TEXAS OVERVIEW
Storm cellar on the Texas plains, West Texas panhandle, June 1937
AREA OF TEXAS
 Texas is as large as New England, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois (268,601 square
miles)
 7.4% of water and land area of U.S.
– Land: 261,232 square miles (2nd in the U.S.)
– Water: 7,364 square miles
 801 miles length (the longest straight-line distance defined as
the northwest corner of the Panhandle to the extreme southern tip
of Texas on the Rio Grande below Brownsville)
 773 miles width (greatest east-west distance defined as the
extreme eastward bend in the Sabine river in Newton County to the
extreme western bulge of the Rio Grande just above El Paso)
 2013 Number of Farms: 248,500
TEXAS LAND AREA
(million acres)
Total Land
Farms and Ranches
Pastureland
Cropland
% Irrigated
2012 Census of Agriculture – State Data
261.8
130.2
90.3
29.1
8.0
TEXAS RANKS FIRST
Sales of cattle and calves
Sheep and wool
Goats and mohair
Upland cotton, cottonseed and products
Sorghum grain
Farm and ranch land
Farms and ranches
Texas
Gross and Net Farm Income
1968 - 2012
Date
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012 2/
Cash Gross Farm
Net Farm
Income 1/
Income
Receipts
- - - - Billion $ - - - 2.64
3.04
3.22
3.46
4.07
6.49
5.67
5.91
6.31
6.66
7.61
10.10
9.08
9.61
9.40
9.18
9.65
9.26
8.59
9.13
10.34
10.92
11.76
12.11
11.47
12.73
12.89
13.07
12.73
13.21
13.15
13.03
12.97
13.51
12.57
15.44
16.84
16.62
16.14
18.90
19.45
17.11
20.38
22.34
22.73
3.51
3.80
4.14
4.29
5.24
7.56
6.09
6.39
7.03
7.32
8.68
11.06
9.61
11.55
11.40
11.32
11.69
11.38
10.45
12.30
12.84
12.84
14.42
14.38
14.48
15.82
15.39
15.68
15.03
16.43
15.51
17.47
16.81
18.09
16.57
20.11
21.83
21.93
20.33
24.74
23.83
21.83
25.21
27.04
28.47
0.68
0.70
0.95
0.81
1.12
2.28
1.04
1.21
1.10
1.06
1.17
1.81
0.46
1.90
1.40
1.54
1.44
1.53
1.18
2.26
2.51
2.51
3.41
3.11
3.86
4.52
4.26
3.14
3.02
3.71
3.46
5.03
4.10
4.98
5.20
6.42
7.48
6.56
4.32
4.94
3.54
2.26
5.29
5.22
5.15
1/ Gross farm income consists of cash and noncash items. Cash items
includes the gross receipts from farm marketings, Government payments,
and farm-related income. Noncash items include the value of home
consumption, rental value of farm dwellings and the value of inventory
adjustment. 2/ Estimated
NOTE: Net income represents returns to owned equity and land,
family labor, management and risk.
SOURCES: Texas Agricultural Statistics, 2009, and USDA/ERS.
Texas Gross, Cash Receipts, and Net Farm
Income, 1975 - 2012
30
Billion $
25
20
15
10
0
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
5
Gross *
Cash Receipts
* Gross includes government payments and non-farm income, does not include ag-related income.
Note: Net income represents returns to owned equity and land, family labor, management and risk.
Source: ERS/USDA and TASS, 2012 estimated.
Net
Texas Agricultural Cash Receipts
By Commodity Groups and Government Payments, 2007 - 2012
Commodity Groups
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2012 as
Percent of All
Commodities*
Percent
Total all commodities plus
government payments
20,248,669 20,637,498 18,517,138 21,397,003 23,261,690 23,564,130
100.00
Government payments
All commodities
1,347,974 1,186,495 1,406,523 1,018,255
917,389
838,063
18,900,695 19,451,003 17,110,615 20,378,748 22,344,301 22,726,067
3.56
96.44
Livestock and products
Meat animals
Dairy products
Poultry and eggs
Miscellaneous livestock 1/
11,386,144 11,403,423 10,639,653 11,758,079 15,825,452 15,066,128
7,763,371 7,390,722 7,103,348 7,650,616 11,273,277 10,687,100
1,449,723 1,568,743 1,172,262 1,505,313 1,986,816 1,789,964
1,856,139 2,141,782 2,078,333 2,236,535 2,191,923 2,288,424
316,911
302,176
285,710
365,615
373,436
300,640
66.29
47.03
7.88
10.07
1.32
Crops
Food grains
Feed crops
Cotton
Oil crops
Vegetables and melons
Fruits and nuts
All other crops
7,514,551
801,793
1,920,617
1,925,087
197,235
533,822
178,198
1,957,799
8,047,580
1,004,948
2,218,666
2,078,136
258,772
448,490
112,685
1,925,883
6,470,962
435,329
1,855,663
1,621,716
185,665
462,653
170,027
1,739,909
1/ Includes wool, mohair, honey, catfish, equine and other livestock.
