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15M Boxes: Florida All Orange down 16%

The forecast of all grapefruit production is 1.40 million boxes, 22 percent less than last season’s utilization of 1.79 million boxes

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Jan van Iperen
October 11, 2024

For Professionals in the Juice and Citrus industry

Today’s USDA Orange Forecast:

  • Florida All Orange Production Down 16 Percent from Last Season

  • Florida Non-Valencia Orange Production Down 11 Percent

  • Florida Valencia Orange Production Down 20 Percent

  • Florida All Grapefruit Production Down 22 Percent

  • Florida All Tangerine and Tangelo Production Down 11 Percent

The 2024-2025 Florida all orange forecast released today by the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board is 15.0 million boxes, down 16 percent from last season’s final production. The total includes 6.00 million boxes of non-Valencia oranges (early, mid-season, and Navel varieties) and 9.00 million boxes of Valencia oranges. The Navel orange forecast, at 190,000 boxes, accounts for 3 percent of the non-Valencia total.

The estimated number of bearing trees for all oranges is 30.3 million. Trees planted in 2021 and earlier are considered bearing for this season. Field work for the latest Commercial Citrus Inventory was completed in June 2024.