The Economic Importance
of Food and Fiber
A Spotlight
S tli ht on Evans
E
County,
C
t Georgia
G
i
Prepared
p
for
Evans County Cooperative Extension
February,
y, 2011
by:
The Center for Agribusiness
and Economic Development
College
C
ll
off Agricultural
A i lt
l
and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
Total Population
Evans County
14,052
,
13,045
11,695
10,495
2020 OPB Proj.
2015 OPB Proj.
2009 Estimate
2000
8,724
8,428
7,290
6,952
6,653
1990
1980
1970
1960
1950
7,401
7 102
7,102
1940
1930
0
3,000
6,000
9,000
12,000
15,000
Primary data sources: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial censuses & estimate; GA Office of Planning & Budget
projections.
Population Change: 2000-2009
LOSS
0 – 9.1%
9 1 – 20.1%
9.1
20 1%
20.1 – 40.0%
40.0 – 77.4%
Evans Co. = 11.4%
Avg GA County =
Avg.
12.0%
GA = 20.1%
US = 9.1%
9 1%
Primary data source: U.S. Census Bureau (3/10)
Population Change: 1930-2009
30
25
Perce
entage Ch
hange
20
15
10
5
0
-5
-10
-15
1930-40
1930
40
1940-50
1940
50
1950-60
1950
60
U.S.
Primary data source: U.S. Census Bureau
1960-70
1960
70
1970-80
1970
80
Georgia
1980-90
1980
90
1990-00
1990
00
2000-09
2000
09
Evans Co.
% of Land in Cropland & Timberland
11 - 42%
42 - 62%
62 - 78%
78 - 90%
> 90%
Evans Co. = 85%
GA Avg. Co. = 75%
GA Total
G
ota = 76%
6%
GA Metro = 67%
GA Nonmetro = 81%
Primary data sources:
U.S. Census of Agriculture, 2007
USDA Forest Service, 2009
Graphic by Center for Agribusiness
& Economic Development, UGA
Components of 2009 Property Tax Gross Digest
Evans County
Residential
%
41.1%
Ag-PreferentialEnviron-Conserv
21.8%
Heavy Equipment
0.001%
Commercial
13.6%
Timber *
0.7%
Mobile Home
1.1%
Motor Vehicle
10.9%
40% Assessment Value of Property
Gross Digest = $262,597,118
Homestead & Property Exemptions = $19,730,055
N t M&O Di
Net
Digestt = $242
$242,867,063
867 063
Value of exempt property = $27,253,156
* Timber taxed at 100% based on previous year sales
Public Utility
2.6%
Primary data source: GA Dept. of Revenue
Industrial
8.3%
County Property Tax Digest Comparisons: 2009
County
% Resi- % Agri- % Comdential cultural mercial
% Industrial
% Mo%
%
% UtilMotor bile
Timity
Veh Home ber
EVANS
41.1
21.8
13.6
8.3
2.6
10.9 1.1
0.7
BRYAN
72 1
72.1
45
4.5
12 8
12.8
13
1.3
17
1.7
71
7.1
04
0.4
01
0.1
BULLOCH
43.2
13.0
23.1 10.2
2.4
7.0
1.0
0.2
CANDLER
29.3
40.7
14.9
1.8
3.4
8.5
0.9
0.4
LIBERTY
60.5
4.6
14.6
9.3
3.3
6.4
1.0
0.2
LONG
48.3
29.2
5.8
0.0
4.0
7.5
2.6
2.6
TATTNALL
38.8
31.4
10.2
2.8
4.7
9.1
1.8
1.2
Avg.
g GA Co.
42.1
24.9
12.8
6.7
4.8
7.2
0.9
0.7
Primary data source: GA Dept. of Revenue
Agriculture
g
in Georgia
g
¾ Georgia's
Georgia s 2009 Farm Gate Value was
$11.3 billion. Adding the value of $2.3
billion of landscape
p services increased
the total agricultural production value
to $13.6 billion.
¾ Total food and fiber production and
di
directly
tl related
l t d businesses
b i
accountt for
f
a $68.8 billion output impact on
Georgia's
Georgia
s $727.3
$727 3 billion economy.
economy
Production Agriculture: 2009
Georgia Total
Agricultural
Production Value
$13.6 Billion
Fruits &
Nuts
Forestry & 2.7%
Products
3.7%
Landscape
S i
Services
17.0%
Poultry
P
l
&
Eggs
38.2%
Other
Income
4.0%
Ornamental
Horticulture
5.1%
Vegetables
6.7%
Livestock
& Aquaculture
8.6%
Row &
Forage
Crops
13.9%
$0 - $20
$20 - $45
$45 - $80
$80 - $200
$200 - $443
2009 Farm Gate
Value by County
in Millions of Dollars
What We Know
about
b t Evans
E
County
C
t
¾ 2009 Farm Gate Value in Evans Co.
was $
$56.9 million. Adding
g$
$794
thousand of landscape services
increased the total agricultural
production value to $57.7 million.
