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United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
April Crop Production
Executive Summary
Lance Honig, Chief Crops Branch
April 11, 2017
Field Crops Fruit & Nuts Specialty Crops Citrus
Contents
USDA-NASS 4-11-17
Objective Surveys (Size and Drop)
Fruit Maturity Row Count
Survey Type Field Observations Laboratory Tests Field Observations
Crops Included Late Oranges Late Oranges Oranges Grapefruit Royal and Honey
Tangerines Tangelos
Sample Size 697 Groves 146 Samples 90,434 Rows
Collection Period
March 20-24 March 29-30 March 29-30
Testing Period March 31
Survey Overview
Florida Citrus
April 2017 Crop Production
% Change % Change
From From
Crop Unit April Previous Previous
2017 Forecast Season
Production
Oranges Mil Tons 5.11 -1.0 -16.0
Grapefruit Thou Tons 685 -9.2 -14.7
Lemons Thou Tons 828 -3.9 -8.6
Tangerines &
Mandarins Thou Tons 958 -3.2 +0.9
USDA-NASS 4-11-17
Release Date Report Title
April 21 Cattle on Feed
April 27 Agricultural Prices
May 1
CAIR: Cotton System CAIR: Fats & Oils CAIR: Flour Millings CAIR: Grain Crushings
May 10 Cotton Ginnings - Annual
Crop Production
