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- - Virginia's Land Use-Value Assessment Program leadership changes hands
    Jen Friedel and Patrick Kayser have taken over the helm of Virginia's Land Use-Value Assessment Program as director and land use-value analyst, respectively.
- - Mapping With Drones workshops offered across Virginia
    The goal of this series of two introductory-level workshops is to provide participants with the knowledge to operate a drone legally, safely, and effectively.
- - Andy Seibel named executive secretary of Virginia FFA
    Seibel, who became executive secretary of Virginia FFA in October, has a relationship with Virginia Tech that goes back more than 30 years.
- - Small farmer with big ideas helps build regional ‘food hub’
    Save Our Towns tells the story of a town and a woman banding together to bring a million-dollar project to fruition.
- - Wet weather contributes to decline in Virginia’s oak tree population
    For years, Adam Downing, a forestry and natural resources agent with Virginia Cooperative Extension, has passed a big, healthy white oak tree on his drive to work. This summer, he noticed as two-thirds of the tree’s foliage turned brown in just a few days, and the tree looked like it was dying. Within a month, the tree had been removed.
- - Wellness initiatives at veterinary college care for students, clients, and practitioners
    Responding to a growing body of research and a culturally evolving willingness to acknowledge the need to care for one’s physical and mental health, the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine has launched a veterinary social work program to support students, pet owners, clinicians, and caregivers.
- - Department of Food Science and Technology ranked among best in nation for both its undergraduate and master’s programs
    The Department of Food Science and Technology placed ninth on Successful Student’s list of the 10 best bachelor’s in food science and nutrition programs in the country and eighth on its list of best master’s in food science programs.
- - Virginia Cooperative Extension to host 2019 Valley Beef Conference on Dec. 12 in Rockingham
    The major focus of the program is the use of corn silage in beef operations, both for calves over winter and as base ration for cow herds.
- - Hokie BugFest strives to make science more accessible for individuals with special needs
    To engage the whole community in science, Hokie BugFest makes it a priority to accommodate children with autism and other special needs.
- - Town uses sordid event from past to help save elephants
    A century after Big Mary’s execution, Save Our Towns shows how leaders in Erwin, Tennessee, found a way to change the narrative.
- - Registration open for Kids’ Tech University, which connects researchers with students
    Hosted by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute in partnership with Virginia 4-H, Kids’ Tech University bridges the gap between scientists and kids to make science, technology, engineering, and mathematics more hands-on while investigating a variety of topics.
- - Presidential Turkeys return to roost at Virginia Tech
    For the fourth year, the turkeys will travel from the White House to Gobblers Rest. Meet the newest Hokies at a Dec. 1 open house.
- - 2019 Virginia Farm to Table Conference to be held Dec. 5-6
    If you’re interested in local and regional food and agriculture and want to be inspired to implement values that enhance your business, organization, and community, plan to attend the 2019 Virginia Farm to Table Conference.
- - Six inducted to the Virginia Livestock Hall of Fame
    The Virginia Livestock Hall of Fame celebrated its 10th anniversary and inducted six individuals to its gallery in Blacksburg this fall. This brings the total over the past 10 years to 72 members of the Hall of Fame.
- - Save Our Towns reveals Tazewell’s fire-breathing growth strategy
    The town capitalizes on a new idea for an old road.
- - Fall maintenance tips for drought-stricken lawns
    This summer’s exceptionally dry weather has left many Virginia lawns looking brown. While cool-season turfgrasses (such as Kentucky bluegrass or tall fescue) often revive after a soaking rainfall, a lawn that remains brown may be dead and in need of immediate attention before persistently colder temperatures arrive.
- - Virginia Tech Foundation secures grant funding to build new Virginia Seafood AREC
    The $3 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration will be used to construct a new state-of-the-art Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Hampton, Virginia.
- - Save Our Towns: Fincastle finds its way
    A tiny Virginia town that had remained self-contained since colonial days experiences growing pains.
- - Virginia Tech alumnus Michael McDowell named 2019 Virginia Farmer of the Year
    McDowell has grown three rented acres of farm into an environmentally-conscious, 1,200-acre operation, where he and his family manage a leading Virginia herd of registered Angus cattle.
- - Workforce development key for Virginia’s rural communities, governor says during Virginia Tech visit
    Alan Grant, dean of the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was part of a panel that discussed how technological changes are helping agriculture — the state’s largest private economic sector — remain a driver of rural economies.

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