United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 Sp Cr 6-3 (07) Contents Page Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 3 Summary Tables Producers and Area by State ..................................................................................................... 5 Producers, Wages and Workers by Size of Operation .............................................................. 6 Operations, Wages and Workers by State................................................................................. 8 Producers by Value of Sales, by State .................................................................................... 10 Sales by Plant Category, by State ........................................................................................... 12 Commodity Tables Broadleaf Evergreens.............................................................................................................. 16 Coniferous Evergreens............................................................................................................ 18 Deciduous Flowering Trees .................................................................................................... 20 Deciduous Shade Trees........................................................................................................... 22 Deciduous Shrubs ................................................................................................................... 24 Fruit and Nut Plants ................................................................................................................ 26 Ornamental Grasses ................................................................................................................ 28 Other Woody Ornamentals, Vines, and Ground Covers......................................................... 30 Palms ....................................................................................................................................... 32 Propagative Nursery Materials or Lining-out-Stock............................................................... 34 Transplants for Commercial Vegetable and Strawberry Production ...................................... 35 Christmas Trees, Cut and to be Cut ........................................................................................ 36 Survey Definitions ........................................................................................................................ 44 Survey Procedures......................................................................................................................... 46 Questionnaire: Nursery and Christmas Tree Production Survey .................................................. 47 Information Contacts..................................................................................................................... 59 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 1 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 2 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA 2006 Nursery Production Valued at $4.65 Billion Value of Sales: Total gross sales of nursery crops totals $4.65 billion in 2006, an increase of 17 percent over 3 years earlier, for operations with $100,000 or more in sales in the 17 States surveyed. Eleven nursery crop categories and cut Christmas trees are included. All data for 2003 have been carried forward from the previous report. In 2006, broadleaf evergreens account for 18 percent of the total sales, followed by deciduous shrubs at 14 percent, deciduous shade trees at 13 percent, and coniferous evergreens at 12 percent. The top three States measured by gross value of sales are California with 24 percent of the total, Oregon with 18 percent and Florida with 17 percent. Each of these States is the sales leader in 4 of the 12 categories. Number of Producers: In 2006, there are 7,292 nursery producers with sales of $10,000 or more in the 17 States. Producers with sales of $100,000 or greater number 3,326, of those, there are 905 with sales over $1 million. States with the largest number of producers are: Florida, 1,307; Oregon, 878; North Carolina, 707; and California, 669. Area in Production: Nurseries with sales over $10,000 report a total of 471,106 acres in production of nursery crops and cut Christmas trees in 2006, 3 percent more than in 2003. Oregon has 94,250 acres, North Carolina 48,454 acres, Pennsylvania 46,839 acres, Michigan 45,886 acres, and Florida 40,706 acres. Gross Wages and Hired Workers: Nursery producers with sales of $10,000 or more paid total gross wages of $1.41 billion in the 17 surveyed States in 2006. Gross wages include the employer’s share of benefits such as social security, worker’s compensation, insurance, and pensions. During the year, 52 percent of all nurseries hired full-time workers (those paid for 150 days or more) and part-time workers (those paid for 149 days or less) were hired by 54 percent of nursery producers. Broadleaf Evergreens: The largest contributor to gross sales is broadleaf evergreens, with sales of $839 million in 2006, up 2 percent from 2003, and 18 percent of total nursery and cut Christmas tree sales. California growers account for 23 percent of the total, followed by Oregon and Florida with 14 percent each. Plants included in this category are azalea, boxwood, euonymus, holly, and other broadleaf evergreen plants. Coniferous Evergreens: Coniferous evergreens are the fourth largest sales category with gross sales of $562 million, 27 percent greater than 3 years earlier, and 12 percent of the 17 State total. Oregon led the category, with 32 percent of sales, followed by California with 12 percent, and Florida with 6 percent. Arborvitae, balled and burlapped Christmas trees, cedar, fir, pine, and other coniferous evergreens make up this category. Deciduous Flowering Trees: Deciduous flowering trees account for $313 million of gross sales or 7 percent of the total, up 13 percent from 2003. Oregon sales are 23 percent of the total. California and Tennessee are the next largest selling states with 15 percent and 11 percent, respectively. Types of trees included in the category are crabapple, crape myrtle, dogwood, ornamental pear, redbud, and other deciduous flowering trees. Deciduous Shade Trees: Deciduous shade trees are the third ranking category with total sales of $584 million, up 14 percent from 2003 and 13 percent of the nursery total. Oregon sales account for 26 percent of this category. Florida and California follow with 15 percent and 10 percent, Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 3 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA respectively. Trees included are ash, birch, honey locust, maples, oak, and other deciduous shade trees. Deciduous Shrubs: At $648 million, deciduous shrubs are the second largest contributor to sales with 14 percent of the nursery total, up 11 percent from 3 years ago. Twenty-nine percent of this category’s gross sales are from California, followed by 16 percent from Florida, and 13 percent from Oregon. The category includes buddleias, hibiscus, hydrangeas, lilacs, roses, and other deciduous shrubs. Fruit and Nut Plants: The 2006 gross value of sales of fruit and nut plants is $276 million, or 6 percent of the