Texas Agriculture
Texas’ #1 cash receipt commodity in 2024 was?
Cattle and calves
Texas has more cattle than how many U.S. states have people?
43 states
What is the average Texas corn grain yield per acre?
122 bushels/acre
What year was the USDA established?
1862
On average, one U.S. farm feeds how many people annually?
169
How many farms are in Texas as of 2024?
231,000
Texas’ broiler inventory is approximately how many?
708.6 million
What percentage of U.S. cotton comes from the Texas High Plains?
30%
Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?
Eli Whitney
What percentage of U.S. farms market food locally?
About 6%
Texas has how many acres of farmland?
125 million acres
Name one top U.S. export market for beef variety meats.
Mexico (Tripe), Egypt (Liver), Japan (Tongues), etc.
Texas watermelons contribute about how much annually to the state economy?
$90 million
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was passed in what year?
1933
Farmers and ranchers receive how many cents of every retail dollar spent on food?
15 cents
Texas is the nation’s #1 producer of which fiber crop?
Cotton
How many dairy cows are in Texas?
675,000
Texas is the 5th largest producer of this grain in the U.S., grown primarily along the Upper Texas Coast.
Rice
What year was the first Federal Meat Inspection Act?
1896
What percentage decline in cropland erosion has occurred since 1982?
34%
Texas produces how much milk annually in dollars?
$3.36 billion
Which act, passed in 1958, dictates humane slaughter standards?
The Humane Slaughter Act
U.S. currency is made up of 75% of this crop’s fiber and 25% linen.
Cotton
Who is known as the “Father of Modern Agriculture”?
Cyrus McCormick (mechanical reaper)
In 2023, how much were American agricultural exports worth?
$174.9 billion