Harlingen sits in Cameron County, where 1,248 farms work 208,701 acres, including 71,133 irrigated acres, about 34 percent of all land in farms. County farms sold $128.8 million of agricultural products in 2022, and crops accounted for 97 percent of those sales, making this overwhelmingly a row crop and orchard economy rather than a livestock one.
Cotton in the Lower Rio Grande Valley is planted from February through March and harvested from August through September, the earliest window of any Texas cotton region, and roughly 40 percent of Valley cotton acreage is irrigated. Harlingen Irrigation District Cameron County No. 1 covers 56,114 acres and delivers Rio Grande water sourced through Falcon Reservoir via 40 miles of earthen canal, 17 miles of lined canal, and more than 200 miles of pipeline to 3,309 irrigation accounts.
Agnomy connects Harlingen-area growers with verified local service providers who understand early Valley planting and harvest windows, irrigation district coordination, and citrus grove work, making it easier to find, book, and manage the services your operation depends on.
