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Green Industry and Agriculture
The Challenge: Collectively, Ohio's diverse commercial agricultural, horticultural, and forestry industries contribute more than $82 billion annually to Ohio's economy. Global economic forces, competition for land use, and urban/suburban sprawl will continue to challenge the aforementioned industries to strategically position their businesses to remain sustainable into the future. Traditional agriculture commodity production will continue its bi-modal distribution in farm size and scale with a very small percentage of farm production units contributing an increasing share of total gross production. Small/mid-size farms will continually need to become entrepreneurial by differentiating their commodities and evaluating direct and other value-added marketing alternatives. Continued growth and evolution of Ohio's "green industry" (nursery/landscape, turfgrass, and floriculture) will present unique opportunities for new university investments in research and Extension personnel at the state, center, and county levels to provide timely research-based information.
