 Florida Agriculture |
The tables below offer information about Florida agriculture from the general agricultural groups to the more specific commodities or products. The ranking assigned to a given commodity is based on the commodity's cash receipts; how much money it made.
| Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2007
|
| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of state total
farm receipts |
Percent of US value |
| 1. Greenhouse/nursery |
1,935,556 |
25.3 |
11.3 |
| 2. Oranges |
1,178,442 |
15.4 |
79.6 |
| 3. Tomatoes |
464,241 |
6.1 |
21.2 |
| 4. Dairy products |
460,776 |
6.0 |
1.3 |
| 5. Cattle and calves |
449,098 |
5.9 |
0.9 |
| |
| All commodities |
7,646,041 |
|
2. |
| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2007 |
| |
Rank among states |
Value
million $ |
| 1. Other |
2 |
730.5 |
| 2. Fruits and preparations |
3 |
729.8 |
| 3. Vegetables and preparations |
5 |
179.1 |
| 4. Feeds and fodders |
20 |
47.8 |
| 5. Live animals and meat |
23 |
43.3 |
| |
| Overall rank |
16 |
1,891.9 |
| Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007 |
| |
Percent of state total receipts |
Thousands $ |
| 1. Palm Beach County |
12.0 |
931,731 |
| 2. Miami-Dade County |
8.5 |
661,100 |
| 3. Hendry County |
7.3 |
567,429 |
| 4. Hillsborough County |
6.3 |
488,220 |
| 5. Polk County |
5.1 |
398,956 |
| |
| State total |
|
7,785,228 |
| |
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2006 |
2007 |
| |
| Number of farms |
41,000 |
40,000 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
5,901,213 |
6,332,602 |
| + Final animal output |
1,332,426 |
1,449,884 |
| + Services and forestry |
670,362 |
713,901 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
7,904,001 |
8,496,388 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
3,407,371 |
4,161,621 |
| + Net government transactions |
-26,736 |
-83,579 |
| = Gross value added |
4,469,894 |
4,251,187 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
410,704 |
424,330 |
| |
| = Net value added |
4,059,190 |
3,826,857 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
1,733,221 |
1,915,675 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
1,297,614 |
1,438,263 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
54,787 |
74,372 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
380,820 |
403,040 |
| |
| =Net farm income |
2,325,969 |
1,911,182 |
As you can see less money was paid to farmers in 2007 than in 2006, yet more was spent/produced out. Leading commodities for cash receipts This table offers a more complete view of the most important agricultural products of Florida.
| 1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture |
| |
| |
1997 |
2002 |
2007 |
| Approximate total land area (acres) |
34,558,261 |
34,513,162 |
34,313,428 |
| Total farmland (acres) |
10,659,777 |
10,414,877 |
9,231,570 |
| Percent of total land area |
30.8 |
30.2 |
26.9 |
| |
| Cropland (acres) |
3,610,304 |
3,715,257 |
2,953,340 |
| Percent of total farmland |
33.9 |
35.7 |
32.0 |
| Percent in pasture |
24.0 |
29.7 |
19.4 |
| Percent irrigated |
48.2 |
45.7 |
48.2 |
| |
| Harvested Cropland (acres) |
2,434,379 |
2,313,537 |
2,112,129 |
| |
| Woodland (acres) |
2,214,235 |
2,485,733 |
2,330,336 |
| Percent of total farmland |
20.8 |
23.9 |
25.2 |
| Percent in pasture |
50.7 |
62.7 |
56.1 |
| |
| Pastureland (acres) |
4,184,037 |
3,400,193 |
3,221,202 |
| Percent of total farmland |
39.3 |
32.6 |
34.9 |
| |
| Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (acres) |
651,201 |
813,694 |
726,692 |
| Percent of total farmland |
6.1 |
7.8 |
7.9 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs
(acres) |
140,132 |
97,267 |
224,867 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
233 |
236 |
195 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
76.9 |
76.5 |
79.7 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
16.7 |
16.7 |
14.8 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
2.9 |
3.0 |
2.6 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
1.6 |
1.9 |
1.4 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
64.9 |
63.4 |
65.4 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
18.2 |
19.4 |
18.5 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
5.1 |
5.6 |
5.1 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
7.4 |
7.3 |
6.7 |
| More than $500,000 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
| |
| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
36,240 |
36,593 |
39,746 |
| Percent of total |
79.1 |
83.0 |
83.7 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
6,667 |
5,510 |
6,050 |
| Percent of total |
14.6 |
12.5 |
12.7 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
2,901 |
1,978 |
1,667 |
| Percent of total |
6.3 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
37,138 |
37,119 |
39,792 |
| Percent of total |
81.1 |
84.2 |
83.8 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
4,266 |
3,509 |
4,178 |
| Percent of total |
9.3 |
8.0 |
8.8 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
3,212 |
2,429 |
2,417 |
| Percent of total |
7.0 |
5.5 |
5.1 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
723 |
567 |
515 |
| Percent of total |
1.6 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
| |
| Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
469 |
457 |
561 |
| Percent of total |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
56.3 |
57.0 |
58.4 |
| Percent with farming as their primary occupation |
41.9 |
52.2 |
44.0 |
| Men |
38,997 |
35,965 |
37,034 |
| Women |
6,811 |
8,116 |
10,429 |
source |
- Agriculture:
 Oranges are Florida's most important agricultural product. Other citrus fruits grown include grapefruit, limes, tangerines and tangelos. Tomatoes are Florida's second leading crop. Non-citrus fruits grown include bananas, papayas. strawberries and watermelons. Vegetables grown in Florida are cabbage, celery, cucumbers, green peppers, lettuce, potatoes, snap beans, squash and sweet corn. Florida leads the nation in the production of sugar cane. Other field crops are peanuts, soybeans and tobacco. Florida is second only to California in the production of greenhouse and nursery products and ranks first in the production of indoor plants. Behind all the fruits, vegetables and field crops, beef cattle and milk are Florida's leading livestock products. Poultry and egg production is important along with thoroughbred horses.
- Manufacturing: Citrus fruit processing (fresh fruit juice, canned fruit juice, canned fruit) leads the way in the Florida manufacturing sector. Jellies, marmalades and frozen vegetables are processed, followed by coffee, dairy and seafood. Electrical equipment (military communications systems, broadcasting components and telephone equipment) manufacturing ranks second, behind the food processing industry. Other manufactured products include chemicals (fertilizer), printed material (books, newspapers) and scientific instruments.
- Services: Service industries comprise the largest portion of the Florida economy. The community, business and personal services sector ranks first in importance, with private health care, law firms, hotels and amusement parks, and repair shops. Ranking second is Florida's finance, insurance and real estate industry. Rapid growth in the Sunshine State has resulted in growth in real estate (homes, stores, offices) development, insurance and finance including investment firms. Wholesale (oil, citrus fruits, liquor) and retail (automobile dealerships, food stores, service stations) trade ranks third.
- Mining: About 4/5 of the country's phosphate rock (much used in fertilizer) is produced in Florida, making it the state's most important mined product. Oil is the second ranking mined product followed by limestone. Clays to filter petroleum and for pottery are produced along with some quantities of limonite, monazite, thorium and zircon.
- Fishing: Florida's fishing industry catches shrimp, lobsters, grouper and clams. Commercial fishes include mackerel, mullet, swordfish and tuna. The catch includes, menhaden, oysters, scallops and sharks as well. The major freshwater fish is catfish.
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