nursery total, and 28 percent more than in 2003. California accounts for the majority share, at 60 percent. Oregon and Washington follow with 11 percent and 8 percent respectively. This category includes citrus and subtropical fruit trees, deciduous fruit and nut trees, grapevines, other small fruit plants, and other fruit and nut trees. Ornamental Grasses: Ornamental grass sales, though the lowest of the 12 categories, total $117 million, or 3 percent of total nursery. This is nearly double sales from 3 years ago. Florida has the highest sales, 27 percent of the total, followed by California with 26 percent, and Texas with 8 percent. This category includes landscaping grasses, but excludes sod, turf, and range grasses. Other Woody Ornamentals, Vines, and Ground Covers: This category, which includes ground covers, clematis, and other vines, ranks fifth adding $359 million to gross sales, an increase of 31 percent over 2003 and accounting for 8 percent of all nursery. Florida has 39 percent of sales, followed by California with 32 percent. Texas rounds out the top three with 6 percent of sales. Palms: Sales of palms grown for outdoor landscaping total $204 million, 4 percent of the nursery total, and up 55 percent from 2003. Florida and California dominate this category with 63 percent and 34 percent of sales, respectively. Propagative Nursery Materials: Propagative materials ranked sixth with sales of $346 million, or 7 percent of the total, and 16 percent more than 3 years ago. The five largest producing states were: Florida, 22 percent; Oregon, 16 percent; California, 15 percent; Michigan, 11 percent; and Washington, 10 percent. Propagative material includes root stock, lining-out stock, seedlings, tissue culture, and other materials for production of the other 11 crop categories. Transplants for Commercial Vegetable and Strawberry Production: Sales in this category total $189 million, or 4 percent of the total, and a 9 percent increase from 2003. California predominates in this category with 67 percent of total gross sales. Oregon and Florida round out the top three with 11 percent and 7 percent, respectively. Transplants include broccoli, cabbage, peppers, strawberries, tomatoes, and other transplants for commercial production. Christmas Trees, Cut and To Be Cut: Sales by producers who reported $100,000 or more of cut Christmas trees total $211 million, or 5 percent of the survey total, and 15 percent more than 3 years earlier. Sales by growers who reported $10,000 or more of cut Christmas trees total $249 million. Above the $10,000 sales threshold, Oregon is the leading State with 38 percent of gross sales, followed by North Carolina with 24 percent, Michigan with 12 percent, Pennsylvania with 9 percent, and Washington with 6 percent. Cut Christmas trees include Douglas fir, Fraser fir, grand fir, noble fir, Scotch pine, spruce, Virginia pine, white pine, and other varieties. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 4 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Nursery Crops Summary Number of Producers and Area in Production by State, for Operations with $10,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 Number of Area in Producers Production 1 2003 2006 2003 Number Number Acres 2006 Acres AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 202 688 118 1,360 237 265 476 342 308 751 350 898 559 387 295 218 288 173 669 110 1,307 214 221 466 327 257 707 282 878 498 354 325 233 271 6,895 24,456 7,528 35,167 7,688 22,622 47,154 19,843 16,259 44,922 19,747 84,292 51,873 35,452 8,959 12,067 12,329 6,600 25,901 7,291 40,706 8,019 19,215 45,886 21,503 17,246 48,454 20,388 94,250 46,839 34,566 9,340 13,652 11,250 Program Total 1 Totals may not add due to rounding. 7,742 7,292 457,251 471,106 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 5 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops Summary Number of Producers and Operations with Hired Workers by Size of Operation, for Operations with $10,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 Operations with Hired Workers Paid For Gross All Value of 150 Days or More 149 Days or Less Producers 1 Sales 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number Number Number Number Number $10,000 to $99,999 4,593 3,966 1,364 931 2,002 1,713 $100,000 to $249,999 1,133 1,147 833 825 673 720 $250,000 to $499,999 680 681 579 618 405 438 $500,000 to $999,999 535 593 503 549 354 406 $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 362 410 351 400 234 280 $2,000,000 to $4,999,999 270 312 265 305 181 222 $5,000,000 to $9,999,999 105 99 102 97 77 73 $10,000,000 or more 64 84 64 84 52 68 7,742 Total See footnote(s) at end of table. 7,292 4,061 3,809 3,978 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 6 3,920 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Gross Value of Sales Nursery Crops Summary Gross Wages and Average Number of Workers by Size of Operation, for Operations with $10,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Average Number of Workers Paid For Gross Wages 150 Days or More 149 Days or Less Paid 2 2003 3 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars Number Number Number Number $10,000 to $99,999 43,420 3.3 3.1 4.7 4.7 $100,000 to $249,999 55,382 5.3 3.8 7.9 6.7 $250,000 to $499,999 71,973 7.1 5.9 9.7 7.5 $500,000 to $999,999 127,307 12.5 10.2 12.8 11.4 $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 173,222 19.7 19.2 19.7 16.3 $2,000,000 to $4,999,999 279,806 37.4 35.2 38.2 33.9 $5,000,000 to $9,999,999 208,027 95.9 93.9 108.8 86.7 $10,000,000 or more 455,325 228.8 216.5 182.1 183.1 14.9 1,414,464 13.2 Total 13.2 16.0 1 The number of operations with hired workers paid 150 days or more plus the number of operations with hired workers paid l49 days or less will not add to All Producers because some operations hired both types of workers and some operations hired no workers. 2 Totals may not add due to rounding. 3 Not available for 2003. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 7 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Gross Value of Sales Nursery Crops Summary Number of Operations with Hired Workers and Gross Wages by State, for Operations with $10,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 Operations with Hired Workers Paid For 150 Days or More 149 Days or Less Gross Wages Paid 1 2003 2 2006 2003 2 2006 2003 2 2006 Number Number Number Number 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total See footnote(s) at end of table. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 107 470 44 843 133 121 193 148 118 352 96 416 170 194 188 96 120 98 319 52 485 114 111 332 161 125 468 145 650 192 221 148 134 165 3,809 3,920 8 30,690 305,972 38,992 234,072 45,138 34,055 47,538 57,507 19,055 70,212 43,268 280,622 33,255 42,235 62,245 30,017 39,592 1,414,464 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Nursery Crops Summary Number of Hired Workers by State, for Operations with $10,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Number of Workers Paid For All Hired 150 Days or More 149 Days or Less Workers 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 2,624 25,587 2,449 15,777 2,538 3,120 6,168 3,022 2,409 6,131 3,814 18,948 4,891 3,229 5,331 2,197 4,902 17-State Program 113,137 Total 1 Totals may not add due to rounding. 