W.Va. DA requests applications for specialty crop grants
The W.Va. Department of Agriculture through January 19, 2021, is accepting applications for U.S. Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grants.
Commissioner of Agriculture Kent...
Sunflowers among West Virginia's traditional garden plants
The sunflower has long been one of the most familiar garden plants in West Virginia, and many of its uses were passed along to...
Hemp production in West Virginia quadrupled in 2019
Industrial hemp farmers in West Virginia more than quadrupled crop production in 2019 compared to the previous year, according to the West Virginia Department...
Biologist: W.Va. gardeners can do much to support butterflies
Concerns about a decline in bees and butterflies have grown recently. Still, according to a state biologist, West Virginians have a unique opportunity to...
Queen Anne's Lace a notable West Virginia wildflower
A common West Virginia wildflower, though not an American native, Queen Anne’s Lace appears to have traveled ahead of European settlers as they arrived...
WVU professor working to lower THC levels in industrial hemp
While the kind of hemp that's grown in West Virginia does not contain the level of the psychoactive substance present in marijuana, it does...
2019 industrial hemp application period set to open
The application period for the state’s industrial hemp program will open September 1, 2019, according to officials at the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.
Those...
W.Va. expands branding to include agricultural supporters
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With supply-chain faults apparent nationally, the West Virginia Department of Agriculture is working to bolster agricultural products by expanding the "West...
Fayette County to unveil region's first community farm
Fayette County officials are set to unveil on Saturday the region's first community farm, an agricultural initiative designed to support sustainable development.
To occupy the...
18 percent of West Virginia under severe drought status
Officials with the W.Va. Department of Agriculture warn that 18.7 percent of the Mountain State as of October 3, 2019, is under severe drought...
W.Va. Dept. of Agriculture announces veteran's grant program
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture has announced a request for applications for its 2022 Veterans and Heroes to Agriculture Grant Program, according to...
Before World War II, farming was a matter of sustenance
Farming in West Virginia is not what it was, and Sam Tuckwiller knows it for a fact. For more than six generations, Tuckwillers have...
