Billion Dollar Crops Lift Lubbock To World Leader Status
Cotton and grain sorghum drive a $1.65 billion regional economy in the Lubbock area as says Texas Tech economists. Lubbock ranks second to Memphis in cotton marketing while Plains warehouses hold vast grain stores and hogs number over 35,000 in the county.
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