U.S. AND TEXAS
GENERAL OVERVIEW
Cooperative oil association plant and delivery truck, Umatilla county, Oregon, 1934
AGRICULTURE
FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT
¾ Tied to nature, biological, renewable
¾ Demand changes more slowly than supplies
¾ Many producers competing
¾ Farmers are generally price takers
Ranking of 10 leading states in cash receipts for top 25 commodities, 2006
Top 10 States by Their Value of Cash Receipts
Commodity 1/
Rank
Value
Million $
All commodities
239,272
Livestock and products
119,320
Crops
119,951
Cattle and calves
1
49,148
Dairy products
2
23,422
Corn
3
21,716
Broilers
4
18,852
Soybeans
5
16,921
Greenhouse/nursery
6
16,892
Hogs
7
14,085
Wheat
8
7,318
Cotton
9
6,173
Hay
10
4,912
Chicken eggs
11
4,340
Turkeys
12
3,483
Grapes
13
3,332
Potatoes
14
2,930
Tomatoes
15
2,281
Apples
16
2,100
Almonds
17
2,040
Lettuce
18
2,008
Rice
19
1,773
Oranges
20
1,759
Strawberries
21
1,515
Horses/mules
22
1,313
Sugar beets
23
1,193
Tobacco
24
1,156
Aquaculture
25
937
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
State and million dollars
CA
TX
IA
NE
KS
31,403 16,027 15,108 12,042 10,336
TX
IA
NE
CA
KS
10,324
7,879
7,683
7,615
6,971
CA
IA
IL
TX
FL
23,788
7,229
6,841
5,703
5,669
TX
NE
KS
CO
OK
7,441
6,629
6,247
3,271
2,751
CA
WI
NY
PA
ID
4,492
3,075
1,610
1,561
1,282
IA
IL
NE
MN
IN
4,206
3,594
2,403
2,029
1,851
GA
AR
AL
NC
MS
2,731
2,325
2,162
2,088
1,772
IA
IL
MN
IN
NE
2,761
2,510
1,676
1,520
1,304
CA
FL
TX
OR
NC
3,804
1,753
1,496
1,040
1,027
IA
NC
MN
IL
NE
4,153
1,917
1,751
803
728
KS
ND
MT
WA
SD
1,273
1,060
688
521
397
TX
AR
CA
GA
MS
1,906
642
604
590
554
CA
ID
TX
OR
WA
620
329
327
274
268
IA
GA
AR
OH
AL
407
369
332
287
274
MN
NC
MO
AR
VA
569
518
317
304
261
CA
WA
OR
NY
PA
3,032
144
60
37
21
ID
WA
WI
CA
CO
648
498
212
187
182
CA
FL
OH
VA
GA
1,139
551
126
99
78
WA
NY
MI
CA
PA
1,378
204
105
76
54
CA
na
na
na
na
2,040
CA
AZ
CO
NJ
na
1,608
389
7
5
AR
CA
LA
MS
MO
849
372
210
126
112
FL
CA
TX
AZ
na
1,205
543
9
2
CA
FL
NC
OR
PA
1,194
239
19
16
12
KY
VA
NJ
na
na
1,110
104
99
MN
ND
ID
MI
CA
411
225
201
111
68
NC
KY
TN
SC
VA
496
320
94
72
72
MS
AR
LA
AL
WA
269
113
106
99
84
na = not available.
1/ The 25 leading commodities ranked by value of farm marketings.
