Southampton County cotton and peanut producer Marvin L. Everett Jr. of Capron was elected Dec. 1 to a third three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors. 

Pittsylvania County beef and poultry producer Robert Mills Jr. of Callands has been elected to a three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors. Elections of directors were held Dec. 1 during the organization’s 2011 annual convention in Norfolk.

Beef producer Thomas Graves Jr. of Orange was re-elected Dec. 1 to a second three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors. Elections of directors were held at the organization’s 2011 Annual Convention in Norfolk. 

Beef cattle and hay producer Gordon R. Metz Jr. of Martinsville was elected Dec. 1 to a ninth three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.

Tazewell County cattle producer Emily Fisher Edmondson of Chilhowie has been re-elected to a second three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors. Elections of directors were held Dec.1 at the organization’s annual convention in Norfolk.

A veteran Virginia Farm Bureau volunteer leader and a champion of private property rights received 2011 Distinguished Service to Farm Bureau and Distinguished Service to Agriculture Awards Nov. 30 at the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention in Norfolk. 

Farm Bureaus in the counties of Greene, Loudoun, Orange and Chesterfield were recognized Nov. 30 by Virginia Farm Bureau Federation for their work in educating the public and promoting agriculture and Farm Bureau. 

A record membership year and a successful start toward passage of a property rights amendment to the Virginia constitution were highlights of 2011 for the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, according to VFBF President Wayne F. Pryor.

Virginia agricultural exports are up 5 percent from 2010, and that figure could increase even more before the end of the year, said Todd Haymore, Virginia’s secretary of agriculture and forestry.

When Virginia Farm Bureau Federation members gather for their annual convention Nov. 29 through Dec. 1 at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott, they will ha...

Christy Huffman Kerr, an agriculture teacher at Wilson Memorial High School in Augusta County, took top honors Nov. 29 in Virginia Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Young Farmers Discussion Meet. The competition was held at the organization’s 2011 annual convention in Norfolk.

The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers Committee honored Edward A. Scharer of Albemarle County Nov. 29 with its 2011 Warren Beach Award for his long-standing support of the VFBF Young Farmers Program.

The Port of Virginia has a huge impact on Virginia’s economy and has the potential to be very profitable for Virginia farmers as well.

Without the sale of tax credits from a conservation easement on his 180-acre farm in Augusta County, Wes Kent would never have been able to purchase a...

Bans by the Chinese government on poultry and logs shipped from Virginia have proved ongoing challenges for the state’s agriculture, forestry and shipping sectors.

The Rappahannock Record in Kilmarnock claimed the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation’s top journalism honor and was named a co-winner in the non-daily newspaper category of the organization’s 2011 Journalism Awards. 

A Virginia trade delegation is exploring opportunities to export agricultural and forestry products to Israel and India. 

With the theme "Ag Trade: Growing Opportunities," this year’s Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention will focus on how farmers can in...