district 12 agriculture
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Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service - District 12 AgricultureTRANSCRIPT
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District 12 Agriculture
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Birthplace of Texas
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HistoryDemographicsIssues & ProgramsFeatures Affecting AgricultureAgribusiness Commodities
District 12 Agriculture
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History of South Texas Agriculture
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Demographics
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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
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District 12 DemographicsPopulation
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District 12 DemographicsAg. Income
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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
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Issues & Programs
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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
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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
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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
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Regional Features
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INIFAP - Northeast Center for federal agricultural research – Rio Bravo, Tamps, Mexico
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Extension Economist Luis Ribera speaking to Mexican growers about US market
Mexican Producers at Cameron County Field Day exploring irrigation technologies
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Border FenceSouth of Weslaco, Hidalgo
County
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Los Indios Port of Entry, Cameron County
Grain Export Facilities, Progreso
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Carriage House
Commissary
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The Kenedy Ranch Museum provide historical support for this and other historic ranches.
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Kika de la Garza is synonymous with
agriculture in South Texas.
USDA Service Center, Edinburg
USDA Subtropical Research Center, Weslaco
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Floodway after Dam releases - 2010
Turf Farm before & after
Center Pivot system in floodway
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Hurricane Dolly - 2008
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Hurricane damage to Brownsville Gin
Texas Military ForcesHEB Distribution Center in
Weslaco
Significant property damage
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Amistad Dam
Falcon Dam
Anzaldua Dam
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Laredo, Riverdrive Mall
Laredo Port of Entry
Eagle Pass Port of Entry
Starr County
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Floodway, McAllen
Floodway, Mercedes Before & After
Citrus
Cotton
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Commercial Agricultural Production
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CropsNurseryVegetablesSorghumWatermelon/MelonCotton CitrusCornSugar CaneHay/AlfalfaPeanutsSmall Grains
57%
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Cotton
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Sunflower, Jim Wells County
Spinach, Zavala County
Soybeans, Hidalgo County
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Hay – Hidalgo and Jim Wells Counties
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Corn
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Onions
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Pecans – Maverick County
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Vegetables - Greens
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Citrus 25,000 acres
Mostly grapefruit
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Urban Agriculture
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Range & Livestock
Cow/CalfFed BeefHorsesMeat GoatsMinor operations in
sheep, hogs, poultry, honey production
25%
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Jim Hogg County &
Webb County
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Starr County &
La Salle County
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Ag. RelatedHuntingRecreationCoastal & Marine
18%
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Source: kingranch.com
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Recreation
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