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Va. Extension research challenges wisdom on fescue as cattle feed
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Livestock farmers attending the first Kentland Field Day after the beginning of the pandemic learned they may be able to feed summer fescue after all. Virginia Cooperative Extension agents have done research that defies conventional...
Regional cooperative buys N.C. processing facility
RESTON, Va. — The Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association purchased a North Carolina processing plant last month, a move that will further diversify its business and keep it competitive in a consolidating marketplace, a...
New association president hopes to improve Va. beef marketing
ATKINS, Va. — Jason Pratt, the incoming president of the Virginia Cattlemen’s Association, learned a life lesson as a summer intern with the Natural Resources Conservation Service that bodes well for the industry he leads. “Every farm out there is...
Nonprofits launch meat-cutting class in Virginia
SPERRYVILLE, Va. — A new program to train meat cutters this fall could ease the processing industry’s critical shortage of cutters across the state and expand slaughter capacity regionwide. Following a recent, four-month study by the Piedmont...
Cattlemen’s Association gives service award to Repair
GLASGOW, Va. — The Virginia Cattlemen’s Association awarded Jon Repair the Martin F. Strate Industry Service Award at its recent 2021 Field Day at Fishersville.“Jon Repair is one of the select few able to serve multiple organizations and contribute...
Top farms profitable while others struggle: report
CLARKSVILLE, Md. — High-performing farms in Maryland still do fairly well — more than $100,000 in yearly profit, a University of Maryland Extension agent said this month. But low-performing farms are struggling, averaging less than $16,000 a year....
Va. Tech expands, improves dairy-science complex
BLACKSBURG, Va. — New changes at the Virginia Tech Dairy Science Complex include a new research facility and a merger between the Department of Dairy Sciences and the Department of Animal and Poultry Science.The newest addition to the complex is an...
Extension: Asian longhorned tick numbers still low in Md.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland and Delaware have somehow kept the Asian longhorned tick at bay since it first arrived three years ago, but the University of Maryland Extension continues to encourage farmers to be on the lookout for the invasive parasites. After...
Va. margin program ‘a big deal’ for farmers
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s new Dairy Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program becomes reality July 1. This elective program is a victory for the Virginia State Dairymen’s Association, which worked for it for some time. “It’s going to be a big deal for...
Va. insurance agency joins forces with cattlemen’s association
DALEVILLE, Va. — Virginia Cattlemen’s Insurance Agency LLC is a new part of the Virginia Cattlemen’s Association that has been created to help the state’s cattle producers manage risk.Brandon Reeves, executive secretary, explained that the agency is a...
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