CITRUS COMMERCIAL CITRUS INVENTORY PRELIMINARY REPORT September 17, 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL CITRUS ACREAGE DECREASED TO 748,555 Florida's citrus acreage, declining for most of the past decade, totals 748,555 acres as of January 2004. A net decrease of 48,748 acres, 6.1 percent, has occurred in the past two years. Plantings during 2002 and 2003 totaled 40,127 acres, but were outstripped by removals at a rate of over 2:1. This gross loss of 88,875 acres is the largest amount in a non-freeze survey period since the initial survey in 1966. Diseases such as tristeza, citrus canker, and the citrus root weevil have contributed to the loss. Total trees at 97.9 million are down 5.1 percent from the 103.2 million trees in 2002. Polk County is the leader with 95,050 acres of citrus, followed by Hendry with 93,155 and St. Lucie with 82,987. These three counties comprise over one-third of the citrus acreage in the state. Hendry continues to lead in total trees with 14.3 million and averages 153 trees per acre, 17 percent above the state average of 131trees per acre. Following in tree numbers are Polk with a density of 117 trees per acre and St. Lucie with 125. Acreage increased in three of the 31 counties in the past two years. Beginning with this report Miami-Dade County data is excluded. ORANGE ACREAGE DECREASED TO 622,821 For the third consecutive survey all orange acres decreased. As of January 2004, there were 622,821 acres compared to 648,806 acres in 2002, a 4.0 percent loss. Current orange trees number 83.0 million compared to 85.8 million trees in 2002, a 3.2 percent loss. Bearing orange trees from this census (planted in 2000 and earlier years) are for use with the 2003?2004 harvest season and total 75.4 million compared to 77.6 million in 2002. Acreage decreased for all orange categories except other early and other midseason oranges which include the newer varieties. Hamlin acreage is 200,944, down 3.9 percent from the 209,009 acres reported in 2002. Navel acreage has decreased 17 percent to 16,340 from 19,752 in the previous census. Ambersweet acreage at 3,355 is down 37 percent from 2002 and 79 percent from the high of 15,704 in 1996. Valencias have a 1.2 percent decrease to 321,991 acres, compared with 325,758 in the previous census. GRAPEFRUIT ACREAGE DECREASED TO 89,048 Nearly 40 percent of the grapefruit acreage has been lost since the record set in 1994. The 2004 total is 16 percent lower than in 2002. Colored varieties are down 12 percent from 62,328 acres in 2002 to 54,619 in 2004 while white seedless is 32,199 acres, down 20 percent from the 40,179 in 2002. Seedy grapefruit acreage, in a steady decline since the recorded high in 1968, is down 35 percent from 2002 at 1,236. SPECIALTY ACREAGE DECREASED TO 36,686 Specialty citrus types decreased 15 percent to 36,686 in 2004 from 43,009 acres in 2002. Temple acreage continues to decline and is down 25 percent. Acreage declined for the fourth time for Fallglo and Sunburst early tangerine varieties. Honey tangerine acreage, down less than 1.0 percent, accounts for 45 percent of the total tangerine acreage. Tangelo acreage decreased 13 percent with the main variety (Orlando) down 23 percent, however Minneolas increased 1.2 percent. Lemon acreage increased 1.6 percent. The small