Dinwiddie Extension Office
13915-H Boydton Plank Road
P. O. Box 399
Dinwiddie, VA 23841
804/469-4514
Fax: 804/469-3284
mparrish@vt.edu
http://offices.ext.vt.edu/dinwiddie
DINWIDDIE AGRICULTURAL NEWSLETTER
Number 95 – July 2010
TIRE AND OIL RECYCLING:
Agriculture Tire Collection and Agriculture
Equipment Waste Oil Collection (100 gallon
min.) – Please call the Dinwiddie Extension
Office to sign up, 804-469-4514.
FORAGES:
Many of you are feeding hay at this time for
livestock due to the dry conditions and damage to
hay fields. If you plan to cut/chop corn, millet, or
sorghum please test for nitrates. For more
information please call the office at 469-4514.
come by the office for a complete list of items that
may be entered and pick up a registration form.
The Fair dates are August 4 – 7 and it is being
held at Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie.
MEETINGS AND DATES TO
REMEMBER:
Women and Land: Estate Planning
Date: August 6, 2010
Time: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Location: DeWitt/Rocky Run Ruritan Club
14929 Glebe Road
Cost: $5.00 (includes lunch and materials)
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
COLLECTION:
Workshops for women landowners who would
like to know more about managing their family’s
farm and forest lands.
Sponsored by VA Dept. of Forestry &
Appomattox River SWCD
Virginia Cooperative Extension and Appomattox
River SWCD will be holding their annual HHW
Collection in October again this year. Please call
the office for more information and watch for
additional information in the months ahead.
Dinwiddie Extension Field Crop
and Forage Field Day
DINWIDDIE COUNTY FAIR:
Dinwiddie Extension Office will have a big
display at the Dinwiddie County Fair this year!!
We know that it has been extremely dry this year
but we would like to encourage any farmers or
residents that would like to register fruits,
vegetables and/or field crops in the fair
(Extension is holding a contest) please call or
Date: August 12, 2010
Time: 5:30 pm
Stops for Field Day will include:
Managing forage after the drought and corn silage
(speaker Chris Teutsch) – On the farm of
Billy Bain.
Tobacco & Cover Crop Tillage and Drip
Irrigation (speaker David Reed) – On the
Farm of Robert and Mark Spiers
Cotton and Peanut Update (Mike Parrish & Ames
Herbert) – On the farm of Lance and
Randy Everett
Drought Update and Crop Insurance Information
Mike Barnes and Dale Hawkins
Dinner – Old Hickory Farms
Please support local and area Extension Programs, when possible. Your
support and participation reflect the measure of success of our
programming efforts. Your participation is greatly appreciated.
Family & Farm Day
Michael J. Parrish, ANR Extension Agent
Date: September 11, 2010
Time: 9:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Southern Piedmont AREC,
Blackstone, VA
There is no fee for this event.
Lots of activities for youth and adults.
Bring chairs and blankets for a day of fun!
Please contact the Dinwiddie Extension Office for
more details or with any questions regarding
calendar events.
***Due to the state of the economy and
due to the number of reductions we
have been faced with we would like to
be able to send out as many newsletters
as possible via email instead of mailing
them. Please email ahawks@vt.edu
with your email address if you would
like to receive the newsletter this way.
Also, please let us know if there have
been any changes to your mailing or
email address recently or if you no
longer wish to receive this newsletter so
that we can make the changes on our
mailing list. Thank you!
Please check out our website at
http://offices.ext.edu/dinwiddie.
If
anyone has any suggestions or ideas that
would add to the site, please let us
know!!
If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices,
services or other accommodations to participate in these programs, please
contact the Dinwiddie Extension Office at 804-469-4514, Monday-Friday,
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. to discuss accommodations at least one week prior to
the event.