Table 34. Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Equipment; Total Land Area; Area in Production; and 
Marketing Channels by Kind of Business: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sod, 
sprigs, or 
plugs 
(see text) 
Dried bulbs, 
corms, 
rhizomes, 
and tubers 
Food crops 
grown 
under 
protection 
Transplants 
for commercial 
vegetable and 
strawberry 
production 
Vegetable 
seeds 
Flower 
seeds 
Aquatic 
plants 
Cut 
Christmas 
trees 
Other 
kinds of 
businesses 
(see text) 
VALUE OF LAND, BUILDINGS, MACHINERY 
AND EQUIPMENT 
Land and buildings 
operations 
1,200 
95 
1,603 
226 
254 
56 
84 
2,893 
1,189 
value ($1 ,000) 
3,893,773 
146,487 
766,806 
462,755 
587,312 
112,639 
25,746 
2,329,348 
897,407 
Machinery and equipment 
operations 
1,200 
95 
1,603 
226 
254 
56 
84 
2,893 
1,189 
value ($1 ,000) 
648,963 
21,228 
201,047 
111,676 
134,459 
17,928 
1,977 
205,199 
168,376 
TOTAL LAND AREA USED TO GROW CROPS 
Total land area covered by 
greenhouses 
operations 
30 
31 
1,547 
168 
19 
15 
69 
97 
1,078 
square feet (1,000) 
707 
359 
84,507 
26,638 
510 
172 
878 
516 
69,229 
Glass covered 
operations 
1 
1 
108 
16 
2 
- 
2 
2 
153 
square feet (1,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
35,413 
2,440 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
9,515 
Rigid plastic 
operations 
4 
6 
232 
42 
2 
3 
9 
13 
299 
square feet (1,000) 
(D) 
204 
8,303 
6,180 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
13,213 
Plastic film (single or multi-layer poly) operations 
26 
26 
1,335 
131 
19 
13 
64 
87 
931 
square feet (1,000) 
583 
(D) 
40,791 
18,018 
503 
(D) 
740 
468 
46,501 
Greenhouse area erected in 2014 
operations 
1 
1 
189 
17 
2 
1 
- 
10 
59 
square feet (1,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,728 
356 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
19 
801 
Total land area covered by shade structures operations 
6 
12 
130 
18 
5 
4 
17 
49 
268 
square feet (1,000) 
36 
186 
2,366 
(D) 
(D) 
14 
45 
170 
10,512 
Total land area covered by natural 
shade 
operations 
6 
7 
60 
1 
1 
2 
5 
16 
113 
acres 
13 
8 
75 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
29 
150 
Total land area in the open 
operations 
274 
85 
571 
162 
251 
49 
68 
741 
741 
acres 
55,019 
5,309 
5,330 
7,618 
32,620 
4,869 
1,274 
26,500 
9,713 
GREENHOUSE AREA IN PRODUCTION 
Cut flowers and cut lei flowers (see 
text) 
operations 
- 
7 
56 
7 
3 
- 
2 
5 
115 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
(D) 
228 
(D) 
218 
- 
(D) 
5 
617 
Cut flowers, anthurium (see text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut flowers, dendrobium orchids (see 
text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut flowers, all other (see text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Potted flowering plants for indoor or patio 
use (see text) 
operations 
3 
5 
50 
15 
2 
1 
- 
5 
590 
square feet (1,000) 
(Z) 
15 
143 
563 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
10 
17,952 
Potted flowering plants, dendrobium 
orchids (see text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Potted flowering plants, all other (see 
text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 
Potted herbaceous perennial 
plants 
operations 
7 
6 
33 
9 
2 
4 
9 
13 
594 
square feet (1,000) 
76 
(D) 
56 
37 
(D) 
68 
24 
25 
12,033 
Annual bedding/garden plants 
operations 
7 
- 
230 
42 
4 
1 
3 
10 
809 
square feet (1,000) 
116 
- 
609 
238 
150 
(D) 
(D) 
118 
28,825 
Foliage plants, pots 
operations 
1 
2 
4 
4 
- 
1 
- 
2 
287 
square feet (1,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
3 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
8,632 
Foliage plants, hanging baskets 
operations 
1 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
193 
square feet (1,000) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2,062 
Cut cultivated greens 
operations 
- 
- 
12 
4 
- 
- 
- 
8 
28 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
- 
17 
11 
- 
- 
- 
8 
55 
Nursery stock (see text) 
operations 
10 
1 
11 
6 
2 
3 
6 
39 
202 
square feet (1,000) 
275 
(D) 
14 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
6 
135 
6,494 
All other horticultural specialty crops .... 
operations 
18 
17 
1,543 
163 
10 
12 
63 
57 
518 
square feet (1,000) 
291 
185 
81,267 
23,755 
63 
102 
766 
183 
9,276 
SHADE STRUCTURE AREA IN PRODUCTION 
Cut flowers and cut lei flowers (see 
text) 
operations 
- 
- 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
- 
31 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
Cut flowers, anthurium (see text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut flowers, dendrobium orchids (see 
text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut flowers, all other (see text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Potted flowering plants (see text) 
operations 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
62 
square feet (1,000) 
3 
" 
(D) 
“ 
1,693 
Potted flowering plants, dendrobium orchids 
(see text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Potted flowering plants, all other (see 
text) 
operations 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
213 
Potted herbaceous perennial 
plants 
operations 
4 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
2 
4 
141 
square feet (1,000) 
(D) 
- 
8 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
1,919 
Annual bedding/garden plants 
operations 
1 
2 
22 
- 
- 
" 
- 
1 
85 
square feet (1 ,000) 
(D) 
(D) 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
3,576 
Foliage plants, pots 
operations 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
47 
square feet (1,000) 
- 
25 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
1,356 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 2014 CHS - United States Data 43 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