quantities of Robinson and Dancy tangerines, limes, and K-Early Citrus are now included in Other Citrus. Florida Commercial Citrus: Acreage --------------------------------------------- Census Oranges Grapefruit Specialty Total years fruit --------------------------------------------- 1968 713,400 119,883 97,966 931,249 1970 715,806 124,050 101,615 941,471 1972 659,418 124,142 94,459 878,019 1974 642,431 130,326 91,341 864,098 1976 628,567 137,909 85,893 852,369 1978 616,020 136,342 78,873 831,235 1980 627,174 139,944 78,165 845,283 1982 636,864 139,939 71,053 847,856 1984 573,991 134,680 52,694 761,365 1986 466,252 117,845 40,395 624,492 1988 536,737 119,606 41,586 697,929 1990 564,809 125,300 42,658 732,767 1992 608,636 135,166 47,488 791,290 1994 653,370 146,915 53,457 853,742 1996 656,598 144,416 56,673 857,687 1998 658,390 132,817 54,053 845,260 1999 -- 121,258 -- -- 2000 665,529 118,145 48,601 832,275 2002 648,806 105,488 43,009 797,303 2004 622,821 89,048 36,686 748,555 --------------------------------------------- Florida Commercial Citrus: Acreage changes between censuses --------------------------------------------- Two year change Net Census --------------------- change Total years Gross New loss plantings --------------------------------------------- 1968 13,910 87,077 +73,167 931,249 1970 26,114 36,336 +10,222 941,471 1972 2/ 82,948 19,496 -63,452 878,019 1974 40,181 26,260 -13,921 864,098 1976 40,518 28,789 -11,729 852,369 1978 2/ 49,127 27,993 -21,134 831,235 1980 25,925 39,973 +14,048 845,283 1982 2/ 51,942 54,515 +2,573 847,856 1984 2/ 159,719 73,228 -86,491 761,365 1986 2/ 185,598 48,725 -136,873 624,492 1988 52,240 125,677 +73,437 697,929 1990 2/ 85,858 120,696 +34,838 732,767 1992 74,704 133,227 +58,523 791,290 1994 45,214 107,666 +62,452 853,742 1996 35,947 39,892 +3,945 857,687 1998 49,325 36,898 -12,427 845,260 2000 59,516 46,531 -12,985 832,275 2002 77,197 42,225 -34,972 797,303 2004 88,875 40,127 -48,748 748,555 --------------------------------------------- 1/ First census via aerial photography in 1966. 2/ January freezes in 1971, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, and 1986. December freezes in 1983, 1985, and 1989. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Citrus: Number of acres, by variety and year set ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Oranges Specialty Other Year set ----------------------------------------- ---------------- citrus Early Midseason Late Unidentified Total Temples Tangelos citrus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Acres Pre-1960 26,484 6,396 4,173 12,862 13 23,444 630 340 53 1960-69 57,240 16,450 8,018 18,163 28 42,659 1,262 1,494 258 1970-79 40,538 9,784 3,705 13,535 0 27,024 164 210 66 1980 6,361 2,601 451 2,544 0 5,596 8 16 5 1981 9,338 4,487 463 3,003 0 7,953 37 26 9 1982 11,940 5,398 700 3,823 0 9,921 21 36 16 1983 18,349 9,016 1,379 5,945 2 16,342 16 76 24 1984 13,396 5,626 662 4,868 0 11,156 33 96 23 1985 12,758 6,047 691 5,052 2 11,792 14 70 22 1986 24,486 11,306 849 10,144 0 22,299 135 244 73 1987 45,505 18,796 2,254 19,393 0 40,443 99 505 209 1988 37,367 13,076 1,738 15,687 62 30,563 106 700 241 1989 52,994 17,278 2,410 24,053 30 43,771 178 462 192 1990 49,315 14,224 1,817 23,795 50 39,886 45 572 192 1991 58,475 19,968 2,380 25,585 76 48,009 91 835 