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Florida Farm Commodities
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Increased average weight and prices pushed Floridas broiler crop to a record value of $252.8 million in 1998, while prices cut the value of the states egg production to its lowest level in three years at $112.7 million.
Prices for broilers average 40.0 cents a pound, highest ever; and Florida farmers increased the average weight of a live bird to 4.9 pounds, a record, and up from 4.5 pounds a bird the previous season. Production reached a record of more than 632 million pounds, but farmers sold 3.4 million less birds with sales of a few more than 129 million, the lowest number sent to market in the last five years.
Average egg prices fell almost four cents a dozen to force the value down, despite an increase in production from the states largest laying flock in seven seasons.
Hillsborough County leads the state in egg production and Suwanee is the leading broiler producing county.
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Leading Poultry Producing Counties
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Counties
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Broiler Farms
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Birds Sold
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Egg Farms
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Laying Hens
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Baker
Bradford
Citrus
Clay
Duval
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13
18
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5
7
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6,828,432
9,418,002
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1,898,000
2,523,000
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8
12
18
14
17
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D
D
D
D
705
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Hamilton
Hernando
Hillsborough
Holmes
Lake
Lafayette
Madison
Nassau
Osceola
Okaloosa
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3
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61
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29
22
26
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4
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1,563,980
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13,755,656
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10,773,186
6,033,082
13,041,909
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1,103,730
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7
26
86
25
53
9
19
21
22
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D
D
1,409,342
125,925
D
100,136
D
D
D
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Pasco
Polk
Sumter
Suwannee
Union
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60
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27,587,859
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40
42
28
38
15
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D
D
D
518,390
D
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Volusia
Walton
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23
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6,662,405
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32
18
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D
D
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D = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individuals
Source: 1997 U.S. Census of Agriculture
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Broiler Production and Value
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Year
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Number
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Production (pound)
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Price (pound)
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Cash Receipts
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1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
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129,000,000
132,400,000
131,400,000
139,800,000
132,700,000
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632,100,000
595,800,000
591,300,000
615,000,000
570,600,000
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40.0
38.5
39.7
35.5
33.5
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$252,840,000
$229,383,000
$230,607,000
$218,361,000
$191,151,000
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1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
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128,400,000
125,700,000
120,400,000
119,000,000
123,562,000
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552,100,000
540,510,000
505,680,000
490,360,000
518,960,000
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34.0
30.5
30.0
31.0
35.0
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$187,714,000
$164,856,000
$151,704,000
$152,012,000
$181,636,000
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1985
1980
1970
1960
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104,207,000
87,143,000
38,737,000
10,101,000
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416,828,000
348,572,000
135,580,000
32,323,000
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28.5
27.0
14.1
16.8
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$118,796,000
$94,114,000
$19,114,000
$5,495,000
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Egg Production and Value
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Year
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Number Layers
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Production (dozen)
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Price (dozen)
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Cash Receipts
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1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
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10,084,000
9,865,000
9,655,000
9,127,000
9,746,000
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210,660,000
208,250,000
208,500,000
198,583,000
211,163,000
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53.5
59.4
63.3
48.1
46.5
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$112,707,000
$123,701,000
$131,981,000
$95,519,000
$98,348,000
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1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
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9,592,000
9,422,000
10,249,000
10,546,000
10,788,000
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206,250,000
195,083,000
211,812,000
215,500,000
219,000,000
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51.8
46.7
52.7
62.0
56.2
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$106,838,000
$91,104,000
$120,930,000
$133,610,000
$123,078,000
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1985
1980
1970
1960
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10,515,000
12,813,000
11,813,000
4,720,000
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224,334,000
253,667,000
212,334,000
85,747,000
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48.0
46.2
31.8
41.1
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$107,680,000
$117,194,000
$67,947,000
$35,156,000
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Source: Florida Agricultural Statistics Service
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Poultry Facts 
- Suwannee is the leading broiler producing county, sending more than 27 million birds to market annually with a 1998 value of more than $54 million.
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