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FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL OVERVIEWFlorida’s 47,500 farms and ranches, utilized 9.70 million acres, and continue to produce a wide variety of safe anddependable food products. From the citrus groves and the nurseries in central and southern Florida, to thevegetables in various regions around the State, to the cattle and calves throughout the State, these farms and ranchesprovide Florida with a large and stable economic base.In 2018 Florida ranked:First in the United States in the value of production cucumbers for processing, grapefruit, oranges, squash,sugarcane, and fresh market tomatoes.Second in value of production for bell peppers, fresh market sweet corn, strawberries, fresh market snap beans,fresh market cucumbers, and watermelons.Florida commodities ranked third nationally in fresh market cabbage.Fourth in value of production for peanuts and sweet potatoes.In 2018, in terms of agricultural value of production, Florida accounted for:53 percent of the total U.S. value for oranges ( 1.03 billion, packing house door equivalent)43 percent of the total U.S. value for grapefruit ( 111 million, packing house door equivalent)38 percent cucumbers for processing ( 97.0) million34 percent of the total U.S. value for fresh market snap beans ( 68.8 million)34 percent of the total U.S. value for fresh market tomatoes ( 262 million)32 percent of the total U.S. value for fresh market bell peppers ( 206 million)23 percent of the total U.S. value for watermelons ( 136 million)22 percent of the total U.S. value for fresh market sweet corn ( 158 million)11 percent of the total U.S. value for fresh market cabbage ( 42.0 million)11 percent of the total U.S. value for fresh market cucumbers ( 42.0 million)10 percent of the total U.S. value for peanuts ( 141 million).10 percent of the total U.S. value for strawberries ( 337 million)Florida citrus growers in 2017-2018 produced 45.0 million boxes of oranges (94 percent of which were used fororange juice) and 3.38 million boxes of grapefruit (54 percent of which were used for grapefruit juice). All citrusfruit on-tree sales exceeded 551 million.Florida growers harvested vegetables for fresh market, potatoes, sweet potatoes, strawberries, and blueberriesfrom 208,000 acres in 2018. The value of vegetable crops was 1.54 billion. Florida ranks second to California in thetotal value of published fresh market vegetable production.Milk in 2018 produced cash receipts of 473 million, while cattle and calves produced 508 million in cashreceipts. On January 1, 2019 there were 1.68 million head of cattle on farms and ranches in Florida, including914,000 head of beef cows and 116,000 head of milk cows.Poultry farms generated 371 million in sales with 215 million from broilers and 154 million from eggs. Floridaranked 17th in egg production for 2018. Florida’s poultry farmers maintained an average of 7.34 million layers in2018 (producing 2.00 billion eggs) and produced 65.4 million broilers.A-1

Florida Cash Receipts - 2017The Economic Research Service, (ERS), USDA, reports that receipts from Florida agricultural products in 2017totaled to 7.64 billion. This is up 1 percent from last year’s 7.59 billion.All crops accounted for 77.0 percent of total cash receipts. As in previous years, the leading crop commodities wereoranges (13.5 percent), sugarcane for sugar and seed (8.0 percent), and tomatoes for fresh market (3.4 percent). Theleading livestock commodities were cattle and calves (7.6 percent of all cash receipts), dairy products (7.0 percent),and poultry and eggs (4.3 percent).Cash Receipts, by Commodity Groups and Selected Commodities – Florida: 2017[2017 preliminary as of March 6, 2019. Percent’s for individual commodities may not add to totals in some groups because of rounding]Cash receipts (1,000 dollars)Commodity2017Cash receipts (1,000 dollars)CommodityPercentof totalPercentof total2017Total Cash Receipts fromFarm Marketings .7,642,257100Field Crops .303,7474.0All Crops .5,881,67377.0Corn.20,5840.3Citrus .1,178,08515.4Cotton .73,2331.0Grapefruit .110,9901.5Cotton lint, Upland .66,3630.9Oranges .1,031,04913.5Cottonseed .6,8700.1Tangerines and Tangelos .36,0460.5Hay .61,2100.8Other Fruits .429,5415.6Peanuts .141,2231.8Avocados .8,0140.1Soybeans.5,9860.1Blueberries .84,6331.1Wheat .1,5110.02Strawberries, Winter .336,8944.4All Other Crops .2,742,80935.9Vegetables and Melons .1,227,49116.1Sugarcane and Seed .611,9898.0Cabbage, Fresh .41,9830.5Other Crops .2,130,82027.9Cucumbers, Fresh .40,6200.5All Livestock and Products .1,760,58423.0Peppers, Bell .206,2602.7Cattle and Calves.580,0807.6Potatoes .122,0261.6Hogs .1,9930.03Sweet Potatoes .52,8940.7Dairy Products: Milk .535,3507.0Snap Beans, Fresh .68,8270.9Poultry and Eggs.331,2974.3Squash .29,7130.4Broilers .202,1502.6Sweet Corn, Fresh.158,3402.1Farm Chickens .2140.003Tomatoes, Fresh .262,0203.4Chicken Eggs .112,1711.5Watermelons .135,5641.8Other Poultry.16,7620.2Miscellaneous Vegetables .109,2431.4Honey .21,1560.3290,7083.81Other Livestock .NA Not available.1Beginning in 2011, sheep and lambs are included in Other Livestock.A-2

