2012 - Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

5 Florida Citrus Nursery Propagation
Five Year Summary
2012
Size # of Nurseries by Year Nurseries by County
# of Propagations 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Rank County Props %
600,000 0 0 0 1 0 10 Orange 78,981 2.0
Total Nurseries 47 42 45 44 42 11 Taylor 45,266 1.2
Almost 50% of the trees produced are produced by nurseries that grow
between 200,000 and 400,000 trees.
Nursery Activity
12 Indian River 17,120 0.4
13 Hernando 12,800 0.3
14 St. Lucie 9,100 0.2
15 Wakulla 1,267 0.03
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Commercial 3,932,586 99.8
Total # of Propagations 3,941,049 3,135,326 3,001,186 3,764,259 3,546,896 Research Agencies (3) 8,463 0.2
Registration Fees (ST) $61,015 $51,402 $38,985 $41,285 $39,580 Grand Total 3,941,049 100
BCRs processed 937 784 776 766 795
Average # of
Propagations
* does not count research agencies
83,672* 74,517* 66,520 85,551 84,450
Nursery Tree Demand Projections
Estimated Commercial Tree Demand
(based only on attrition, no expansion)
541,328 Acres
70,000,000 Trees (rounded down)
*Propagation figure reduced by 25 percent to account for culls and trees going to
homeowner market.
Year # Propagations
47 Active Commercial Nurseries
Grove Attrition Rate Actual Trees Needed
Estimated number of trees available
to growers (-25%)*
3 percent 2,100,000
4 percent 2,800,000
5 percent 3,500,000
6 percent 4,200,000
7 percent 4,900,000
8 percent 5,600,000
9 percent 6,300,000
10 percent 7,000,000
Nursery production at level to keep
up with % attrition rate
2006-2007 2,592,466 1,944,349 2.8%
2007-2008 3,546,896 2,660,172 3.8%
2008-2009 3,764,259 2,823,194 4.0%
2009-2010 3,001,186 2,250,889 3.2%
2010-2011 3,135,326 2,351,494 3.4%
2011-2012 3,941,049 2,955,786 4.2%
5 Annual Report 2012 (FY 2011-2012) Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration