Agriculture

586,700 acres in Nolan County

Landmass:

• Total: 914 square miles
• Land: 912 square miles
• Water: 2 square miles

Approximately 2-3% of the land is used for residential
456,700 acres of permanent pasture (grassland)
120,000 acres cropland approximately of which:

• 58,500 acres of cotton
• 20,400 acres of wheat
• 5,800 acres of milo
• 8,000 acres of hay
• 12,300 acres in CRP (conservation reserve program)
• 12,500 acres in improved grasses
• 2,500 acres in other

Farm Service Agency (FSA) payments to producers (on average)

Program payments $840,000.00
Crop disaster payments avg. $703,000.00
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $424,000.00
Livestock feed disaster payments avg. $650,000.00
Non-insured Assistance Program (NAP) $185,000.00

Cattle estimated numbers show to be approximately 14,000.

An estimated 400 people work directly in agriculture during a normal year with average rainfall.

Agriculture land is also where energy producers are located

Wind: 1,438 turbines (1 MW or larger – 2060 MW total)
Oil: 569 working oil wells