The purpose of The Market Bulletin is to assist farmers in selling and buying agricultural land, products, equipment, supplies, livestock, etc. Articles are printed based on timely agricultural, informational and technical subjects.

In accordance with strict Postal Regulations that the West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) must abide by to keep its nonprofit mailing status, we reserve the right to edit and/or refuse all advertisements (ads) to meet the following regulations. All UPDATED Postal Regulations will appear in the Bulletin after publication of this leaflet.

General Regulations Governing the Placement of Advertisements

Ads must relate directly to or be a product of today’s farming enterprise.

Ads printed in the Bulletin cannot exceed six lines and must include the advertiser's first and last name (no farm/stable names) and complete address. Phone/fax/e-mail numbers are optional.

Only one notice per family will be accepted for any one category. However, a family may have an ad under other specific categories simultaneously.

Ads will be published only one time per submission. All ads may be submitted in writing (address below); by phone, 304/558-2225 (Ads will be accepted at this telephone number only.); fax, 304/558-3131; or, e-mail, marketbulletin@ag.state.wv.us.

Only West Virginia residents or landowners may advertise. However, out-of-state residents who own land in West Virginia can advertise their (West Virginia) land if he/she sends proof of West Virginia land ownership, i.e. deed.

Ads for commercial dealers, brokers or similar businesses must be agricultural in nature.

Specific Regulations Governing the Placement of Advertisements

Deadlines - Deadlines (date and hour) for ads are published in each issue of the Bulletin. All ads received after the stated deadline will be placed in the following month's issue.

Farm Sales - Due to strict Postal Regulations, ads for land MUST be about farmland that is at least five (5) acres in size located within West Virginia. Farmland ads MUST include accompaniments (house, barn, hayfield, garden, etc.) but no specifics, i.e., new kitchen, family room, etc. Ads for the sale or rental of farmland are acceptable from individuals, but MUST include the above. Advertisements for hunting land, commercial or city properties CANNOT be accepted.

Farm Labor - Only employment/labor that pertains to an individual farm may be advertised. No companionship, personal care, commercial, industrial, professional or domestic employment, professional equine trainers, riding lessons, etc., can be accepted.

Farm Equipment - Only farm machinery that has been used in an individual farming operation and that is being sold by that same individual can be advertised. No trucks, cars, vans, campers or other autos; no backhoes (except 3-pt. hitch), dozers or other construction equipment; no lawn equipment; no parts.

Equipment used in stores, construction projects, maintenance, offices, entertainment, cars, trucks, mobile homes, airplanes and buses cannot be accepted for publication.

Attachments and/or Parts - No parts (e.g., motors, engines, tires) of tractors may be advertised, but the complete piece of equipment can be advertised for parts.

Mowers - Only mowers used for agricultural purposes are permitted; i.e., haymowing, brush hogging, orchards, pasture mowing, etc. Mower attachments for garden tractors are permitted if they are 30 inches or larger. No lawn mowers are accepted.

Hog Sales - Hogs must be in compliance with pseudorabies regulations. Regulations stipulate that hogs must originate from a pseudorabies monitored and/or qualified herd or have individually tested negative for pseudorabies within 30 days.

Poultry Sales - Ads for ornamental, wild or game birds and eggs cannot be accepted.

Medicinal Plants - Ads for ginseng, yellowroot, mayapple, etc., cannot be accepted.

Nursery Stock - Ads for nursery stock (including all woody stem perennial plants) cannot be accepted for publication. Plants without roots, such as cut Christmas trees, can be advertised.

Antiques - Books, jars, cooking utensils, furniture, farm tractors, dinner bells, etc., cannot be advertised.

Sporting Equipment - Boats, guns, fishing rods and reels, bicycles, motorcycles, ATVs, campers, trailers, etc., cannot be advertised.

Processed Foods - Processed foods, food processing equipment or related items and equipment cannot be advertised.

Power Units - Ads for power units (gasoline, diesel or electric) cannot be accepted unless the units are to power a specific piece of farm equipment (e.g., power unit for a feed mixer).

Animals Other Than Livestock - Ads for cats, guinea pigs, hamsters, snakes, canaries, parakeets and similar pet-type animals cannot be accepted. Only dogs recognized by the AKC as herding or working can be accepted, this includes Akiti, Australian Cattle, Bearded Collie, Belgian Malinois, Belgian Sheepdog, Belgian Tervuren, Boxer, Collie, German Shepherd, Great Dane, Great Pyrenees, Rottweiler, Saint Bernard, Siberian Husky and Welsh Corgis.

Game or Wild Animals and Their Products - Animals such as bears, deer, pheasant, camels, game bird eggs, furs, teeth, etc., cannot be accepted.

Household Appliances - Ads for refrigerators, freezers, stoves, mixers, pressure canners, walnut crackers, food processors, butter churns, etc., cannot be accepted for publication.

Craft Items - Ads for quilts, rugs, dolls, jewelry, woodworking items, toys, etc., cannot be accepted for publication.

Miscellaneous Sales - Ads for riding habits or other clothes, books, snow blades, timber, firewood and saw mills cannot be accepted.

Fish Sales - According to the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) you must have a permit to sell fish. Ads for fish sales cannot be published without a copy of the DNR license per ad submission.

Ad Prices

Effective as of May 1998, a price must be included with items being offered for sale. Ads submitted without a price will not be published.
Responsibility

WVDA will make every effort to ensure that advertisers live up to their obligations. Those who do not use fair and ethical business practices in their transactions will be thereafter refused the privilege of advertising. However, neither WVDA nor its staff members shall be responsible for ads which appear in The Market Bulletin. The WVDA is not responsible for advertisement transactions.

WVDA is not responsible for the spelling of advertiser’s name, unreadable names, etc., on written submissions and inaudible names, etc., on phone-in ads.

Advertisement Categories

Apiary Sales
Apiary Wants
Cattle Sales
Cattle Wants
Equipment Sales
Equipment Wants
Farm Sales
Farm Wants
Goat Sales
Goat Wants
Help Wants
Job Wants
Hog Sales
Hog Wants
Horse Sales
Horse Wants
Plant Sales
Plant Wants
Poultry Sales
Poultry Wants
Sheep Sales
Sheep Wants
Miscellaneous Sales
Miscellaneous Wants

• Submit ads on the back of blank postcards or sheets of paper. Ads for different categories should be placed on separate blank postcards or sheets of paper. Ads must include advertiser’s first and last name (no farm/stable names) and complete address. Phone/fax/e-mail numbers are optional.
• Type or print plainly. Do not crowd words together. Avoid unnecessary words; give only the facts, avoiding promotional words.
• Resubmit listings by clipping previously published ads or rewriting.
• It is to the advertiser’s advantage to submit ad(s) (including prices) as soon as possible.
• Mail written ads to: The Market Bulletin, WVDA, 1900 Kanawha Blvd., E., Charleston, WV 25305-0192.

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