Organizers of youth livestock events formerly held at the State Fair of Virginia say the show will go on this fall.

The demand for information on how to start farming continues to grow, and a new U.S. Department of Agriculture website is designed to be an easy place to start looking.

The recently released “Virginia Farm to Table Plan: A Strategic Plan for Strengthening Virginia’s Food System and Economic Future” can be downloaded from Virginia Cooperative Extension’s website. 

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on March 13 that the commonwealth exported a record $2.35 billion in agricultural products in 2011, an increase of more than 6 percent from 2010 and more than 2 percent from 2009.

The details of the 2012 farm bill are being ironed out in Congress now, as much of the current law in the 2008 farm bill expires in 2012.