2018 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Florida

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: May/21/2019

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	204
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	47,500
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	9,700,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	914,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	116,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	1,680,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	50,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	8,500
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2018 )	13,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	19,842
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	2,381,000,000

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production ^†
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars

Commodity	Planted All Purpose Acres	Harvested Acres	Yield	Production	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
ORANGES
ORANGES		361,800	124 BOXES / ACRE		13.63 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	612,755,000
ORANGES, PROCESSING					12.95 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	546,480,000
ORANGES, FRESH MARKET					24 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	66,275,000
ORANGES, UTILIZED				2,028,000 TONS
TOMATOES
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN	29,000	27,000	280 CWT / ACRE	7,560,000 CWT		336,496,000
TOMATOES					49.7 $ / CWT
TOMATOES, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, UTILIZED				6,766,200 CWT
TOMATOES, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, FRESH MARKET						(D)
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, PROCESSING						(D)
STRAWBERRIES
STRAWBERRIES	9,900	9,800	250 CWT / ACRE	2,450,000 CWT	115 $ / CWT	281,750,000
STRAWBERRIES, FRESH MARKET					115 $ / CWT	281,750,000
STRAWBERRIES, UTILIZED				2,450,000 CWT
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, BELL	12,400	11,900	300 CWT / ACRE	3,570,000 CWT	50.6 $ / CWT	180,642,000
PEPPERS, BELL, FRESH MARKET					50.6 $ / CWT	180,642,000
PEPPERS, BELL, UTILIZED				3,570,000 CWT
MELONS
MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET					20 $ / CWT	160,866,000
MELONS, WATERMELON	22,600	22,500	360 CWT / ACRE	8,100,000 CWT	20 $ / CWT	160,866,000
MELONS, CANTALOUP, UTILIZED				(D) CWT
MELONS, WATERMELON, UTILIZED				8,043,300 CWT
MELONS, CANTALOUP	(D)	(D)	(D) CWT / ACRE	(D) CWT	(D) $ / CWT	(D)
MELONS, CANTALOUP, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
MELONS, CANTALOUP, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
SWEET CORN
SWEET CORN	42,000	39,700	120 CWT / ACRE	4,764,000 CWT	30 $ / CWT	142,920,000
SWEET CORN, FRESH MARKET					30 $ / CWT	142,920,000
SWEET CORN, UTILIZED				4,764,000 CWT
HAY
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		280,000	3.1 TONS / ACRE	868,000 TONS	153 $ / TON	132,804,000
HAY		280,000	3.1 TONS / ACRE	868,000 TONS	153 $ / TON	132,804,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						132,804,000
CUCUMBERS
CUCUMBERS	25,000	24,900	170 CWT / ACRE	4,233,000 CWT	28 $ / CWT	118,524,000
CUCUMBERS, UTILIZED				4,233,000 CWT
CUCUMBERS, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
CUCUMBERS, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
PEANUTS
PEANUTS	155,000	140,000	3,600 LB / ACRE	504,000,000 LB	0.214 $ / LB	107,856,000
POTATOES
POTATOES	22,000	20,800	265 CWT / ACRE	5,512,000 CWT	16.3 $ / CWT	89,846,000
GRAPEFRUIT
GRAPEFRUIT		29,800	130 BOXES / ACRE		19.83 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	76,945,000
GRAPEFRUIT, FRESH MARKET					27.56 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	48,057,000
GRAPEFRUIT, PROCESSING					13.52 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	28,888,000
GRAPEFRUIT, UTILIZED				165,000 TONS
BEANS
BEANS, SNAP	33,000	31,500	50 CWT / ACRE	1,575,000 CWT	42.8 $ / CWT	67,000,000
BEANS, SNAP, FRESH MARKET					55.1 $ / CWT	59,795,000
BEANS, SNAP, PROCESSING					299 $ / TON	7,205,000
BEANS, SNAP, UTILIZED				1,567,100 CWT
CABBAGE
CABBAGE	9,300	8,900	360 CWT / ACRE	3,204,000 CWT	19.8 $ / CWT	62,806,000
CABBAGE, FRESH MARKET					19.8 $ / CWT	62,806,000
CABBAGE, UTILIZED				3,172,000 CWT
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND	117,000	93,000	532 LB / ACRE	103,000 480 LB BALES	0.782 $ / LB	45,043,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED				27,000 TONS	110 $ / TON	3,740,000
COTTON	117,000	93,000	532 LB / ACRE	103,000 480 LB BALES
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		65,000	157 BU / ACRE	10,205,000 BU	4.2 $ / BU	42,861,000
CORN	100,000
CORN, SILAGE		30,000	21 TONS / ACRE	630,000 TONS
SWEET POTATOES
SWEET POTATOES	6,500	5,800	140 CWT / ACRE	812,000 CWT	41.9 $ / CWT	34,023,000
TANGERINES
TANGERINES		9,300	81 BOXES / ACRE		27.4 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	20,547,000
TANGERINES, FRESH MARKET					37.2 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	18,079,000
TANGERINES, PROCESSING					9.35 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	2,468,000
TANGERINES, UTILIZED				36,000 TONS
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS	18,000	12,000	38 BU / ACRE	456,000 BU	8.1 $ / BU	3,694,000
WHEAT
WHEAT	15,000	10,000	36 BU / ACRE	360,000 BU	4.15 $ / BU	1,494,000
WHEAT, WINTER	15,000	10,000	36 BU / ACRE	360,000 BU	4.15 $ / BU	1,494,000
SQUASH
SQUASH, UTILIZED				(D) CWT
SQUASH	(D)	(D)	(D) CWT / ACRE	(D) CWT	(D) $ / CWT	(D)
SQUASH, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
SQUASH, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
SUGARCANE
SUGARCANE, SEED		15,300	45.8 TONS / ACRE	701,000 TONS
SUGARCANE, SUGAR		397,000	41.7 TONS / ACRE	16,555,000 TONS
SUGARCANE, SUGAR & SEED		412,300	41.9 TONS / ACRE	17,256,000 TONS

