Denise Gutzmer<p>Texas farmers, ranchers lose billions to 2024 weather disasters</p><p>The total incurred damages in Texas was over $3.4 billion.</p><p>Drought and excessive heat contributed to more than 66% of Texas’ losses. The most severe drought impacts occurred between June and September.</p><p>Texas cotton farmers saw $1.8 billion in losses, and there was a loss of $768 million in forage and rangeland damage and $257 million in wheat losses from drought.</p><p>Early in 2024, the Smokehouse Creek Fire caused $123 million in losses, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. It was the largest wildfire in Texas and burned more than 1.2 million of acres in the Panhandle.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/cotton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cotton</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasfarmbureau.org/texas-farmers-ranchers-lose-billions-to-2024-weather-disasters/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">texasfarmbureau.org/texas-farm</span><span class="invisible">ers-ranchers-lose-billions-to-2024-weather-disasters/</span></a></p>