WASHINGTON — Krysta Harden underscored the importance of dairy exports in an April 6 hearing before the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee.The full committee is in the process of reviewing the 2022...
Md. farmer finds man trapped in manure pit
SMITHSBURG, Md. — Washington County authorities rescued a man trapped in a dairy manure pit on April 13, police said. After a farmer reported the incident just before 10 a.m., local fire and medical personnel rescued the man from the farm in the 12000...
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