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A second case of avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in Rockingham County in the Shenandoah Valley, according to agricultural officials. This is the second time the highly contagious strain of the virus has made it onto a commercial turkey farm in Virginia. But for the past year state wildlife officials have also seen vultures, eagles and hawks die from this strain of avian flu.
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Conservation groups are fighting yesterday’s decision by the United States Department of Agriculture, allowing construction of the Mountain Valley…
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The world is watching as the largest rain forest on the planet burns in South America. Part of the cause is speculators who clear land after it’s been…
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Hundreds of cities and other entities have banned single use plastic bags. It’s a step forward for the environment, and the whole, ban plastic bags…
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Have you noticed there are fewer Stink Bugs around this year? Robbie Harris reports on why that it is, and what we might expect, going forward. Not only…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture along with the hog industry have proposed more deregulation at hog plants. If implemented, meat packers would get more…
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The sound of stink bugs flying around indoors has become a harbinger of autumn. One has been circling above me the whole time I’ve been writing this…
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In recent years, Chesapeake watermen and seafood processors have begun developing a market for blue catfish, that invasive species that has exploded in…