*Excluding government payments
Source: ERS/USDA Farm Income and Wealth Statistics
8,620,669
695,518
2,126,313
2,940,354
230,275
580,029
284,225
1,763,955
6,518,849
569,359
1,442,269
2,094,599
162,354
391,869
181,106
1,677,293
7,659,939
703,395
2,122,027
2,224,380
264,375
439,068
190,406
1,716,288
33.71
3.10
9.34
9.79
1.16
1.93
0.84
7.55
Percentage of Total Cash Receipts for
Texas Commodity Groups, 2012
Oil Crops
1.2%
Cotton
9.8%
Other Crops
7.6%
Misc. Livestock*
1.3%
Vegetables & Melons
1.9%
Feed Crops
9.3%
Food Grains
3.1%
Meat Animals
47.0%
Poultry & Eggs
10.1%
Dairy Products
7.9%
Fruits & Nuts
0.8%
Total = $22.73 billion
*Wool, mohair, honey, catfish, equine and other livestock income included.
Government Payments not included.
Source: ERS/USDA
Texas Agricultural Cash Receipts by Commodity Groups and Selected Commodities, 2007-2012
Commodity
2007
2008
All commodities
18,900,695
19,451,003
Livestock and products
Meat animals
Cattle and calves
Hogs
Sheep and lambs
Dairy products, Milk
Poultry and eggs
Broilers
Chicken eggs
Farm chickens
Miscellaneous livestock
Aquaculture
Catfish
Honey
Mohair
Wool
11,386,144 11,403,423 10,639,653 11,758,079 15,825,452 15,066,128
7,763,371 7,390,722 7,103,348 7,650,616 11,273,277 10,687,100
7,630,837 7,230,267 6,936,021 7,564,446 11,152,790 10,543,163
93,888
131,744
129,363
86,170
120,487
143,937
NA
NA
NA
38,646
28,711
37,964
1,449,723 1,568,743 1,172,262 1,505,313 1,986,816
1,789,964
1,856,139 2,141,782 2,078,333 2,236,535 2,191,923
2,288,424
1,404,552 1,592,246 1,650,227 1,757,083 1,678,517
1,747,250
373,500
462,283
347,480
395,052
421,982
439,020
2,707
4,239
4,701
4,393
5,079
4,955
316,911
302,176
285,710
365,615
373,436
300,640
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
12,152
13,212
12,644
13,023
19,896
14,433
8,266
6,604
7,794
10,872
8,053
9,880
3,840
3,116
2,170
3,066
2,703
2,256
5,445
4,872
3,640
5,451
5,746
3,841
Crops
Food grains
Rice
Wheat
Feed crops
Corn
Hay
Oats
Sorghum grain
Cotton
Cotton lint
Cotton lint, Long staple
Cotton lint, Upland
Cottonseed
Oil crops
Peanuts
Soybeans
Sunflower
Vegetables and melons
Dry beans
Potatoes
Potatoes, Spring
Potatoes, Summer
Sweet potatoes
Cabbage, Fresh
Carrots, Fresh
Corn, Sweet, Fresh
7,514,551
801,793
108,611
690,418
1,920,617
736,200
688,115
8,182
488,119
1,925,087
1,581,745
24,101
1,557,645
343,341
197,235
162,597
28,189
6,449
533,822
6,933
67,026
20,469
46,557
3,174
41,472
8,400
3,848
8,047,580
1,004,948
176,107
827,571
2,218,666
1,202,077
430,355
9,492
576,744
2,078,136
1,762,729
26,386
1,736,344
315,407
258,772
200,376
45,598
12,798
448,490
9,242
84,058
29,216
54,842
3,088
46,122
7,800
3,542
2009
2010
Thousands of Dollars
17,110,615
6,470,962
435,329
163,898
267,911
1,855,663
1,069,647
341,442
4,219
440,355
1,621,716
1,396,624
13,524
1,383,100
225,092
185,665
117,082
45,036
23,547
462,653
11,930
91,889
26,899
64,990
2,492
32,400
8,294
3,432
20,378,748
8,620,669
695,518
154,251
539,439
2,126,313
1,262,550
390,797
7,069
465,896
2,940,354
NA
NA
2,582,605
338,407
230,275
155,152
52,338
22,784
580,029
9,881
76,824
19,311
57,513
NA
50,419
8,619
3,564
2011
2012
22,344,301
22,726,067
6,518,849
569,359
167,629
400,452
1,442,269
821,068
272,815
3,644
344,742
2,094,599
1,766,378
25,737
1,740,641
328,220
162,354
106,778
34,826
20,750
391,869
5,636
76,977
NA
NA
NA
25,200
8,450
3,361
7,659,939