307 1992 51,595 14,368 2,691 23,425 53 40,537 103 702 230 1993 31,879 8,090 2,296 14,575 30 24,991 89 386 286 1994 14,638 3,689 1,002 6,898 6 11,595 18 309 214 1995 18,443 6,194 1,080 8,671 20 15,965 54 177 134 1996 14,621 3,833 985 7,419 14 12,251 78 174 138 1997 21,819 5,247 1,201 13,347 39 19,834 97 144 88 1998 21,767 5,262 1,330 12,904 50 19,546 57 215 29 1999 24,788 7,649 1,565 13,156 746 23,116 48 128 61 2000 17,899 5,112 1,599 8,572 868 16,151 36 112 41 Bearing 681,995 219,897 45,439 297,419 2,089 564,844 3,419 8,029 2,911 2001 26,433 8,591 1,636 11,927 1,610 23,764 68 88 89 2002 20,857 5,596 1,273 6,746 4,404 18,019 28 253 86 2003 19,270 6,124 1,250 5,899 2,921 16,194 63 289 53 Non-bearing 66,560 20,311 4,159 24,572 8,935 57,977 159 630 228 Total 748,555 240,208 49,598 321,991 11,024 622,821 3,578 8,659 3,139 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Continued ------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 Florida Commercial Citrus Inventory 2 Florida Agricultural Statistics Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Citrus: Number of acres, by variety and year set ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Grapefruit Tangerines Year set ----------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- White Colored seedless seedless Seedy Unidentified Total Fallglo Sunburst Early 1/ Honey Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acres Pre-1960 675 876 349 0 1,900 0 0 0 117 117 1960-69 7,834 2,666 177 0 10,677 0 0 0 890 890 1970-79 3,916 8,723 182 0 12,821 0 0 0 253 253 1980 134 431 14 0 579 0 18 18 139 157 1981 185 983 14 2 1,184 0 56 56 73 129 1982 184 1,697 16 0 1,897 0 24 24 25 49 1983 167 1,479 31 0 1,677 0 62 62 152 214 1984 210 1,688 3 0 1,901 0 132 132 55 187 1985 134 479 18 0 631 0 86 86 143 229 1986 143 1,197 44 4 1,388 0 157 157 190 347 1987 550 2,662 81 1 3,294 4 639 643 312 955 1988 810 3,480 50 0 4,340 32 1,003 1,035 382 1,417 1989 2,888 3,815 34 0 6,737 226 938 1,164 490 1,654 1990 2,966 3,661 50 22 6,699 350 1,000 1,350 571 1,921 1991 1,782 5,036 25 0 6,843 168 1,648 1,816 574 2,390 1992 1,911 5,226 49 7 7,193 363 1,485 1,848 982 2,830 1993 1,158 2,374 38 0 3,570 660 969 1,629 928 2,557 1994 778 827 3 0 1,608 115 190 305 589 894 1995 1,023 511 7 0 1,541 60 157 217 355 572 1996 858 533 7 0 1,398 59 136 195 387 582 1997 603 433 7 8 1,051 68 147 215 390 605 1998 501 813 13 12 1,339 50 125 175 406 581 1999 249 672 3 4 928 71 87 158 349 507 2000 381 731 6 4 1,122 51 45 96 341 437 Bearing 30,040 50,993 1,221 64 82,318 2,277 9,104 11,381 9,093 20,474 2001 768 1,148 11 104 2,031 51 121 172 221 393 2002 672 1,307 3 259 2,241 19 40 59 171 230 2003 719 1,171 1 567 2,458 23 40 63 150 213 Non-bearing 2,159 3,626 15 930 6,730 93 201 294 542 836 Total 32,199 54,619 1,236 994 89,048 2,370 9,305 11,675 9,635 21,310 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Fallglo and Sunburst varieties. ------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 Florida Commercial Citrus Inventory 3 Florida Agricultural Statistics Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Citrus: Number of trees, by variety and year set ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Oranges Specialty Other Year set -------------------------------------------- ---------------- citrus Early Midseason Late Unidentified