2 Not available for 2003. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 Number Number Number Number Number 2,149 23,738 2,729 16,750 2,764 2,814 5,077 3,094 1,985 6,524 3,651 22,209 3,848 3,447 5,136 2,094 4,663 1,351 13,566 1,465 10,917 1,797 1,814 2,721 1,871 1,232 3,034 2,353 7,957 2,095 1,859 3,787 1,251 1,508 1,200 11,263 1,555 12,205 1,893 1,839 2,203 1,878 945 3,146 2,368 10,582 1,743 2,017 3,637 1,076 1,451 1,273 12,021 984 4,860 741 1,306 3,447 1,151 1,177 3,097 1,461 10,991 2,796 1,370 1,544 946 3,394 949 12,475 1,174 4,545 871 975 2,874 1,216 1,040 3,378 1,283 11,627 2,105 1,430 1,499 1,018 3,212 112,672 60,578 61,001 52,559 51,671 9 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Nursery Crops Summary Number of Producers by Gross Value of Sales, by State, for Operations with $10,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 $10,000 $100,000 $250,000 $500,000 to to to to $99,999 $249,999 $499,999 $999,999 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number 1 Number Number Number Number Number Number Number $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 2003 2006 Number 78 250 74 603 109 123 311 189 167 415 174 447 351 178 175 160 162 43 104 19 233 29 24 60 45 38 114 34 136 75 61 54 18 46 33 113 16 227 32 25 66 50 35 125 39 133 71 65 47 27 43 25 63 4 145 22 32 36 34 22 53 26 88 33 35 28 13 21 23 63 4 152 21 25 34 31 21 52 27 96 31 40 34 10 17 13 79 15 109 27 21 19 20 14 42 18 72 19 31 17 11 20 14 79 3 123 18 23 23 25 18 57 13 80 19 30 28 19 21 14 52 * 88 14 14 19 14 8 31 9 41 9 20 12 4 11 17-State Program 3,966 4,593 Total 2 See footnote(s) at end of table. 1,133 1,147 680 681 535 593 362 AL CA CT 1 FL GA 1 IL 1 MI 1 NJ 1 NY 1 NC 1 OH 1 OR PA 1 TN 1 TX 1 VA WA 1 96 287 80 709 133 161 322 216 219 485 250 498 406 231 159 161 180 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 10 Number 14 63 4 101 20 11 13 15 7 31 9 52 11 27 14 3 15 410 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Nursery Crops Summary Number of Producers by Gross Value of Sales, by State, for Operations with $10,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) $2,000,000 $5,000,000 $10,000,000 to to or $4,999,999 $9,999,999 more 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number 1 AL CA CT 1 FL GA 1 IL 1 MI 1 NJ 1 NY 1 NC 1 OH 1 OR PA 1 TN 1 TX 1 VA WA 1 11 53 * 48 9 9 14 8 7 20 4 33 17 9 17 8 6 Number 8 46 4 73 10 8 15 12 9 22 11 37 11 11 17 10 9 Number Number 3 28 5 18 4 6 4 5 * 5 6 15 4 3 5 4 4 * 24 * 21 3 4 6 5 * 6 9 18 * * 8 3 4 Number Number * 26 * 7 * * * * * 27 * 10 * * * * * * 12 * * * * 3 18 * * 5 * * Total Producers 2003 2006 Number Number 202 688 118 1,360 237 265 476 342 308 751 350 898 559 387 295 218 288 17-State Program 64 99 105 312 7,742 270 84 Total 2 1 The highest published sales range includes operations from higher ranges to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 2 The 17-State Program total includes the complete count of operations in each sales range. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 11 173 669 110 1,307 214 221 466 327 257 707 282 878 498 354 325 233 271 7,292 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops Summary Gross Sales by Plant Category, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 Broadleaf Evergreens State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA Deciduous Flowering Trees Coniferous Evergreens 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 51,119 219,115 38,633 98,694 51,366 8,660 7,118 29,184 9,974 53,956 19,793 119,188 14,064 11,591 55,755 19,921 12,806 51,457 189,169 45,975 119,532 45,151 5,722 7,638 33,069 10,486 61,419 22,248 121,571 11,957 14,737 64,312 22,356 12,576 6,383 67,571 26,747 16,176 13,265 17,990 31,175 27,323 10,301 19,543 28,790 112,236 27,858 9,322 10,560 9,535 8,525 10,448 66,811 20,580 35,061 18,434 18,109 25,509 34,670 12,129 32,239 32,914 181,568 34,054 11,376 9,657 11,185 7,506 5,166 41,962 5,214 21,400 12,159 18,612 6,082 11,576 7,063 17,112 17,186 54,492 8,214 27,235 12,222 6,704 3,237 839,375 443,300 562,250 275,636 5,144 45,459 7,269 25,656 9,291 16,714 5,751 15,725 7,292 16,835 15,389 73,246 5,323 35,554 15,428 8,867 3,560 17-State Program Oth Sts 820,937 Total See footnote(s) at end of table. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 12 312,503 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops Summary Gross Sales by Plant Category, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Deciduous Shade Trees State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA Fruit and Nut Plants Deciduous Shrubs 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 5,899 72,471 7,103 77,041 15,565 35,969 11,213 17,366 11,011 26,497 19,932 118,270 13,785 29,083 37,184 8,843 4,039 7,922 61,243 6,515 86,025 20,891 38,378 9,660 24,550 12,020 26,680 27,143 152,013 13,256 42,769 39,196 10,067 5,921 9,590 159,109 20,337 118,072 13,707 19,554 25,999 16,181 8,215 24,931 32,948 69,830 7,405 8,773 31,908 9,284 6,772 11,872 187,499 29,985 103,358 14,228 19,662 24,452 27,922 8,624 26,474 42,529 81,925 6,949 12,284 31,163 12,101 6,953 17-State Program Oth Sts 511,271 Total See footnote(s) at end of table. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 584,249 582,615 13 647,980 286 138,203 1,824 14,468 * 163 4,952 * 3,619 1,770 * 16,546 * 7,386 4,227 1,671 17,452 771 165,154 1,364 22,082 1,063 1,101 3,282 * 5,513 1,564 * 31,682 * 7,725 5,416 2,570 22,684 3,648 4,425 216,215 276,396 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Nursery Crops Summary Gross Sales by Plant Category, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Other Woody Ornamental Ornamentals, Grasses Vines, and Ground Covers 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 1,000 Dollars AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 622 13,046 2,189 15,334 1,538 964 2,572 2,712 532 4,563 1,883 1,787 472 332 7,394 4,805 468 1,000 Dollars 742 29,831 5,294 31,828 3,420 2,661 3,781 4,655 763 6,137 3,130 5,265 663 1,595 9,131 6,170 1,761 17-State Program Oth Sts 61,213 Total See footnote(s) at end of table. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 116,827 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars Palms 2006 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 2,762 85,896 2,753 122,426 3,726 * * 2,232 * 3,745 1,405 5,353 1,451 2,248 18,738 4,798 1,735 2,341 116,073 * 140,155 13,660 * * 2,354 949 4,266 1,994 13,145 2,058 2,237 22,527 4,771 608 358 31,168 676 70,219 96,387 * 127,408 846 234 391 75 174 2,966 * * 3,965 * * 13,965 32,072 526 91 273,233 359,210 131,714 14 203,770 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA Nursery Crops Summary Gross Sales by Plant Category, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Transplants for Christmas Propagative Vegetable and Trees, Nursery Strawberry Cut and Materials Production to be Cut 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 8,652 59,503 248 52,772 5,649 3,405 33,528 4,353 2,520 6,678 2,053 48,686 26,617 12,510 4,314 610 26,201 7,867 51,597 258 74,972 3,266 8,630 36,847 5,982 3,035 5,448 4,944 55,501 22,369 16,401 11,996 1,980 34,767 * 116,334 * 16,944 3,410 * 5,176 * * 3,139 * 19,332 * * 4,205 * 1,905 17-State Program Oth Sts 2,629 1,000 Dollars Total Gross Sales 1 2003 2006 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 5,050 * * 3,591 * 20,684 * 4,358 6,042 * * * 2,177 1,281 * * 1,259 22,636 511 2,025 42,840 1,997 82,226 13,905 187 595 2,222 9,005 * 2,049 1,509 * 285 1,502 26,520 544 2,532 53,201 1,587 86,998 17,290 * * 3,977 11,212 90,837 1,006,555 106,329 649,714 120,385 106,576 150,451 111,438 55,260 205,008 125,987 648,021 113,771 108,667 190,068 68,393 92,145 99,240 1,110,797 118,749 780,038 134,685 112,479 148,490 149,471 63,343 238,245 151,878 823,772 113,919 149,036 218,833 84,044 107,548 5,037 408 1,326 21,176 42,951 125,693 13,961 4,150 173,074 345,860 298,299 210,532 3,970,781 4,647,513 Total 183,274 188,566 * Included in Other States to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1 State Total Gross Sales exclude plant category values denoted by asterisks (*). Totals may not add due to rounding. