Texas Farm Bureau

Texas leads the nation in cattle, cotton, sheep and wool, goats and mohair and hay production.

[3] The most profitable commodities, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, are: cattle, poultry, eggs, cotton and cottonseed, dairy, grains, oilseeds and dry beans, nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and hay.

Texas Farm Bureau members convene each year at the annual meeting, where they vote on proposed resolutions to be included in the organization's policy book.

All approved resolutions are included in member-directed policy, which governs the organization's response to current agricultural and rural issues.

In 1938, Texas Agricultural Association members voted to move the headquarters 90 miles (140 km) south to Waco.

[7] During its history, the organization has helped bring electricity and phone service to rural communities, establish a successful farm-to-market road system in Texas and enact effective national farm policy.

The organization's communications products keep members informed of current legislation and issues that affect their daily operations.

[10] The organization also connects with its statewide membership through its website and by participating in social media, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

[13] The 2011 Southern US drought spread across the entire lower-third of the United States, and in Texas, 213 of the 254 counties were declared primary natural disaster areas.

Extreme drought conditions spurred wildfires, which burned almost 3.5 million acres (14,000 km2) of land in Texas since the fire season began on Nov. 15, 2010.