Total Temples Tangelos citrus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,000 Trees Pre-1960 2,491.6 583.0 402.9 1,248.0 2.0 2,235.9 55.6 26.5 4.5 1960-69 5,892.4 1,666.3 876.8 1,962.3 2.5 4,507.9 144.5 152.2 33.6 1970-79 4,540.1 1,141.0 449.7 1,632.6 0.0 3,223.3 17.7 25.0 8.3 1980 755.2 300.1 53.7 312.2 0.0 666.0 0.9 1.9 0.5 1981 1,081.9 521.7 57.3 361.0 0.0 940.0 4.1 2.5 1.0 1982 1,377.3 621.9 90.4 465.5 0.0 1,177.8 2.5 3.4 1.9 1983 2,198.6 1,079.2 175.5 731.7 0.2 1,986.6 2.1 9.1 3.0 1984 1,611.7 673.6 82.3 602.6 0.0 1,358.5 4.0 10.9 2.2 1985 1,666.4 756.4 84.6 702.4 0.2 1,543.6 1.6 9.1 2.9 1986 3,237.4 1,467.6 108.2 1,395.9 0.0 2,971.7 17.1 29.9 11.2 1987 6,041.3 2,491.9 296.0 2,634.0 0.0 5,421.9 11.4 72.2 26.6 1988 5,123.4 1,820.5 236.5 2,225.6 7.6 4,290.2 14.2 95.5 39.8 1989 7,710.5 2,554.9 343.0 3,638.4 3.2 6,539.5 22.9 68.5 23.8 1990 7,148.6 2,003.0 258.5 3,657.5 6.4 5,925.4 5.5 85.9 29.4 1991 8,309.6 2,831.0 317.6 3,837.2 9.2 6,995.0 11.2 106.9 36.0 1992 7,235.9 1,951.3 369.7 3,451.0 8.0 5,780.0 12.9 95.4 31.4 1993 4,605.5 1,118.9 359.2 2,126.3 3.7 3,608.1 12.4 55.5 52.4 1994 2,162.8 492.3 171.9 1,050.8 0.8 1,715.8 1.8 56.3 39.9 1995 2,577.0 852.8 136.1 1,251.4 2.8 2,243.1 8.3 32.0 19.7 1996 2,114.2 529.4 142.5 1,116.6 2.0 1,790.5 9.9 28.1 20.7 1997 2,948.1 717.3 158.3 1,802.8 4.4 2,682.8 14.3 20.8 11.0 1998 2,925.8 692.2 188.1 1,746.4 5.0 2,631.7 7.5 33.8 3.9 1999 3,293.1 1,023.0 206.3 1,752.8 100.5 3,082.6 6.0 16.2 9.4 2000 2,283.4 654.7 211.0 1,095.0 113.1 2,073.8 4.8 14.0 6.7 Bearing 89,331.8 28,544.0 5,776.1 40,800.0 271.6 75,391.7 393.2 1,051.6 419.8 2001 3,478.8 1,123.0 231.1 1,607.7 201.7 3,163.5 9.3 11.7 11.2 2002 2,649.2 706.9 165.5 864.8 557.4 2,294.6 3.4 32.4 11.9 2003 2,485.2 805.5 159.4 803.9 359.9 2,128.7 7.1 33.9 7.0 Non-bearing 8,613.2 2,635.4 556.0 3,276.4 1,119.0 7,586.8 19.8 78.0 30.1 Total 97,945.0 31,179.4 6,332.1 44,076.4 1,390.6 82,978.5 413.0 1,129.6 449.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Continued ------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 Florida Commercial Citrus Inventory 4 Florida Agricultural Statistics Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Citrus: Number of trees, by variety and year set ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Grapefruit Tangerines Year set ----------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- White Colored seedless seedless Seedy Unidentified Total Fallglo Sunburst Early 1/ Honey Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,000 Trees Pre-1960 58.3 70.2 29.2 0.0 157.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.4 11.4 1960-69 686.6 244.5 17.5 0.0 948.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 105.6 105.6 1970-79 378.0 843.8 17.5 0.0 1,239.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.5 26.5 1980 14.9 45.4 1.4 0.0 61.7 0.0 2.5 2.5 21.7 24.2 1981 19.2 97.7 1.4 0.3 118.6 0.0 6.3 6.3 9.4 15.7 1982 18.2 165.3 1.6 0.0 185.1 0.0 3.8 3.8 2.8 6.6 1983 17.3 151.9 3.4 0.0 172.6 0.0 8.2 8.2 17.0 25.2 1984 22.2 188.8 0.4 0.0 211.4 0.0 16.6 16.6 8.1 24.7 1985 14.4 56.5 1.7 0.0 72.6 0.0 10.5 10.5 26.1 36.6 1986 15.4 135.8 4.4 0.6 156.2 0.0 22.8 22.8 28.5 51.3 1987 56.8 303.9 8.4 0.1 369.2 0.5 92.6 93.1 46.9 140.0 1988 90.6 392.2 4.4 0.0 487.2 4.3 142.3 146.6 49.9 196.5 1989 335.3 459.6 3.5 0.0 798.4 32.9 