2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Florida

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Apr/20/2018

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	201
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	47,000
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	9,450,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	886,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	124,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	1,630,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	45,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	10,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	15,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	20,129
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	2,496,000,000

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 or Sales	Price per Unit	Value of Production or Sales in Dollars
ORANGES
ORANGES		367,500	187 BOXES / ACRE		12.89 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	886,486,000
ORANGES, PROCESSING				65,909,000 BOXES	12.56 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	827,652,000
ORANGES, FRESH MARKET				2,841,000 BOXES	20.71 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	58,834,000
ORANGES, UTILIZED				3,098,000 TONS
STRAWBERRIES
STRAWBERRIES	10,800	10,700	225 CWT / ACRE	2,407,500 CWT	140 $ / CWT	336,894,000
STRAWBERRIES, UTILIZED				2,407,500 CWT
STRAWBERRIES, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
STRAWBERRIES, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
TOMATOES
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN	29,000	28,000	300 CWT / ACRE	8,400,000 CWT		262,020,000
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, FRESH MARKET						262,020,000
TOMATOES, FRESH MARKET					32.8 $ / CWT
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, UTILIZED				7,988,400 CWT
TOMATOES					32.8 $ / CWT
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, BELL	13,500	13,100	335 CWT / ACRE	4,388,500 CWT	47 $ / CWT	206,260,000
PEPPERS, BELL, FRESH MARKET					47 $ / CWT	206,260,000
PEPPERS, BELL, UTILIZED				4,388,500 CWT
SWEET CORN
SWEET CORN, FRESH MARKET					29 $ / CWT	158,340,000
SWEET CORN	41,700	39,000	140 CWT / ACRE	5,460,000 CWT	29 $ / CWT	158,340,000
SWEET CORN, UTILIZED				5,460,000 CWT
PEANUTS
PEANUTS	195,000	186,000	3,550 LB / ACRE	660,300,000 LB	0.233 $ / LB	153,850,000
CUCUMBERS
CUCUMBERS	26,000	25,900	205 CWT / ACRE	5,309,500 CWT	25.9 $ / CWT	137,601,000
CUCUMBERS, PROCESSING					495 $ / TON	96,981,000
CUCUMBERS, FRESH MARKET					29.2 $ / CWT	40,620,000
CUCUMBERS, UTILIZED				5,309,500 CWT
MELONS
MELONS, WATERMELON	20,000	19,500	395 CWT / ACRE	7,702,500 CWT	17.6 $ / CWT	135,564,000
MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET					17.6 $ / CWT	135,564,000
MELONS, CANTALOUP, FRESH MARKET					18 $ / CWT	10,296,000
MELONS, CANTALOUP	2,300	2,200	260 CWT / ACRE	572,000 CWT	18 $ / CWT	10,296,000
MELONS, CANTALOUP, UTILIZED				572,000 CWT
MELONS, WATERMELON, UTILIZED				7,702,500 CWT
POTATOES
POTATOES	29,000	28,700	250 CWT / ACRE	7,175,000 CWT	17.4 $ / CWT	124,845,000
HAY
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		300,000	2.5 TONS / ACRE	750,000 TONS	156 $ / TON	117,000,000
HAY		300,000	2.5 TONS / ACRE	750,000 TONS	156 $ / TON	117,000,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						117,000,000
GRAPEFRUIT
GRAPEFRUIT		33,800	230 BOXES / ACRE		14.12 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	109,593,000
GRAPEFRUIT, FRESH MARKET				3,537,000 BOXES	18.62 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	65,864,000
GRAPEFRUIT, PROCESSING				4,223,000 BOXES	10.35 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	43,729,000
GRAPEFRUIT, UTILIZED				330,000 TONS
BEANS
BEANS, SNAP	24,400	23,900	58 CWT / ACRE	1,386,200 CWT	51.8 $ / CWT	70,793,000
BEANS, SNAP, FRESH MARKET					55.6 $ / CWT	68,827,000
BEANS, SNAP, PROCESSING					305 $ / TON	1,966,000
BEANS, SNAP, UTILIZED				1,366,800 CWT
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND	99,000	98,000	784 LB / ACRE	160,000 480 LB BALES	0.683 $ / LB	52,454,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED				45,000 TONS	101 $ / TON	4,545,000
COTTON	99,000	98,000	784 LB / ACRE	160,000 480 LB BALES
CABBAGE
CABBAGE	8,000	7,600	360 CWT / ACRE	2,736,000 CWT	15.5 $ / CWT	41,983,000
CABBAGE, FRESH MARKET					15.5 $ / CWT	41,983,000
CABBAGE, UTILIZED				2,708,600 CWT
TANGERINES
TANGERINES		9,400	172 BOXES / ACRE		22.31 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	36,148,000
TANGERINES, FRESH MARKET				854,000 BOXES	33 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	28,182,000
TANGERINES, PROCESSING				766,000 BOXES	10.4 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	7,966,000
TANGERINES, UTILIZED				77,000 TONS
SQUASH
SQUASH	5,900	5,700	130 CWT / ACRE	741,000 CWT	40.3 $ / CWT	29,713,000
SQUASH, FRESH MARKET					40.3 $ / CWT	29,713,000
SQUASH, UTILIZED				737,300 CWT
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		37,000	161 BU / ACRE	5,957,000 BU	4.15 $ / BU	24,722,000
CORN, SILAGE		35,000	19 TONS / ACRE	665,000 TONS
CORN	75,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS	15,000	14,000	34 BU / ACRE	476,000 BU	8.85 $ / BU	4,213,000
WHEAT
WHEAT	20,000	14,000	37 BU / ACRE	518,000 BU	4 $ / BU	2,072,000
WHEAT, WINTER	20,000	14,000	37 BU / ACRE	518,000 BU	4 $ / BU	2,072,000
SUGARCANE
SUGARCANE, SEED		15,700	44.9 TONS / ACRE	705,000 TONS
SUGARCANE, SUGAR		397,000	40.9 TONS / ACRE	16,237,000 TONS
SUGARCANE, SUGAR & SEED		412,700	41.1 TONS / ACRE	16,942,000 TONS
TANGELOS
TANGELOS, UTILIZED				77,000 TONS
SWEET POTATOES
SWEET POTATOES	(D)	(D)	(D) CWT / ACRE	(D) CWT	(D) $ / CWT	(D)

(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.