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examination of issues in teaching, research and extension.
Gov. Baliles also made reference to declining profits. “In a decade, expenses have doubled,” he said. He cited price declines from 1984 to 1985 of $3.22 to $2.22 a bushel for corn, $3.71 to $2.50 a bushel for wheat, and $6.31 to $4.90 a bushel for soybeans. And although Virginia provides more than 35 different products for sale in more than 100 nations, and is still selling more than $274 million worth of farm products on the world market every year, there is massive drying up of export markets, Gov. Baliles said. “An estimated 25 to 30 percent of our farmers are in serious financial difficulty.”
Mitch Geasler, director of Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, concluded the phase one report
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