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==Economy== In 2020, the total value of products produced in Hidalgo was $11.5 billion.<ref>[https://oec.world/en/profile/subnational_usa_port/hidalgo-pharr-tx Hidalgo economy]</ref> In 1982, 91% of the land was in farms and ranches, with 52% of the farmland under cultivation and 85% irrigated; 51 to 60% of the county was considered prime farmland. The primary crops were sorghum, cotton, corn, and vegetables; Hidalgo County led Texas counties in the production of cabbage, onions, cantaloupes, carrots, and watermelons. The primary fruits and nuts grown in the county were grapefruit, oranges, and pecans. Cattle, milk cows, and hogs were the primary livestock products.<ref name="Almanac">{{cite web |title= Hidalgo County |publisher= Texas Almanac |url= http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/government/hidalgo-county |access-date=November 23, 2011}}</ref> Hidalgo is the highest-producing county in the state for [[oilseed]]s and [[dry bean]]s.<ref name="census-2017">{{cite web | access-date=July 29, 2022 | issue=Part A | date=2017 | title=2017 Census - Volume 1, Chapter 1: State Level Data | website=United States Department of Agriculture [[National Agricultural Statistics Service]] (USDA NASS) | url=https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_1_State_Level/Texas/}}</ref> The Southern Cattle Tick (''[[Rhipicephalus microplus]]'') is invasive here.<ref name="Thomas" /> Populations here have also become highly [[Permethrin#Resistance|permethrin resistant]].<ref name="Thomas" /> In 2014 the problem had become so severe in [[Cameron County, Texas|Cameron]] that spread here (and to other neighboring counties) was feared.<ref name="Thomas" /> A Temporary Preventative Quarantine Area was established in Cameron to preserve efficacy in these counties.<ref name="Thomas" /> This was unsuccessful however, due at least in part to the ticks' infestation of wildlife including whitetail (''[[Odocoileus virginianus]]'').<ref name="Thomas"> {{Unbulleted list citebundle |{{*}} {{cite journal | journal=[[Journal of Medical Entomology]] | issn=0022-2585 | year=2021 | issue=4 | volume=58 | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] ([[Entomological Society of America]]) | last1=Showler | first1=Allan T. | last2=Pérez de León | first2=Adalberto | last3=Saelao | first3=Perot | title=Biosurveillance and Research Needs Involving Area-Wide Systematic Active Sampling to Enhance Integrated Cattle Fever Tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Eradication | doi=10.1093/jme/tjab051 | pages=1601–1609 | pmid=33822110 | s2cid=233036282| doi-access=free }} |{{*}} {{cite journal | journal=[[Annals of the Entomological Society of America]] | issn=0013-8746 | year=2020 | issue=4 | volume=113 | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] ([[Entomological Society of America]]) | last1=Thomas | first1=Donald B. | last2=Klafke | first2=Guilherme | last3=Busch | first3=Joseph D. | last4=Olafson | first4=Pia U. | last5=Miller | first5=Robert A. | last6=Mosqueda | first6=Juan | last7=Stone | first7=Nathan E. | last8=Scoles | first8=Glen | last9=Wagner | first9=David M. | last10=Perez-De-Leon | first10=Adalberto | title=Tracking the Increase of Acaricide Resistance in an Invasive Population of Cattle Fever Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and Implementation of Real-Time PCR Assays to Rapidly Genotype Resistance Mutations | doi=10.1093/aesa/saz053 | pages=298–309 | s2cid=216254066| doi-access=free }} }} </ref>
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