Cash Receipts by Commodity Group and Year – Florida:1977-2017[Sub-categories may not sum, due to rounding]YearCropsLivestock(1,000 dollars)Total cash receipts(1,000 dollars)(1,000 ,254,1702010 37,977,9632012 .6,724,7831,865,0118,589,7942013 1 .6,446,4661,965,9338,412,3992014 .6,145,0492,383,4448,528,4942015 1 94,27715,881,6731,760,5847,642,257112016 .2017 .1As of March 6, 2019A-3

Total Cash Receipts – Leading States and United States: 2017[As of March 6, 2019]RankStateCash receiptsPercent of United States(1,000 dollars)1California .50,264,37513.52Iowa .26,605,2007.23Texas .22,769,1506.14Nebraska .21,315,0975.75Minnesota .17,119,4824.66Illinois .15,931,8464.37Kansas .15,655,9344.28North Carolina.11,480,6203.19Wisconsin .11,330,8833.110Indiana.10,579,7992.818Florida .7,642,2572.1United States .371,431,220100.0Vegetable and Melons Cash Receipts – Leading States and United States: 2017[As of March 6, 2019]RankStateCash receiptsPercent of United States(1,000 dollars)1California .8,415,83742.72Arizona .1,648,5298.43Washington.1,268,2476.44Florida .1,227,4918.45Idaho .1,050,6015.36North Dakota .664,0843.47North Carolina.613,3243.18Michigan .563,9512.99Wisconsin .447,5652.310Texas .430,1672.2United States .19,723,146100.0Crop Cash Receipts – Leading States and United States: 2017[As of March 6, 2019]RankStateCash receiptsPercent of United States(1,000 dollars)1California .39,077,31420.02Illinois .13,352,8466.83Iowa .13,195,5496.84Minnesota .9,536,6754.95Nebraska .8,851,2864.56Texas 1,4983.59North Dakota .6,605,7893.410Kansas .6,126,4613.111Florida .5,881,6733.0United States .195,396,925100.0A-4

Leading Cash Receipts by Commodity – Florida and United States: 2017[As of March 6, 2019]CommodityFloridaU.S.Florida percentof U.S.(1,000 dollars)(1,000 dollars)(percent)Florida nationalrankingOranges .1,031,0491,943,67853.01Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed .611,9891,000,55261.21Cattle/Calves .580,08067,351,3770.924Dairy Products, Milk .535,35037,937,6891.417Strawberries .336,8943,486,6499.72Tomatoes, Fresh .262,020762,52934.41Peppers, Bell .206,260641,52132.22Broilers .202,15030,229,7000.719Sweet Corn, Fresh .158,340717,04222.12Peanuts .141,2231,440,2079.84Watermelons Chicken Eggs .112,1717,551,0211.518Grapefruit .110,990256,91743.21Cucumbers, Processing nap Beans, Fresh .68,827201,34634.22Cotton Lint, Upland .66,3636,542,2351.014Hay .61,2106,440,3551.029Sweet Potatoes .52,894732,9267.24Cabbage, Fresh .41,983383,40910.93Cucumbers, Fresh.40,620156,67625.92Tangerines .36,046568,0846.32Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed Cash Receipts – Leading States and United States: 2017[As of March 6, 2019]StateValuePercent of Total(1,000 dollars)(percent)National rankingFlorida .611,98961.21Louisiana .323,29532.32Hawaii .40,7784.13Texas .24,4902.44United States .1,000,552100A-5

