these rankings exclude any winter vegetables category and as Florida supplies
about 80% of U.S. output of winter vegetables during December to February,
this is an important enterprise. Crops typically supply 75% of the value
of agricultural output in the state, and livestock the remainder. For
example, in 1977, citrus contributed 26%, vegetables 21%, and greenhouse
and nursery products 10% of the crops' 72% contribution, while cattle and
calves made up 12%, dairy products 9% and poultry 7% of livestocks' 28%
share.6
 These products are produced on farm units which are considerably
 larger than the national average, ranking 3rd in net income per farm in
 the USA.6 Some 9% of the farms produce 81% of the farm output, and 72%
 of total output comes from farms selling at least $200,000 worth of pro-
 duce annually.7
 -Florida has far fewer farms than other Southeastern states, but much
 the same land area under farming.8 For example, Florida's 38,500 units
 farm about 14 million acres, while Tennessee has 112,000 farms, covering
 14.5 million acres. Florida is also similar in the percentage of land in
 farms and under forest according to USDA definitions and statistics. The
 average for the six states comprising.the southeast are 47% and 57% re-
 spectively (some land includes forest) while the corresponding figures for
 Florida are 41% and 51%9 The only contrasting statistic is the propor-


 U.S.D.A.,E.S.C.S., "State Farm Income Statistics," Supplement to
Statistical Bull. No. 609, Washington, D.C., Sept. 1978 pp. 57-58, p.15

 Florida Statistical Abstract 1978, Bureau of Economic and Business
Research, Coll. of Business Admin., Univ. of FL., The Univ Presses of FL.,
Gainesville, 1978 p. 198

 8The Southeastern states in this paper are Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee to conform with the Federal Reserve's
Sixth District headquartered in Atlanta.

 9U.S.D.A., "Agricultural Statistics," Gov't. Printing Office, Washing-
ton, D.C., 1978, pp. 418-420