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 15 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Broadleaf Evergreens Producers, Quantity Sold, and Sales, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total Quantity Sold Producers Gross Sales 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars Percent of Sales at Wholesale 2003 2006 Percent 87 186 24 204 71 59 42 98 41 160 62 149 55 103 80 30 39 78 182 18 318 77 53 47 107 42 176 60 161 52 114 79 37 34 13,639 26,015 4,499 16,436 7,727 1,092 666 2,972 722 9,739 1,675 19,100 824 1,546 9,485 2,177 5,238 11,055 24,914 5,489 20,332 6,592 377 1,035 2,770 658 10,012 1,899 15,819 731 2,060 10,935 2,340 5,062 51,119 219,115 38,633 98,694 51,366 8,660 7,118 29,184 9,974 53,956 19,793 119,188 14,064 11,591 55,755 19,921 12,806 51,457 189,169 45,975 119,532 45,151 5,722 7,638 33,069 10,486 61,419 22,248 121,571 11,957 14,737 64,312 22,356 12,576 91 93 96 91 89 74 83 86 79 96 95 99 85 87 98 96 94 1,490 1,635 123,552 122,080 820,937 839,375 93 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 16 Percent 92 87 94 89 98 89 89 91 77 95 94 99 94 92 91 98 94 92 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Broadleaf Evergreens Percentage of Sales by Category and Year-End Inventory, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Percentage of Gross Sales by Category Trees and Plants on Hand Bare Root Ball & Burlap Containers Other January 1 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2004 2007 Percent AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total 3 1 2 1 6 2 2 1 Percent 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 Percent Percent Percent Percent 90 100 95 97 85 48 92 71 53 85 58 73 72 53 99 83 93 88 7 10 5 6 7 63 10 32 42 21 50 35 33 54 2 17 5 5 3 15 52 8 29 44 15 42 20 28 43 16 6 93 100 95 94 93 37 87 68 55 79 49 63 66 40 96 81 94 14 11 85 17 Percent Percent 3 6 1 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 20,489 32,517 13,272 20,442 11,615 1,846 1,343 4,890 1,026 13,681 3,831 43,720 1,539 1,981 15,323 3,828 7,095 17,614 33,023 8,485 22,247 7,807 817 1,974 4,226 935 14,242 6,432 26,727 1,849 4,241 19,420 3,837 6,815 198,438 180,691 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Coniferous Evergreens Producers, Quantity Sold, and Sales, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total Quantity Sold Producers Gross Sales 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars Percent of Sales at Wholesale 2003 2006 Percent 64 154 27 105 56 85 79 97 52 146 77 175 106 91 59 32 43 63 138 23 184 68 80 80 101 62 160 85 199 105 111 62 38 31 1,677 4,894 2,987 1,084 2,072 565 2,309 1,433 465 1,512 1,738 12,021 1,108 1,404 1,035 708 700 2,285 6,245 2,573 4,086 2,670 634 2,140 1,597 492 2,338 1,502 16,750 1,315 1,452 823 680 503 6,383 67,571 26,747 16,176 13,265 17,990 31,175 27,323 10,301 19,543 28,790 112,236 27,858 9,322 10,560 9,535 8,525 10,448 66,811 20,580 35,061 18,434 18,109 25,509 34,670 12,129 32,239 32,914 181,568 34,054 11,376 9,657 11,185 7,506 90 94 93 96 89 74 91 87 82 96 92 100 90 81 94 94 89 1,448 1,590 37,712 48,085 443,300 562,250 93 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 18 Percent 94 88 92 92 95 85 91 90 78 93 91 100 86 91 90 91 92 93 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Coniferous Evergreens Percentage of Sales by Category and Year-End Inventory, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Percentage of Gross Sales by Category Trees and Plants on Hand Bare Root Ball & Burlap Containers Other January 1 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2004 2007 Percent AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total Percent Percent 38 58 1 1 1 1 40 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 59 20 2 13 82 42 60 80 56 75 32 79 69 4 54 70 4 1 2 67 100 80 98 86 18 53 40 18 44 25 62 18 30 96 45 29 86 100 80 90 91 17 46 36 29 58 23 60 14 23 95 43 29 1 1 1 2 1 Percent 33 9 2 Percent 14 20 10 9 83 49 64 71 41 75 39 78 68 5 53 70 1 Percent 19 Percent 5 Percent 3 1 8 4 3 1 2 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 2,465 5,936 7,529 1,699 2,376 2,992 6,970 4,611 2,518 5,533 4,180 40,694 5,380 1,626 2,867 1,915 1,425 3,023 7,711 4,923 5,890 5,833 2,533 6,182 4,299 5,418 4,957 7,104 30,357 13,661 3,367 1,067 2,050 1,302 100,716 109,677 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Deciduous Flowering Trees Producers, Quantity Sold, and Sales, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total Quantity Sold Producers Gross Sales 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars Percent of Sales at Wholesale 2003 2006 Percent 64 157 24 179 59 82 65 71 48 140 63 112 74 130 84 31 33 58 152 20 227 64 72 68 78 50 142 64 133 69 132 87 41 26 622 1,482 152 525 406 174 109 121 125 571 437 4,017 149 2,926 949 313 330 349 2,261 142 1,060 270 167 214 150 107 569 351 5,174 104 3,075 1,274 373 317 5,166 41,962 5,214 21,400 12,159 18,612 6,082 11,576 7,063 17,112 17,186 54,492 8,214 27,235 12,222 6,704 3,237 5,144 45,459 7,269 25,656 9,291 16,714 5,751 15,725 7,292 16,835 15,389 73,246 5,323 35,554 15,428 8,867 3,560 92 94 85 91 97 91 60 84 86 97 93 99 74 92 94 92 90 1,416 1,483 13,408 15,957 275,636 312,503 92 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 20 Percent 94 83 82 92 96 89 73 89 74 98 92 99 84 97 87 91 89 92 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total Deciduous Flowering Trees Percentage of Sales by Category and Year-End Inventory, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Percentage of Gross Sales by Category Trees and Plants on Hand Bare Root Ball & Burlap Containers Other January 1 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2004 2007 Percent Percent 6 5 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 30 4 13 1 6 23 9 Percent Percent Percent Percent 56 96 68 63 70 9 56 13 30 40 24 30 37 52 95 53 22 50 26 40 14 1 1 19 37 37 19 96 56 95 63 61 76 36 77 39 6 47 58 32 33 29 90 42 87 68 59 76 27 63 34 4 46 59 68 95 63 61 80 3 43 5 34 39 23 34 19 48 93 47 19 13 42 37 49 43 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 21 Percent 1 Percent 1 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 735 1,701 385 774 858 783 304 328 351 2,051 1,825 11,597 387 2,474 2,176 658 557 460 2,715 712 2,864 519 705 332 342 301 1,524 587 9,672 276 3,802 2,290 737 594 27,944 28,432 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Deciduous