Virginia’s cattle population is currently 1.5 million, which is up about 30,000 head from 2016, according to the USDA. With such a high inventory of the state’s cattle and calves, even the shortest ...

Gov. Bob McDonnell, traveling on a trade and marketing mission to Canada, today announced new export sales of Virginia beef cattle into Canada. The new export business opens the door for Virginia ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Beef cattle from Virginia are headed to Canada under a new export deal. Gov. Bob McDonnell announced the first direct shipments of cattle from the state to Canada on Thursday ...

DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. — When you're in the business of farming and raising cattle, you spend a lot of time keeping track of the weather. With two snows in the last two weeks, farmers at Double B Farms ...

Virginia farmers can now sell their beef cattle directly to eastern Canadian operators without having to go through middlemen in other states,thanks to the state government. Under a new export deal, ...

Livestock operations are among the biggest water polluters in the state — from manure dumped into pasture streams to all those hooves kicking up bottom sediment and eroding muddy stream banks.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Virginia Department of Agriculture says Virginia has 8 percent more cattle than it did last year, despite a falling level of cattle nationwide. As of Jan. 1, Virginia had ...

CULPEPPER, Va. (AP) - Many Virginia farmers may not realize it, but a new tick-borne disease is threatening their cattle and dairy animals, livestock experts say. A hemoprotozoa, a single-celled ...