Valued at around $810,000, cut flower growing comprises a mere 1 percent of the value of floriculture production in the Commonwealth of Virginia, according to the USDA's Floriculture Crops Summary Report. Total wholesale value of production comes to around $80 million, with bedding and garden plants ($55 million) making up more than two-thirds (69 percent) of the production pie. The remainder of the grower receipts break down into potted flowering plants ($23.4 million or 29 percent) and foliage ($932,000 or 1 percent).

Value of Sales, by Segment, for Virginia

    

Source: USDA Floriculture Crops 2005 Summary, April 2006. Survey of growers with sales of $100,000+ in 36 states.

--Ira Silvergleit
isilvergleit@safnow.org

 

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