Area Used for Production: Total covered area for floriculture crop production was 749 million square feet in 2019, down 13 percent from the 2018 area of 859 million square feet. Peak Hired Workers: The average peak number of hired workers employed on operations in 2019 was 21.
88 Floriculture Crops 2018 Summary (May 2019) USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov
Data were collected in the 2019 Census of Horticulture Specialties. Producers received a pre-survey letter explaining the survey along with a questionnaire to complete and return by mail. Producers who do not respond by mail are contacted by phone or personal interview to attempt to gather the data.
The Census of Horticultural Specialties was conducted for 2019 and served as the data collection instrument for this report. As a result, minor adjustments were made to the content of this report to provide consistency with the Census of Horticultural Specialties report. Combining of pot sizes was discontinued.