¾ The highest value commodity group
was poultry & eggs, representing
35.4% of the total agricultural
production value.
Evans County
2009 Agricultural
i l
l Production
d
i
Value
l
2009 Agricultural Production
Fruits-Nuts
1.6%
Landscape
services
1.4%
Other
3.9%
Orn Hort
12.4%
PoultryEggs
35 4%
35.4%
Vegetables
21.4%
Forestry
3.7%
2009 Top Farm Gate Commodities
Rest of
commodities
25.8%
Broilers
B
il
31.8%
Soybeans
2.7%
Turfgrass
2.9%
Livestock/Aquaculture
7.7%
Row-Forage
crops
12.5%
Beef
2.9%
Timber
3.0%
Field Nursery
3.3%
Layers
3.4%
Total AG Value = $57.7 million
Onions
14.3%
Greenhouse
Cotton 5.3%
4.6%
Trends in Evans County:
Number of Farms & Average Farm Size
Number of Farms, Evans County
Average
g Farm Size
300
800
600
Acres
200
500
400
300
249
212
Evans Co.
Georgia
g
700
212
100
200
100
Source: 1945-2007 (quinquennial) Censuses of Agriculture
07
20
02
20
97
92
19
19
87
82
19
19
78
74
19
69
19
19
64
59
19
19
54
19
19
1945 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007
19
45
0
49
0
Trends in Evans County:
L d in
Land
i Farms,
F
Harvested
H
t dC
Cropland
l d
& Farms by Size
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Land in farms
Percent of Farms by Size, 2007
Evans Co.
Georgia
40
Harvested cropland
30
52.8
20
16.9
19
45
19
50
19
54
19
59
19
64
19
69
19
74
19
78
19
82
19
87
19
92
19
97
20
02
20
07
Ac
cres X 1,000
0
Land in Farms & Harvested Cropland
Evans County
10
0
1-9
acres
Source: 1945-2007 (quinquennial) Censuses of Agriculture
10-49
acres
50-179
acres
180-499 500-999
acres
acres
1000+
acres
How Do We Compare ?
Georgia, Evans and Surrounding Counties
Farm Gate Value
$ Per Farm (thousands)
$ Per Acre
$
$3,000
$2,500
$2,000
$2,508
$1,897
$1,500
$1,000
$500
$1,109 $1,079
$235
$269
$290
$77
$655
$193
$
93
$755
$620
$162
$451
$437
$114
$0
Ge
ia
g
r
o
an
v
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s
an
y
r
B
y
r
h
t
e
c
r
l
o
ll
be
nd
i
a
L
Bu
C
n
Lo
Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture and 2009 Farm Gate Value Report
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a
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a
T
What We Did
C
County
t Economy
E
Modeled
M d l d
¾ The Center for Agribusiness and Economic
Development performed an analysis of the
county’s economy, focusing on the role of
food and fiber.
¾ How much of the county
county’s
s total current
economic output comes from food and fiber
production and directly related processing?
(A Snapshot of the Economy)
¾ What is the total (direct and indirect)
Impact of food and fiber production and
directly related industries?
Evans County Economy
Agriculture OUTPUT
Output
p in $
Percent
Agriculture
57,719,172
8.02%
Construction
41 751 359
41,751,359
5 80%
5.80%
Manufacturing
390,564,921
54.25%
Trans-Utilities-Info
23,389,089
3.25%
Trade
27,524,106
3.82%
Finance-Ins-RE
53,492,926
7.43%
Services
85 360 849
85,360,849
11 86%
11.86%
Govt. & non-NAICS
40,148,458
5.58%
Total County Economic Output = $720 million
Evans County Economy
Agriculture + Directly Related Businesses OUTPUT
Output
p in $
Percent
Agriculture + Direct
374,012,326
51.95%
Construction
41 751 359
41,751,359
5 80%
5.80%
Manufacturing
74,271,766
10.32%
Trans-Utilities-Info
23,389,089
3.25%
Trade
27,524,106
3.82%
Finance-Ins-Real Est
53,492,926
7.43%
Services
85,360,849
11.86%
Govt. & non-NAICS
40,148,458
5.58%
Total County Economic Output = $720 million
Food and Fiber Production and Directly Related
Manufacturing
g as % of Total Economic Output
p
0 - 10%
11 - 20%
21 - 30%
31 - 50%
51 – 77%
Evans Co.
