2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Florida

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: May/08/2024

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	204
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	47,600
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	9,700,000

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
Chickens, Broilers - Production, Measured in Head	65,200,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	20,129
Milk - Production, Measured in $	536,640,000
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	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
ORANGES
ORANGES		367,500	187 BOXES / ACRE		11.82 $ / BOX, ON TREE EQUIV	1,031,049,000
ORANGES, PROCESSING					11.56 $ / BOX, ON TREE EQUIV	972,015,000
ORANGES, FRESH MARKET					31.9 $ / BOX, FOB	59,034,000
ORANGES, UTILIZED				3,098,000 TONS
SUGARCANE
SUGARCANE, SUGAR & SEED		412,700	41.1 TONS / ACRE	16,942,000 TONS	(NA) $ / TON	642,102,000
SUGARCANE, SUGAR		397,000	40.9 TONS / ACRE	16,237,000 TONS	37.9 $ / TON	615,382,000
SUGARCANE, SEED		15,700	44.9 TONS / ACRE	705,000 TONS
STRAWBERRIES
STRAWBERRIES	9,600	9,500	225 CWT / ACRE	2,137,500 CWT	140 $ / CWT	299,114,000
STRAWBERRIES, UTILIZED				2,137,500 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	12,500	12,000	335 CWT / ACRE	4,020,000 CWT	47 $ / CWT	188,940,000
PEPPERS, BELL, FRESH MARKET					47 $ / CWT	188,940,000
PEPPERS, BELL, UTILIZED				4,020,000 CWT
SWEET CORN
SWEET CORN	41,700	39,000	140 CWT / ACRE	5,460,000 CWT	29 $ / CWT	158,340,000
SWEET CORN, FRESH MARKET					29 $ / CWT	158,340,000
SWEET CORN, UTILIZED				5,460,000 CWT
MELONS
MELONS, WATERMELON	22,400	22,000	395 CWT / ACRE	8,690,000 CWT	17.6 $ / CWT	152,944,000
MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET					17.6 $ / CWT	152,944,000
MELONS, CANTALOUP	2,300	2,200	260 CWT / ACRE	572,000 CWT	18 $ / CWT	10,296,000
MELONS, CANTALOUP, FRESH MARKET					18 $ / CWT	10,296,000
MELONS, WATERMELON, UTILIZED				8,690,000 CWT
MELONS, CANTALOUP, UTILIZED				572,000 CWT
PEANUTS
PEANUTS	195,000	185,000	3,450 LB / ACRE	638,250,000 LB	0.229 $ / LB	146,159,000
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
POTATOES
POTATOES	29,000	28,700	250 CWT / ACRE	7,175,000 CWT	17.4 $ / CWT	124,845,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						117,750,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)						117,750,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA						(X)
HAY
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		300,000	2.5 TONS / ACRE	750,000 TONS	157 $ / TON	117,750,000
HAY		300,000	2.5 TONS / ACRE	750,000 TONS	157 $ / TON	117,750,000
HAY, ALFALFA					(NA) $ / TON
GRAPEFRUIT
GRAPEFRUIT		33,800	230 BOXES / ACRE		11.02 $ / BOX, ON TREE EQUIV	110,990,000
GRAPEFRUIT, FRESH MARKET					19.08 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	67,496,000
GRAPEFRUIT, PROCESSING					6.6 $ / BOX, ON TREE EQUIV	43,494,000
GRAPEFRUIT, UTILIZED				330,000 TONS
BLUEBERRIES
BLUEBERRIES, TAME, UTILIZED			3,840 LB / ACRE	19,990,000 LB		84,633,000
BLUEBERRIES, TAME		5,200		20,070,000 LB	4.23 $ / LB
BLUEBERRIES, TAME, FRESH MARKET				(D) LB	(D) $ / LB	(D)
BLUEBERRIES, TAME, PROCESSING				(D) LB	(D) $ / LB	(D)
BEANS
BEANS, SNAP	28,000	27,500	58 CWT / ACRE	1,595,000 CWT	51.8 $ / CWT	81,453,000
BEANS, SNAP, FRESH MARKET					55.6 $ / CWT	79,191,000
BEANS, SNAP, PROCESSING					305 $ / TON	2,262,000
BEANS, SNAP, UTILIZED				1,572,700 CWT
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND	99,000	98,000	759 LB / ACRE	155,000 480 LB BALES	0.729 $ / LB	54,238,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED				44,000 TONS	100 $ / TON	4,400,000
COTTON, PIMA					(NA) $ / LB
COTTON	99,000	98,000	759 LB / ACRE	155,000 480 LB BALES
CABBAGE
CABBAGE	9,000	8,600	360 CWT / ACRE	3,096,000 CWT	15.5 $ / CWT	47,508,000
CABBAGE, FRESH MARKET					15.5 $ / CWT	47,508,000
CABBAGE, UTILIZED				3,065,000 CWT
SQUASH
SQUASH, FRESH MARKET					40.3 $ / CWT	39,095,000
SQUASH	7,800	7,500	130 CWT / ACRE	975,000 CWT	40.3 $ / CWT	39,095,000
SQUASH, UTILIZED				970,100 CWT
TANGERINES
TANGERINES		9,400	172 BOXES / ACRE		17.23 $ / BOX, ON TREE EQUIV	36,046,000
TANGERINES, FRESH MARKET					33.4 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	28,524,000
TANGERINES, PROCESSING					4.22 $ / BOX, ON TREE EQUIV	7,522,000
TANGERINES, UTILIZED				77,000 TONS
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		37,000	161 BU / ACRE	5,957,000 BU	4.47 $ / BU	26,628,000
CORN	75,000
CORN, SILAGE		35,000	19 TONS / ACRE	665,000 TONS
AVOCADOS
AVOCADOS		5,900	2.86 TONS / ACRE	16,900 TONS	477 $ / TON	8,014,000
AVOCADOS, UTILIZED				16,800 TONS
AVOCADOS, PROCESSING				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
AVOCADOS, FRESH MARKET				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS	15,000	14,000	34 BU / ACRE	476,000 BU	8.85 $ / BU	4,213,000
WHEAT
WHEAT	20,000	10,000	37 BU / ACRE	370,000 BU	4 $ / BU	1,480,000
WHEAT, WINTER	20,000	10,000	37 BU / ACRE	370,000 BU	4 $ / BU	1,480,000
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

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