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Results for: Agricultural and Applied Economics
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Jeffrey Alwang honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 36 years, Alwang made significant research contributions to agricultural and rural development.
Date: May 20, 2026 - -
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Meet the Hokie shaping Virginia’s economic future , articleWith experience across government, business, and regional development, Carrie Chenery ’08 brings a cross-sector perspective to Virginia’s top economic role.
Date: Mar 31, 2026 - -
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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences honors outstanding alumni and friends for 2026 , articleSeven alumni and friends received awards in the 2026 Celebration of Ut Prosim.
Date: Mar 30, 2026 - -
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Alumna will guide Virginia’s agriculture and forestry industries , articleKatie Frazier ’04 brings deep roots in Virginia 4-H and FFA, along with dual degrees from Virginia Tech, to her new role as Virginia’s secretary of agriculture and forestry.
Date: Mar 27, 2026 - -
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Study abroad program builds lasting food security partnerships in South Africa , articleStudents and faculty members partner with Cape Town communities through classwork, research, and campus fundraising, transforming a two-week study abroad program into sustained food security collaboration.
Date: Mar 26, 2026 - -
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Policy research program builds pathways from research to actionable solutions , articleFour faculty members representing four colleges, one school, and three departments were named fellows or scholars in the +Policy Network’s 2025-26 policy research cohort, each receiving up to $10,000 to turn policy ideas into real-world solutions.
Date: Feb 26, 2026 - -
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Inside the Greenhouses of the FutureFrom solar-powered greenhouses to hydroponic tomatoes engineered for flavor, research from Virginia Tech points to a future where farming happens indoors — powered by light, data, and innovation instead of soil and seasons.
Date: Feb 18, 2026 - -
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Alumnus takes the helm of National Cattlemen's Beef Association , articleGene Copenhaver ’83 brings decades of industry experience to his new role as president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
Date: Feb 06, 2026 - -
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Alumni family honors a legacy rooted in agriculture and Virginia Tech , articleA gift from the Hickman family establishes a graduate fellowship in agricultural and applied economics, honoring the legacy of alumnus E. Phillip “Phil” Hickman ’74 and the generations of Hickmans he inspired to follow in his path in the field.
Date: Feb 04, 2026 - -
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Kevin Boyle honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for 20 years, Boyle made significant contributions to the study of environmental and natural resource economics and real estate and land economics
Date: Dec 17, 2025 - -
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Experts available: Virginia elections, SNAP benefits, Head Start, Supreme Court on tariffs, and more , articleVirginia Tech experts are available to discuss this week's contentious and historic Virginia elections, the impact of SNAP benefits expiring, how the government shutdown could affect Head Start, the potential fallout from the Supreme Court's impending tariff decision, and more.
Date: Nov 03, 2025 - -
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Jonathan van Senten named director of the Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center , articleVan Senten assumed the role Sept. 25, with current Director Michael Schwarz transitioning to associate director as part of a planned leadership succession.
Date: Nov 03, 2025 - -
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New research shows how farmers can be left dry by rainfall insurance , articleSmall differences in rainfall data and grid size can lead to big discrepancies in insurance payouts, a new study finds, leaving some farmers uncovered.
Date: Oct 31, 2025 - -
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Experts explain impact of expiring SNAP benefits, share resources to help , articleVirginia Tech experts Elena Serrano, director of the Virginia Family Nutrition Program, and George Davis, interim head of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, are co-authors of the book “Food and Nutrition Economics” and can explain how SNAP benefits work, how people will be affected by them expiring during the government shutfown, and actions those impacted can take.
Date: Oct 30, 2025 - -
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Karl Rich appointed head of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics , articleAn agricultural economist who has conducted research in more than 30 countries, Rich joins the department from Oklahoma State University.
Date: Oct 22, 2025 - -
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Experts discuss factors driving beef prices so high , articleAmericans shopping for ground beef, New York strips, or sirloin in 2025 are paying for their love of beef through extreme sticker shock as prices continue to skyrocket. Agribusiness expert Mario Ortez Amador and economic expert David Bieri discuss the reasons for the rising prices and what it will take for them to abate.
Date: Aug 25, 2025 - -
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Mary Marchant honored with emerita status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 17 years, Marchant built a research and teaching program funded by more than $4.5 million in grants and external funding, including highly competitive national grants that included two U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural and Food Research Initiative grants and five National Research Initiative grants.
Date: Aug 11, 2025 - -
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Researchers support pilot project to help protect the Chesapeake Bay , articlePartnering with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia State Dairymen's Association, researchers are helping develop a $20 million program designed to create incentives for landowners to measurably reduce nutrient runoff.
Date: Aug 11, 2025 - -
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Darrell Bosch honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 40 years, Bosch made significant research contributions to cost-effectively reducing non-point source pollution from agriculture.
Date: Jul 23, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech study sheds light on solar farm impacts to property values , articleVirginia Tech researchers analyzed nearly 9 million property sales to study how large solar installations affect nearby land values. Their findings show mixed effects: Agricultural land values tend to rise, while residential values show slight declines on average with the effect reversing entirely in some scenarios.
Date: Jun 09, 2025 -
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