• Texas leads the nation in cattle, cotton, hay, sheep and wool, and goats and mohair production. 
• Texas leads the nation in number of farms and ranches, with 247,500 farms and ranches covering 130.4 million acres. 
• Texas also leads the nation in value of farm real estate.       
• Rural lands, including privately owned forest, total 144 million acres, 86% of the state's total land area.        
• 12% of Texas' population resides in rural areas.             
• 1 of every 7 working Texans (14%) is in an agriculture-related job.              
• 98.5% of Texas farms and ranches are family farms, partnerships or family-held corporations.        
• The average age of Texas farmers and ranchers is 59 years.   

• The economic impact of the food and fiber sector totals more than $100 billion. 
• Cash receipts, including timber, total $19.8 billion.
• Top 10 commodities in terms of cash receipts:
  Cattle, cotton, milk, broilers, greenhouse & nursery, corn, wheat, timber, grain sorghum and vegetables.
• Agricultural exports: to foreign countries totaled more than $6 billion.
• Texas ranks # 4 overall behind California, Iowa and Illinois.

Texas' national rank for selected commodity exports:

  1 - Cotton & cottonseed, $1.7 billion

  2 - Feeds & fodders, $509 million  

  2 - Peanuts, $56 million       

  3 - Live animals & meat, $740 million  

  3 - Hides & skins, $341 million  

  3 - Animal fats, $180 million     

  5 - Tree nuts, $41 million       

  6 - Poultry & poultry products, $266 million·

  6 - Rice # 6 at $114 million     

  7 - Feed grains, $836 million     

  8 - Wheat & wheat products, $603 million  

13 - Milk & milk products, $22 million