Table 3. Retail value ($) of Florida agricultural and forest products (in 

 thousands of current dollars) in 1975 and 1978 (Institute of Food and Agri- 

 cultural Sciences 1980). 



Product 1975 1978 



Crops 



Fruits and nuts 

 Vegetables 

 Field crops 

 Nursery 



Total crops 



Livestock 

 Meat animals 

 Dairy 



Poultry and eggs 

 Other 



Total livestock 



Other agriculture 



Forest products 



Total retail value 



^Includes value of vegetables and field crops. 



Includes government payments, horses, game birds, alligators, catfish, and 



others. 

 -- Data not immediately available. 



are vegetables ($67.8 million), soybeans and related products ($39.3 million), 

 tobacco ($17.6 million), and feed grains ($16.4 million). A comparison of 

 foreign agricultural exports for Florida and the United States for 1975 and 

 1979 are given in Table 4. Florida alone accounts for 26.8% of U.S. fruit 

 exports. In 1975-79 the real value of Florida's foreign exports grew 38. U, 

 whereas U.S. exports grew only 14.0%. Florida is currently exporting about 

 13.6% of the value of it's total agricultural products to foreign markets, and 

 the amount is steadily growing. Agriculture exports account for 11.8% of 

 Florida's foreign exports. 



In 1954-78, production of Florida agricultural products increased sub- 

 stantially. For example, tomato production increased 237%; oranges, 91%; 

 milk, 144%; and cattle and calves, 35%. The percentage changes of the State's 

 major agricultural commodities in 1954-78 are given in Table 5. 



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