| News Releases - 2002
12-19-02
Drought Assistance Update
12-19-02
W.Va. Company Wins Top Award at Miami Food Show
11-7-02
Blue Smoke Opens New Manufacturing Facility, Grand Opening Features
“Taste of West Virginia
10-29-02
Giant Pumpkin to Be Carved
10-4-02
Farmers Market Coupons Available to Kanawha Seniors
10-4-02
Peers Elect Commissioner of Agriculture Gus R. Douglass Chairman
of Animal Health Committee
9-27-02
Poultry Restrictions to be Filed
9-27-02
State Farm Museum to Host Annual Fall Fest
9-6-02
Agriculture Commissioner Requests Drought Survey
9-5-02
Rabies Vaccination Media Day Set for MondayAgriculture Commissioner
Requests Drought Survey
9-4-02
Gypsy Moth Caterpillars Defoliate 132,197 Acres of Forestland in
West Virginia
9-4-02
WVDA to Help Seniors Apply for Nutrtion Program
9-4-02
West Virginia Direct Marketing Association Fall Tour Set for September
26
9-4-02
Philip K. Petry Promoted to Assistant Director of the WVDA's Moorefield
Laboratory Complex
8-27-02
West
Nile Virus Detected in Southern West Virginia; Agriculture Commissioner
Urges Vigilance
8-22-02
Insects
Attacking Tulip Poplars in Central West Virginia
8-8-02
Commissioner
of Agriculture Gus R. Douglass Urges Hunters to Help with Deer Population
8-5-02
Rabies
Drop Preview
7-30-02
Department
of Agriculture Featuring Exotic Animals, Honeybee Beards at State
Fair
7-30-02
Direct
Marketing Field Day Set for August 24
7-25-02
WVDA
Offering Johnes Disease Surveillance
7-24-02
West
Nile Virus Detected; Horse Vaccine Available
7-9-02
State
FFA Convention Brings 800 WV Students to Ripley
7-9-02
West
Virginia Department of Agriculture Releases Senior Nutrition Program
Details
6-24-02
Sign
Up to Begin for the 2003 Gypsy Moth Suppression Program
6-17-02
State
to Mark Dairy Month with Mega-Sundae
6-14-02
Mountain
State Art and Craft Fair July 3-6
6-6-02
74,584
Acres Treated For Gypsy Moth
6-4-02
Commissioner
Douglass Warns Horse Owners of Respiratory Disease
6-3-02
Agriculture
and Forestry Hall of Fame Dinner Set for July 6
6-1-02
Senior
Farmers Market Program Restored
5-24-02
Hunting
Ban Enacted to Combat Avian Influenza
5-21-02
Poultry
and Egg Ban Applies to Fairs and Festivals
5-20-02
Commissioner
of Agriculture Gus R. Douglass Expresses Sympathy for Plane Crash
Victim
5-16-02
Avian
Influenza Testing Continues In West Virginia
5-13-02
Commissioner
of Agriculture Gus R. Douglass Lifts Quarantine of Moorefield Farm
Family
5-10-02
Commissioner
of Agriculture Gus R. Douglass Bans Public Egg Displays
5-9-02
Avian
Influenza Detected at Moorefield Farm
5-1-02
Douglass
Supports Decision to Cancel 2002 Poultry Festival
4-30-02
Commissioner
of Agriculture Halts Virginia Poultry Litter Imports
4-19-02
Douglass
Urges Farmers to Take Advantage of New Conservation Program
4-17-02
Secretary
of Agriculture to Announce Conservation Program
4-16-02
2002
Gypsy Moth Suppression Program To Begin
4-11-02
WVDA
Fights Deadly Bee Disease
4-10-02
W.Va.
Grown Food & Wine Expo This Weekend
4-5-02
Agriculture
Commissioner Urges Continued Caution Against Avian Influenza
4-3-02
WVDA
Announces No Avian Influenza in West Virginia
3-22-02
WVDA
Warns of Potential Damage to Produce and Plants from Flooding
3-21-02
W.Va.
Among States to Lose Senior Farmers' Market Program
3-19-02
Deer
and Elk Embargo Expanded
3-19-02
USDA Cuts Senior Farmers' Market Program
3-6-02
FFA
Ham, Bacon and Egg Auction to be Held March 11
2-27-02
Poultry
Association Pays Tribute to Commissioner of Agriculture, Gus R.
Douglass
2-21-02
Federal
Farm Biosecurity Chief to Visit Charleston
2-20-02
Taste
of West Virginia to Highlight Agriculture Day at the Capitol
2-8-02
West
Virginia Department of Agriculture Announces Seasonal Jobs
2-1-02
Commissioner
of Agriculture Urges Scrapie Testing
1-17-02
Direct
Marketing Conference Canceled
1-11-02
W.Va.
Direct Marketing Association to Hold Annual Conference
1-10-02
Agriculture
Commissioner Announces Import Embargo
1-9-02
Fairs
and Festival Convention to Visit Charleston
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