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



TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES

Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2001
Commodity Value of receipts
thousand $		 Percent of state total
farm receipts		 Percent of US value
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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