Agriculture and forestry are a highly vis- ible part of Virginia’s economic base. Nearly 21 million acres, or 82 percent, of the commonwealth’s total land area is forest, crop land, or pasture and range. Additional land is forested park land and public open space. In addition, Virginia’s farms generated an estimated $2.7 billion in cash receipts, and forest landown- ers received nearly $350 million for harvested timber in 2006.2 This article is based on a recent study pre- pared under contract for the Office of the Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry.3 The new study, which uses regional input-output analysis