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The Economic Impact of the Horse Industry in Virginia

Posted at 9:22 am on Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Categories: Agriculture/Rural Issues,Animals/Wildlife,Business/Economics,Statistics,Virginia Issues

http://www.coopercenter.org/econ/publications/economic-impact-horse-industry-virginia

Argues that the horse industry had a total economic impact of 16,000 jobs in 2010 and a value-added impact of nearly $670 million.  From the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia