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- Virginia 4-H Volunteer Welcome GuideProudfoot, Chad (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2026-03-20)This guide is intended as a brief welcome and introduction to the Virginia 4-H program. It covers our history, our structure, your role, and the critical policies that ensure a safe and positive environment for all participants. Your local Virginia Cooperative Extension agent or 4-H staff members will provide more comprehensive information and training.
- Virginia Tech Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center McCormick Farm 2024 Field Day Proceedings(Virginia Tech, 2024-07-10)The Shenandoah Valley AREC holds biennial field days to allow agricultural producers the opportunity to learn more about the research being conducted at the center and interact with those conducting the research.
- Cyber attacks in agriculture: protecting your farm and small business with cyberbiosecurityCarneiro, Renata; Duncan, Susan; Ramsey, Ford; Seyyedhasani, Hasan; Murch, Randall (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2021-05-12)In the last decades, computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, as well as other technological devices and the internet, became of great importance in our modern lives and have been supporting the development of diverse agribusinesses worldwide. The use of computer-controlled machines, autonomous vehicles, robots, drones, cameras, sensors, wireless networks, and smart technology, for example, has led to major changes in how food is produced in the United States. Overall, the use of internet connected devices (internet of things or IoT) and artificial intelligence in precision agriculture or smart farming has helped to reduce costs, as well as increase yield and profitability. Nevertheless, the wide use of technology in agriculture has brought a new threat to crop and livestock farming in the country: “cyber attacks”. The prefix “cyber” is associated with computers and over the last decades it has enriched our vocabulary to describe the growing and important virtual world. Examples of possible cyber attacks include: phishing attempts (e.g., malicious emails), malware or malicious software (e.g., virus, spyware, ransomware), denial of service attacks, etc. If you use IoT devices and/or smart technology in your farm and small business, it is susceptible to cyber attacks.
- Selecting and Managing Trees to Avoid Conflicts with Overhead Utility LinesWiseman, P. Eric; Fox, Laurie J.; Matiuk, Jonathan; Christensen, Brittany (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2024-08-31)Overview of appropriate trees for use under utility lines to avoid conflict and comply with height restrictions.
- Virginia Horticulture Production Trends: 2017-2022Stallknecht, Eric J.; South, Kaylee (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2025-08-15)
- Calculating and Using Daily Light Integral (DLI): An Introductory GuideStallknecht, Eric J. (2025)
- Sustaining America’s Aquatic Biodiversity: Salamander Biodiversity and ConservationBishop, David; Haas, Carola A. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2025)
- Sustaining America’s Aquatic Biodiversity: Frog Biodiversity and ConservationBishop, David; Haas, Carola A. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2025)
- Optimizing Double-Ovsynch: Timing Is EverythingEaly, Alan D. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2025-06-30)
- Selecting and Using Plant Growth Regulators on Floriculture CropsLatimer, Joyce G.; Whipker, Brian; Stallknecht, Eric J. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2025-01-10)
- Parenting Through the Storm: Practical Tools for Big Emotions and Challenging Behaviors: An Introduction to Parent-Child Interaction TherapyJohnson, Amanda; Henry, Sarah M. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2025-09-15)
- Virginia Small Grains Forage Trials, 2023Bishop, Caleb; Lillard, Gregory; Sheetz, Jennifer; Rathore, Jitender; Wright, Matthew J.; Walsh, Olga S. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2025-10-14)A forage production trial of commercial barley, oats, rye, triticale, and wheat cultivars has been conducted yearly since 1994 at the Northern Piedmont Center, Orange. Results from the 2022-23 crop season are presented in this report.
- Virginia Corn Silage Trials, 2025Bishop, Caleb; Walsh, Olga S. (2025-12-19)
- Virginia Corn Hybrid Trials in 2024Bishop, Caleb; Rathore, Jitender; Khulal, Aarati; Kumari, Sheetal; Wright, Matthew J.; Walsh, Olga S. (2025-12-18)
- Virginia Corn Silage Trials, 2024Bishop, Caleb; Khulal, Aarati; Kumari, Sheetal; Rathore, Jitender; Wright, Matthew J.; Walsh, Olga S. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2025-12-16)
- Virginia Small Grains Forage Trials, 2024Bishop, Caleb; Lillard, Gregory; Rathore, Jitender; Wright, Matthew J.; Walsh, Olga S. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2025-10-09)
- Virginia Small Grain Official Variety Trials, 2023Santantonio, Nicholas; Bishop, Caleb; Liu, Limei; Seago, John; Rathore, Jitender; Flory, Ivy; Wright, Matthew J.; Walsh, Olga S. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2025-11-11)This report presents results from barley and wheat trials conducted in Virginia in 2022-2023. In Virginia, small grain cultivar performance trials are conducted each year by the Virginia Tech School of Plant and Environmental Sciences and the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. The trials provide information to assist Virginia Cooperative Extension Service agents in formulating cultivar recommendations for small grain producers and to companies developing cultivars and/or marketing seed within the state. Yield data are reported for individual locations, and across locations and years. Performance of a given variety often varies widely over locations and years which makes multiple location-year averages a more reliable indication of expected performance than data from a single year or location. Details about management practices for barley and wheat are listed for each experiment location.
- How Drones (UAVs) Are Helpful in Today’s Agricultural PracticesRathore, Jitender; Khulal, Aarati; Kumari, Sheetal; Walsh, Olga S. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2025-11-21)
- When to Fly a Drone for Accurate Corn Yield Potential PredictionKhulal, Aarati; Walsh, Olga S. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2025-12-15)
- Virginia Corn Hybrid Trials in 2025Bishop, Caleb; Rathore, Jitender; Kumari, Sheetal; Wright, Matthew J.; Walsh, Olga S. (2025-12-22)