Hi phytosan!!
First of all excuse me for the delay, but I expend time searching for
Florida´s guava production data, this info is not well developed in
the better cases or is unavailable. This is because the guava
production in Florida is very small related to other crops and also
related to other tropical fruits production.
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I will start with the information about Hawaii.
The "Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts 2002 Summary" was published by the
United States
Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service on
07.08.2003; from this document the following data was extracted:
Guavas
Acreage Harvested, Yield, Utilized Production, and Utilization,
2000-2002:
YEAR Acreage Harvested Yield Per Acre Utilized Production
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Acres 1,000 pounds 1,000 pounds
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2000 680 23.4 15,900
2001 610 25.1 15,300
2002 550 17.6 9,700
In all the cases the production was utilized as processed, not for
fresh fruit.
Related to the prices and values for the period 2000-2002 we have:
YEAR Price (processed) Value of Production (processed)
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Dollars per Pound 1,000 Dollars
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2000 0.129 2,051
2001 0.141 2,157
2002 0.150 1,455
You can see this info following the link:
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/fruit/pnf-bb/ncit0703.pdf
More valuable info can be found at the "Hawaii Guavas" page (Released:
July 17, 2003) of the Hawaii Agricultural Statistics Service website:
"GUAVA SALES DOWN FOR SECOND YEAR
GUAVA PRODUCTION UTILIZED FOR PROCESSING TOTALED 9.7 MILLION POUNDS IN
2002, down for the second consective year and 37 percent lower than
the previous year, according to the Hawaii Agricultural Statistics
Service (HASS). Output was lower with limited sales and reduced
yields. Hawaii island growers also reported guava prices were still
low and abandoning their acreage or growing other crops. Statewide
farm value totaled $1.5 million for 2002, down 33 percent from 2001.
TOTAL ACREAGE WAS DOWN 70 ACRES TO 640, continuing the decline that
began 12 years ago. Harvested acreage totaled 550 acres, 60 acres less
than 2001. Hawaii island accounted for most of the abandoned acreage.
The majority of the acreage is on Kauai.
U.S. IMPORTS OF SELECTED GUAVA PRODUCTS IN 2002 were mixed compared to
2001 (see page 4). Guava prepared or preserved imports decreased 19
percent from the previous year to 8.3 million pounds (3.8 thousand
metric tons).
The Dominican Republic and Mexico supplied about 49 percent of the
imports into the U.S.
Paste and puree were up 11 percent to 9.3 million pounds (4.2 thousand
metric tons). Brazil, Mexico, and Dominican Republic were the top
three exporters respectively, accounting for just over 71 percent of
the imports.
Guava jam imports were up 51 percent to 1.7 million pounds (766 metric
tons). Costa Rica and Brazil accounted for 62 percent of the total."
Visit the page to see the tables showing statistics for production,
prices and import of guava.
http://www.nass.usda.gov/hi/fruit/guava.htm
Related to the Guava production in Florida I must tell you that there
are not a definitive fact-sheet. This is because the amount of guava
produced in Florida is considered irrelevant or more properly a minor
fruit crop, for example read this:
"Hawaii has ALL the US banana, guava, papaya, and pineapple
production." from
COMMERCIAL HORTICULTURE PRODUCTION, by Michael D. Rethwisch, Vegetable
and Field Crops Farm Advisor, University of California Cooperative
Extension (fourth page):
http://www.njha.org/pdfs/studman/18.pdf
At "Marketing Florida Agriculture", the official web site of the
Division of Marketing and Development, which is a division of the
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, I found the
following statement:
"Other Florida Tropical Fruit:
More than two dozen minor tropical fruits are grown in South Florida,
and mostly sold on the local fresh market. They include:
banana/plantain, carambola, mamey sapote, papaya, litchi, longan,
GUAVA, Barbados cherry, kumquats, sapodilla, pummelo, annona, passion
fruit, coconut, jaboticaba, jackfruit, key lime, Tahiti lime,
monstera, white sapote, black sapote and wax jambu."
"Florida Farm Commodities, Tropical Fruit":
http://www.florida-agriculture.com/agfacts/tropical.htm#Other
So we have, for Florida, a small production of guava that are
concentred mostly in South Florida, specially in Dade County, and for
this county we can obtain some statistical info related:
"Guava:
Guava is grown primarily for the fresh market in Miami-Dade County. It
is native to tropical America and is reported to have been introduced
to Florida from Cuba in 1847. Guava fruit ripens practically all year
round, but the bulk of Florida production occurs during the summer
months. Interest in guava production increased in the late 1980s and
early 1990s, with acreage expanding from 35 to nearly 200 acres by
1996. The 2001 GIS analysis indicated guava acreage had increased to
291 acres. Based upon acreage trends, the outlook for guava production
is positive. However, as immature acreage reaches full production,
grower prices could soften unless adequate market development
activities are initiated."
From "MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND RETENTION STUDY SUMMARY AND
RECOMMENDATIONS" at Florida Agricultural Market Research Center
website:
http://www.agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/dlfiles%5CSummary.pdf
Also I found the following at "Miami-Dade County Agricultural Land
Retention Study: Final Report - Appendix A - Section 2: Tropical Fruit
Production in Miami-Dade County" (see the tables at pages numbered as
23, 24 and 25 - starting at the eighth of the document):
http://www.agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/dlfiles/AppA_TropFrts.pdf
Guava:
Trees per acre: 145 - 217
Yld range/tree: 120 - 220
Yld range/acre: 20,000 - 30,000
Keys:
-Trees per acre: This is the range in the number of trees per acre
commonly found under commercial production.
