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    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:38:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>DC Fly-In 2026 (Tuesday, September 22, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#003057" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Join us for an Agribusiness Fly-In in Washington DC on September 22, 2026!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#003057" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Tentative Schedule:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#003057" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;9:00 - 11:30am Hill Visits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#003057"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;12:00pm -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Lunch and Discussion: Bayer, 801 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, 20004&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 Annual Sporting Clay Tournament (Friday, October 09, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003057"&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;We are excited to be returning to the beautiful &lt;strong style=""&gt;Shenandale Gun Club&lt;/strong&gt; in Swoope, Virginia for our 2026 tournament! Make plans to jo&lt;/font&gt;in us for a day of fun, delicious food, and networking. This event is a great way to support the Council while enjoying a&amp;nbsp;beautiful day at the range! This tournament is one of our most popular events and is an excellent opportunity to meet industry colleagues and interact with key decision makers in Virginia.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003057" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Consider becoming a sponsor!&lt;/strong&gt; If you would like to join the following Sporting Clay partners, click the register button to sign up today, or contact us at&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:vac@va-agribusiness.org" target="_blank" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#28724F"&gt;vac@va-agribusiness.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#003057" style=""&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://farmcredit.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003057" style=""&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.va-agribusiness.org/resources/Pictures/FarmCredit-Color.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="217" height="45"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003057" style=""&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.va-agribusiness.org/resources/Pictures/AMMO.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="113" height="35"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.va-agribusiness.org/resources/Pictures/Club%20Sponsor.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="107" height="41" style="color: rgb(0, 48, 87); font-size: 12px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2027 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>55th Virginia Agribusiness Council Annual Legislative Appreciation Banquet (Thursday, January 14, 2027)</title>
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#003057"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;Join us&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;for our 55th Legislative Appreciation Banquet on Thursday, January 14, 2027!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" color="#003057" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Virginia agribusiness ind&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;ustry's premiere event attended by&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;over&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;1000 annually, where the&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, members of the Ge&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;neral Assembly, and our Congressional delegation are hosted by hundreds of agribusiness leaders. Our menu featuring Virginia grown and processed foods is not one to miss.&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#003057" face="Tahoma" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12px;"&gt;This is a sell out event so be sure to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;register&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;early&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#003057" face="Tahoma" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12px;"&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" color="#003057" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Interested in sponsoring?&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Click the Register button, or contact us at&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:vac@va-agribusiness.org" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#003057"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;vac@va-agribusiness.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" color="#003057" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma"&gt;&lt;font color="#003057"&gt;A limited room block has been established at the Omni Richmond with a discounted rate of $159+ per night (does not include tax). Reservations must be made by &lt;strong&gt;Tues&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#003057"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;day,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;December 29, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma"&gt;&lt;font color="#003057"&gt;to secure this rate. To reserve your room, please call 1-800-THE-OMNI&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" color="#003057"&gt;and request the VAC Annual Legislative Room Block,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#003057"&gt;or follow&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://bookings.omnihotels.com/event/richmond/virginia-agribusiness-council-room-block"&gt;&lt;font color="#003057"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this link&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#003057"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" color="#003057" style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;__________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 48, 87); font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://evergrofs.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.va-agribusiness.org/resources/Pictures/EverGRO-logo%202024.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="151" height="33"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 48, 87); font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.universalcorp.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.va-agribusiness.org/resources/Pictures/Universal%20PNG.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="87" height="71"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 48, 87); font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;GENERAL SPONSOR:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 48, 87); font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Dominion Energy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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