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Citrus

A Citrus Yield Case Block Study - This is an ongoing study with participating growers in the SW Florida region. Two graphs representing the accumulated data can be viewed.
View first graph.
View second graph.

Budgeting costs and Returns for Southwest Florida Citrus Production - This is a yearly report available from Fritz Roka . Two tables you can use to estimate your costs have been extracted.
View orange grove table
View grapefruit grove table

Southwest Florida Citrus Yield by Tree Age in High Density Planting - F.M.Roka, R.E. Rouse,
R.P. Muraro, University of Florida, IFAS. 
View paper. (65kb)

Tracking Citrus Yields in Southwest Florida - F.M.Roka, R.E. Rouse, R.P. Muraro, University of Florida, IFAS.  Immokalee Report September 4, 1998.
View paper.

Florida Grapefruit Trends:  We Did It Again! - F.M. Roka & E. Holcomb Jr., University of Florida, IFAS.   Presentation, 1996.
View U.S.A. Grapefruit Production graph
View Florida Grapefruit Production graph
View Historical Grapefruit Table (70kb)

Vegetables

Historical - Weekly Vegetable commodity price data for South Florida, Source:  The Packer. Available as Adobe Acrobat pdf file.
View chart (packer.pdf  - 9kb)

Production Costs for Selected Florida Vegetables - Costs of production are reported for eleven vegetable crops produced in Southwest production areas in Florida for the 1996-97 season. Combinations are presented along with net return analyses. Labor and machinery cost breakdowns by operation are detailed in the appendix., S.A. Smith & T.G. Taylor, University of Florida, IFAS, CIR 1202, 1996-97. Available as Adobe Acrobat pdf file.
View document (prodveg.pdf - 73kb)

 



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