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Article: Timber is state's top agricultural resource: But, the Virginia Forestry Department says, about 26,100 acres of forest are lost each year.
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- Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
- Article date:
- March 3, 2007
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Byline: Patrick Lynch
Mar. 3--Timber remains by far the highest-value agricultural natural resource harvested in Virginia, according to a new Department of Forestry report. Raw timber is harvested annually in Virginia at a value of about $928 million. That compares with an annual value of $732 million in poultry and eggs and $386 million in field crops. And about $445 million worth of timber products are exported through Hampton Roads each year. Those figures come from a report that the Forestry Department produces every five years. The report said the forestry industry employed more people than any manufacturing sector, though it has lost jobs over ...
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