Farmers in the Commonwealth of Virginia are poised to benefit from spade work performed by Governor Bob McDonnell in India, according to WHSV.
While on a two-week tour of India and Israel, the Republican leader secured additional shipments of Virginia exports to the subcontinent. Virginia poultry farmers view with optimism increased business opportunities to additional countries as well given that roughly one of every five chickens cultivated in the U.S. ends up being shipped overseas.
"You've got countries that are developing their middle classes that have more purchasing power, which will provide a positive opportunity for Virginia-raised poultry products to go into their markets," President Hobey Bauhan of the Virginia Poultry Federation told the news source. "It brings money back into the Commonwealth and to the farm."
India checks in at the 15th largest exporter for Virginia, an increase from the 24th spot the state held in 2008, according to the Washington Business Journal.
McDonnell is not the only mid-Atlantic governor with his eyes set on enhancing trade with India. Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is scheduled to visit later this month through early December. The Democrat will be accompanied by roughly 100 business, education and elected leaders.
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