Economic Research Service/USDA
Information Contacts: Larry Traub E-mail: ltraub@ers.usda.gov
Roger Strickland E-mail: rogers@ers.usda.gov
August 30, 2007
8
9
10
MN
9,770
NC
5,274
MN
5,128
IA
2,546
MN
1,074
OH
987
TX
1,265
OH
1,164
MI
642
IN
720
OK
384
TN
335
CO
255
NC
258
IN
236
MI
10
FL
145
TN
50
OH
31
na
IL
8,636
WI
4,656
WA
4,524
SD
1,876
TX
947
KS
861
DE
739
MO
1,028
OH
604
MO
581
ID
344
LA
308
PA
207
TX
254
CA
197
VA
9
ND
137
PA
37
OR
26
na
NC
8,199
MN
4,642
NE
4,359
CA
1,676
MI
936
WI
789
CA
629
SD
696
PA
411
OK
566
MN
301
NC
303
NM
157
PA
238
SC
178
NC
5
ME
130
MI
33
NC
23
na
FL
6,974
OK
4,120
IN
3,919
MO
1,228
NM
912
MO
734
KY
604
AR
604
NY
409
SD
404
NE
257
MO
250
AZ
144
IN
225
WI
157
TX
4
OR
116
IN
31
VA
22
na
WI
6,791
CO
4,062
OH
3,448
MT
1,117
WA
686
SD
731
SC
563
ND
588
GA
400
OH
395
OH
203
AL
183
MN
136
CA
213
IA
123
GA
4
TX
115
NY
31
WI
22
na
na
na
na
na
na
TX
105
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
na
WA
8
na
NY
7
na
OH
7
na
MI
6
na
WI
6
na
MT
52
GA
43
FL
57
NE
40
PA
15
ID
42
WY
34
CT
15
VA
41
CO
34
OH
11
ME
28
OR
14
MA
8
CT
17
State Ranking by Cash Receipts
2004, 2005, 2006
State
1. California
2004 State
31.7 1. California
2005 State
31.7 1. California
2006
31.4
2. Texas
16.5 2. Texas
16.4 2. Texas
16.0*
3. Iowa
14.0 3. Iowa
14.6 3. Iowa
15.1
4. Nebraska
11.2 4. Nebraska
11.5 4. Nebraska
12.0
5. Minnesota
9.6 5. Kansas
10.0 5. Kansas
10.3
*Government payments and ag-related activities not included.
Ranking of States for Total Net Farm Income, Value of Production Per Acre, and Net Farm Income Per Acre and Per Operation for 2006
R
A
N
K
Net Farm Income
State
$1,000
Net Farm Income Per Operation
State
$/Operation
Value of Production 1/
State
$/Operation
Net Farm Income Per Acre
State
$/Acre
1
California
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Texas
North Carolina
Iowa
Minnesota
Georgia
Florida
Nebraska
Arkansas
Kentucky
Missouri
Ohio
Kansas
Alabama
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Michigan
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Washington
Oklahoma
Oregon
New York
Arizona
Louisiana
Idaho
South Dakota
Colorado
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
North Dakota
34
35
36
Maryland
New Mexico
Delaware
594,569
422,979
388,249
Illinois
Kentucky
20,870
20,732
Montana
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
99,362
96,351
95,797
Illinois
Oregon
Nebraska
55
51
50
37
38
39
40
New Jersey
Utah
Montana
Maine
305,394
263,564
256,840
216,820
North Dakota
Hawaii
Massachusetts
Utah
19,996
19,188
18,920
17,455
Rhode Island
Maine
South Carolina
Massachusetts
95,475
94,403
93,219
90,446
Texas
38
Kansas
Arizona
Oklahoma
41
42
Connecticut
Massachusetts
182,841
115,415
Vermont
Missouri
16,380
16,165
Ohio
Vermont
89,622
87,813
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Hawaii
Vermont
Nevada
Wyoming
West Virginia
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Alaska
105,532
103,194
84,620
65,219
49,704
42,568
26,035
19,969
Virginia
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Oklahoma
Montana
Tennessee
Wyoming
West Virginia
14,488
14,360
12,520
10,560
9,140
8,803
7,167
2,345
Texas
82,833
Virginia
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kentucky
New Hampshire
Tennessee
West Virginia
United States
28,235
United States
United States
5,905,655
4,866,322
3,702,198
3,274,816
2,493,552
2,387,596
2,340,426
2,297,014
1,950,873
1,741,516
1,697,325
1,614,399
1,614,298
1,579,848
1,545,390
1,516,420
1,510,989
1,321,183
1,230,264
1,091,384
958,337
876,517
875,603
868,738
773,689
765,738
758,422
741,537
733,993
722,213
721,819
678,033
605,882
59,005,502
Delaware
California
Arizona
North Carolina
Florida
Maryland
Georgia
Nebraska