Shade Trees Producers, Quantity Sold, and Sales, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total Quantity Sold Producers Gross Sales 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Trees 1,000 Trees 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars Percent of Sales at Wholesale 2003 2006 Percent 53 170 20 254 66 88 63 66 50 140 62 143 79 122 102 30 38 49 178 17 284 73 82 71 74 48 151 62 172 77 131 102 39 40 432 2,448 77 1,460 349 322 153 209 177 649 255 7,112 208 1,597 1,178 190 330 319 2,530 61 2,401 975 395 253 235 158 559 392 9,134 251 2,175 1,898 219 384 5,899 72,471 7,103 77,041 15,565 35,969 11,213 17,366 11,011 26,497 19,932 118,270 13,785 29,083 37,184 8,843 4,039 7,922 61,243 6,515 86,025 20,891 38,378 9,660 24,550 12,020 26,680 27,143 152,013 13,256 42,769 39,196 10,067 5,921 92 91 81 90 97 71 70 83 90 95 93 99 83 93 93 90 84 1,546 1,650 17,146 22,339 511,271 584,249 91 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 22 Percent 93 84 79 92 92 71 67 94 75 97 93 100 87 96 76 92 85 90 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Deciduous Shade Trees Percentage of Sales by Category and Year-End Inventory, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Percentage of Gross Sales by Category State Bare Root Ball & Burlap Containers Trees on Hand January 1 Other 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2004 2007 Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 1,000 Trees 1,000 Trees 9 6 2 7 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 55 4 53 30 34 94 65 85 87 70 83 21 74 47 11 56 31 54 93 49 52 68 5 22 4 8 34 6 38 10 31 79 38 26 43 89 47 69 64 4 31 14 9 29 17 34 25 50 86 41 60 40 45 47 37 AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 5 4 1 37 2 5 6 5 14 45 1 3 3 2 9 51 46 29 92 75 95 87 66 94 25 88 64 15 57 60 17-State Program Total 11 13 44 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 23 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 862 2,552 349 2,952 785 1,665 459 426 704 2,764 1,029 18,060 777 2,604 2,721 589 644 688 2,681 358 7,373 2,200 1,551 561 531 627 1,845 1,342 15,910 615 3,316 5,399 738 537 39,942 46,272 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Deciduous Shrubs Producers, Quantity Sold, and Sales, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total Quantity Sold Producers Gross Sales 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars Percent of Sales at Wholesale 2003 2006 Percent 65 195 28 249 52 76 56 82 59 110 66 106 51 103 69 26 35 59 187 24 255 49 70 65 94 55 122 68 130 50 116 68 38 33 6,552 26,981 2,299 17,067 4,970 1,527 3,481 1,514 577 3,915 3,460 11,296 822 2,386 6,861 1,519 2,895 6,751 36,920 2,703 11,303 1,887 1,357 2,606 2,215 506 3,560 3,672 10,059 490 2,295 6,526 1,819 3,150 9,590 159,109 20,337 118,072 13,707 19,554 25,999 16,181 8,215 24,931 32,948 69,830 7,405 8,773 31,908 9,284 6,772 11,872 187,499 29,985 103,358 14,228 19,662 24,452 27,922 8,624 26,474 42,529 81,925 6,949 12,284 31,163 12,101 6,953 97 96 90 90 91 82 83 86 83 96 97 83 82 87 93 98 93 1,428 1,483 98,122 97,819 582,615 647,980 91 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 24 Percent 97 93 92 95 98 82 86 95 72 97 96 99 90 90 84 95 93 93 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Deciduous Shrubs Percentage of Sales by Category and Year-End Inventory, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Percentage of Gross Sales by Category State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total Bare Root Ball & Burlap Containers Plants on Hand January 1 Other 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2004 2007 Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 15 5 1 5 1 38 3 6 4 20 97 62 94 99 98 53 97 72 67 91 59 78 81 60 91 79 87 77 1 3 13 5 2 6 16 1 8 4 5 10 4 2 1 37 4 42 29 5 47 5 22 38 5 30 4 3 1 2 46 2 28 29 9 41 6 17 32 5 16 3 99 85 91 97 94 62 96 58 65 95 53 75 78 49 82 68 90 8 14 9 9 83 1 1 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 25 1 8 8,832 34,650 3,913 24,298 7,746 4,913 4,921 2,087 765 4,508 5,336 27,262 1,177 2,507 5,733 2,581 3,612 8,932 30,075 3,145 13,968 1,824 3,091 4,129 2,666 980 2,931 7,362 16,750 1,407 3,193 3,822 2,563 3,635 144,841 110,473 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Fruit and Nut Plants Producers, Quantity Sold, and Sales, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Oth Sts Quantity Sold Producers Gross Sales Percent of Sales at Wholesale 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 114 32,618 113 2,214 * 2 2,496 * 1,536 303 * 4,188 * 1,414 530 105 3,469 180 37,808 104 2,201 355 74 2,235 * 2,280 391 * 8,593 * 1,565 537 152 4,778 286 138,203 1,824 14,468 * 163 4,952 * 3,619 1,770 * 16,546 * 7,386 4,227 1,671 17,452 771 165,154 1,364 22,082 1,063 1,101 3,282 * 5,513 1,564 * 31,682 * 7,725 5,416 2,570 22,684 93 88 100 95 * 13 97 * 68 95 * 98 * 83 78 100 79 95 79 100 95 64 55 96 * 48 87 * 99 * 95 76 72 84 860 820 3,648 4,425 24 20 49,962 62,073 216,215 276,396 87 16 133 8 57 * 10 17 * 13 22 * 36 * 26 36 7 21 12 128 6 89 13 15 20 7 17 22 4 51 13 33 46 13 22 22 424 Total See footnote(s) at end of table. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 511 26 Percent Percent 82 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Oth Sts Fruit and Nut Plants Percentage of Sales by Category and Year-End Inventory, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Percentage of Gross Sales by Category Trees and Plants on Hand Bare Root Ball & Burlap Containers Other January 1 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2004 2007 Percent Percent 54 45 58 56 32 * 10 8 66 * 89 21 * 79 * 29 15 17 98 18 * 98 46 * 39 * 35 15 10 92 83 96 Percent 3 1 * 33 * 11 1 * * 4 2 19 1 1 Percent 3 40 1 * 1 1 * 1 * 5 10 4 Percent Percent 46 52 100 67 * 67 34 * 78 * 20 * 67 83 64 1 42 39 100 90 85 60 81 * 1 53 * 59 * 60 85 80 4 16 4 3 3 52 51 44 Total 46 * Included in Other States to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 27 Percent Percent 2 * 7 * * * 1 * * 1 * 1 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 47 31,409 102 3,449 * 3 2,393 * 1,470 795 * 7,508 * 711 749 149 5,310 192 29,411 80 4,864 424 183 1,807 * 1,822 290 * 10,807 * 1,213 864 201 6,330 818 680 54,913 59,168 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Ornamental Grasses Producers, Quantity Sold, and Sales, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA Quantity Sold Producers Gross Sales Percent of Sales at Wholesale 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 35 135 13 211 30 30 37 53 18 80 39 59 22 40 55 31 15 309 2,201 130 5,104 396 123 632 368 43 1,581 247 521 73 66 2,187 1,002 339 278 6,464 333 10,645 1,021 449 676 638 132 2,948 443 1,156 89 298 2,855 1,373 705 622 13,046 2,189 15,334 1,538 964 2,572 2,712 532 4,563 1,883 1,787 472 332 7,394 4,805 468 742 29,831 5,294 31,828 3,420 2,661 3,781 4,655 763 6,137 3,130 5,265 663 1,595 9,131 6,170 1,761 91 96 99 91 92 73 73 90 82 97 86 97 78 90 98 99 80 903 15,322 30,503 61,213 116,827 93 45 106 12 102 24 30 30 34 18 56 27 34 16 24 51 18 14 Percent Percent 82 81 97 91 94 88 85 95 66 98 87 86 82 90 79 92 79 17-State Program Oth Sts 641 Total See footnote(s) at end of table. