The 19 Most Valuable Crops Grown In Texas

When people think of farming in the United States, its pretty common to think of boring flat states like Iowa, Nebraska, and Indiana. Just miles of nothing but corn and a couple barns. While those states are among the leaders in the business of agriculture, none of them are actually the biggest farming state.

While it may be unfair to consider the amount of available real estate between a location like Iowa versus the state of Texas, we have to for a state-by-state comparison. And while more people might think of Iowa as more of a farming state than Texas, the numbers look a little different.

The state of Texas leads the nation in number of farms and acres of farmland. In fact, Texas doubles the #2 state in both of those rankings. So its not by a little either. We're not talking about a scenario where Texas just barley beats a smaller state, which would be unfair when considering the state's size. More than doubling the second place state should be enough to make the point.

But its not just the size of the farmland, its what you do with it. And Texas is profitable with its farmland.

Texas is a top 5 producer in the US across at least 11 different crops when you consider the value of its production. That's a long way of saying Texas makes more money off about a dozen crops than 90% of other states. Crops like pumpkins, lemons, rice, and cabbage that you might not associate with Texas, all have Top 5 nationwide value for the Lone State State.

Check out the 19 Most Valuable Crops for the state of Texas right here...