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Fostering soil health in Senegal

Lydia Fitzgerald, a partnership conservation agronomist with the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, recently traveled to Senegal to assist Ozzie Abaye in research efforts on mung beans.…

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Conservation incentives for farmers

This presentation on conservation incentives for farmers focuses on the economics of soil conservation and the federal incentives for farm conservation. Presented by Dr. Maria Bowman, USDA Economic…

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Greenhouse horticulture

The eighth in a series of 20 webinars in the Virginia Sustainable Farms and Agribusiness Education Initiative. Presented by Dr. Rosa Raudales, Associate Professor of Horticulture and Greenhouse…

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Business goals and sustainability

Consumer demand for food grown using sustainable farm practices is at an all-time high. This is compelling farmers to explore various options to improve sustainability. This webinar provides an…

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Jaclyn Fiola's Soil Research

Jaclyn Fiola discusses her soil research and how it will help the viticulture industry. She is the winner of the ASEV Presidents’ Award for Scholarship in Viticulture. Her scholarship has…

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Ag Expo 2020 Wade Thomason

Virginia Cooperative Extension Specialist Wade Thomason’s research in Blacksburg and across the commonwealth on corn is one way that Extension helps grow the state’s number one private…

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Tidewater AREC Field Day

Saied Mostaghimi introduces the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center as well as shares about the various research being conducted at the center. Stakeholders also share their…

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Fire Ants Heating Up Again

Fire Ants Heating Up Againfor PSEW 2020 by Eric Day

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This is who you are. This is who we are. #VTCALS

We dig deeper, seek higher, reach farther than ever before ... not because we can, but because we must. We are the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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