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Study reveals impact of horse industry in Mississippi.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-AUG-03 		Format: Online - approximately 663 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- The first phase of an economic impact study has revealed almost a billion dollars are invested in the Mississippi horse industry's infrastructure.

Agricultural economists with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station completed the study of the industry's investment in arenas, barns, towing vehicles, horse trailers, fencing and land.

James Hamill and Randy Little concluded that horse owners have an invested value of almost $986 million in a state with about 75,000 horses. While that figure is above either Arkansas' or Louisiana's horse numbers, it is considerably lower than Tennessee's 190,000 or Alabama's 130,000 horses....

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