703,395
162,586
538,097
2,122,027
1,164,788
356,876
6,309
594,054
2,224,380
1,851,947
38,521
1,813,426
372,433
264,375
204,161
32,823
27,391
439,068
5,248
126,585
NA
NA
NA
30,420
8,450
4,680
Texas Agricultural Cash Receipts by Commodity Groups and Selected Commodities, 2007-2012
Commodity
Cucumbers
Cucumbers, Fresh
Cucumbers, Processing
Onions
Onions, Spring
Onions, Summer, Nonstorage
Peppers, Chile
Spinach, Fresh
Squash
Tomatoes
Tomatoes, Fresh
Cantaloups
Honeydews
Watermelon
Fruits and nuts
Grapefruit
Grapefruit, Pink seedless, Fresh
Grapefruit, Pink seedless,
Oranges
Grapes
Peaches
Pecans
All other crops
Cane for sugar
Greenhouse and nursery
Floriculture
2007
2008
15,290
2,783
12,507
186,520
174,720
11,800
12,192
2,400
14,700
6,020
6,020
14,040
7,462
35,834
178,198
54,460
46,118
8,342
11,017
4,751
11,115
77,600
1,957,799
34,164
1,511,042
259,232
21,484
2,392
19,092
44,436
35,084
9,352
13,883
3,432
12,690
8,008
8,008
6,732
5,538
52,592
112,685
38,105
36,176
1,929
8,941
4,804
13,230
32,650
1,925,883
35,497
1,447,542
267,282
F = Forecast values.
NA = Data are not available/applicable.
Values are rounded to the nearest thousand.
USDA/ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics
2009
2010
Thousands of Dollars
22,833
3,159
19,674
48,017
41,141
6,876
18,701
1,936
6,412
6,451
6,451
6,960
4,410
47,986
170,027
38,626
34,836
3,790
14,333
3,554
7,220
89,250
1,739,909
31,800
1,283,399
244,478
20,486
4,056
16,430
140,518
133,833
6,685
20,460
4,370
13,056
NA
NA
9,266
5,804
52,290
284,225
45,772
42,502
3,271
21,542
10,657
27,300
159,000
1,763,955
47,237
1,322,198
283,272
2011
2012
7,719
4,050
3,669
56,268
49,392
6,876
10,190
2,635
5,801
NA
NA
8,828
5,130
45,150
181,106
50,036
44,991
5,045
19,134
6,987
9,300
77,900
1,677,293
54,976
1,210,064
254,660
7,695
3,900
3,795
NA
52,650
NA
6,829
5,478
8,721
NA
NA
9,987
5,818
51,888
190,406
48,505
45,283
3,222
15,504
10,564
18,870
74,760
1,716,288
52,638
1,266,182
281,712
Texas Agricultural Cash Receipts by
Commodities, 2007 - 2012
7.66
2012
6.52
2011
Billion $
15.07
15.83
8.62
2010
6.47
2009
11.76
10.64
8.05
2008
7.51
2007
11.40
11.39
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.0 16.0 18.0
Livestock
2012 estimated by USDA/ERS/NASS
Crops
Cash Receipts by Commodity Rank and Share of U.S. Total, 2012
Nominal (current dollars
Rank
1
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
34
35
36
37
Commodity
State Receipts
$1,000
Share of State
Receipts
Percent
All commodities
Livestock and products
Crops
22,726,067
15,066,128
7,659,939
100.0
66.3
33.7
Cattle and calves
Cotton lint
Dairy products, Milk
Broilers
Greenhouse and nursery
Corn
Sorghum grain
Wheat
Chicken eggs
Cottonseed
Hay
Peanuts
Rice
Hogs
Potatoes
Pecans
Cane for sugar
Watermelon
Grapefruit
Soybeans
Cabbage
Sunflower
Peaches
Oranges
Grapes
Cantaloups
Honey
Squash
Cucumbers
Peppers, Chile
Oats
Honeydews
Dry beans
Farm chickens
Corn, Sweet
Wool
Mohair
10,543,163
1,851,947
1,789,964
1,747,250
1,266,182
1,164,788
594,054
538,097
439,020
372,433
356,876
204,161
162,586
143,937
126,585
74,760
52,638
51,888
48,505
32,823
30,420
27,391
18,870
15,504
10,564
9,987
9,880
8,721
7,695
6,829
6,309
5,818
5,248
4,955
4,680
3,841
2,256
46.4
8.1
7.9
7.7
5.6
5.1
2.6
2.4
1.9
1.6
1.6
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Footnotes
NA = Data are not available/applicable.
