Escambia County, Florida. Farm Tour 2005

1. Escambia County, Florida

Farm Tour 2005

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Escambia County, Florida
•661 square miles, or 420,480 acres,
with an additional 64,000 acres of
water area
•Population of 296,709
•Less than 15,000 are considered to
“farm” shares of the total
population
•45,000 acres farmed
•250,000 acres of timberland
•10,000 acres of native and improved
pastures

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2005 Escambia County Agriculture Facts
Crop
Acreage
Expected
Unit Value
Production
Gross
Value
Cotton
11,090
9,115, 980 lbs
$0.73/lb
$6,654,665
Cottonseed
11,090
7,347 tons
$95/ton
$697,000
Peanuts
8,970
14, 352 tons
$495/ton
$7,104,240
Corn
1,602
0
Wheat
1,500
93,000 bu
$3.40/bu
$316,000
Oats
355
30,175 bu
$1.75/bu
$52,806
Soybeans
1,260
50,400 bu
$6.21/bu
$312,894
Hay
6,602
$300/ac
$1,980,600
Pecans
200
0
0
0
0
0

8. Forestry Facts

• 250,000 acres held by
government, private
individuals, and
corporations
• 1306 direct employees
• $130,000,000 value for
standing timber
• $351,000,000 value added
• Over $6 million annual
growth
– Indirect impact of labor
income is $313.5
million (5917 jobs)

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Why did Escambia County need a Farm Tour?

10. Objectives

To showcase Escambia County's agriculture, aquaculture, and silviculture
for community leaders from government, media, and business sectors.
To increase the amount of knowledge of agriculture in this county and its
positive impact on the economy and the environment.
To encourage support of present and future ag businesses.
To engage leaders of city, local, state, and federal government, as well as
local civic and business leaders, in dialogue with our county’s
producers so that the two groups might be able to establish a more
positive relationship.

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First stop:
We Dig It

12. Second Stop: Forestry

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Farm Family: The Gilmores

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15. Break Time at the Breault’s

16. Trying to Net a Profit: Catfish

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Everyone’s
Favorite Stop:
Lunch

18. In High Cotton

19. Got Milk?

20. Results and Evaluation

• 98% rated the information provided on the tour as being
excellent, the other 2% rated it as being very good.
• The dairy stop had the most positive ratings with 92%
giving it an excellent score as far as being informative.
• When asked the question, “Did you increase your
knowledge of the scope and impact of agriculture and
forestry in Escambia County?”, 94% of the respondents
rated it as YES.