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United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
March Crop Production
Executive Summary
Lance Honig, Chief Crops Branch
March 9, 2017
Field Crops Fruit & Nuts Specialty Crops
Sugarcane Citrus
Contents
USDA-NASS 3-9-17
Objective Surveys (Size and Drop)
Fruit Maturity Row Count
Survey Type Field Observations Laboratory Tests Field Observations
Crops Included Valencia Oranges Honey Tangerines
Valencia Oranges Oranges Grapefruit Royal and Honey
Tangerines Tangelos
Sample Size 935 groves 148 samples 114,671 rows
Collection Period
February 15-22 February 23-24 February 23-24
Testing Period February 27
Survey Overview
Florida Citrus
March 2017 Crop Production
% Change % Change
From From
Crop Unit March Previous Previous
2017 Forecast Season
Production
Oranges Mil Tons 5.16 -3.4 -12.6
Grapefruit Thou Tons 754 -0.5 -6.1
Tangerines &
Mandarins Thou Tons 990 -0.3 +3.9
12.7 13.7
9.80 13.0
12.2 12.4 11.5
12.9
9.30 9.02
7.63 10.1
9.10 8.24
8.91 8.98 8.27
6.77 6.35
5.91 5.16
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.0 16.0
1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Million Tons
Orange Production
United States
USDA-NASS 3-9-17
March 2017 Crop Production
From From
March Previous Previous
2017 Forecast Season
Production
Sugarcane Mil Tons 32.1 -2.6 -<0.1
Crop Unit
USDA-NASS 3-9-17
Release Date Report Title
March 10 Price Reactions after USDA Crop Reports
March 24 Cattle on Feed
March 30 Quarterly Hogs and Pigs
Agricultural Prices
March 31
Prospective Plantings Grain Stocks
Rice Stocks
April 3
CAIR: Grain Crushings CAIR: Fats & Oils CAIR: Cotton System
April 11 Crop Production
Cotton Ginnings Annual