-Yld range/tree: yield range per tree per year. The values are ranges
of crop yields in pounds per tree per year. Crop yield varies among
species, tree age, size, production practices, and cultivar. Crop
yields are affected by previous and current weather conditions and
production practices.
-Yld range/acre: yield range per acre per year. The values are ranges
of crop yields in pounds per acre per year. Crop yield varies among
species, tree age, size, production practices, and cultivar. Crop
yields are affected by previous and current weather conditions and
production practices.
Now we can estimate the Miami-Dade County Guava Production by
multiplying Total Acres (last figure for 2001 is 291 acres) by Yld
range/acre; we obtain an estimated range value of 5,820 to 8,730
thousands of pounds; the only figure available is for the 1994 season
and from an Acreage of 197 acres there was produced 4,925 thousands of
pounds, using this yield we obtain an estimated production of 7,275
thousands of pounds for the year 2001. This production is mostly used
as fresh fruit. The fresh guava is mostly Self Packed and shipped by
the producer (about the 96% of the production) to be sold as fresh
fruit at specialized stores in all the country. The price per pound to
the public is about $7 (for example at Melissa's you can buy a basket
containing 3 pounds of guavas for $21.50).
There is a research that helps to understand and improve the commerce
with the tropical fruits, one paragraph of this work states:
"Nearly 60 percent of the wholesalers handling guavas felt that the
fruit was poorly known by consumers, and that increased promotion was
the way to increase sales. High prices were also mentioned as a
detriment to increased sales by 13 percent of the respondents and
thirty-five percent felt that improved quality would help. Specific
quality problems mentioned were immature fruit, overripe or rotten
fruit and inconsistent sizes. Only one of the 23 specialty wholesalers
complained of supply problems."
These are the links to the documents from the University of Florida,
you will find them very useful:
"Market Development Strategies for the Florida Tropical Fruit
Industry":
http://agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/downloads/Tropical_fruits.pdf
"Appendices to: Market Development Strategies for the Florida Tropical
Fruit Industry":
http://agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/downloads/Tropical_fruits_app.pdf
For the season 1997/98 we have the following figures for guava
production in Miami-Dade County:
Area Acres: 199
Value sold outside County: $1,305,938
Value sold within County: $435,313
Total Value: $1,741,250
Again we can estimate the Total value sold per Acre, that is for
1997/98 season $8,750/acre.
I also found the following table:
Guava: Estimated Production Costs in Miami-Dade County, 2000-01.
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Category Cost per Acre
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(--Dollars---)
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-Operating Costs-
Fertilizer $688.29
Fungicide $37.24
Herbicide $246.00
Insecticide $43.50
Interest on Operating Capital $252.59
Miscellaneous
Tree Removal and Site Prep $8.00
Tree Replacement $10.00
Top, Hedge and Prune $270.00
Set Trees $2.00
Irrigation $165.00
Mow Middles $160.00
Grove Work and Hand Labor $25.00
Chemical Applications $460.00
-Total Operating Cost- $2,367.62
-Fixed Costs-
Land Rent $446.00
Supervision $256.10
Overhead $512.21
-Total Fixed Costs- $1,214.31
-Total Pre-harvest Cost- $3,581.93
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From "ESTIMATED COST OF PRODUCTION FOR SELECTED AGRICULTURAL CROPS IN
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 2000/01"
http://www.agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/dlfiles/AppB_ProdCosts_Tropfruit.pdf
The most important source was the following page:
"Miami-Dade County Agricultural Land Retention Study: Final Report" at
the Florida Agricultural Market Research Center website:
http://www.agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/nsagland.html
For Tropical Fruit distributors in Florida visit "Florida's Tropical
Fruit Distributors":
http://www.florida-agriculture.com/tropical/distrib.htm
Additional info can be found at the following pages and articles:
"Guava Commodity Sheet":
http://www.aginfo.fvsu.edu/publicat/commoditysheets/fvsu003.htm
"Agribusiness Online - Crop Guides - Guava":
http://www.agribusinessonline.com/crops/guava.asp
"Guava--Farmer's Bookshelf":
http://agrss.sherman.hawaii.edu/bookshelf/guava/guava.html
"Florida Food Fare - Guava" by Jean Meadows :
http://sarasota.extension.ufl.edu/FCS/FlaFoodFare/Guava.htm
"Tropical Fruit Crops Management in Florida":
http://extensionsmp.ifas.ufl.edu/fl111.htm
"University of Florida / Miami-Dade County Extension Programs:
Commercial Tropical Fruit Production":
http://miami-dade.ifas.ufl.edu/programs/tropfruit.htm
And because exotic and tropical fruit is used for Fruit Gifts I
include this article: "E-COMMERCE: MARKETING GIFT FRUIT ON THE
INTERNET" by DR. R. L. DEGNER AND K. L. MORGAN.
http://agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/downloads/Gift_Fruit_Marketing_Web-00-91.pdf
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