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Source: USDA Forest Service Roanoke VA, Nov. 21, 2025 —The George Washington and Jefferson National Forest delivered a 32-foot red spruce tree to the nation’s capital for the holiday season. In collaboration with the National Park Service, on November 15, the James River and Warm Springs Ranger District selected the tree from the high-elevation mountains of Highland County, Virginia for transport to the White House. This year's National Christmas Tree is a 32-foot red spruce

by Jeff Ishee The US Drought Monitor recently published their forecast for drought conditions this winter. The report is not favorable for farmers in the Southeastern United States. The US Drought Monitor is published by the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center. The "Seasonal Drought Outlook" is published once a month, specifically on the third Thursday of each month. Several areas in the Southeast are expected to see drought conditions develop between now and t

October 31 - The Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative recently announced the opening of its incentives program for landowners and farmers. Now through Nov 30, farmers in 16 counties across the Blue Ridge, northern Virginia Piedmont, and now also in the Shenandoah Valley can apply for financial incentives to implement practices that help support nesting grassland birds during the 2026 haying and grazing season. “Delayed haying until at least July 1 is a game changer for birds

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In celebration of the International Year of the Woman Farmer, Farm Credit Council has announced an initiative to provide leadership development training to women leaders across the Farm Credit System: Advancing Women in Agriculture through Resilience & Distinction (AWARD). Participants will take part in a groundbreaking leadership experience at Gettysburg in the summer of 2026. Each of the 55 Farm Credit Associations and four banks, representing all 50 st

Source: GA Farm Bureau On Oct. 24, the Georgia Department of Agriculture, together with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA - APHIS), confirmed a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a commercial poultry operation in Gordon County. This is the third confirmed HPAI case in a commercial operation and the fifth overall detection in the state this year. Since the nationwide avian influenza outbreak began in 2022, mo

LEXINGTON, VA — Traffic accidents are already stressful, but when livestock are involved, they can quickly become chaotic and dangerous situations. With hundreds of thousands of farm animals transported on U.S. roadways every day, crashes involving livestock trailers are inevitable. Not only do these incidents pose a host of unique challenges, but many responding personnel may have limited experience handling farm animals. That’s why Virginia Farm Bureau Federation hosted a s

by Ryan Hanrahan, University of Illinois' FarmDoc project Urbana, IL - Bloomberg's Jeff Sutherland and Ilena Peng reported that "China has agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans this year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, providing some relief to US farmers who have anxiously awaited the resumption of exports to the Asian nation. For the next three years, China has agreed to buy a minimum of 25 million tons annually, Bessent said Thursday on Fox Business." Ima

October 30, 2025 - Farm Credit of the Virginias (FCV), a lending cooperative that serves Virginia, West Virginia and western Maryland, announced the Association would award a total of $43,000 in grant funding to eligible postsecondary education institutions through the second funding cycle of the Agricultural Career Enhancement (ACE) grant program. One of the grant recipients is the East Coast Horseshoeing School, a farrier program in Henry County, Va. - Image credit FC of V

Washington, D.C. - Today, October 23, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced a suite of actions to strengthen the American beef industry, reinforcing and prioritizing the American rancher's critical role in the national security of the United States. Since 2017, the United States has lost over 17% of family f

Source - KY Dept. of Agriculture FRANKFORT, KY – For nearly 30 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (DoD Fresh) has worked to increase access to farm-fresh produce for school children through various funding sources. Operating through a partnership between the USDA and the DoD Defense Logistics Agency, as well as the state distributing agencies in each participating state, DoD Fresh has programs in 49 states, inc