141.1 174.0 83.4 257.4 1990 335.3 428.3 4.6 2.8 771.0 61.1 166.5 227.6 103.8 331.4 1991 203.5 600.4 2.6 0.0 806.5 24.1 247.5 271.6 82.4 354.0 1992 226.3 650.7 4.6 0.9 882.5 56.7 223.2 279.9 153.8 433.7 1993 139.7 320.5 3.2 0.0 463.4 99.3 152.8 252.1 161.6 413.7 1994 92.8 109.8 0.2 0.0 202.8 17.5 28.6 46.1 100.1 146.2 1995 114.8 63.5 0.7 0.0 179.0 9.9 25.7 35.6 59.3 94.9 1996 103.1 68.0 0.5 0.0 171.6 10.2 21.8 32.0 61.4 93.4 1997 71.4 52.9 0.7 1.1 126.1 10.6 21.1 31.7 61.4 93.1 1998 49.8 107.3 1.4 1.3 159.8 7.3 20.7 28.0 61.1 89.1 1999 26.7 77.7 0.2 0.3 104.9 10.3 11.4 21.7 52.3 74.0 2000 39.8 81.1 0.5 0.3 121.7 7.7 6.3 14.0 48.4 62.4 Bearing 3,130.4 5,715.8 114.0 7.7 8,967.9 352.4 1,372.3 1,724.7 1,382.9 3,107.6 2001 80.6 133.9 0.9 13.2 228.6 7.5 15.5 23.0 31.5 54.5 2002 75.2 164.8 0.3 31.2 271.5 3.8 5.1 8.9 26.5 35.4 2003 81.8 132.7 0.0 65.8 280.3 3.2 5.7 8.9 19.3 28.2 Non-bearing 237.6 431.4 1.2 110.2 780.4 14.5 26.3 40.8 77.3 118.1 Total 3,368.0 6,147.2 115.2 117.9 9,748.3 366.9 1,398.6 1,765.5 1,460.2 3,225.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Fallglo and Sunburst varieties. ------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 Florida Commercial Citrus Inventory 5 Florida Agricultural Statistics Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Citrus: Acreage and tree numbers, by county and year of inventory 1/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- County 1998 2000 2002 2004 1998 2000 2002 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acres 1,000 trees Brevard 10,715 10,045 8,293 6,249 1,114.3 1,054.2 891.1 664.0 Broward 99 58 8 0 9.5 5.2 0.4 0 Charlotte 21,522 21,756 20,493 20,183 3,171.8 3,201.3 3,031.5 2,998.9 Citrus 258 247 147 146 26.5 26.1 17.6 17.1 Collier 35,655 35,302 33,567 34,878 5,251.0 5,208.7 4,948.0 5,101.1 DeSoto 67,192 71,781 70,365 68,559 8,752.4 9,369.6 9,282.3 9,080.1 Glades 10,776 10,506 10,384 10,103 1,683.8 1,691.7 1,664.7 1,640.9 Hardee 52,340 53,115 54,961 54,414 5,928.7 6,116.5 6,466.7 6,462.6 Hendry 100,124 99,437 94,139 93,155 15,408.5 15,324.9 14,444.7 14,298.1 Hernando 1,101 1,105 1,046 971 133.7 134.1 125.3 113.0 Highlands 75,909 78,132 77,391 74,623 9,949.3 10,354.5 10,282.9 9.962.1 Hillsborough 27,428 26,223 23,734 19,187 2,918.1 2,828.9 2,605.0 2,131.1 Indian River 64,138 60,293 56,012 47,539 6,945.6 6,583.6 6,191.3 5,322.3 Lake 20,864 20,101 18,835 17,486 2,815.0 2,736.5 2,598.3 2,415.2 Lee 11,871 11,594 11,874 11,067 1,649.2 1,625.8 1,665.9 1,549.2 Manatee 23,807 23,254 21,922 20,316 2,876.5 2,841.4 2,735.9 2,590.5 Marion 1,181 1,245 1,208 1,212 147.9 154.8 149.1 149.6 Martin 46,439 44,746 42,208 40,330 6,323.1 6,191.2 5,947.6 5,732.2 Miami-Dade 2,792 2/ 975 2/ 388 -- 470.9 2/ 168.1 2/ 67.5 -- Okeechobee 12,244 12,170 12,035 11,891 1,487.6 1,487.1 1,479.0 1,460.9 Orange 9,188 8,095 6,884 5,593 1,101.1 989.3 867.6 666.4 Osceola 15,535 15,273 14,313 13,804 1,696.6 1,695.8 1,624.5 1,594.1 Palm Beach 10,617 10,090 7,964 4,542 1,418.2 1,361.2 1,128.8 699.8 Pasco 11,360 10,897 10,467 9,831 1,488.5 1,435.4 1,395.6 1,323.7 Pinellas 168 50 38 3/ 15.1 5.6 3.6 3/ Polk 102,457 101,484 100,202 95,050 11,620.6 11,666.7 11,625.5 11,147.1 Putnam 191 212 199 205 31.6 36.0 33.4 33.8 St. Lucie 103,894 98,899 92,490 82,987 12,109.7 11,837.8 11,266.2 10,342.0 Sarasota 2,332 2,321 2,182 1,684 253.9 254.5 236.6 190.5 Seminole 1,411 1,378 1,322 1,147 142.5 142.5 138.7 122.5 Volusia 1,477 1,430 1,448 1,344 144.4 139.9 141.5 130.4 Other Counties 3/ 175 36 21 59 24.6 4.6 2.4 5.8 Total 845,260 832,250 796,540 748,555 107,110.2 106,673.5 103,059.2 97,945.