Hartley County, Texas
Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture
224 farms935,417 acres in farms$1.74 billion in farm sales
Among US counties with published figures, Hartley County ranks fourth for corn for silage and seventh for cattle and calves.
Within Texas, no other county with a published figure has more milk cows.
Its silage corn acreage grew between 2017 and 2022, the largest increase among the 100 leading silage corn counties of 2017 with figures in both years.
Sales by product group
| Product group | Sales | Rank in state |
|---|---|---|
| Cattle and calves | $1.01 billion | 3rd of 230 |
| Milk from cows | $447 million | 1st of 26 |
| Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas | $167 million | 1st of 173 |
| Vegetables, melons and potatoes | $75.0 million | 2nd of 109 |
| Hay and other crops | $19.3 million | 7th of 213 |
| Cotton and cottonseed | $16.8 million | 27th of 116 |
| Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys | $166,000 | 142nd of 207 |
What the fields held
Hartley County harvested 232,545 acres of cropland in 2022, fourth of 220 counties in Texas. Corn for grain covered acreage equal to 30% of that, corn for silage 24%.
| Crop | Acres | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Corn for grain | 68,758 | 0.09% |
| Corn for silage | 55,552 | 0.93% |
| Hay and haylage | 39,957 | 0.07% |
| Wheat | 32,305 | 0.09% |
| Grain sorghum | 14,489 | 0.31% |
| Cotton | 14,373 | 0.19% |
| Vegetables | 11,315 | 0.26% |
| Sunflower | 355 | under 0.1% |
Withheld to protect individual farms: soybeans, oats, potatoes, orchard land, pecans and grapes.
How much of the county is farmland
Share of the county land in farms100%
Hartley County ranks 12th of 250 counties in Texas on this measure.
- 358,499 acres of cropland, 38% of farmland
- 583,862 acres of pastureland, 62% of farmland
- 165,041 acres irrigated
Farm sizes
Farms in Hartley County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 695 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 4,176 acres, 17th-largest of 242 in Texas. The most common size class is 2,000+ acres, with 28.1% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 46.9% of the total.
Barns, pens and pastures
| Animals | Head | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Milk cows | 92,475 | 0.99% |
| Cattle and calves | 420,346 | 0.48% |
| Beef cows | 14,253 | under 0.1% |
| Horses and ponies | 315 | under 0.1% |
| Goats | 139 | under 0.1% |
| Laying hens | 130 | under 0.1% |
Who farms here
Decisions on Hartley County's 224 farms are made by 467 producers. Their average age is 54.8, 5.1 years below the Texas average. Women are 30.2% of them.
Five years earlier
| Measure | 2017 | Change to 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Farms | 206 | +8.7% |
| Land in farms, acres | 834,650 | +12.1% |
| Average farm size, acres | 4,052 | +3.1% |
| Farm products sold (current dollars) | $1.22 billion | +42.1% |
| Milk cows, head | 52,220 | +77.1% |
| Corn for silage, acres | 21,474 | +100% |
| Cattle and calves, head | 396,629 | +6.0% |
| Grain sorghum, acres | 8,972 | +61.5% |
Nearest rivals
- Milk cows between Yakima County, WA and Curry County, NM
- Corn for silage between Weld County, CO and San Joaquin County, CA
- Cattle and calves between Fresno County, CA and Haskell County, KS
- Grain sorghum between Kingman County, KS and Swisher County, TX
Counties with a similar sales mix
- Pulaski County, Virginia largest group: cattle and calves; mix match 99%
- Lamb County, Texas largest group: cattle and calves; mix match 99%
- Morgan County, Colorado largest group: cattle and calves; mix match 99%
Hartley County accounts for 5.4% of farm sales in Texas and 0.1% of the farms in Texas. Rank Texas counties for milk cows.
Source: USDA NASS Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.