Ag Profile

Brazos County comprises 588 square miles of rolling prairie and woodland with elevations that range from 200 to 350 feet above sea level. The average annual rainfall is 39 inches. The average minimum temperature in January is 39° F; the average maximum in July is 95°. The county has a growing season of 268 days. Its soils are alluvial to sandy and between 11 and 20 percent of the land is considered prime farmland. The northern third of the county is in the Blackland Prairie area and is vegetated by elm, oak, pecan, and mesquite trees along streams. The remainder of the county is in the Post Oak Savannah vegetation area, which features post oak, walnut, and pecan trees.

The National Ag Census is shown below. The county by county census will be available June 2004 and will be posted on the website as soon as it comes out.

The 2002 Census of Agriculture is the most comprehensive source of statistics portraying our nation's agriculture. It is the only source of uniform agricultural data across the U.S.