Agriculture in Florida?

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Agriculture in Florida?

• Youve gotta be kiddin????

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Florida is.

• Sunshine
• Beaches
• Mickey Mouse
• Orlando
• Miami
• Traffic
• Vacation
• Retirement

• Old People
• Yankees
• College Football
• Bucs
• Tropical Storms
• Orange Juice
• Gators
• Theme Parks

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But

• Florida has the third largest cow/calf herd, east
  of the Mississppi River.
• Florida ranks 9th in the USA for total cash
  reciepts of Agricultural Sales.
• 6,921,096,00.00

• Agriculture is the second, sometimes, first
  industry in the State.
• Florida ranks 12th in the US in Poultry
  Production.

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Not to mention

• Aquaculture
• 43,000,000 in Tropical Fish Sales
• 16,000,000 in Clam Sales
• 13,600,000 in Aquatic Plant Sales
• 3,000,000 in sales of Alligators.

• In 2002, Florida increased farm land by about
  10.
• All the Sugar cane grown, in Florida is in 4
  counties.
• Agriculture uses about one-third of the states
  land. 10.2 million of 35 million total.

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Percent Florida Cash Receipts(2000)
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Florida ranks Number 1 in

• Snap Beans 80.5
• Grapefruit 72.9
• Oranges 68.1
• Radishes 61.2
• Tangerines 55.7
• SugarCane 48.4
• Cucumbers 26.4
• Sweet Corn 15.0

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And number 2 in

• Bell Peppers 39.9
• Tomatoes 27.8
• Squash 20.8
• Watermelons 19.2
• Strawberries 16.5
• Greenhouse./Nursery 11.9
• Avocados 4.1

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Farm Value Share of Retail Price
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Your Career????

• People will always have a need for food and
  fiber.
• Less land to feed more people.
• Agriculture is largest industry in the US,
  employing about 20 of the Population.
• But
• Less than 2 are farmers.
• There will always be jobs in agriculture.