Values are rounded to the nearest thousand.
USDA/ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics
Cumulative
Share of State
Receipts
Percent
46.4
54.5
62.4
70.1
75.7
80.8
83.4
85.8
87.7
89.4
90.9
91.8
92.5
93.2
93.7
94.1
94.3
94.5
94.7
94.9
95.0
95.1
95.2
95.3
95.3
95.4
95.4
95.5
95.5
95.5
95.5
95.6
95.6
95.6
95.6
95.7
95.7
U.S. Receipts
$1,000
Share of U.S.
Receipts by
Commodity
Percent
395,068,677
171,584,157
223,484,520
5.8
8.8
3.4
67,949,759
7,388,783
37,003,818
24,764,850
15,554,500
69,211,091
1,404,645
15,333,036
7,823,140
1,196,409
7,262,073
2,281,092
2,815,047
22,193,115
3,793,001
476,781
1,484,401
520,799
269,237
40,733,816
389,400
647,123
631,223
2,190,952
4,909,477
326,113
289,642
248,725
421,910
175,145
109,093
69,826
1,068,289
78,971
1,195,055
43,607
2,688
15.5
25.1
4.8
7.1
8.1
1.7
42.3
3.5
5.6
31.1
4.9
9.0
5.8
0.6
3.3
15.7
3.5
10.0
18.0
0.1
7.8
4.2
3.0
0.7
0.2
3.1
3.4
3.5
1.8
3.9
5.8
8.3
0.5
6.3
0.4
8.8
83.9
Billion $
Texas: Leading Commodities for Cash
Receipts, 2012
Cattle and Calves
Cotton
Dairy Products/Milk
Broilers
Greenhouse/Nursery
Corn
Sorghum Grain
Wheat
Chicken Eggs
Cottonseed
Hay
Peanuts
Rice
10.54
1.85
1.79
1.75
1.27
1.16
0.59
0.54
0.44
0.37
0.36
0.20
0.16
0.0
2.0
Livestock and Products ($15,066,128)
Crops ($7,659,939)
4.0
6.0
8.0
Value of Receipts
2012 estimated by USDA/ERS
10.0 12.0
Texas' Export Share of Agricultural Commodities, 2007 - 2012
2012 Texas'
Share of
U.S. Exports
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Beef and veal
Pork
Hides and skins
Dairy products
Chicken meat
Vegetables, fresh
Vegetables, processed
Fruits, fresh
Fruits, processed
Tree nuts
Wheat
Rice
Corn
Grain products
Feeds and fodder
Soybeans
Soybean meal
Vegetable oils
Sugar and products
Cotton
Planting seeds
Other products 2/
401.7
20.1
331.6
121.8
196.8
44.7
61.4
38.4
25.4
57.2
504.5
72.5
211.0
203.7
144.6
12.2
2.6
53.2
17.6
1,291.9
203.3
1,269.9
476.2
39.4
307.6
168.9
265.0
38.0
61.6
37.3
24.5
29.7
605.5
121.4
333.5
198.8
157.3
26.6
5.5
76.1
19.6
1,952.0
246.8
1,290.6
487.6
37.8
231.8
107.7
272.9
38.2
61.5
36.9
23.6
81.3
123.0
117.1
220.1
153.3
153.0
21.9
4.7
35.2
14.7
1,361.4
224.8
1,166.0
599.2
22.9
335.6
177.0
253.7
53.4
83.2
54.2
33.6
122.7
330.2
119.2
262.0
193.6
199.4
28.3
5.3
59.5
22.0
2,261.3
227.7
1,327.8
960.0
33.9
471.5
240.3
291.2
35.9
58.2
46.1
29.4
60.2
321.4
121.9
178.1
122.7
115.2
18.4
3.4
53.6
30.7
2,389.9
264.4
1,494.5
854.8
41.0
430.5
247.9
322.9
38.9
73.1
53.5
31.3
65.9
286.3
119.1
157.2
171.4
172.4
19.8
4.0
58.3
27.2
1,564.6
243.9
1,483.7
15.52
0.65
15.52
4.83
7.78
1.80
1.80
1.08
1.08
1.01
3.51
5.78
1.68
2.90
2.69
0.08
0.08
1.40
1.34
25.01
16.03
7.26
Total agricultural exports
5,286.2
6,482.0
4,974.5
6,771.7
7,340.9
6,467.6
4.58
1/ Export values are calibrated such that the sum of State export estimates for a commodity equals the total U.S. export
value for the commodity.
2/ Includes other animal and poultry products, other grains and oilseeds, wine, beer, other beverages, coffee, chocolate,
other horticulture products, and prepared foods.
Data sources: USDA Economic Research Service; USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
(Global Agricultural Trade System)