Connecticut
Arkansas
Iowa
Alabama
Minnesota
Alaska
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Maine
Idaho
South Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
Nevada
Washington
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Michigan
New York
New Mexico
Colorado
South Dakota
Oregon
Ohio
Texas
168,804
77,706
77,369
77,129
57,084
49,547
48,726
48,257
43,534
41,954
36,962
36,741
31,445
31,202
31,163
30,629
30,538
30,337
29,358
29,292
28,572
28,207
28,186
26,193
26,055
25,223
24,928
24,821
24,170
23,909
23,691
22,280
21,186
21,158
Value of Production Per Acre 1/
State
$/Acre
Delaware
487,946
Delaware
754
Delaware
2,179
California
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
Colorado
Washington
Idaho
Nevada
Florida
Iowa
Kansas
Maryland
South Dakota
New Mexico
Arkansas
Georgia
Connecticut
North Dakota
Illinois
Minnesota
Wyoming
Oregon
Indiana
Alaska
Hawaii
New York
Utah
New Jersey
Alabama
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Michigan
449,199
345,747
277,116
213,032
209,060
203,919
200,563
188,647
188,053
185,215
174,035
167,264
156,336
156,278
150,120
149,019
148,413
144,317
140,245
139,271
135,502
122,443
116,926
113,905
113,728
112,070
108,774
108,410
108,291
106,295
104,404
101,675
Connecticut
Rhode Island
North Carolina
New Jersey
Maryland
Florida
California
Massachusetts
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Maine
South Carolina
Arkansas
Michigan
Kentucky
New York
Ohio
Mississippi
Iowa
Indiana
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Vermont
Hawaii
Virginia
Wisconsin
Idaho
Washington
Tennessee
Missouri
508
434
421
387
292
234
225
222
221
198
184
159
149
136
131
127
116
113
112
104
103
98
95
91
83
81
80
71
64
63
63
56
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
California
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Maryland
Florida
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Alabama
Michigan
Wisconsin
New York
Iowa
Maine
Arkansas
Hawaii
Ohio
South Carolina
Indiana
Washington
New Hampshire
Vermont
Idaho
Minnesota
Virginia
Mississippi
Kentucky
Illinois
Louisiana
Tennessee
1,731
1,353
1,345
1,298
1,162
1,061
986
771
733
676
541
534
528
523
521
493
488
481
478
473
460
459
447
446
425
403
401
399
381
372
329
303
Nebraska
Oregon
Kansas
289
281
236
34
30
26
Missouri
Colorado
West Virginia
Oklahoma
229
209
180
168
Colorado
Utah
24
23
Utah
142
72,918
68,254
65,668
62,077
59,210
42,081
30,584
Alaska
South Dakota
North Dakota
West Virginia
Nevada
New Mexico
Montana
Wyoming
22
17
15
14
13
10
4
2
Arizona
South Dakota
North Dakota
Nevada
Alaska
New Mexico
Montana
Wyoming
132
112
111
90
81
61
46
36
131,927
United States
63
United States
296
1/ Value of agricultural sector production in the value-added accounting model (table)
2/ Synonymous with farming operation or farm
Economic Research Service/USDA
Information Contacts: Roger Strickland, E-Mail: rogers@ers.usda.gov and Larry Traub, E-Mail: ltraub@ers.usda.gov
July 24, 2007
Texas
147
State Ranking by Net Farm Income
2004, 2006, 2006
State
2004 State
2005 State
1. California
11.3 1. California
10.1 1. California
2006
5.9
2. Texas
7.5 2. Texas
6.5 2. Texas
4.9
3. Iowa
5.6 3. Iowa
3.9 3. N. Carolina
3.7
4. Nebraska
3.6 4. N. Carolina
3.8 4. Iowa
3.3
5. N. Carolina
3.0 5. Florida
3.3 5. Minnesota
2.5
Leading States in Value of Farm Real
Estate, January 1, 2007
State
1. Texas
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
California
Illinois
Iowa
Arizona
Minnesota
Florida
Missouri
Indiana
Wisconsin
Million Dollars
191,956
157,800
118,209
107,100
88,740
76,172
75,700
68,628
60,000
58,140
Texas and United States Number of Farms, 1910 - 2007
(1,000)
Year
Farms
Texas
Year
Farms
Year
Farms
U.S.
