District 12 Agriculture

Birthplace of Texas

HistoryDemographicsIssues & ProgramsFeatures Affecting AgricultureAgribusiness Commodities

District 12 Agriculture

History of South Texas Agriculture

Demographics

District 12DemographicsCounty Categories

Category 1—McMullen, KenedyCategory 2—Brooks, Jim Hogg, La SalleCategory 3—Dimmit, Duval, Live Oak, Willacy, Zapata, ZavalaCategory 4—Frio, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Maverick, StarrCategory 5— Atascosa, WebbCategory 6—CameronCategory 7— Hidalgo

District 12 DemographicsPopulation

District 12 DemographicsAg. Income

Top Production Counties

County Crops Livestock

Ag. Related

*Total

Hidalgo 226.7 17.3 26.2 270.6

Cameron

101.8 2.5 1.4 105.7

Zavala 44.4 44.5 4.1 93.0

Atascosa 45.8 33.0 6.9 85.9

Frio 57.5 19.1 5.7 82.4

Willacy 63.7 4.6 5.5 73.8

Starr 17.8 31.6 3.7 53.2

Webb 3.2 21.6 21.2 46.0*2009 Cash Value of Ag. Income for top counties in District 12

Issues & Programs

Health & Wellness (diabetes, healthy lifestyles, family health,

wellness, safety, community nutrition, food safety)

Education(parenting, youth issues, technology education,

environmental, housing & home, higher ed)

Youth Development(healthy lifestyles, youth issues, leadership,

character education, youth livestock, sex education, drug abuse)

Issues

Family Development(financial literacy & mgmt, parenting, rage mgmt,

memory education, housing & home)

Agriculture & Natural Resources(water quality & conservation, whitetail deer

mgmt, range mgmt, ag profitability & sustainability, shrimp profitability)

Community Development(business development, job skills, economic

development, emergency management, cultural arts)

Issues – P. 2

County ProgramsANR

GAPs – Food Safety Landowner Education Nutrient Management Master Gardeners SAFE Shrimp Production Master Naturalist (Red Tide, Bahia

Grande) Whitetail Deer Management Financial Planning for Limited Resource

Producers Earth Kind Grow’n Growers Range Management – Prescribed Burns Water Quality Wildlife Management

Water well screening Fever Tick Workshops Hay Nutrition Range Tours Animal Issues Pesticide Safety Beef Development Crop Production Water conservation H1N1 Gardening &

Horticulture

Regional Features

INIFAP - Northeast Center for federal agricultural research – Rio Bravo, Tamps, Mexico

Extension Economist Luis Ribera speaking to Mexican growers about US market

Mexican Producers at Cameron County Field Day exploring irrigation technologies

Border FenceSouth of Weslaco, Hidalgo

County

Los Indios Port of Entry, Cameron County

Grain Export Facilities, Progreso

Carriage House

Commissary

The Kenedy Ranch Museum provide historical support for this and other historic ranches.

Kika de la Garza is synonymous with

agriculture in South Texas.

USDA Service Center, Edinburg

USDA Subtropical Research Center, Weslaco

Floodway after Dam releases - 2010

Turf Farm before & after

Center Pivot system in floodway

Hurricane Dolly - 2008

Hurricane damage to Brownsville Gin

Texas Military ForcesHEB Distribution Center in

Weslaco

Significant property damage

Amistad Dam

Falcon Dam

Anzaldua Dam

Laredo, Riverdrive Mall

Laredo Port of Entry

Eagle Pass Port of Entry

Starr County

Floodway, McAllen

Floodway, Mercedes Before & After

Citrus

Cotton

Commercial Agricultural Production

CropsNurseryVegetablesSorghumWatermelon/MelonCotton CitrusCornSugar CaneHay/AlfalfaPeanutsSmall Grains

57%

Cotton

Sunflower, Jim Wells County

Spinach, Zavala County

Soybeans, Hidalgo County

Hay – Hidalgo and Jim Wells Counties

Corn

Onions

Pecans – Maverick County

Vegetables - Greens

Citrus 25,000 acres

Mostly grapefruit

Urban Agriculture

Range & Livestock

Cow/CalfFed BeefHorsesMeat GoatsMinor operations in

sheep, hogs, poultry, honey production

25%

Jim Hogg County &

Webb County

Starr County &

La Salle County

Ag. RelatedHuntingRecreationCoastal & Marine

18%

Source: kingranch.com

Recreation

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