‘SW Florida Agricultural and Natural Resources Economic Impacts, 2014 + Crop, Livestock, Forestry & Fisheries (Gtrus, vegetables, sugarcane, cattle, oma- rentals, timber fsh sales) + Agricultural Inputs & Services (Chemical fertilizer sales, landscaping, pest control, veterinary, farmmuchinery) + Food & Kindred Manufacturing (citrus ‘sugar processing, bakeries, carmang, meat processing) + Forest Products (paper mills, millwork, flooring, truss manufactunng, sawmills) + Food & Kindred Product Distribution (retals stores, restaurants, av & garden cen ‘ters, wholesale foods) + Mining—(oil and ges extraction, sand & gra clpts, fetlizer mines) + Nature Based Recreation-(golfcourses, Junting, fishing, eco fe agro-tours) Source: Alan W. Hedges, Oct 26,2016, UF/IFAS IMPLAN Software and 2014Flonda CountyData Eeonomie Impacts -3 categories: ‘+ Direct sales that are directly attributable to farming opeza~ fons. (xs Bates of oranges, cartonsof tomatoes, tens of sugarcane, hu dred waigh ofealves) ‘+ Indirect sales that result fom companies that sellto agricul- ‘uraleperatons (ex Patz & chemical sles, nsuvance broke fa Bankers equipment dealers) 4+ Induced: sales that result when farmers, their employees, {nd the employees of alied busmnesoes spend ther ncome on consumer ‘ods (6 TVs cars clothes, entertainment azties, ee) “+ TotlEconomic Impact Direct + Indizect + Induced Dw VW Fe Economic Importance of Agriculture to Southwest Florida UNIVERSITY of UF |FLORIDA IFAS Fritz M.Roka University of Florida Southavest Florida Research & Education Center 2685 State Road 39 North Immokalee, FL 34142 (29) 658-2400 Issues Important to Southwest Florida Agriculture © New technology: higher yields and/or lower costs © Exotic Pests & Diseases (Citrus Greening) © Access to water and land © Immigration reform and farm worker conoems © Global competition and free trade ‘Updated october 2036Southwest Florida Production Costs and Yields, 2015 Agricultural Acreage, 2015 cas —_ (UnitsiAcre) [Oranges for juice 32 0007Ace 7238 (@01b-bx) (61,200 Harvesting) Homatoes, round $17 S00IAere 1,400 (25 b-cn) [Bet Peppers 318,500/Ace 1,000 (28 b-bu) lowa Field Com ‘s800/Acre 165 bu aporant Pout ighpmdatone cons Grower Prices 201520082015 Break Even Price PriceRange-—Price etal Agheress 4338008 forages | @x $904 -sa77882 9837 (cise sw lontree) Farm-Gate Sales, 2015 ($M) HTomatoes cin si1s3 $4959295 $1250 = a lBew Peppers | Gu si408 — s5a5s165 $1850 ‘mportst oi Vols acs Conclusions om © Agricultural productions a business © Significant financial resources required to grow crops © Land will remain in agriculture so long as growers receive a “reasonable” return Southwest Florida Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee Total = $1.56 Billion *