Cattle and calf sales represent 7.6 of Florida's agriculture sales, with a total value over $580 million. On January 1st, 2019 there were 914,000 head of beef cattle in the state.

Fresh fluid milk from dairy cows represents 7% of Florida agriculture, with annual sales over $535 million. Florida is the 17th largest producer of milk and dairy products in the US. There are approximately 116,000 head of dairy cow in the state of Florida.

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The Florida horse industry, including industry suppliers, generates an annual $6.8 billion economic impact on the gross domestic product of Florida. Total employment figures add up to 244,200 jobs.

With a population of over 385,000 horses, Florida ranks as the third largest equine state in the United States. Horse ownership, equine associations and profit-making organizations, plus tourism spending by riders and spectators, combine for a $11.7 billion annual economic impact.

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The commercial swine industry is not very large in Florida, equaling only .03% of agriculture sales with a total value just under $2 million. Florida is home to around 13,000 hogs in the commercial industry.

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Poultry and eggs represent 4.3% of Florida's agricultural sales, with a total value over $331 million. 2.6% of poultry related sales come from meat chickens (broilers), and 1.5% comes from egg producers.

Florida poultry farmers maintained an average of 7.34 million layers in 2018 which produced over 2 billion eggs. 65.4 million broiler chickens were raised in 2018, generating $215 million in sales.

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Florida is home to over 24,000 sheep. This commercial industry brings wool, meat, and even some milk to the United States and exports all over the world!

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Worldwide, more people eat goat meat and drink goat milk than cattle, sheep, or pigs combined.

Florida is in the top 5 of states in the Southeast U.S. in the production of goats raised for meat.

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