Lynn County, Texas
Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture
512 farms566,683 acres in farms$46.4 million in farm sales
In Lynn County, measured in current dollars, its farm sales had the steepest fall from 2017 to 2022 among the 1,136 counties that sold at least $100 million in 2017.
Its largest product group with a published figure, cotton, makes up 73.2% of farm sales, against 4.4% across Texas.
Sales by product group
| Product group | Sales | Rank in state |
|---|---|---|
| Cotton and cottonseed | $33.9 million | 11th of 116 |
| Cattle and calves | $5.1 million | 190th of 230 |
| Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas | $4.3 million | 89th of 173 |
| Hay and other crops | $2.2 million | 117th of 213 |
| Fruit, tree nuts and berries | $646,000 | 42nd of 138 |
| Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys | $96,000 | 168th of 207 |
| Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk | $38,000 | 181st of 201 |
| Hogs and pigs | $16,000 | 71st of 103 |
What the fields held
Lynn County harvested 79,281 acres of cropland in 2022, 43rd of 220 counties in Texas. Cotton covered acreage equal to 81% of that, hay and haylage 6%.
| Crop | Acres | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Cotton | 64,277 | 0.83% |
| Hay and haylage | 4,559 | under 0.1% |
| Corn for grain | 2,555 | under 0.1% |
| Grain sorghum | 2,549 | 0.05% |
| Wheat | 1,638 | under 0.1% |
| Orchard land | 461 | under 0.1% |
| of which grapes | 227 | under 0.1% |
| of which pecans | 234 | under 0.1% |
Withheld to protect individual farms: corn for silage, peanuts and sunflower.
How much of the county is farmland
Share of the county land in farms99.3%
Lynn County ranks 42nd of 250 counties in Texas on this measure.
- 437,414 acres of cropland, 77% of farmland
- 123,612 acres of pastureland, 22% of farmland
- 940 acres of woodland, 0% of farmland
- 48,877 acres irrigated
Farm sizes
Farms in Lynn County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 240 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 1,107 acres, 82nd-largest of 242 in Texas. The most common size class is 50–179 acres, with 27.7% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 24.6% of the total.
Barns, pens and pastures
| Animals | Head | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Beef cows | 5,862 | under 0.1% |
| Cattle and calves | 8,592 | under 0.1% |
| Horses and ponies | 159 | under 0.1% |
| Goats | 140 | under 0.1% |
| Hogs and pigs | 96 | under 0.1% |
| Laying hens | 126 | under 0.1% |
Withheld: sheep and lambs.
Who farms here
Decisions on Lynn County's 512 farms are made by 882 producers. Their average age is 59.0, 0.9 years below the Texas average. Women are 30.8% of them.
Five years earlier
| Measure | 2017 | Change to 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Farms | 434 | +18.0% |
| Land in farms, acres | 499,206 | +13.5% |
| Average farm size, acres | 1,150 | −3.7% |
| Farm products sold (current dollars) | $111 million | −58.4% |
| Cotton, acres | 297,817 | −78.4% |
| Grain sorghum, acres | 22,224 | −88.5% |
| Beef cows, head | 2,796 | +100% |
| Cattle and calves, head | 8,338 | +3.0% |
Nearest rivals
- Cotton between Floyd County, TX and Wharton County, TX
- Grain sorghum between Burleson County, TX and Tillman County, OK
- Pecans between Comal County, TX and Dale County, AL
- Grapes between Henderson County, NC and Schuylkill County, PA
Counties with a similar sales mix
- Crosby County, Texas largest group: cotton; mix match 99%
- Howard County, Texas largest group: cotton; mix match 99%
- Hockley County, Texas largest group: cotton; mix match 98%
Lynn County accounts for 0.1% of farm sales in Texas and 0.2% of the farms in Texas. Rank Texas counties for cotton.
Source: USDA NASS Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.