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Texas Crop Production: Acres, Yield, Value

Texas Crop Production charts demonstrate the yield of Texas bounty Updated 2 years ago

Texas Cotton Crops

Texas Cotton Crops

Cotton field in Glasscock County.
Photo by Robert Plocheck.

Texas Crop Production, 2018

Crop	Harvested Acres (000)	Yield per acre	Unit	Production (000)	Value (000)
Corn, grain	1,750.0	108	bushel	189,000	$ 774,900
Corn, silage	270.0	16	ton	4,350	—
Cotton, Am.-Pima	17.5	933	lb. bale	N/A	—
Cotton, Upland	4,350.0	756	lb. bale	6,850	2,384,640
Cottonseed	—	—	ton	2,888	341,004
Grapefruit	15.7	306	box	4,800	65,080
Hay, alfalfa	140.0	5.6	ton	784	159,936
Hay, other	4,600.0	1.6	ton	7,590	903,210
Oats	50.0	50	bushel	2,500	12,375
Dry Onions	11.0	300	cwt.	3,300	61,380
Oranges	8.7	216	box	1,880	35,538
Peaches	—	—	ton	2.4	—
Peanuts	145.0	3,300	lb.	478,500	119,565
Potatoes	14.0	425	cwt.	5,950	75,565
Rice	189.0	7,970	lb:cwt.	15,060	188,250
Sorghum, grain	1,350.0	46	lb:cwt.	62,100	238,216
Sorghum, silage	80.0	13.0	ton	1,040	—
Soybeans	135.0	32	bushel	4,320	33,048
Sugar cane	38.9	36.6	ton	1,425	—
Sunflowers	23.5	1,174	lb.	27,580	5,342
Vegetables, principal	62.0	—	cwt.	16,181	305,255
Wheat, winter	1,750.0	32	bushel	56,000	288,400

Total, listed crops	15,000.3	—	—	—	$ 5,991,764

Texas Crop Production, 2016

Crop	Harvested Acres (000)	Yield per acre	Unit	Production (000)	Value (000)
Corn, grain	2,550	128	bushel	323,850	$ 1,214,438
Corn, silage	250	17	ton	4,250	—
Cotton, Am.-Pima	15	1,024	lb. bale	32	—
Cotton, Upland	5,200	720	lb. bale	7,800	2,467,296
Cottonseed	—	—	ton	2,502	480,384
Grapefruit	17.1	281	box	10.5	50,430
Hay, alfalfa	130	5.3	ton	689	122,642
Hay, other	4,700	2.5	ton	11,750	1,291,767
Oats	60	50	bushel	3,000	12,150
Onions	8.2	294	bushel	2,411	61,896
Oranges	7.4	229	box	17.9	30,319
Peaches	3	1.7	ton	4.7	8,460
Peanuts	210	2,800	lb.	588,000	133,476
Potatoes	19.6	395	cwt.	7,742	126,969
Rice	187	7,360	lb:cwt.	13,766	148,673
Sorghum, grain	1,750	66	lb:cwt.	115,500	388,080
Sorghum, silage	85	14.5	ton	1,766	—
Soybeans	145	31	bushel	4,495	40,905
Sugar cane	39.7	38.1	ton	1,513	—
Sunflowers	38.5	1,309	lb.	50,400	9,408
Sweet potatoes	0.9	155	cwt.	140	4,144
Vegetables, principal	62.1	—	cwt.	15,592	233,242
Wheat, winter	2,800	32	bushel	89,600	318,080

Total, listed crops	18,269.4	—	—	—	$ 7,027,937

Texas Crop Production, 2014

Crop	Harvested Acres (000)	Yield per acre	Unit	Production (000)	Value (000)
Corn, grain	1,990	148	bushel	294,520	$ 1,310,614
Corn, silage	210	22	ton	4,620	—
Cotton, Am.-Pima	16	840	lb. bale	28	25,344
Cotton, Upland	4,600	644	lb. bale	6,175	1,753,814
Cottonseed	—	—	ton	1,959	363,629
Grapefruit	17	335	box	—	48,040
Hay, alfalfa	140	4.4	ton	616.0	149,072
Hay, other	5,300	2.1	ton	11,130	829,185
Oats	45	38	bushel	1,710	10,175
Oranges	8	222	box	—	23,815
Peaches	3.1	1.23	ton	3.8	—
Peanuts	127	3,850	lb.	488,950	135,439
Pecans	—	—	lb.	60,000	110,040
Potatoes	20.6	330	cwt.	6,798	115,556
Rice	147	7,340	lb, cwt.	10,791	158,628
Sorghum, grain	2,250	61	lb, cwt.	137,250	553,392
Sorghum, silage	100	14	ton	1,400	—
Soybeans	140	38	bushel	5,390	51,475
Sugar cane	33.1	37.9	ton	1,255	—
Sunflowers	92	1,493	lb.	137,400	35,400
Sweet potatoes	0.9	155	cwt.	140	4,144
Vegetables, fresh	52.2	—	cwt.	11,337	213,212
Vegetables, process	8.5	—	cwt.	75,270	16,306
Wheat, winter	2,250	30	bushel	67,500	432,000

Total, listed crops	17,550.4	—	—	—	$ 6,339,320

Texas Crop Production, 2012

Crop	Harvested Acres (000)	Yield per acre	Unit	Production (000)	Value (000)
Corn, grain	1,550	130	bushel	201,500	$ 1,434,680
Corn, silage	190	19	ton	3,610	—
Cotton, Am.-Pima	7.5	928	lb. bale	14.5	8,978
Cotton, Upland	3,850	623	lb. bale	5,000	1,675,200
Cottonseed	—	—	ton	1,669	442,285
Grapefruit	18.5	259	box	4,800	36,500
Hay, alfalfa	100	4.9	ton	490	116,620
Hay, other	5,000	1.8	ton	9,000	891,000
Oats	75	49	bushel	3,675	21,866
Oranges	—	—	box	1,499	—
Peaches	4.0	2.75	ton	10.2	18,870
Peanuts	146	3,600	lb.	525,600	197,100
Pecans	—	—	lb.	55,000	74,760
Potatoes	20.1	372	cwt.	7,478	105,750
Rice	134	8,370	lb, cwt.	11,217	170,498
Sorghum, grain	1,900	59	lb, cwt.	112,100	703,091
Sorghum, silage	160	13	ton	2,080	—
Soybeans	110	26	bushel	2,860	41,756
Sugar cane	44	35.8	ton	1,576	52,605
Sunflowers	85	1,322	lb.	112,400	35,444
Sweet potatoes	1	150	cwt.	150	2,100
Vegetables, fresh	53.3	—	cwt.	11,211	199,127
Vegetables, process	7.9	—	cwt.	66,090	9,396
Wheat, winter	3,000	32	bushel	96,000	645,120

Total, listed crops	16,456.3	—	—	—	$ 6,882,746

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Statistics Service, annual reports 2018 (revised).

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