Governor seeks agricultural disaster designation for two counties Governor Mark Parkinson sent a letter today to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack asking that he declare Osborne and Republic counties agricultural disaster areas for production losses due to severe weather in May and June 2010.
The severe weather consisted of a variety of storms ....
Virginia significantly expands biosolids inspections
RICHMOND, VA. - In its first six months of operation, the Department of Environmental Quality's biosolids program inspected more than 42 percent of the fields and 73 percent of the farms where biosolids were spread in Virginia, DEQ Director David K. Paylor announced today.