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This report focuses upon the economic and other contributions that agricultural research and education have made to Virginia over the past 40 years. Agricultural research, extension, and classroom instruction contribute in the following ways to Virginia's citizens: increased supplies and reduced costs, improved competitiveness, multiplier effects on income and employment in the economy as a whole, food safety and environmental quality,.and an educated workforce. Each dollar invested in. agricultural research, teaching, and extension programs has generated $4 to $15 in increased farm production over a period of 8 to 15 years. Virginia farm production has increased by 63 percent during the past 4 decades, while the land in farms has declined by 47 percent and labor on farms has declined by 89 percent. These proauctivity advances to a large extert have been made possible because of the agricultural research