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Agriculture Statistics - Texas
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Aug 8, 2006, 16:47 PST

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TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES
Commodity	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2001
1. Cattle and calves	6,812,228	49.4	16.8
2. Greenhouse/nursery	1,225,244	8.9	8.9
3. Broilers	1,058,616	7.7	6.3
4. Cotton	1,000,501	7.3	20.2
5. Dairy products	802,008	5.8	3.2

All commodities	13,795,618		6.8

For more details about Texas's top agriculture commodities, see Leading commodities for cash receipts, or contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2001

Commodity Rank among
states Value
million $

1.     Live animals and meat 3 721.0

2.     Other 2 495.3

3.     Cotton and linters 1 464.7

4.     Feeds and fodders 2 447.0

5.     Feed grains and products 7 310.4

Overall 2 3,332.9

For more information on exports see the Agricultural Trade Briefing Room or ERS's Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) or contact Carol Whitton, 202-694-5287.

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 1997

Counties Percent of state's
total receipts Million $

1.     Castro 4.9 668.4

2.     Deaf Smith 4.8 656.6

3.     Parmer 4.0 550.9

4.     Swisher 2.6 364.1

5.     Dallam 2.6 357.0

State total 13,766.5

For more information about the Census of Agriculture see the National Agricultural
Statistics Service's web page, or call 1-800-727-9540.

*EXTRA* Need more? For a printable fact sheet about Texas Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

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