Pages 5-8 in Peter J. Barry, James F. Evans, Lu Otto, James W. Richardson and Jerelyn Schultz, Social Sciences: Research Programs, Inter-Disciplinary Work and Communications. Social Sciences Committee of the Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy of the Board on Agriculture, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Universities. 25 pages., The "Agricultural Communications" section of a report about the major disciplines comprising the social sciences in the Land Grant/USDA research system. Emphasis is placed on describing the subject matter of agricultural communications, identifying recent research issues and highlights, and projecting future directions.