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The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is a state agency within the state of Texas, which is responsible for matters pertaining to agriculture, rural community affairs, and related matters. It is currently headed by Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller , a Republican, who was reelected to a 3rd term in 2022.
Grimmway Farms was established in the mid-1960s when brothers Rodney Grimm and Robert Grimm started farming five acres of sweet corn on their grandfather's chicken farm in Anaheim, California. [4] Through the years, they added other crops, which they sold alongside the corn in small family-run roadside produce stands.
The name is in conformity with the Corn Belt of the Midwestern United States, in which much of the nation's corn is grown. Arkansas is the nation's leading rice producer, followed by California (not part of the Rice Belt), Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Missouri (bordering on, but not part of, the Rice Belt).
At the turn of the 21st century, California growers were farming more than 36,000 acres of asparagus. Now, fewer than 3,000 acres are in production in the state for commercial sale. These are the ...
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In the 2015/2016 crop year, the California almond industry produced over 1.5 million metric tons (1,500,000 long tons; 1,700,000 short tons) of hulls and over 0.5 million metric tons (490,000 long tons; 550,000 short tons) of shells. Historically, these byproducts have been used for livestock feed and bedding, or as fuel for cogeneration plants ...
Most notably, the county-run Santa Ynez Reservoir — which is right in the heart of Pacific Palisades, and can hold 117 million gallons — was empty when the fires broke out last week, and has ...
California produces almonds worth $5.3 billion every year. That is 100% of commercial almonds in the United States, 100% of all of North America, and 80% of commercial almonds around the world. Agriculture is a significant sector in California's economy, producing nearly US$50 billion in revenue in 2018.