Farms and Land in FarmsFlorida had 47,500 commercial farms in 2018, using a total of 9.7 million acres. There were 5,000 farms with salesexceeding 100,000. The average farm size was 204 acres. Florida ranks 15th among all States in number of farms and30th in land in farms.Farms and Acreage by Year and by Economic Sales Class – Florida: 2005-2018Number of farmsYearTotal 1,000 9,999 10,000 99,999Total acres 100,000& over 1,000 9,999Total(1,000 acres) 10,000 99,999 100,000& overAveragefarm size(1,000 acres) (1,000 acres) (1,000 acres)(acres)2005 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ber of Farms – Leading States and United States: 2018StateNumber of farmsTotal acres in farmsAverage size of farm(1,000 acres)(acres)Texas .247,000127,000514Missouri .95,00027,700292Iowa .86,00030,600356Ohio .77,80013,900179Oklahoma .77,30034,200442Kentucky .75,10012,900172Illinois .72,00027,000375Tennessee .70,00010,900156California .69,40024,300350Minnesota .68,50025,500372Florida .47,5009,700204United States .2,029,200899,500443A-6

Number of All Hired Farm Workers and Hours Worked – Florida: 2019-2018[Exclude agricultural service workers]HiredDateNumber of workersExpected to be employed150 days or more149 days or lessNumber of hoursworked per week2019April 7-13, 2019 .40,00030,00010,00040.2January 6-12, 2019.34,00028,0006,00040.5October 7-13, 2018.31,00024,0007,00041.0July 8-14, 2018 .30,00024,0006,00041.2April 8-14, 2018 .38,00027,00011,00040.8January 7-13, 2018.37,00028,0009,00040.32018Wage Rates by Type of Worker – Florida: 2019-2018[Exclude agricultural service workers]Type of workerDateFieldLivestockField and livestockcombined(dollars per hour)(dollars per hour)(dollars per hour)Wage rates forall hired workers(dollars per hour)2019April 7-13, 2019 .11.6511.0011.5412.08January 6-12, 2019.11.5011.0011.4112.06October 7-13, 2018.11.6011.6011.6012.63July 8-14, 2018 .11.4011.4011.4012.49April 8-14, 2018 .11.2012.2011.2511.89January 7-13, 2018.10.8010.8010.8011.642018A-7

Value Added to the U.S. Economy by the Agricultural Sector – Florida: 2015-2017[Data as of March 6, 2019]Item201520162017(thousand dollars)(thousand dollars)(thousand dollars)Value of crop production .6,149,7475,878,5065,835,219Value of animals and products production.2,292,8051,698,4721,682,841Farm-related income .662,325685,1871,376,979Value of agricultural sector production .9,104,8768,262,1658,895,040Intermediate product expenses 1 .3,304,6373,408,8173,540,592Farm origin .1,012,1081,020,4811,101,853Manufactured inputs 2,6621Other intermediate expenses .Contract labor .583,453447,174485,826Net government transactions .-152,836-141,294-99,776Direct government payments .68,91269,13691,819Property taxes and fees 1 .221,748210,430191,596Gross value added .5,063,9514,264,8794,768,8451Capital consumption .635,385710,113534,203Net value added.4,428,5653,554,7674,234,642Factor payments to stakeholders 2 .1,419,3361,644,3901,598,486Hired labor and non-cash employee compensation .1,126,5471,322,8261,224,174Net rent paid to operator landlords .2,7906,15816,406Net rent paid to non-operator landlords .4,74410,47027,894Total interest expenses 1.285,254304,936330,012Net Farm Income.3,009,2291,910,3772,636,15512Includes expenses associated with operator dwellings.Prior to 2008 estimates, factor payments to stakeholders only includes net rent paid to non-operator landlords.Net Farm Income, State Ranking – 2017StateNet farm income(million dollars)1. California .17,858,5242. Texas .4,407,9923. Iowa .3,403,2534. North Carolina .3,193,3695. Washington .3,163,7456. Nebraska .2,672,7427. Georgia. .2,672,5528. Florida .2,636,1559. Illinois .2,061,17910. Minnesota.1,841,09911. Wisconsin .1,803,38412. Missouri .1,752,06713. Pennsylvania .1,751,70214. Kentucky .1,732,23115. Alabama .1,723,77816. Arkansas .1,586,35417. Indiana .1,569,107United States.75,174,534A-8