The economic significance of the agricultural industry and the quality of the land used by agriculture were driving factors in the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board's decision to undertake a PDR Feasibility Study.  Work group meetings, public meetings and one-on-one farmer meetings resulted in a list of recommendations for the county to implement as it moved forward with a PDR program.  Recommendations included promoting a "no net loss" goal and protecting 20 percent of current productive acreage for agriculture.