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Alachua

Total population (1990 census): 181596
County seat: Gainesville

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CropSELECT

Cereals, Pseudocereals, Oilseeds
Industrial, Fiber
Forages
Vegetables
Small Fruits
Tree Fruits and Nuts
Herb, Aromatic, Medicinal, and Bioactive

Crop Statistics (1997 US Census of Agriculture)

Cereals Farms Acres Yield
Maize=Corn 50 2997 181099 bu
Oats 3 140 2335 bu
Rye 3 136 D
Grain Legumes Farms Acres Yield
Soybeans for Beans 4 410 10820 bu
Dry Cowpeas and Dry southern Peas 3 10 77 bu
Forages Farms Acres Yield
Field Seed and Grass Seed Crops 5 D X
Bahia Grass Seed 5 1529 144400 lbs
Total Hay* 233 10963 33259 tons, dry
Small Grain Hay 6 115 144 tons, dry
Tame Hay 213 10182 31617 tons, dry
Wild Hay 17 488 965 tons dry
Grass Silage 5 D D
Corn for Silage or Green Chop 17 2737 38926 tons, green
Vegetables Farms Acres Yield
Green Lima Beans 4 D  
Snap Beans 26 2027  
Head Cabbage 3 D  
Cantaloups 13 130  
Carrots 3 1  
Collards 8 41  
Green Cowpeas and Green Southern Peas 12 364  
Cucumbers and Pickles 15 250  
Eggplant 8 47  
Herbs, Fresh Cut 4 11  
Kale 3 D  
Lettuce and Romaine 5 7  
Mustard Greens 6 6  
Dry Onions 4 4  
Green Onions 4 1  
Okra 8 12  
Green Peas 6 D  
Sweet Peppers 7 108  
Potatoes 3 D 148 cwt
Squash 20 293  
Sweet Corn 21 420  
Tomatoes 9 D  
Watermelons 31 1364  
Other Vegetables 8 D  
Fruits and Nuts Farms Acres Yield
Apples 9 5 174 trees
Grapes 19 41 19940 vines
Peaches 13 31 1899 trees
Pears 3 D D
Persimmons 26 81 6424
Grapefruit 6 D D
Oranges 10 41 3325 trees
Peanuts for Nuts 39 1393 4622186 lbs
Pecans 104 1719 29721 in shell
Other Nuts 19 97 5118 in shell
Blackberries 9 7 6853 lbs
Tame Blueberries 48 340 509991 lbs
Strawberries 8 17 247000 lbs
Other Crops Farms Acres Yield
Cotton 3 1197 2094 bales
Herbs, Total 4 11 X
Tobacco 28 1201 2615211 lbs
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale Farms Sq. ft. under glass or other protection Acres in the open Sales ($1,000)
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops 113 377602 921 8254
Nursery, Floriculture, Vegetable and Flower Seed Crops 62 X 577 X
Floriculture Crops 49 274629 89 3640
Bedding and Garden Plants 27 212384 52 3234
Cut Flowers and Cut Florist Greens 10 D 19 125
Foliage Plants 16 33225 D 185
Potted Flowering Plants 7 D D 96
Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes, and Tubers 12 D 36 327
Cut Christmas Trees Harvested 10 X 32 33
Mushrooms 3 6200 X 20
Nursery Crops 51 56392 280 3350
Sod Harvested 4 X 440 592
Vegetable and Flower Seeds 3 D 5 D
Other Nursery and Greenhouse Crops 12 27441 39 258

*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
X=Not applicable.