STUDY: THE FOOD AND FIBER SYSTEM CONTRIBUTED $72.8 BILLION TO TEXAS ECONOMY DURING LATE 1990s DESPITE DROUGHT, LOW PRICES
COLLEGE STATION The food and fiber system in Texas contributed as much as $72.8 billion to the state economy from 1997 through 2000 despite periods of drought and low prices, according to a joint study by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Texas Cooperative Extension. During the four-year period, the food and fiber system…