(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit

Census State Profile: Florida

Ranked Items Within The U.S., 2012

Item	Quantity	U.S. Rank	Universe ¹
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000)
Total value of agricultural products sold	7,701,532	21	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	5,969,399	13	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	1,732,133	30	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	75,177	41	50
Tobacco	1,411	13	19
Cotton and cottonseed	73,256	13	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	1,348,961	2	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	1,847,805	3	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	1,716,531	2	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	3,273	13	49
Other crops and hay	902,985	6	50
Poultry and eggs	378,453	25	50
Cattle and calves	531,869	28	50
Milk from cows	508,847	17	50
Hogs and pigs	2,158	38	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	4,978	35	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	162,322	2	50
Aquaculture	88,463	6	50
Other animals and other animal products	55,043	8	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Oranges, all	465,001	1	7
Sugarcane for sugar	401,491	1	4
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	398,231	36	50
Vegetables harvested, all	251,011	5	50
Valencia oranges	243,150	1	6

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Broilers and other meat-type chickens	11,031,656	20	50
Layers	9,386,611	13	50
Cattle and calves	1,675,323	17	50
Pullets for laying flock replacement	1,644,472	19	50
Quail	339,734	7	49

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	16,363
$1,000 to $2,499	4,900
$2,500 to $4,999	4,980
$5,000 to $9,999	5,125
$10,000 to $19,999	4,421
$20,000 to $24,999	1,265
$25,000 to $39,999	2,102
$40,000 to $49,999	896
$50,000 to $99,999	2,464
$100,000 to $249,999	2,033
$250,000 to $499,999	1,166
$500,000 or more	2,025

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	6,484,515
Average per farm ($)	135,830

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	1,498,196
Average per farm ($)	31,382

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	22,902
Other	24,838

Principal operators by sex
Male	37,745
Female	9,995

Average age of principal operator	59.8

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	618
Asian	1,310
Black or African American	1,980
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	85
White	68,753
More than one race	409

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	6,668

Note: See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology.
   ¹ Universe is number of states in U.S. with item.
   ² Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.
  (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
   - Represents zero.