Everyone is invited to participate in the upcoming short course series “Beginning a Successful Small Farm Operation, Part II.” The series will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday evenings from Sept. 4 ...

I recently heard a comment by a purebred cattle breeder about “hobby” farmers and ranchers, stating that the definition of a real business is an entity that produces income for the business owner--and ...

BLACKSBURG -- A big brass ring in the nose of a Hereford bull and lights shining into eggs fueled questions from fourth-graders visiting Virginia Tech's Aphin-Stuart Livestock Teaching Arena last week ...

The University Farm administration is offering the “Basics of Oyster Mushroom Production” course this coming January and February 2020. In this hands-on experience, Farm Food Program staff member Matt ...

In the United States, agriculture is facing an epidemic that has the potential to undo years of progress. No, I am not speaking of factory farms, antibiotics or genetically modified organisms. Rather, ...

A transparent layer of thin ice on the roads is known as black ice and can create hazardous driving conditions.