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News Releases - 2009

7-2-09
Department of Agriculture Announces New Rules for Equine Health Testing

6-17-09
6,930 Acres in Southern West Virginia Treated for Gypsy Moth

6-17-09
Chili and Cornbread Chefs Wanted for Mountain State Art & Craft Fair Contest

6-17-09
Beef Remains Fathers' Day Meal of Choice

6-17-09
West Virginia Poultry Laboratory Joins National Network

6-8-09
West Virginia Beef Industry Marking Father’s Day with Presentation to Governor, Agriculture Commissioner

6-4-09
Second West Virginia County Quarantined for Emerald Ash Borer

6-4-09
WVDA Employee Selected for Prestigious Homeland Security Training Program

6-4-09
Grant Awards Aimed at Improving State’s Agricultural Competiveness

6-3-09
Six Selected for Agriculture and Forestry Hall of Fame

6-2-09
Commissioner of Agriculture Warns Gardeners to Toss Flooded Produce

6-2-09
WVDA Completes 2009 Gypsy Moth Treatment, Applications Being Accepted for Next Year

5-19-09
WVDA Announces Second Round of Specialty Crop Block Grants for 2009

5-8-09
State Agriculture Commissioner Delivers $50,000 for Flatwoods Farmers’ Market Construction

5-8-09
West Virginia Joining Neighbors for Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week

5-8-09
Hillbilly Daylillies Announces First-Ever 'Bloomin' Bash'

5-7-09
WVDA Bringing Super-Size Sundae to Elkins Children’s Home Centennial

5-4-09
WVDA Will Use Mating Disruption Against Gypsy Moth

5-1-09
Agriculture Commissioner Reassures Consumers of Pork Safety

5-1-09
State Agriculture Commissioner to Visit Flatwoods for Check Presentation

4-28-09
Raw Alfalfa Sprouts Linked To Illness In West Virginia

4-27-09
WVDA Closely Monitoring Swine Influenza Outbreak

4-22-09
Agriculture Department Concerned Reed Canarygrass Could be Poisoning Cattle

4-15-09
Plum Pox Virus Survey to be Conducted This Spring

4-7-09
Workers Adorning State’s Trees with Purple Insect Traps

4-2-09
WVDA Food Vulnerability Training Targets Food Producers

4-2-09
Agriculture Commissioner Predicts Good Year for Local Produce

4-2-09
Gypsy Moth Suppression Program to Begin In May

4-1-09
Agriculture Department Advises of Pistachio Recall

3-30-09
Agriculture Education Program to Enliven Local Classrooms

3-26-09
Department of Agriculture Donates Books to Honor National Ag Week

3-26-09
Ailing Economy Doesn't Hurt FFA Ham, Bacon and Egg Sales

3-19-09
New Laboratory Building Critical Infrastructure Need, Agriculture Commissioner Tells Legislature

3-19-09
Agriculture Department Announces Farmers’ Market Grant Recipients

3-11-09
Awards Program to Recognize Best in Agritourism Marketing

3-5-09
Transportation Included for Spring Agritourism Conference

2-9-09
Small Farms Conference Will Include Concurrent Acidified Foods Course

1-30-09
Three Mares May Have Been Exposed to Equine Disease

1-30-09
Agriculture, Other Organizations Wooing Tour Bus Operators

1-23-09
Department of Agriculture Proposing Treatment of 50,000 Acres for Gypsy Moth

1-23-09
Department of Agriculture Seeking Equine Information

1-23-09
Department of Agriculture Updating Producer Info

1-23-09
Livestock Producers May Get New Tool Against Foot and Mouth Disease

1-12-09
Department of Agriculture Names New State Veterinarian

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