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The 45,000 farms in Virginia with under 10 acres of cropland, and the 83,000 with less than 30 acres are extremely limited as far as alternative production opportunities for expanding farm income. Poultry production is one of the few, if not the only, feasible agricultural enterprise which is not greatly dependent on cropland, the economists point out.
The vital question is “What can the individual farmer expect to make from a laying flock?” The economists say a farmer coulr rea
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