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ced on all agricultural products of Virginia.” Yet
with this great economic asset, farming in the Piedmont is declining.
THE AVERAGE farmer in the region only makes $868 per year, after expenses. For this reason, the Piedmont has lost one third of all of its farms. ‘‘Earnings of farmers in general averages 30% less than earnings of all other workers in the region...the average age of farmers in the region is 55, with a significant portion of farm owners over age 65,” according to the study.
B. Powell Harrison of Leesburg, president of
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