E-mail: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov
(518) 457-5570

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Brent Farley
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

www.nass.usda.gov/ny



	
                     VALUE OF NEW YORK FLORICULTURE PRODUCTION INCREASES SLIGHTLY

	New York floriculture production ranked seventh in the nation for total commercial sales in 
2010.  The overall value of commercial sales for operations with more than $10,000 in sales 
increased slightly to $183 million.  Bedding and garden plants continued to be the highest 
component of the total value of sales at $103 million.  Potted flowering plants were second with a 
value of sales of $40.2 million, down 5 percent from previous year.  Propagative materials ranked 
third at $16.5 million, a decrease of 2 percent from 2009.

	During 2010, there were 657 growers.  The total covered area for the floriculture crop 
production was 22.5 million square feet.  The total open ground area was 903 acres.  However, these 
data are not comparable to previous years due to the combined data collection efforts of the Census 
of Horticulture and the Annual Floriculture Survey.  The data in 2009 include area used for 
production of nursery crops as well as floriculture crops.

	Nationally, the total wholesale value of floriculture crops grown by operations with $100,000 
or more of sales in the 15-State program is $3.98 billion for 2010, up 3 percent from the revised 
2009 total.  These largest operations account for 96 percent of the total value of $4.13 billion in 
floriculture crops, but comprise only 44 percent of all producers.  The wholesale value of bedding 
and garden plants, at $1.91 billion, is up 4 percent from the previous year.  Potted flowering 
plants for indoor or patio uses are valued at $669 million, up 4 percent from 2009.  The value of 
2010 foliage plant production, at $571 million, is up 3 percent from the previous year.  Value of 
cut flowers, at $375 million, is up 4 percent, while cut cultivated greens, at $78.3 million, is up 6 
percent from 2009.

	Additional details are available in the "Floriculture Crops 2010 Summary", released April 21, 
2011.  It is available on the Internet at www.nass.usda.gov or by calling this office at the number 
listed above.

      
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