An Economic Analysis of the Greenhouse, Nursery, and Sod Sector in the United States

Abstract

<jats:p>The greenhouse, nursery, and sod (GNS) sector in the United States accounted for $10 billion in gross sales or 5% of gross farm receipts, in 1998. Despite its significant economic contributions, the sector receives little attention from policymakers. Part of the problem lies in the absence of empirical economic analysis that addresses the impact of the sector on the U.S. economy. The absence of such analysis places the sector at a disadvantage when agricultural policies are designed to address agricultural imbalances, such as farm income problems, and hinders the ability of the sector to lobby for policies favorable to GNS producers. This study provides estimates of the economic impacts of the GNS sector on the U.S. economy and quantifies the linkages between the GNS sector and other economic sectors. The results show that the sector contributed over $26 billion and $17 billion in output and value added economic activity, respectively, and over 438,000 jobs.</jats:p>

Economic Impact of Milk Production in the State of New Mexico

“…The impacts of industry interdependences are often generalized in the form of multipliers (Boggess et al, 1997;Tavernier and Brumfield, 2003). The most common are type I (direct + indirect effects) and type II, or social accounting matrix (SAM = direct + indirect + induced effects).…”

“…The I/O analysis has been used extensively to study the contribution of various sectors to the overall economy. In agriculture, it has been used to evaluate the economic impact of organic apple production in Washington (Mon and Holland, 2005); to evaluate the greenhouse, nursery, and sod industry within the United States (Tavernier and Brumfield, 2003); and to examine the whole agricultural industry in Oregon (Waters et al, 1999). This methodology has also been implemented to study the forest industry (Templeton and Goldman, 1996), tourism (Borden et al, 1996), and rural development (Robinson, 1997).…”