Steve

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Independent agronomist 🌾🌱 Undisciplined scientist 🔬🧩 Apple grower 🍎🚜 Nature lover 🌎🌄 VirginiaAg.com

A nodal price map from GridStatus.io that shows spot market prices for electricity from 2:40 pm today, July 14, 2026. Most of the nodes east of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia are blue, indicating a negative price, except for the many nodes in Northern VA and the DC area, which are dark red, indicating an electricity price exceeding $225/megawatt hour
Monticello decorated for the 4th of July
A group of people standing in a hazelnut orchard at a field day. The orchard floor is mostly covered with native wildflowers and grasses
A low rainbow in an apple orchard
A group of people standing in a vineyard at a field day, looking at young vines
A graph showing growing degree day accumulation between January 1 and May 1, with lines for 2026, 2025, and the 30-year average. 2025 and 2026 were both above average, but 2026 has been especially hot
A newly transplanted apple tree (i.e., a stick in the ground) with small, green buds
The branch of an apple tree, with several buds full of young leaves
A dog enjoying a heavy wintery mix, with large snowflakes showing against her black fur
A row of baby trees from the nursery, planted in a shallow trench and sticking diagonally out of the ground
A large, old pecan tree on a warm winter day
An image of a young barley crop on a radiant day
A close up view of a wildflower seed mix
4 small lots of grain in plastic bags
Researchers speaking to a group of people in front of a vineyard, with mountains in the background
A screenshot from an RSS reader showing diverging coverage of the MAHA report from two ag news sites. Civil Eats reports that MAHA "moves further away" from their goals, while CropLife highlights industry groups that "applaud" the MAHA report