Agriculture is one of the primary drivers of the Fort Worth-Dallas Metroplex and Tarrant County economy. It includes agribusinesses, support industry and a variety of livestock operations plus more than twenty-five commercial crops. The total payroll, cash receipts, insurance and government payments contribute over $3.65 billion to the area economy.
Tarrant County statistics include:
- 1,173 farms
- 190,682 acres in ag production
- 163 average Size of Farms
- $29,394,000 market value of products sold
- $17,445,000 in Crops Sales
- $11,948,000 in Livestock sales
- Ranked 17th in Texas for nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod production
- Ranked 22th in Texas for horses and ponies
- 96% of the farms are Family Farms
- Top Crop in Acres
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- Forage (hay) 13,584 acres