Year
Farms
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
418
422
424
426
428
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
247
242
237
233
230
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
6,406
6,425
6,430
6,437
6,447
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
3,963
3,825
3,692
3,572
3,457
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
430
432
436
438
442
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
226
222
219
216
214
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
6,458
6,463
6,478
6,488
6,506
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
3,356
3,257
3,162
3,071
3,000
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
446
450
454
458
464
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
212
210
209
209
209
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
6,518
6,511
6,500
6,492
6,480
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
2,949
2,902
2,860
2,823
2,795
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
470
476
481
484
492
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
189
187
186
185
192
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
6,471
6,462
6,458
6,470
6,512
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
2,521
2,497
2,456
2,436
2,437
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
496
506
504
496
496
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
196
195
194
194
194
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
6,546
6,609
6,687
6,741
6,776
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
2,440
2,440
2,407
2,379
2,334
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
501
489
472
449
440
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
192
190
188
187
186
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
6,814
6,739
6,636
6,527
6,441
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
2,293
2,250
2,213
2,197
2,171
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
420
418
406
397
389
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
196
197
198
218
220
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
6,350
6,293
6,202
6,089
6,003
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
2,146
2,117
2,108
2,202
2,198
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
387
380
372
365
355
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
222
224
225
226
227
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
5,967
5,926
5,871
5,803
5,772
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
2,196
2,191
2,191
2,192
2,187
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
345
332
318
305
297
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
226
229
229
229
229
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
5,648
5,428
5,198
4,984
4,798
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
2,167
2,149
2,135
2,127
2,113
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
298
281
273
265
252
2005 . . . . .
2006 . . . . . .
2007. . . . . .
230
230
229
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
.....
.....
.....
.....
.....
4,654
4,514
4,372
4,233
4,105
2005 . . . . .
2006 . . . . .
2007. . . . . .
2,099
2,089
2,076
Source: TDA/USDA, “1966-1989 Texas Historical Crops Statistics”, compiled by Texas Agricultural Statistics Service, August
1991, USDA; “Texas Ag Facts”, USDA/TASS; “Farm Numbers and Land in Farms”, USDA/NASS, various years.
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
U.S.
Texas
229,000 Farms
2,075,510 Farms
1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
2007
550
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Thousands (Texas)
Thousands (U.S.)
Texas and U.S. Number of Farms, 1910 - 2007
Cotton: States' Ranking for Cash Receipts, 2006
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
State
Value of
Receipts
1,000 dollars
Percent of
Percent
State's Total
of Total Cumulative
for All
Receipts Percent 1/
Commodities
- - - - - - - - - Percent - - - - - - - - -
State's
Total
for All
Commodities
1,000 dollars
Texas
1,906,436
30.9
30.9
11.9
16,026,756
Arkansas
641,517
10.4
41.3
10.4
6,164,069
California
604,056
9.8
51.1
1.9
31,402,706
Georgia
590,344
9.6
60.6
9.8
6,005,101
Mississippi
553,857
9.0
69.6
14.6
3,788,510
Tennessee
335,155
5.4
75.0
13.1
2,564,931
Louisiana
308,258
5.0
80.0
14.1
2,186,180
North Carolina
302,569
4.9
84.9
3.7
8,199,349
Missouri
249,526
4.0
89.0
4.4
5,621,258
Alabama
183,487
3.0
91.9
4.9
3,739,060
Arizona
169,900
2.8
94.7
5.9
2,879,224
South Carolina
105,301
1.7
96.4
5.6
1,890,661
Oklahoma
73,125
1.2
97.6
1.4
5,093,622
Virginia
43,325
0.7
98.3
1.6
2,688,669
New Mexico
39,616
0.6
98.9
1.6
2,463,526
Florida
39,579
0.6
99.6
0.6
6,974,161
Kansas
26,835
0.4
100.0
0.3
10,335,795
United States
6,172,887 --2.6
239,271,907
-- = Not applicable.
Numbers may not add due to rounding.
1/ The cumulative percentage is the sum of the percent of total receipts for each commodity and all
preceding commodities.
Economic Research Service/USDA
Revised: August 1, 2007
Cotton: States’ Percent of
Total Receipts, 2006
Texas
Arkansas
California
Georgia
Mississippp
Tennessee
Louisiana
N. Carolina
Missouri
Alabama
Arizona
S. Carolina
Oklahoma
*Other
30.9
10.4
9.8
9.6
9.0
5.4
5.0
4.9
4.0
3.0
2.8
1.7
1.2
2.3
0
5
Percent
10
* Kansas, Florida, New Mexico, and Virginia
15
20
25
30
35
Number of People Fed Annually
by One Farmer
1940
1950
1960
19
27
46
1970
1980
1990
Today
Source: American Farm Bureau Federation
73
115
129
144