The Cupeper Rodeo returned for its fourth year over Labor Day weekend, hosting over 8,000 people at the Culpeper Agriculture Enterprise. Photos by Ireland Hayes [gallery link="none" size="large"...
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Moo-ving moments at annual Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock farm show
Young 4‑H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) exhibitors from around the region paraded their prized livestock around the arena last weekend at the Culpeper-Madison-Rappahannock (CMR) Farm Show. The show took over the Culpeper Agriculture Enterprise from last...
They’re back!: Lanternflies return to Rappahannock in swarms
Spotted lanternflies, and more of them, are back in Rappahannock County this summer — with a vengeance. “There's a greater presence throughout the county than last year,” said Adam Downing, forestry extension agent for the Northwest District, which includes...
Eldon Farms unveils its future
7,100-acre reserve welcomes hikers, farmers, scientists, neighbors The 7,100 acres of Eldon Farms in Woodville have entered a new era, poised to become a public-private reserve that will mix ecological restoration, education, recreation and advanced farming and...
Awe of nature drives Nick Lapham
Wildlife meshes with farm life at evolving Sunnyside conservancy From a distance, it looks like a large puddle, likely a remnant of a recent rain, shadowed by a copse of trees. A branch lies partly submerged. Nothing remarkable. But, as Nick Lapham approaches the...
Tariffs cause uncertainty among local farmers
Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are causing uncertainties in the global agricultural sector. Once again, local farmers may be affected. Tariffs of at least 10% across all countries are now in effect, with higher rates for those deemed “worst offenders”...
Canceled USDA programs impact farmers, schools, food banks
The abrupt elimination of two national food procurement programs by the Trump administration’s DOGE unit is hitting close to home as local farmers and the food-needy communities the programs serve cope with the uncertainties. In February, the Local Food Purchase...
Peaches the kestrel returns, sets record
Kestrel’s migration tracked for four years Peaches, a five-year old female kestrel outfitted with a tiny solar-powered backpack transmitter, arrived in Warrenton on March 18 after completing her 560 mile spring migration journey from a farm in Georgia. This feat was a...
Unscrambling the cost of eggs
A look at prices in Rappahannock County Battered by an outbreak of bird flu and victim of global supply chain disruptions, the humble egg is having its day. Even in the rural oasis of Rappahannock County. A political barometer in recent U.S. politics, egg prices have...
Rappahannock had a little lamb — lots of them
Entering the world, fashionably It’s that time of year — farms across Rappahannock County are welcoming spring flocks of new lambs and goat kids. Four little lambs, only a few days old, took their first steps outside of a barn Tuesday morning, braving the cold in...
Doer’s Profile: Rachel Bynum
Background: Co-owner, Waterpenny Farm in Sperryville; director, Rappahannock Nature Camp; member, Rappahannock County School Board representing the Piedmont District since 2008; member, Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection Education Committee; former vice...
In Photos | Ride ’em cowboys at Culpeper Rodeo
Sometimes, it actually is your first rodeo — as a spectator, at least. And when you first see, and feel, a 2,000-pound bull thrash around just yards away, it’s enough to make...
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