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ROMNEY — The Hampshire County Development Authority Board last week approved selling land to Aquabanq for its shrimp farm in Capon Bridge, with the sale to close Thursday (March 23), and transfered ownership of the tech park’s water and sewer systems to the town of Capon Bridge.

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Last Monday, I made an emergency tractor repair run to Clarke County, Va. Well, it wasn’t really a tractor, but a hay wagon that isn’t currently a hay wagon but a sprayer pulled behind a John Deere 5065 tractor.

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Weather during the month of March has been a mix of warm and cooler temperatures with winds and rain. High winds caused some damage in parts of the region. Farming activities for the month included watching for frost on fruit trees, calving and lambing. 

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“Spring Begins”. That’s what our calendar says about today. However, to paraphrase the late Harley Fultz, it’s just a cheap calendar — it’ll just tell you anything. 

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CHARLESTON– West Virginia’s honey production from producers with five or more colonies totaled 273,000 pounds in 2022, up 6% from 258,000 pounds in 2021. 

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We bought a bottle of Carlo Rossi Paisano wine. Somehow the seal had been broken — it happens — and the wine was bad. A call to Rossi Vineyards at their toll-free number brought immediate compensation with minimal hoops to jump through for verification.

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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has launched a West Virginia Grown Partner Program to incorporate supporters of local agricultural products into the branding program. 

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Last Wednesday, Washington’s Birthday, was pretty-remember? Our Lenten Rose is blooming and since Monday was the beginning of Eastern Orthodox Lent; it’s right on time. 

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The Farm Credit Knowledge Center will host its annual Farm Management Institutes at the West Virginia State Fair Grounds in Lewisburg, WV on March 28, 2023, and at Hungry Mother State Park in Marion, VA on March 29, 2023. Events will run from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on both days.

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CHARLESTON — The number of farms in West Virginia totaled 22,500 in 2022, up 200 farms from 2021. The total land in farms was 3.50 million acres, unchanged from 2021. The average farm size was 156 acres, down one acre from 2021. 

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WASHINGTON — Farmers and ranchers still have time to be counted in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Although the deadline for submitting the ag census has just passed, NASS will continue …

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A young man may leave home to seek his fortune or future or, as in my own case, more freedom and prettier countryside. Unlike most of the “back to the land” types active in that time period, I grew up in farm country that was being gobbled up by so-called “development.” I was thus seeking wh…

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The West Virginia Division of Forestry announced last Friday that nominations are open for the next round of honorees for the state Agriculture and Forestry Hall of Fame. 

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In the Food Lion checkout line, I was paying for the usual 30-pack and making light conversation regarding the price.

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I can’t remember what became of the small farm trailer that I purchased from Audra Croston in 1982. It was the same one that Bruce Miller used to pull through North River Mills behind the old Ford 9N tractor. This time of year, the trailer would usually contain seasoned oak firewood, cut and…

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CHARLESTON — Commercial red meat production during December 2022 totaled 900,000 pounds. This was down 10 percent from December 2021. Commercial red meat production is the carcass weight after slaughter including beef, veal, pork, lamb and mutton. Individual commodity production is total liv…

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What we're about to address here is a serious subject though this is not supposed to be a serious column. I'll treat the subject of drug addiction and drug related crime as lightly as I can.

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Charleston – All hay area harvested in 2022 totaled 565,000 acres, up 47,000 acres from 2021. The average yield in 2022 was 1.91 tons per acre, up 0.18 ton per acre from 2021. Production totaled 1,080,000 tons, up 186,000 tons from 2021. December On Farm Hay Stocks were 780,000 tons, down 10…

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MORGANTOWN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development is accepting applications for its Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to help strengthen the bottom lines of rural West Virginia businesses and agricultural producers. 

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CHARLESTON — Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt said he wished for more enthusiasm toward rebuilding ag laboratories in the state following his review of Gov. Jim Justice’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2024. 

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CHARLESTON — Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt and the West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) are encouraging all farmers and farm operations to participate in the 2022 Census of Agriculture. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Servic…

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I collect old high school social studies and science textbooks. Few journals can more accurately depict a time period than these. As an example, when Madeleine Albright described waiting out the Blitzkreig as a child in a London basement, she expressed little chance of surviving a near-direc…

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Pests are a pain, so WVU Extension is reaching out to growers and gardeners around the state about the dangers of pesticides and how to incorporate safe alternatives — such as barriers, insect traps and introducing predatory insects that feed on pests.

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If the work is done and the day still young, a ride through the back roads in an antique truck is often in order. Since my work truck is only months short of being 50 years old, the antique factor is already built in. All that’s needed is some time, gasoline, curiosity and a camera.

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Part of the purpose of this installment is to assure our new neighbor to the west that we are not in the least bothered by his monster dump trucks starting at first light on these frigid mornings.

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WASHINGTON — As of Dec. 1, there were 73.1 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, down 2% from December 2021 and down 1% from Sept. 1, 2022, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published on Dec. 23 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

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During the 103rd annual Farm Bureau, longtime Hampshire County Farm Bureau member Garry Shanholtz was presented the 2022 Distinguished Service Award. Garry Shanholtz is a lifelong resident of Hampshire County, where he owns and operates Shanholtz Orchard along with his wife, Sandra and son, …

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More than 200 members and friends of the West Virginia Farm Bureau (WVFB) gathered on November 13-15th at the Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling, WV, to conduct their 103rd Annual Meeting. Among those attending were Hampshire County Farm Bureau members David Parker (Region 1 …

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This will be the last installment of this column in 2017. The next will be on Jan. 3, 2018. Such an occasion is commonly thought to be a time of reflection — another year gone by (sigh).