While the number of farms in Texas rose over a five-year span, the state lost about 200,000 acres of farmland, according to a new federal report released Thursday.
Texas leads the nation with 248,810 farms, up from 247,437 operations in 2007, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s preliminary 2012 Census of Agriculture report said. Farmland covers about 130.2 million acres in Texas, a negligible drop from about 130.4 million acres in 2007.