Florida farmers harvested 7,100 acres of strawberries in
2004, producing 163 million pounds, with a value of $178 million. Florida ranks
second in the nation behind California. Over 85% of the strawberries in Florida
are grown in Hillsborough County.
Top 5
States in Strawberry Production, 2004
State
Acres
Pounds
Produced
Total
Value
1. California
33,200
1,958,800,000
$1,218,860,000
2. Florida
7,100
163,300,000
$177,997,000
3. Oregon
2,400
32,400,000
$15,839,000
4. North Carolina
1,600
17,600,000
$15,840,000
5. Washington
1,900
15,200,000
$7,270,000
For more ag facts, check out
the website of the USDA/National Agricultural Statistics Service, Florida Field
Office: www.nass.usda.gov/fl.
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We are living in an epoch of corruption. I do not refer to the big and famous cases, to the biggest crooks with the highest possible connection, such as in the Enron case. There are many cases of corruption to be weeded out in our small Florida world. Most would consider the Florida Department of Agriculture to be the center of such corruption.
It is doubtful that everyone there is lily innocent, but the DOA is basically only the executioner of large scale incorrectness, beside being the manufacturer of lies.
Many millions of taxpayers dollars are being squandered. They claim to be doing that for the sake of Florida`s economy. All this is called "citrus canker eradication program", a source of corruption. Especially since they claim to be spending millions in order to save a 9 billion dollar industry which does not even exist (it is less than 1 billion). Practically 90% of this industry is unaffected by canker. Only about 10% could use some help in the way of prevention. A very small fraction of the squandered millions.
