Economic Impacts

• Economic Impact Analysis: A Brief Introduction

Agriculture Impacts

• Texas Food and Fiber, 2020 (link to Ag Eco Extension)
  • TX-Food-and-Fiber-Methodology EAG-041
• Equine Industry August 2016
• Impact of Agribusiness in the High Plains, 2015 (link to Amarillo regional center)
  • County-level Companion Pieces
• Economic Impact of Cargill Plant Feb 21 13
• Assessing Economic Impacts of Agricultural Cooperatives

Healthcare

• Sample Rural Hospital Economic Contribution Report
• Hospital Info Form

Oil & Gas Impacts

• Presentation for Gonzales County Energy 2014
• Eagle Ford 2011
• Luling Foundation Counties 2013
• Selected Energy and Community Data for Website (Data slides from previous presentations–PDF file)
• NEXT Energy Community Development Handout
  (Includes resources to learn more–PDF file)
  See the NEXT talk at http://agrilife.org/next/ for presentations and other materials on how rural communities are faring and how communities can thrive.
• County Level Impacts from MCRSA Conference 2014
  (Conference paper from the Mid-Continent Regional Science Association 2014 Conference)
• Penn State Extension Energy Development Fact Sheets for Communities Also, see  The Role of Rural blog post on energy development.

Disaster Impacts

• The Storm Resource (Hurricane Ike collaboration with TEEX)
• Post-Ike Economic Resilience Along the Texas Coast (Lu and Dudensing, 2015, Disasters Journal)