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 28 87 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Ornamental Grasses Percentage of Sales by Category and Year-End Inventory, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Percentage of Gross Sales by Category State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA Bare Root Ball & Burlap Containers Plants on Hand January 1 Other 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2004 2007 Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 100 100 100 100 95 95 95 100 99 95 100 100 96 95 100 65 100 100 96 100 100 97 97 94 100 98 100 100 100 99 99 100 89 89 2 2 5 2 4 5 6 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 4 5 1 1 33 10 4 17-State Program Oth Sts 1 7 394 5,472 303 7,783 1,793 311 2,572 535 91 1,934 421 1,255 70 713 2,635 1,647 845 2,486 1 3 1 1 98 Total 96 * Included in Other States to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 1 356 2,432 114 4,361 1,768 200 * 335 * 1,316 211 799 61 65 2,298 1,451 348 29 18,601 28,774 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Other Woody Ornamentals, Vines, and Ground Covers Producers, Quantity Sold, and Sales, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Oth Sts Quantity Sold Producers Gross Sales Percent of Sales at Wholesale 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 1,651 16,884 648 23,416 1,819 * * 288 * 3,151 237 2,383 156 2,968 5,219 1,085 765 1,243 20,368 * 28,635 11,276 * * 265 893 1,399 340 3,520 162 916 4,580 877 293 2,762 85,896 2,753 122,426 3,726 * * 2,232 * 3,745 1,405 5,353 1,451 2,248 18,738 4,798 1,735 2,341 116,073 * 140,155 13,660 * * 2,354 949 4,266 1,994 13,145 2,058 2,237 22,527 4,771 608 95 95 81 85 99 * * 81 * 97 71 99 91 97 98 99 59 91 75 * 96 99 * * 79 85 89 97 98 97 85 71 91 77 27,060 26,077 13,965 32,072 95 96 87,730 100,844 273,233 359,210 90 45 163 14 250 27 * * 24 * 50 18 37 16 30 55 17 23 29 160 14 293 30 19 35 36 19 72 24 65 23 26 46 24 16 59 828 Total See footnote(s) at end of table. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 931 30 Percent Percent 87 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Other Woody Ornamentals, Vines, and Ground Covers Percentage of Sales by Category and Year-End Inventory, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Percentage of Gross Sales by Category Trees and Plants on Hand Bare Root Ball & Burlap Containers Other January 1 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2004 2007 Percent AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Oth Sts Percent * 5 * * 11 * * * 10 1 8 82 15 41 2 25 3 9 13 1 Percent Percent 3 1 * 3 * * 1 * 1 2 14 * * 33 3 1 1 4 5 1 13 Percent Percent 100 99 97 98 95 * * 99 * 98 97 86 92 18 100 59 72 100 100 * 97 75 * * 100 89 100 99 96 75 58 100 84 91 87 98 1 1 1 2 97 Total 96 * Included in Other States to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 31 Percent Percent 871 18,611 979 34,110 11,369 * * 187 * 1,015 792 4,183 520 1,360 2,778 4,548 170 1 33,624 22,905 1 105,784 104,398 * 1 14 * * * 1 5 6 1 1,000 Plants 1,675 19,128 1,120 32,081 3,194 * * 177 * 2,107 681 3,865 646 578 4,314 2,172 422 1 * * 1,000 Plants Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Palms Producers, Quantity Sold, and Sales, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 State AL CA FL GA NC OR TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Oth Sts Quantity Sold Producers Percent of Sales at Wholesale 2003 2006 Gross Sales 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Plants 1,000 Plants 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars 15 158 418 13 16 11 * 59 * * 7 1,275 2,301 * 3 1 22 3,127 6,017 12 7 7 * 197 * * 358 31,168 96,387 * 234 75 676 70,219 127,408 846 391 174 * 3,965 * * 83 91 91 * 95 80 3 44 42 526 91 97 693 3,767 9,431 131,714 203,770 91 13 147 288 * 7 5 43 * 9 512 Total See footnote(s) at end of table. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 136 * 32 2,966 * Percent 94 * Percent 67 88 93 36 72 70 * 77 * * 46 91 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Palms Percentage of Sales by Category and Year-End Inventory, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Percentage of Gross Sales by Category Trees and Plants on Hand Ball & Burlap Containers Other January 1 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2004 2007 Percent AL CA FL GA NC OR TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Oth Sts 63 3 51 * 72 1 27 * 14 Percent 50 3 50 1 10 * 33 * * Percent 37 96 45 * 28 99 73 * 86 Percent Percent 50 93 49 92 77 100 * 67 * * 1 4 * 1,000 Plants 4 1 7 13 33 48 2,248 6,712 * 2 4 * * * * 100 65 58 33 39 Total * Included in Other States to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 Percent 3 2 446 * 1,000 Plants 55 4,332 15,888 8 * 13 * 1,307 * * 86 128 9,546 21,731 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Propagative Nursery Materials Producers and Sales, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 State 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars Percent Percent 33 74 4 70 28 11 43 23 13 34 17 89 35 61 27 6 35 34 92 5 127 22 10 44 23 13 34 18 107 34 65 42 9 38 8,652 59,503 248 52,772 5,649 3,405 33,528 4,353 2,520 6,678 2,053 48,686 26,617 12,510 4,314 610 26,201 7,867 51,597 258 74,972 3,266 8,630 36,847 5,982 3,035 5,448 4,944 55,501 22,369 16,401 11,996 1,980 34,767 94 94 95 97 83 95 98 96 99 80 83 97 98 99 89 69 89 97 85 76 97 98 68 95 93 98 54 96 98 98 99 90 94 86 603 717 298,299 345,860 95 92 AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total Percent of Sales at Wholesale Gross Sales Producers Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 34 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Transplants for Commercial Vegetable and Strawberry Production Producers and Sales, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 State Percent of Sales at Wholesale Gross Sales Producers 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars Percent Percent AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA * 31 * 9 4 * 5 * * 6 * 9 * * 7 * 5 17-State Program Oth Sts 15 4 * * 6 * 9 3 8 10 * * * 116,334 * 16,944 3,410 * 5,176 * * 3,139 * 19,332 * * 4,205 * 1,905 9 2,629 32 13 3 173,074 97 91 Total * Included in Other States to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 35 5,050 * * 3,591 * 20,684 * 4,358 6,042 * * * 100 * 100 88 * 96 * * 96 * 99 * * 81 * 99 5,037 88 89 188,566 99 94 125,693 13,961 4,150 94 95 100 90 * * 89 * 99 * 91 85 * * Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Christmas Trees, Cut and To Be Cut Producers, Quantity Sold, and Sales, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 State AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Oth Sts Quantity Sold Producers Gross Sales 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Trees 1,000 Trees 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars Percent of Sales at Wholesale 2003 2006 Percent Percent * 13 7 * * 15 58 6 18 105 17 104 71 4 3 8 21 * 17 9 * 4 17 59 10 22 118 21 121 72 3 3 16 30 * 55 34 * * 44 1,852 12 82 2,090 51 4,734 723 14 10 111 490 * 43 39 * 5 46 1,562 13 109 2,577 49 5,478 873 * * 168 550 * 2,177 1,281 * * 1,259 22,636 511 2,025 42,840 1,997 82,226 13,905 187 595 2,222 9,005 * 2,049 1,509 * 285 1,502 26,520 544 2,532 53,201 1,587 86,998 17,290 * * 3,977 11,212 * 13 5 * * 14 88 46 95 49 98 87 92 1 98 88 * 10 20 * 35 9 87 7 44 95 32 98 73 * 12 87 88 6 3 13 41 408 1,326 57 71 525 10,315 11,553 183,274 210,532 91 456 Total See footnote(s) at end of table. