USDA: Florida 2014-15 Orange Forecast Falls from Year Ago

Jan 20th, 2015

The 2014-2015 Florida all orange forecast released by the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board is 103.0 million boxes, down 5% from December and 2% less than last season’s production. The total comprises 48.0 million boxes of the non-Valencia oranges (early, midseason, Navel, and Temple varieties) and 55.0 million boxes of Valencia oranges.

Florida non-valencia orange production fell 8%, Florida Valencia orange production fell 2%, Florida all grapefruit production, all tangerine and tangelo production was unchanged.

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