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Agriculture big business in Va.

Published December 2, 2008, 4:37 am, NBC 12 Richmond

HOT SPRINGS, Va. (AP) - Agriculture is big business in Virginia. A Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service study shows agriculture and forestry has a $79 billion impact on Virginia's economy.

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