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 36 89 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Christmas Trees, Cut and To Be Cut Area in Production and Year-End Inventory, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Area in Trees Christmas Tree on Hand Production January 1 2003 2006 2004 Acres AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Oth Sts Total See footnote(s) at end of table. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 Acres 1,000 Trees 2007 1,000 Trees * 1,000 1,000 * * 1,000 22,000 * 2,000 19,000 1,000 41,000 12,000 * * 1,000 5,000 * 467 820 * 127 1,336 22,297 323 2,570 22,579 1,069 44,706 11,794 * * 1,535 4,176 * 190 429 * * 897 16,731 * 944 21,258 585 44,880 8,086 * * 1,320 4,778 * 385 549 * 56 798 18,356 208 1,626 24,428 742 49,417 8,076 * 43 1,654 4,626 2,000 296 339 219 108,000 114,095 100,437 37 111,183 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Christmas Trees, Cut and To Be Cut Sales Intentions, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Percentage of Year-End Inventory Expected to Sell In Year Year Year Year 1 2 3 4 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA * 19 11 * * 9 11 * 8 12 9 11 7 * * 17 12 * 11 14 * 13 8 9 14 8 10 9 12 9 * 20 14 16 * 19 11 * * 8 11 * 8 13 8 12 8 * * 17 13 * 11 14 * 21 7 9 12 9 11 9 12 10 * 28 14 13 * 15 10 * * 8 12 * 10 13 10 12 8 * * 18 13 * 10 14 * 21 7 10 12 9 11 9 12 10 * 21 16 13 * 13 10 * * 8 12 * 12 13 10 11 9 * * 18 13 * 16 8 * 20 7 10 8 11 11 9 13 10 * 17 16 14 17-State Program Oth Sts 19 31 18 26 15 9 12 10 11 Total See footnote(s) at end of table. 11 12 11 12 11 11 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 38 12 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Christmas Trees, Cut and To Be Cut Sales Intentions, by State, for Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2003 and 2006 (continued) Percentage of Year-End Inventory Expected to Sell In Year Year Year Year 8 5 6 7 or Later 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA * 11 10 * * 9 13 * 14 13 11 12 15 * * 18 13 * 14 8 * 9 7 10 8 12 11 9 12 13 * 14 13 13 * 8 10 * * 9 12 * 14 12 13 12 10 * * 2 12 * 9 8 * 7 8 10 8 11 11 9 12 11 * 17-State Program Oth Sts 11 6 9 39 Percent Percent * 21 26 * 3 49 32 30 27 23 37 15 23 * 8 9 * 7 28 * * 40 18 * 18 12 26 19 27 * * 8 14 9 6 7 6 11 12 18 21 * 8 8 * 6 7 10 8 13 12 9 12 14 * 8 11 * 8 10 * * 9 11 * 16 12 13 11 16 * * 2 10 6 11 12 11 13 Total * Included in Other States to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 Percent 11 11 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Christmas Trees, Cut and To Be Cut Producers, Quantity Sold, and Sales, by State, for Operations with $10,000+ Sales, 2006 1 State Quantity Sold Producers Gross Sales 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Number Number 1,000 Trees 1,000 Trees 1,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total See footnote(s) at end of table. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 16 70 48 12 36 36 184 50 107 317 68 322 241 10 25 72 99 17 87 71 10 31 64 1,821 40 186 2,953 86 6,012 1,109 35 30 245 641 514 3,900 2,623 273 1,037 2,000 30,503 1,596 4,523 60,427 2,921 94,432 22,681 746 1,277 5,828 13,695 1,713 13,438 248,976 40 Percent of Sales at Wholesale 2003 2006 Percent Percent 10 7 14 16 20 10 84 6 36 93 22 96 64 85 13 79 76 83 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Christmas Trees, Cut and To Be Cut Area in Production and Year-End Inventory, by State, for Operations with $10,000+ Sales, 2006 1 (continued) Area in Trees Christmas Tree on Hand Production January 1 2003 2006 2004 Acres AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 17-State Program Total See footnote(s) at end of table. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 Acres 1,000 Trees 208 1,257 1,594 151 563 1,688 28,351 1,042 5,431 26,307 1,975 50,688 17,443 334 379 3,170 5,931 146,512 41 2007 1,000 Trees 107 871 1,009 65 200 1,025 22,415 656 3,008 28,705 1,345 55,374 10,952 354 184 2,581 5,690 134,541 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Christmas Trees, Cut and To Be Cut Sales Intentions, by State, for Operations with $10,000+ Sales, 2006 1 (continued) Percentage of Year-End Inventory Expected to Sell In Year Year Year Year 1 2 3 4 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 21 12 12 13 18 8 9 9 9 10 9 12 9 21 20 13 15 21 13 12 13 20 8 10 8 9 11 9 12 10 18 21 14 12 20 13 12 14 20 7 10 9 10 11 10 13 11 8 21 15 13 17-State Program Total See footnote(s) at end of table. 11 11 12 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 42 Percent Percent 18 16 9 20 18 8 10 8 11 11 9 13 10 9 15 15 13 12 --continued Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA State Christmas Trees, Cut and To Be Cut Sales Intentions, by State, for Operations with $10,000+ Sales, 2006 1 (continued) Percentage of Year-End Inventory Expected to Sell In Year Year Year Year 8 5 6 7 or Later 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent AL CA CT FL GA IL MI NJ NY NC OH OR PA TN TX VA WA 13 13 9 12 13 8 10 9 11 11 9 12 12 11 10 12 13 6 10 10 7 7 8 10 9 10 11 9 12 11 10 7 9 11 1 8 10 6 3 8 9 9 12 12 9 12 13 10 4 9 9 15 26 15 1 45 32 39 28 23 36 14 24 13 2 13 14 17-State Program Total 1 Not available for 2003. 11 11 11 21 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 43 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Survey Definitions For all categories of production, refer to the enclosed questionnaire for more crop examples. The determination of whether a plant is evergreen or deciduous is based upon the area of production. For example, an azalea that is evergreen in Florida may be deciduous in Connecticut. Area in Production: the total area used to produce the nursery crop items defined below. Broadleaf Evergreens: broadleaf trees and plants which retain their leaves year-round, such as azaleas, boxwood, holly, and rhododendron. Christmas Trees, Cut and To Be Cut: evergreen trees grown to be sold as cut Christmas trees. Balled and burlapped trees are included in coniferous evergreens. Coniferous Evergreens: cone-bearing trees and plants which retain their needle-like or scale-like leaves year-round, such as arborvitae, cedar, fir, pine, and spruce; including balled and burlapped Christmas trees. Christmas trees grown for cutting are not included in this category. Deciduous Flowering Trees: ornamental trees which lose their leaves during the cold months and are grown and known for their flowering ability, such as dogwood, hawthorn, magnolia, and redbud. Deciduous Shade Trees: trees which lose their leaves during the cold months and are primarily used for shade such as ash, birch, maple, oak, and willow. Deciduous Shrubs: plants and trees which lose their foliage during the cold months and are primarily used as ornamental shrubs such as hibiscus, lilacs, and roses. Fruit and Nut Plants: plants and trees which are primarily used for fruit and nut production including citrus and deciduous fruit trees, nut trees, grapevines, and small fruit plants such as blueberries and grapevines. Strawberry plants for home use are included in this category. Strawberry plants for commercial producers are included in the transplants category. Ornamental Grasses: include grasses for landscape or garden use, sedges and reeds. Sod, turf, and range grasses are specifically excluded from this category. Other Woody Ornamentals, Vines, and Ground Covers: include climbing clematis, ground covers, and other vines. Palms: plants of the Family Arecaceae (Palmae) used for outdoor landscaping. Palms sold for indoor or patio use are not included in this category. Propagative Nursery Materials or Lining-Out Stock: unfinished plants of the nursery crops in this survey to be further grown on by other growers such as lining-out stock, root stock, rooted cuttings, seedlings, and tissue-cultured plantlets. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 44 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Transplants for Commercial Vegetable and Strawberry Production: vegetable and strawberry plants produced for growers engaged in commercial production of crops such as broccoli, greens, peppers, tomatoes, strawberries, or other truck crops. Wages: total gross wages paid to nursery production workers during the year including the employer’s cost of social security, worker’s compensation, insurance premiums, pension plans, and other benefits provided. Workers: full-time (those paid for 150 days or more during the production year) and part-time (those paid for 149 days or less during the production year) hired workers including hired managers and paid family members involved in the nursery growing operation. Workers not directly producing nursery crops, such as garden center clerks, landscape installers, and truck drivers are excluded. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 45 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Survey Procedures The nursery statistics presented in this publication are compiled from the Nursery and Christmas Tree Production Survey of 2006 production. All data for 2003 have been carried forward from the previous report. This is the third multi-State survey on nursery and cut Christmas tree production conducted by NASS. It is meant to supplement the more comprehensive Decennial Census of Horticultural Specialties. The survey format and questions were developed with the assistance of industry leaders. A copy of the January 2007 questionnaire can be found beginning on page 47. Initial questionnaire mailings were delayed until late February 2007. All known growers in the 17 program States with at least $10,000 in annual sales were included. All qualifying operations were asked area in production, gross wages paid, number of hired workers, and gross sales by size of operation. The gross wages question is new for 2006. Producers with at least $100,000 in sales were asked to provide additional details for the twelve nursery plant categories. Data collected for nine categories (broadleaf evergreens, coniferous evergreens, deciduous flowering trees, deciduous shade trees, deciduous shrubs, fruit and nut plants, ornamental grasses, other woody ornamentals and vines, and palms) are number of units sold and gross sales dollars during 2006, percent of gross sales that were wholesale, percent of gross sales by container type and number of trees and plants on hand at year-end. Data collected for two plant categories (propagative materials and transplants for commercial truck crops) are limited to gross sales dollars and percent that were wholesale. Cut Christmas tree data collected are trees cut and sold and gross sales dollars during 2006, percent of gross sales that were wholesale, number of trees on hand at year-end, and percent of trees expected to sell in future years. Christmas tree details were asked for all operations with at least $10,000 in cut Christmas sales during 2006 for the first time this survey period. Seventeen States were selected for the nursery production program in 2000 based upon sales reported in the 1998 Census of Horticultural Specialties. Virginia replaced South Carolina in the 2003 and 2006 production summaries based on the results of the first survey. Beginning with 2003 production, the number of plant categories was expanded from 9 to 12. The additional categories are ornamental grasses, other woody ornamentals and vines, and palms which were all included in the deciduous shrubs and other ornamentals category in the 2000 summary. Also beginning with 2003, cut Christmas tree sales expectations were expanded from 4 to 8 yearly periods. Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 46 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 47 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 48 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 49 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 50 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 51 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 52 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 53 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 54 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 55 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 56 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 57 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 58 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. Jeff Geuder, Chief ....................................................................................... (202) 720-2127 Field Crops Section Greg Thessen, Head ............................................................ (202) 720-2127 Shiela Corley - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings ............................ (202) 720-5944 Todd Ballard - Wheat, Rye ................................................. (202) 720-8068 Ty Kalaus - Corn, Proso Millet, Flaxseed ........................... (202) 720-9526 Greg Thessen - Peanuts, Rice ............................................. (202) 720-2127 Travis Thorson - Soybeans, Sunflower, Other Oilseeds ..... (202) 720-7369 King Whetstone - Hay, Oats, Sorghum ............................... (202) 690-3234 Dawn Keen - Crop Weather, Barley, Sugar Crops ............. (202) 720-7621 Fruits, Vegetables & Special Crops Section Lance Honig, Head ............................................................. (202) 720-2127 Leslie Colburn - Berries, Grapes, Maple Syrup, Tobacco .. (202) 720-7235 Debbie Flippin - Fresh and Processing Vegetables, Onions, Strawberries ................................................ (202) 720-2157 Rich Holcomb - Citrus, Tropical Fruits .............................. (202) 720-5412 Doug Marousek - Floriculture, Nursery, Tree Nuts ............ (202) 720-4215 Dan Norris - Austrian Winter Peas, Dry Edible Peas, Lentils, Mint, Mushrooms, Peaches, Pears, Wrinkled Seed Peas .................................... (202) 720-3250 Faye Propsom- Apples, Apricots, Cherries, Cranberries, Plums, Prunes .............................................. (202) 720-4288 Kim Ritchie – Hops ............................................................. (360) 902-1940 Cathy Scherrer - Dry Beans, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes ...... (202) 720-4285 Nursery Crops 2006 Summary September 2007 59 Agricultural Statistics Board NASS, USDA ACCESS TO REPORTS!! 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