ADWA Industry Facts
Each year, more than 80 million Americans are known to hunt, fish or actively watch wildlife. 1
Each year, Americans spend more than $110 billion in fishing, hunting and actively watching wildlife. 1
In the United States alone, the annual cost of wildlife damage to human health and property is more than $2 billion annually.1
Deer farming was first introduced in North America around 1908. 1
The earliest historical record of deer farming dates back to 5,000 B.C. in China. 1
The cervid farming industry is one of the fastest growing industries in rural America.2
The total economic impact of the deer and wildlife industry in the United States, combining the farming and hunting components, is more than $3 billion annually. 2
The average whitetail deer farm has 82 deer, composed of 28 males, 28 females, 26 fawns and had an average birth rate of 1.31 fawns per doe in 2006.
Breeding operations reported expenditures averaging $101,000 per year. 2
The cervid farming industry has a direct economic impact of $893.5 million. 2
When incorporating the indirect impacts of the industry, for example, the farm's expenditures on feed, veterinary supplies, fuel and other purchases, the total economic impact of the industry is $2.3 billion.2
The hunter is one of the major customers of this industry. Estimating the impact of hunting dollars spent, with hunters as the consumer of cervid farming products, an additional $757 million is generated by the cervid farming industry. 2
The economic activity of the cervid farming industry supports 29,199 jobs, most of which are in rural America. If this industry did not exist, those jobs would have to be supported by some other economic activity. 2
Sources:
- United States Department of Agriculture
- The Economic Impact of Deer Breeding Industry, Texas A&M University
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