E
C
= 52%
Evans County Employment
Total Jobs = 5,699
AG + Directly
Related
1,804
31.7%
Construction
431
7.6%
Manufacturing
279
4.9%
State & Federal
Government
369
6.5%
Public
Education
353
6.2%
Trans-UtilitiesInfo
201
3.5%
Trade
472
8.3%
Other Services
918
16.1%
Professional
Services
748
13.1%
Primary data source: Center for Agribusiness & Economic Development, UGA
Finance-InsFi
I
Real Est
122
2.1%
An Economic Snapshot
off E
Evans C
County
t
¾ How much of Evans County’s
County s total
economic output comes from food and
fiber production?
p
¾ AG value alone of $57.7 million
consisting of Farm Gate Value and
landscape services comprises 8% of the
co nt ’s economy.
county’s
econom
¾ AG plus directly related businesses (ex.
(ex
poultry processing, sawmills, wood
preservation, etc.) comprise 52% of the
county’s economy.
What is the Impact?
p
¾What is the total (direct and indirect)
impact of food and fiber production and
directly related industries?
¾This scenario illustrates how other
industries are affected by the presence
of food and fiber in the county. The
indirect impacts measure output
created due to food and fiber
production
d
i
and
d processing
i
in
i the
h
county.
What Impact Means:
A Brief Explanation
¾ The impact numbers capture the
ripple effects that food and fiber
create in the county’s
county s economy
economy.
Many other sectors rely in part on the
existence of food and fiber for sales.
sales
Labor
Seed
Utilities
Evans County
Agriculture IMPACT
Direct $
Indirect $
57,719,172
0
Construction
0
364,013
Manufacturing
0
149,684
Trans-Utilities-Info
Trans
Utilities Info
0
1 534 519
1,534,519
Trade
0
1,650,613
Fi
Finance-Ins-Real
I R l Est
E t
0
4 768 096
4,768,096
Services
0
4,907,277
Agriculture
Govt. & non-NAICS
0
573,792
Total IMPACT of Production AG = $$71.7 million
10% of total economy
Evans County
Production Agriculture + Directly Related Businesses IMPACT
Direct $
Indirect $
374,012,326
0
Construction
0
1,701,146
Manufacturing
0
215,021
Trans-Utilities-Info
0
11 729 552
11,729,552
Trade
0
6,324,640
Finance-Ins-Real Est
0
15,546,251
Services
0
19,373,503
Agriculture + Direct
Govt. & non-NAICS
0
2,334,163
Total IMPACT of AG + Directlyy Related = $$431 million
60% of total economy
Evans County
Production Agriculture + Directly Related Industries
Employment IMPACT
Direct
Indirect
1,804
0
C t ti
Construction
0
21
Manufacturing
0
1
Trans-Utilities-Info
0
91
Trade
0
102
Finance-Ins-Real Est
0
37
Services
0
319
Agriculture + Direct
Govt. & non-NAICS
0
10
Total IMPACT of AG + Directly Related Employment = 22,385
385 Jobs
41.8% employment impact
What These Numbers Mean:
A Brief Explanation
¾ Direct impact is $374 million.
million This
includes food and fiber production,
processing and directly related
manufacturing.
¾ Indirect impact from the Trade sector is
$6.3 million. This captures
$
p
the effects of
farmers (direct source) buying supplies
(seed,, fertilizer,, work boots)
(
) from local
stores. These stores must increase their
output to meet farmer demand.
What These Numbers Mean:
A Brief Explanation (continued)
¾ As local stores increase their output, they
may demand more stock from local
wholesalers
h l
l
(also
( l
in
i the
th Trade
T d sector).
t )
Local wholesalers demand more from
local manufacturers,
manufacturers thus increasing
activity in the Manufacturing sector.
¾ Local stores also hire employees to assist
farmers. They
y take home wages
g
and buy
y
groceries at the local store which
increases demand there.
Evans County Food and Fiber
Impact Conclusions
¾ The total impact of food and fiber
production,, p
p
processing
g and direct
manufacturing is $431 million.
¾ The total county output is $720
million.
¾ Thus,, food and fiber (
(directly
y and
indirectly) account for 60% of the
y output.
p
total county
Contact Information
Prepared by:
Sue Boatright and Sharon Kane
Center for Agribusiness & Economic Development
“Adding Value to Georgia's Agricultural Economy
Through Research and Extension“
To learn more about your county, go to:
http://www.caed.uga.edu/
...click on “Georgia Statistics System”
Special County Area Report
#11-04A
February, 2011