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- - 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.
- - 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.
- - Beef cattle industry giant to be honored at Virginia Tech
    Gary Minish was one of the first to champion leaner, more heavily muscled, and faster growing cattle over the less profitable, smaller, and fatter cattle of the 1950s and early ‘60s. His influence helped shape the modern beef cattle phenotype, long before the introduction of genomic technology.
- - Virginia Tech discovery could help boost $40 billion soybean industry
    A new article published by Virginia Tech researchers and graduate students has revealed that soybean root nodules harbor high abundances of atypical non-nitrogen fixing bacteria, a discovery that has the potential to improve the crop resilience and yield of the crop.
- - Gabriel Pent named superintendent of Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center
    Pent brings extensive knowledge of agricultural research and Extension programming.
- - Dini Miller to be inducted into Pest Management Professional Hall of Fame
    During her two decades at Virginia Tech, Miller has focused on tackling new and difficult problems facing urban pest management. Her research has centered on a wide variety of urban pests, including German cockroaches, subterranean termites, fire ants, and bed bugs.
- - Local weather forecasting technology heralds the advent of a SmartFarm network
    Thanks to a new collaboration between the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and weather-intelligence provider WeatherSTEM, local forecasting technologies around the state are helping farmers prepare for and weather the storm.
- - Virginia Tech’s SmartFarm Innovation Network will build the farm of the future
    The network will help create thriving communities and spark a new agricultural and natural resources economy.
- - Researchers aim to shed light on water quality impacts of a growing Fredericksburg region
    Teams of researchers from the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will begin investigating water quality issues tied to rapid growth and development in the Fredericksburg region, as well as ways to improve water quality protection practices.
- - Carlyle Brewster honored with emeritus status
    A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1999, Brewster made significant contributions to entomology through his scholarship in quantitative ecology focusing on approaches for the management of arthropod pests in natural, urban, and agricultural ecosystems.
- - David Bevan honored with emeritus status
    Bevan, professor of biochemistry in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
- - Peter Schultz honored with emeritus status
    A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1985, Schultz served as entomologist and director of the Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Virginia Beach from 1992 to 2017.
- - Virginia Tech researchers find novel insights into soil biodiversity, Earth’s global engine
    A Virginia Tech professor was part of an international team of researchers that discovered new advances about the major ecological patterns driving the changes in soil biodiversity that occur over millions of years.
- - Eleventh annual Virginia Governor’s Conference on Agricultural Trade to focus on shifting trade environment
    The 2019 Virginia Governor's Conference on Agricultural Trade will take place March 5 at the Richmond Mariott. This year will focus on the shifting trade environment and what it means for Virginia products.
- - Virginia Tech Board of Visitors members to tour university facilities across commonwealth Feb. 25-28
    Some members of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors have accepted an invitation to join some of the university’s operational leaders for a tour of the Agricultural Research and Extension Centers (ARECs) and other teaching and research facilities across the state from Monday, Feb. 25, through Thursday, Feb. 28.
- - Lancet Commission recommends that political leaders take bold decisions to tackle pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change
    Leaders must take a hard line against powerful commercial interests and rethink global economic incentives within the food system in order to tackle the joint pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change, according to a new report released by the Lancet Commission on Obesity.
- - Matthew Hulver named assistant dean of health sciences in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
    In his new role, Hulver will provide leadership and coordinate efforts that span research, extension, and teaching to further the college's reach in the health sciences.
- - Global Agricultural Productivity Report enables Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to expand its global reach
    The Global Agricultural Productivity Report examines strategies to produce food, feed, fiber, and biofuel in a sustainable manner to meet the demands and needs of a growing world.
- - National Thanksgiving Turkey landing at Virginia Tech Gobblers Rest again
    For the third consecutive year, the famous birds will make the journey from the White House, where the turkeys are “pardoned” by the president in a formal ceremony, to Blacksburg’s Gobblers Rest, where they will live out their days and get to know the HokieBird.

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