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Miami-Dade excluded beginning in 2004. 2/ Revised. 3/ Includes Flagler and Sumter in 1998, Sumter only in 2000, Alachua only in 2002, and Alachua and Pinellas in 2004. ------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 Florida Commercial Citrus Inventory 6 Florida Agricultural Statistics Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Citrus: Acreage and tree numbers, by variety and year of inventory --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Variety 1998 2000 2002 2004 1998 2000 2002 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acres 1,000 trees Oranges: Hamlin 216,587 217,214 209,009 200,944 27,288.8 27,632.3 26,808.4 26,037.0 Navel 25,150 23,099 19,752 16,340 3,174.2 2,922.2 2,499.3 2,094.0 Ambersweet 13,314 8,050 5,318 3,355 1,928.3 1,117.9 734.7 460.2 Other early 19,520 18,934 18,731 19,569 2,521.3 2,480.4 2,483.6 2,588.2 Pineapple 53,266 50,397 45,840 41,521 6,380.1 6,128.4 5,664.8 5,197.3 Other mids 5,041 6,277 7,234 8,077 663.0 842.1 1,003.8 1,134.8 Early-midseason-Navel 332,878 323,971 305,884 289,806 41,955.7 41,123.3 39,194.6 37,511.5 Valencia 314,310 325,625 325,758 321,991 41,952.9 43,925.3 44,303.7 44,076.4 Unidentified 11,202 15,933 17,164 11,024 1,522.0 2,151.5 2,252.8 1,390.6 Total Oranges 658,390 665,529 648,806 622,821 85,430.6 87,200.1 85,751.1 82,978.5 Grapefruit: Seedy 3,427 2,385 1,907 1,236 299.2 216.5 173.2 115.2 White seedless 51,641 44,485 40,179 32,199 5,127.3 4,483.9 4,094.7 3,368.0 Colored seedless 76,025 70,437 62,328 54,619 8,453.4 7,876.7 6,935.2 6,147.2 Unidentified 1,724 838 1,074 994 199.2 91.5 126.1 117.9 Total Grapefruit 132,817 118,145 105,488 89,048 14,079.1 12,668.6 11,329.2 9,748.3 Specialty: Temples 6,454 6,010 4,793 3,578 723.8 686.5 568.9 413.0 Tangelos: Orlando Tangelos 8,579 7,809 6,337 4,908 1,046.1 951.5 792.7 625.7 Minneola Tangelos 3,187 2,959 2,863 2,896 388.9 360.1 349.3 355.3 Other Tangelos 902 813 708 855 121.7 110.2 98.8 148.6 Total Tangelos 12,668 11,581 9,908 8,659 1,556.7 1,421.8 1,240.8 1,129.6 K-Early Citrus 1/ 279 212 155 -- 34.8 27.7 22.0 -- Tangerines: Robinson Tangerines 1/ 2,613 1,696 1,230 -- 366.3 236.0 169.4 -- Fallglo Tangerines 3,686 3,372 2,992 2,370 617.4 554.3 486.1 366.9 Sunburst Tangerines 12,693 12,048 10,786 9,305 1,937.7 1,831.9 1,637.9 1,398.6 Dancy Tangerines 1/ 909 611 411 -- 95.8 65.6 45.2 -- Early Tangerines 19,901 17,727 15,419 11,675 3,017.2 2,687.8 2,338.6 1,765.5 Honey Tangerines 9,533 10,037 9,724 9,635 1,435.6 1,507.2 1,463.0 1,460.2 Total Tangerines 29,434 27,764 25,143 21,310 4,452.8 4,195.0 3,801.6 3,225.7 Limes 1/ 2,827 2/ 993 2/ 404 -- 476.4 2/ 171.1 2/ 70.1 -- True Lemons 968 904 742 759 166.4 155.0 128.6 130.6 Meyer Lemons 204 75 70 66 33.1 14.5 13.9 13.1 Other Citrus 1/ 1,219 1,037 1,031 2,314 156.5 133.2 133.0 306.2 Total Specialty 54,053 48,576 42,246 36,686 7,600.5 6,804.8 5,978.9 5,218.2 Total Citrus 845,260 832,250 796,540 748,555 107,110.2 106,673.5 103,059.2 97,945.