A study conducted by Cornell University experts showed that the economic effect of the apple industry in New York was 21% higher than traditional research methods had suggested.

University scientists used the apple industry as an example to test a new and more accurate model of economic analysis. In their study report, experts noted that for every 1 dollar of apples or apple products sold in New York, the state receives an additional 58 cents spent in related industries.

According to the report, each job in the apple industry creates an additional 0.48 jobs, and every 1 dollar of gross domestic product of the apple industry generates an additional 1.14 dollars in gross domestic product from the corresponding business activity in the state.

The results of the study were published in the American Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development and were partially supported by the New York Apple Association, a nonprofit trade association representing more than 700 commercial apple producers in New York State.