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050629 Texas Beef Industry Facts And Figures

June 30, 2005

Facts and figures from 2004 for the beef industry in Texas, the nation's leading cattle producer:

* Texas had 150,000 ranchers, cattlemen and dairy farmers - 15 percent of the nation's beef and dairy producers.

* All 254 counties have beef cattle production.

* Almost a quarter of the cattle operations had fewer than 100 head, and 13 percent had fewer than 50 head.

* Cash receipts for cattle and calves totaled $8 billion, 17 percent of the national total of $47.3 billion.

* The industry had an economic impact of $14 billion in Texas.

* Texas recorded 13.8 million cattle, 14 percent of the national total.

Source: The Texas Department of Agriculture

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