PUBLICATION D259

Estimated Economic Activity for Cow-Calf Enterprise in Tennessee

Publish Date: May 09 2025 |  Language: English

DOI: doi.org/10.7290/UTIAPub/D259

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Summary

Cattle are raised in all 95 counties in Tennessee. The purpose of this analysis is to estimate the economic impacts using Input-Output analysis for raising a cow-calf pair based on a 50 cow-calf pair enterprise according to the University of Tennessee’s most recent cow-calf budgets. The estimated economic impact for the backward linked supply chain for raising a cow-calf pair in Tennessee in 2024$ is $1,827 for economic activity, $738 for labor income, and $1,065 for gross regional product.