List two economic impacts of the Agricultural Industry in Texas.

1. Economic impact of agriculture in Texas

In 2018, Texas generated around $22.0 billion in agricultural cash receipts with the highest valued commodities being cattle and calves, upland cotton lint, and broilers. That same year, the value of Texas's agricultural production and processing industries represented 1.8 percent of total state GDP.

2. Texas is widely known for oil. Houston, the nation’s fourth largest city is touted as the “energy capital” of the world. But Texas is not just about oil. Texas is the nation’s largest producer of cattle and cotton as well as other crops. Texas by itself is responsible for about 20% of all the beef consumed in the US. The state is also the number one producer of cotton. About 29% of all cotton used in the country was grown in Texas.

In regards to oil and gas, Texas is responsible for about one-fifth of the country’s oil production and one-third of the country natural gas. Texas also leads the nation in electricity produced by wind. Wind farms in Texas produce close to 13% of the state’s electricity with a capacity for 36 million megawatthours. 80% of the wind-generated electricity is produced by 12 states. Of those states, Texas has an 80% share of that production.

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jim crow laws were enacted in northern states.

answer

the statement that best describes president carter’s attempt to free the hostages in iran is c. all of the attempts failed.

explanation

the operation eagle claw conducted by the united states armed forces was a failed mission which aimed to rescue 52 americans captured as hostages in the american embassy, tehran on 24/4/1980.the mission was authorized by president jimmy carter. the failures included;   obstacles in operation that included operational conditions challenges caused by sandstorms, hydraulic problems of one the helicopters and , mechanical failure of another helicopter that was identified as a cracked rotor blade and the crashing of another helicopter during mission abortion causing death of 8 service persons.