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Area gas prices down two cents in the last week
Triple A Mid-Atlantic says gas prices in Virginia area down three cents in the last week, up ten cents in a month and about four cents cheaper than on this day last year. Fredericksburg gas prices are down two cents since last week.
Wheat, corn prices drop across state: A look at Virginia’s trends
Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on July 19: In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle 10.00 to 23.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales no trend. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 8.00 lower. Wheat mostly .36 lower. Corn prices dropped mostly .06 to .09 lower, new crop .06 lower. Soybeans mostly […] The post Wheat, corn prices drop across state: A look at Virginia’s trends appeared first on Farmville.
Seed to Sale | Some hemp farmers believe Virginia's law changes were needed, while still unsure of industry's future here
RICHMOND, Va. — On July 1, 2023, a slate of sweeping changes to the hemp industry took effect in Virginia amid a crackdown to better regulate hemp-derived products and consumer goods in the state. Hemp, while similar in look to marijuana, tests below 0.3% Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol. Because of its...
Warner, Kaine urge stricter safety standards for beach umbrellas
Concerns that some beach umbrellas can be unsecured and prone to flying, causing serious injury or death, prompted Virginia’s senators to push for safer design standards for those umbrellas. Democratic Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine recently wrote to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, urging the organization to finalize...
Virginia convention delegation backs Harris; more …
From elsewhere: Amherst officials get look at high school construction. Spotted lanternflies are at their invasive peak. MECC Mountain Music School draws students beyond Virginia and Tennessee. The post Virginia convention delegation backs Harris; more … appeared first on Cardinal News.
‘Been the most healing’: Brin’s Posy offers tea time events in downtown Staunton
Cailyn Siegman is from the Eastern Shore of Maryland and came to Staunton at age 18 to attend then Mary Baldwin College. She graduated in 2012 with a degree in art and uncertainty about what to do with that degree. Her first job after college was at a flower shop.
Oxford’s New Pastor Installed
A service of installation followed by a reception was conducted Sunday afternoon at Oxford Presbyterian Church on North Buffalo for the new pastor, Kyle Segars (back row, center). Members of the Shenandoah Presbytery presided over the event. They included (from left) Jay Melvin, Lexington Presbyterian; Marnie Caldwell from Collierstown Presbyterian; the Rev. Drew Ditzel, Lexington Presbyterian; the Rev. Casey Clark, New Monmouth Presbyterian; Trudy Melvin, Oxford Presbyterian; the Rev. Segars; Dr. Nancy Meehan Yao, Shenandoah Presbytery; Bill North, moderator of the Shenandoah Presbytery; and Patrick Pettit, Shenandoah Presbytery.
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