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===Agriculture and mining=== [[File:West Texas Cotton.jpg|right|thumb|Cotton modules after harvest in West Texas]] [[File:Longhorn cattle at the Enchanted Springs Ranch, a working ranch in Boerne, Texas, whose Old West Town is often used in movies and videos LCCN2015630429.tif|thumb|[[Texas longhorn]] cattle in [[Boerne, Texas]]]] Texas has the most farms and the highest acreage in the United States. The state is ranked {{Numero|1}} for revenue generated from total livestock and livestock products. It is ranked {{Numero|2}} for total agricultural revenue, behind California.<ref name="netstateecon">{{cite web |title=The Texas Economy |website=netstate.com |date=June 5, 2007 |url=http://www.netstate.com/economy/tx_economy.htm |access-date=April 29, 2008}}</ref> At $7.4 billion or 56.7 percent of Texas's annual agricultural cash receipts, beef cattle production represents the largest single segment of Texas agriculture. This is followed by cotton at $1.9 billion (14.6 percent), greenhouse/nursery at $1.5 billion (11.4 percent), [[broiler chicken]]s at $1.3 billion (10 percent), and dairy products at $947 million (7.3 percent).<ref name=EMMA2013>{{cite web|author=Electronic Municipal Market Access|author-link=Electronic Municipal Market Access|title=Appendix A|website=The State of Texas|publisher=[[Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board]] (MSRB)|year=2013|url=http://emma.msrb.org/EA509022-EA396584-.pdf|access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref> Texas leads the nation in the production of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, wool, mohair and hay.<ref name=EMMA2013/> The state also leads the nation in production of cotton which is the number one crop grown in the state in terms of value.<ref name="netstateecon" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Carmack |first=Liz |title=The Legacy of 'King Cotton' |url=http://www.county.org/magazine/departments/historicalhighlights/Pages/The-Legacy-of-King-Cotton.aspx |website=County |publisher=Texas Association of Counties |access-date=July 23, 2015 |date=June 21, 2013 |archive-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723131128/http://www.county.org/magazine/departments/historicalhighlights/Pages/The-Legacy-of-King-Cotton.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Crop Production: 2014 Summary |url=http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProdSu//2010s/2015/CropProdSu-01-12-2015.pdf |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=July 23, 2015 |pages=48β49}}</ref> The state grows significant amounts of cereal crops and produce.<ref name="netstateecon" /> Texas has a large commercial fishing industry. With mineral resources, Texas leads in creating cement, crushed stone, lime, salt, sand and gravel.<ref name="netstateecon" /> Texas throughout the 21st century has been [[Drought in the United States|hammered by drought]], costing the state billions of dollars in livestock and crops.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marsh |first=Wendell |title=No relief in sight for Texas heat and drought |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-weather-idUSTRE7745CG20110805 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |work=Reuters |date=August 5, 2011 |archive-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308010200/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/05/us-weather-idUSTRE7745CG20110805 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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