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farming and other aspects of country life, recently and unanimously endorsed Mark Earley’s plan to create a new Cabinet-level Secretary of Agriculture. Currently there is a Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Earley wants to boost the business of Agriculture in Virginia. This is a first and important step. It'll help areas like ours. And we need it and easing costly regulations!
Virginia has about 49,000 farms. Most (98 percent) are family owned, often for generations, as ours is. They make an important contribution to
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