Alabama

Alabama Economic Contribution and Impact Research

In 2022, Alabama generated around $8.8 billion in agricultural cash receipts with the highest valued commodities being broilers, chicken eggs, and cattle and calves. That same year, the value of Alabama’s agricultural production and processing industries represented 5.2 percent of total state GDP. Some of the dollars generated by these industries end up being re-spent within the local economy, bringing additional value to the state through “multiplier effects.” Economic impact and contribution studies measure these effects, which can be broken down into direct, indirect, and induced economic effects.

Websites, reports, fact sheets, and articles related to the economic impacts and contributions of Alabama’s food, fiber, and forest industries can be found below.

Websites:

Information related to Alabama’s food, fiber, and forest industries can be found by visiting the following website(s):

• Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
• Alabama Department of Agriculture
• Economic Impacts of Alabama Agricultural Extension Programs by County 2013
• Economic Contributions of Alabama Agriculture and Forestry
• Alabama Forestry Impacts
• Agriculture, Forestry Dominate State’s Economy, Study Shows (Auburn)

Contribution and Impact Research Documents:

The following are current and historical studies, fact sheets, and articles related to Alabama’s food, fiber, and forest industries.  These can be viewed and/or downloaded by clicking the images or links below:

	2024 – Fact Sheet – Feeding the Economy, 2024
	2021 – Fact Sheet – Meat Fuels America, 2016
	2021 – Fact Sheet – Poultry Feeds America, 2020
	2020 – Fact Sheet – Feeding the Economy, 2019
	2019 – Article Study – Alabama Agriculture Feeds The Economy County Farmers Federation
	2019 – Fact Sheet – Economic Impact of a New Greenhouse in Alabama
	2018 – Fact Sheet – Economic Impact of a New Cow-Calf Operation in Alabama
	2018 – Fact Sheet – Economic Impact of a New Broiler House, 2018
	2018 – Fact Sheet – The Animal Feed and Pet Food Manufacturing Industry is Crucial to American Agriculture, Economy, 2016
	2017 – Fact Sheet – Alabama Forest Industry Economic Impact
	2016 – Report – Economic Contributions of Alabama Agriculture and Forestry, 2016
	2016 – Report – Economic Analysis of Animal Agriculture 2005-2015
	2016 – Report – Forest Resource Report, 2013
	2015 – Fact Sheet – Alabama Forest Industry Economic Impact
	2014 – Report- Forest Resource Report, 2010
	2013 – Report – Economic Impacts of Alabama’s Agricultural, Forestry, and Related Industries, 2010

*At present, there is no universally agreed upon standard methodology for producing economic impact or economic contribution reports.  Please exercise caution when viewing and comparing reports as each may vary significantly in terms of source data and analysis and reporting methodology.