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Category: Agriculture in West Virginia. 2 languages. ... Farmers from West Virginia (23 P) P. Plantations in West Virginia (1 C, 8 P) W. West Virginia wine (2 C, 2 P)
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is managed by the agriculture commissioner, an elected official operating independently of the governor's authority. Kent Leonhardt has served as the commissioner of the department since January 2017. Previous commissioners have included Walt Helmick, Gus Douglass, and Cleve Benedict.
The term Upper South is a geographic term, generally consisting of the Southern states that are geographically north of the Lower or Deep South, primarily Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee and to a lesser extent the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri. [1] [2]
West Virginia: State fruit Golden Delicious apple: 1995 [117] Wisconsin: State grain: Corn (Zea mays) 1989 [118] [119] [120] State fruit: Cranberry (Vaccinium ...
Agriculture in the United States is primarily governed by periodically renewed U.S. farm bills. Governance is both a federal and a local responsibility with the United States Department of Agriculture being the federal department responsible. Government aid includes research into crop types and regional suitability as well as many kinds of ...
Also drawing tourism to the state is the West Virginia State Park & State Forest system, which comprises 45 units covering 164,000 acres. In 2021, over 9 million people visited a West Virginia State Park, the highest number on record. This is partly due to a recent $151 million improvement project that has seen improvements at every park and ...
According to the governor’s official website, Justice’s companies farm more than 50,000 acres (20,200 hectares) of corn, wheat, and soybeans in West Virginia and three other states.
English: OpenStreetMap image of the far northern valley of Virginia and the West Virginia panhandle. Specifically Martinsburg, West Virginia (exact top = 39.5782); Romney, West Virginia (exact left = -78.7994); Charles Town, West Virginia (exact right = -77.8175); and Winchester, Virginia (exact bottom = 38.9829).