Extension and Outreach

Extension and Outreach with Value

As part of a land-grant university, we serve our community, state, nation, and the world at large through our Extension and outreach programs.

John Bovay, Extension Program Leader: 540-231-7936, bovay@vt.edu

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IN THE NEWS

AAEC extension and outreach with purpose. Jennifer Shaver Friedel, J.D. has been busy from Blacksburg, Richmond, to Raleigh, NC! June 2024 speaking engagements

International Farm Transition Network conference. IFTN connects and promotes institutions and individuals working to build awareness, develop resources, and provide support to farmers on strategic business planning and management.
Virginia Cooperative Extension agent onboarding event
North Carolina Agricultural Mediation Program and Farm Agricultural Resources and Mediation of Virginia for agriculture mediation training. These grant-funded programs provide mediation for disputes involving producers directly affected by USDA actions, as well as other covered disputes.

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Virginia Tech alumna joins Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture team , article
Rebekah Slabach ’16 is making an impact in the field of agriculture as the new associate director for the Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture. Slabach, a second-generation Hokie, earned dual bachelor's degrees in agricultural sciences and agricultural and applied economics.
Date: 06/04/2024
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Researchers receive $1 million federal grant to tackle economic and marketing gaps in U.S. aquaculture industry , article
Despite growing demand for seafood and access to resources for robust production, the U.S. faces a significant trade deficit and dependence on imports, prompting initiatives to provide tools and guidance to strengthen the domestic industry's trajectory.
Date: 03/26/2024
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Food production using controlled environment agriculture and agrivoltaics systems could become the new normal , article
A recent publication by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Virginia Tech researchers highlights that these innovative techniques could increase yields, enhance nutrition, improve access to local foods, and provide better year-round access to fresh food than traditional large-scale outdoor production.
Date: 03/22/2024
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Virginia Tech researchers to address methods for measuring on-farm food loss and waste , article
“Reducing food loss and waste may have implications for both the environmental impact of agriculture and for food prices,” said John Bovay, principal investigator on the more than $630,000 grant project.
Date: 01/31/2024

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John Bovay and Elinor Benami (AAEC) and Rachel Henley and Thomas Stanley (VCE) present pasture range land and forage index insurance.

PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS: Choose your interests

Cormorant Predation of Commercial Catfish Aquaculture in the Mississippi Delta
https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/AAEC/AAEC-231/AAEC-231.html

The Problems of Avian Predators on Fish Farms: Scaup on Baitfish (Golden Shiner) Farms. AAEC-191. Virginia Cooperative Extension. July 8, 2019.
https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/AAEC/aaec-191/AAEC-191.pdf

Overview of Good Aquaculture Practices. Virginia Cooperative Extension. 600-054 (CNRE-40P). December 20, 2018. https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/600/600-054/600-054.html

National Baitfish and Sportfish Regulatory Costs
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-219/AREC-219.html

South East Region Baitfish and Sportfish Regulatory Costs
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-220/AREC-222.html

South Central Region Baitfish and Sportfish Regulatory Costs http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-220/AREC-221.html

Great Lakes Region Baitfish and Sportfish Regulatory Costs http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-220/AREC-220.html

Wisconsin Baitfish and Sportfish Regulatory Costs http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-220/AREC-218.html

Pennsylvania Baitfish and Sportfish Regulatory Costs http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-220/AREC-217.html

Ohio Baitfish and Sportfish Regulatory Costs http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-220/AREC-216.html

North Carolina Baitfish and Sportfish Regulatory Costs http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-220/AREC-215.html

New York Baitfish and Sportfish Regulatory Costs http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-220/AREC-214.html

Florida, Illinois, Texas, and Kansas Baitfish and Sportfish Regulatory Costs
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-220/AREC-213.html

Arkansas Baitfish and Sportfish Regulatory Costs http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-220/AREC-212.html

Alabama Baitfish and Sportfish Regulatory Costs http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-220/AREC-211.html

Costs of Regulations on Baitfish/Sportfish Farms: What will it be for trout? https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-202/AREC-202.html

The Effects of Regulations on the U.S. Salmonid Industry

Resource productivity and costs of aquaculture practices: Economic-sustainability perspectives from US catfish farming