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Beginning with the 2004 Commercial Citrus Inventory, Robinson and Dancy tangerines, K-Early Citrus Fruit, and limes are included in Other Citrus. 2/ Revised. ------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 Florida Commercial Citrus Inventory 7 Florida Agricultural Statistics Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All citrus: Number of acres, by area and year of inventory -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Specialty Oranges Grapefruit types Total --------------- ------------- -------------- --------------- Area 2002 2004 2002 2004 2002 2004 2002 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acres Indian River 84,329 74,043 75,675 65,236 8,202 6,969 168,206 146,248 Northern 33,340 30,667 1,461 1,335 6,071 5,260 40,872 37,262 Central 167,448 162,761 9,657 7,531 12,728 11,106 189,833 181,398 Western 164,413 157,491 3,746 2,465 5,043 4,242 173,202 164,198 Southern 199,276 197,859 14,949 12,481 10,965 9,109 225,190 219,449 Total 648,806 622,821 105,488 89,048 43,009 36,686 797,303 748,555 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CITRUS INVENTORY PROCEDURES This biennial inventory, the twentieth in a series which began in January 1966, was conducted using current aerial photography. Aerial photos of the 14,000 square miles covering virtually all of Florida's citrus were taken during a four-month period beginning the first of November 2003. The inventory procedure starts with a complete mapping and indexing of all citrus plantings onto scaled photo enlargements from the previous census. Aided by stereoscopic viewing, the current aerial photos are compared with photos from the previous census to detect grove changes, tree removals and new tree plantings. Each change observed by the photo interpreter is followed by a visit and ground check which usually results in a revised tree count for the grove. The ground checks are performed by experienced field personnel. Acreages are measured from photo enlargements with a digital planimeter. Tree numbers are from actual tree counts of expansions from measured acreage. Block sizes are reduced as necessary for excessive counts of dead trees or empty spaces, as well as barnyards, turn rows, swale ditches and irrigation ponds. A record for each separate planting or block is maintained in the data system. A new record is created for each new planting, and records of plantings which no longer exist are removed. In non-freeze years, less than one-third of all blocks require a visit to complete the biennial census. Production areas were redesigned in 1986 to give greater efficiency for objective forecasting purposes. The principal change was to place all the northern freeze-prone regions in a single area and to set apart the southern flatwoods plantings. The Indian River District follows the boundary of the Indian River Marketing District. This stratification provides greater homogeneity within each sampling stratum. Personnel from the Division of Plant Industry and the Division of Fruit and Vegetables assisted in completing this survey with trained citrus technologists using four-wheel drive vehicles. ------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 Florida Commercial Citrus Inventory 8 Florida Agricultural Statistics Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------