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26th annual Hokie Harvest and cattle auction to go online in 2020 , articleIn keeping with Virginia Tech and CDC guidelines, the 26th annual Hokie Harvest is going online in 2020. The online auction will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 through www.cowbuyer.com.
Date: Sep 28, 2020 -
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Natural Area Management Services Webinar Series: Grow your business to provide natural areas , articleA four-part webinar series offered by Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Department of Forestry, and partners from Pennsylvania and Maryland will give green industry professionals the knowledge they need to provide natural area management services.
Date: Sep 22, 2020 -
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Virginia Cooperative Extension continues education and outreach for Ag Expo producers despite COVID , articleThis year, Ag Expo was canceled due to COVID-19, but that didn’t stop Virginia Cooperative Extension from continuing to deliver the research-based scientific knowledge that producers know and trust.
Date: Sep 21, 2020 -
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Hokie BugFest goes virtual for its 10th anniversary Oct. 7-17 , articleThis is a story marketing the upcoming 10th anniversary of Hokie BugFest which will be a virtual event on October 7th through the 17th.
Date: Sep 18, 2020 -
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44th Annual Fall Forestry and Wildlife Field Tours begin Oct. 2 , articleThe tours offer the opportunity to spend a day in the field learning about a variety of woodland and wildlife management activities. The tours will include COVID-19 mitigation protocols.
Date: Sep 15, 2020 -
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Six industry leaders inducted to 2020 Livestock Hall of Fame , articleSix outstanding Virginia livestock industry leaders are being inducted into the Virginia Livestock Hall of Fame this year. Their portraits will be permanently displayed in the gallery at the Virginia Tech Alphin-Stuart Livestock Arena in Blacksburg along with 72 others who have been inducted since 2010.
Date: Sep 14, 2020 -
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Heat and dry weather pose problems for landscape plants , articleHigh temperatures, combined with recent dry weather, pose a threat to Virginia’s home landscapes. Vegetable gardens, lawns, and even trees and shrubs are all susceptible to the effects of drought.
Date: Aug 24, 2020 -
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Virginia Cooperative Extension helps get food from the field to the table during COVID-19 , articleExtension agents continue the history of helping by creating innovative solutions and digital tools designed to help farmers adapt to the unique agricultural challenges created by COVID-19.
Date: Aug 12, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech Foundation CEO John Dooley to retire , articleDooley, who has served as CEO of the Virginia Tech Foundation since 2012 and has helped the university fulfill its land-grant mission by making a difference in communities for nearly 40 years, has announced he plans to retire in the spring.
Date: Aug 10, 2020 -
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Virginia Cooperative Extension helps farmers by providing mental health resources , articleExtension is helping farmers cope with stress by providing mental health resources and by training professional agency partners to identify signs of stress in farmers.
Date: Aug 07, 2020 -
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Eric Kaufman, Tamarah Smith represent faculty and staff on Virginia Tech Board of Visitors , articleKaufman, a professor and Extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education, is president of the Faculty Senate. Smith, who has been at Tech since 1988 and is business operations specialist with the Office of Summer and Winter Sessions, is president of the Staff Senate.
Date: Aug 04, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech partners with Nepal to provide virtual pesticide safety training , articleOrganized by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management, the webinars will help increase farmer knowledge on the sound use of pesticides.
Date: Jul 22, 2020 -
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Shenandoah Valley AREC to host virtual field dayThe Virginia Tech Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research and Extension will host its biennial Field Day on Aug. 5, 2020.
Date: Jul 15, 2020 -
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Reynolds Homestead raises a virtual toast to 50 years , articleThe Reynolds family donated the former Rock Spring Plantation in Patrick County to Virginia Tech in 1970. In the years since, it has become a dynamic community hub, a thriving arts and education destination, and a vital forest research center.
Date: Jul 14, 2020 -
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Northern Neck Master Gardeners protect local shorelines , articleNorthern Neck Master Gardeners have worked closely with partners at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and county governments to build the Shoreline Evaluation Program, an educational outreach effort that has provided hundreds of property owners with recommendations for improving upland stormwater management, pollutant and sediment runoff, and shoreline erosion.
Date: Jun 29, 2020 -
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COVID-19 research projects propelled by Rapid Response Seed Fund , articleTo support COVID-related research and provide immediate support for Virginia Tech researchers, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation collaborated with Virginia Tech institutes and colleges to establish a COVID-19 Rapid Response Seed Fund. As a result, nine projects were selected for funding.
Date: Jun 26, 2020 -
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Ed Jones, director of Virginia Cooperative Extension, receives distinguished leadership award , articleJones is the first member of Virginia Cooperative Extension to receive the award since its inception in 2008.
Date: Jun 26, 2020 -
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In memoriam: Jack Marshall Tyree, former director of Virginia 4-H , articleTyree, of Louisville, Kentucky, age 104, former director of Virginia 4-H, passed away peacefully in his home on May 27, 2020.
Date: Jun 26, 2020 -
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Extension agents work with livestock managers to protect water systems in the Shenandoah Valley – and in turn the Chesapeake Bay , articleThe agents help managers adopt stream-exclusion practices in addition to cost-share programs administered by local Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the National Resources Conservation Service.
Date: Jun 24, 2020 -
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Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center provides home gardening practices to help preserve the Chesapeake Bay , articleVirginia residents can improve water quality and protect the Chesapeake Bay, one new behavior at a time.
Date: Jun 24, 2020
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