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...
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...
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