                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATION; AGRICULTURAL SURVEY (§ 23.1-2616)

The Station may direct and supervise a thorough and comprehensive agricultural
survey of the Commonwealth according to the most approved methods in practice to
gather facts and information on existing agricultural conditions in the
Commonwealth and data upon which to base a study of agricultural economics and a
constructive program for the development of agriculture and agricultural
resources. The survey shall examine (i) soils and soil fertility and management;
(ii) soil erosion and drainage problems affecting soil fertility and
productivity; (iii) the adaptation of various soil types, elevations, and
seasonable conditions to crops produced or that may suitably be produced; (iv)
farm layout and selection; (v) arrangement of fields for the use of labor-saving
machinery; (vi) economy and convenience in cultivation and farm operations;
(vii) methods of cultivation, production, and handling of crops; (viii) general
farm management; (ix) the various crops produced on farms and their yield and
gross value compared with the cost of production and courses of low yield; (x)
farm labor and its distribution and efficiency; (xi) labor incomes of the
various classes of farm labor; (xii) the relation of various farm products to
public needs and local and general supply and demand; (xiii) farm incomes and
income sources; (xiv) capital investment and return; (xv) distribution of
capital investment; (xvi) the character and extent of idle lands and their
suitability for cultivation or other agricultural purposes in the various
localities and what, if any, profitable use may be made of them through the
introduction of livestock or crops adapted to such soils, by individuals or on a
community plan, with notations of elevation, topography, temperatures, and
seasonal conditions affecting production of fruit, cotton, and other crops; and
(xvii) any other information or studies that may seem advisable in determining
methods for the betterment of agricultural conditions and the development of the
agricultural resources of the Commonwealth.
		The Station may and it is contemplated that the Station will work in
conjunction with and cooperate with similar agencies of the federal government
to make such agricultural survey whenever a suitable and satisfactory
arrangement can be made for such cooperation.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 433, § 23-132.10; 2016, c. 588.