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some commercial production in Florida and Hawaii and some research
type activity in Georgia and in Texas. What are the specific volumes
produced per year and region? Where is the fruit sold and at what
prices. What varieties are cultivated?
Thanks for your help
Arved Deecke
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I have more good news for you, I received another reply from the Price Reports Section of the Market News Branch Fruit and Vegetable Programs USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service, Mr Richard DeMenna and Mr James Cunningham gave me the following info: 08/05/2003
"Guava grown in the Homestead, Florida area is in season from about July to December. The 10 lb cartons normally range from about $16-$25 FOB Homestead. Yesterday I was told the price was $24. We do not have a retail price i.e. supermarket price report but the Miami Terminal is about $32 for the 10 lb carton. There is also a Thai guava grown and in season. It is generally packed in a 30 lb box and ranges from $25-$55 currently at $35 FOB Homestead."
I hope that this info will be useful to you.
Best regards.
livioflores-ga
Arved
After research I just found summaries of acreage, yield, production, use, price and value for guava in Hawaii and Dade County(FL), The production in Georgia, Texas and California appears to be not relevant and the data is showed grouped with other fruits under the item Non Citrus Fruit or Tropical Fruits.
I also found some articles and documents related for example this one entitled: "Market Development Strategies for the Florida Tropical Fruit Industry" from the University of Florida; you can see the topic reading the ABSTRACT: "Telephone surveys of tropical fruit growers and shippers in south Florida and of major food retailers and specialty produce wholesalers nationwide were conducted to determine availability, sales trends, and market development strategies for 11 tropical fruits selected by Florida Tropical Fruit Growers of South Florida, Inc., on the basis of their commercial potential. The fruits targeted were mangos, carambola, lychee, papaya, mamey sapote, specialty bananas, longan, guava, passion fruit, atemoya, and sugar apples. The grower-shipper survey revealed no major changes in the production of most fruits in the wake of Hurricane Andrew although modest increases were anticipated for lychees, longans, and papayas. Mangos, papayas, and carambolas were found to be widely available at wholesale and retail levels, and sales trends were generally positive. However, the remaining fruits had varying degrees of availability at wholesale and retail levels. Some fruits, such as mamey sapote, atemoya, and sugar apples had very limited distribution, particularly west of the Mississippi River because of phytosanitary restrictions. Retail and wholesale produce buyers generally agreed that the greatest impediments to increased sales of tropical fruit from Florida were (1) lack of consumer familiarity and awareness, (2) high prices relative to other types of fruit, and (3) supply problems, such as limited or inconsistent supplies and short production seasons. This paper analyzes marketing suggestions made by the trade and makes specific recommendations for improved marketing programs for south Florida’s tropical fruit growers and shippers."
Another one is "Guava Production in Georgia under Cold-protection Structure" by Umedi L. Yadava.
I need confirmation about if this is the kind of information that are you looking for, and also if this info is enough (specially if the available statistical data are fit to your needs). After you confirm that I will know if I can post the answer, I need to continue researching or I must leave this question to another researcher.
I will wait for your response.
Regards.
livioflores-ga
I will do some more research on this and I will post the answer tonight, if you find this acceptable.
Best Regards.
livioflores-ga
You are definitely on the right track to answer the questions we have. I have since spoken to the USDA statistical service in Hawaii and they have clarified that almost the entire production of 15.9 Million pounds is processed as paste, juice or jam for phytosanitary reasons. Florida has similar restrictions, but I would be very interested on how much guava is produced in Florida, and how much is sold as fresh fruit in the state and at what prices.
regards
Arved
Arved
Finally I received a reply from a Tropical Fruit distributor:
C Brands
23700 South Dixie Highway
Homestead, FL 33032
Ph 305/258-1444 / Fax 305/-258-0201
E-Mail; Schaeferbs@aol.com
Bill Schaefer
Mr Bill Schaefer told me the following:
"Anywhere from $1.00 to $2.25 per pound depending on quality, variety, size, and time of year. Also quantity purchased and pack size will have a bearing on the price."
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Additional (and possibly useful) info:
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The best source for wholesale prices is the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service Miami Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Report. This report changes daily during the business week to reflect the demands of the market place. The prices are wholesale quotes, the price that a wholesaler charges a retail venue or food service business. The prices stated on this report are not what the farmer is receiving for producing the commodity, commonly referred to as “Farm Gate Prices. Unfortunatly there are no updated guava records available, but I found the lasts (from year 2001). To see the last updated Miami Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Report visit each day the following page: http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/mncs/mhw.pdf
The guide for use this reports can be found at this page:
"Fruit and Vegetable Market News Users Guide" :
http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/pdfpubs/mnuserguide.pdf
I found the wholesale prices at New York at 08/01/2003 (last Friday):
Guava 26.00 flts 12 10-oz bkts meshwrpd CA
This info means (I guess):
$26.00 per flat containing 12 10oz mesh-wraped baskets, origin CA. This results in $2.88 per pound aprox. The source for this last info is the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service New York Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Report: http://www.ams.usda.gov/fvarchive/new%20york%20wholesale/new%20york%202003/20030801nxw.pdf
I found old records for Miami Guava wholesale prices:
Thursday, November 15, 2001:
Guava 28.00 flmwrpd cntrs FL ($28.00 per film-wraped container, unfortunatly I am unable to find the container to pounds conversion factor yet, but I am searching for it). http://www.ams.usda.gov/fvarchive/miami%20wholesale/miami2001/1115mhw.pdf
Monday, October 15, 2001:
Guava 28.00 flts 12 1-pt bkts CA ($28.00 per flat containing 12 1-pint baskets, again we need to know how many pounds are in a 1-pint basket of guavas). http://www.ams.usda.gov/fvarchive/miami%20wholesale/miami2001/1015mhw.pdf
I hope this helps you, I will continue researching and if I´ll find something interesting for you I will post it as a clarification.
Best Regards.
livioflores-ga
Thank you for the good opinion about my work, giving a good service is our goal and I am happy for did it one more time.
In regard to the market price in Miami-Dade County I am searching for this info, actually I am waiting for the reply of some e-mails that I sent. I hope to have good news tonight or tomorrow morning.
As I told you in the answer the only price that I found online until now is at Melissa´s (a specialized store for exotic fruits and other Organic, Specialty & Recipes), the product is temporarily unavailable but the price is showed: $21.50 for a pack containing 3 pounds. The commerce is located at Los Angeles, CA, and the Melissa’s Guavas are grown in California. http://www.melissas.com/catalog/index.cfm?Product_id=463&Info=NO
Melissa´s products can be found in Florida at the following stores:
Albertsons
Bowman's Gourmet
Boys Farmers Market
Bruno's
Food Lion
Gardners Market
Gooding Stores
Kash N' Karry
Love Foods Market
Natural Living Shops
Publix (Jacksonville)
Sugar Free Marketplace
Wal-Mart Supercenters
Ward's Supermarket
Wild Oats
Winn-Dixie Stores
I am using this list for the guava´s market price research.
I will contact you soon (for good or bad news).
Thank you for trusting in us by asking to Google Answers.
Best Regards.
livioflores-ga
First of all excuse me for the delay, but I expend time searching for Florida´s guava production data, this info is not well developed in the better cases or is unavailable. This is because the guava production in Florida is very small related to other crops and also related to other tropical fruits production.
Note: please consider this answer unfinished until you feel completely satisfied with it. You can request all the clarifications needed.
Now yes!! Let´s work!!
I will start with the information about Hawaii.
The "Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts 2002 Summary" was published by the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service on 07.08.2003; from this document the following data was extracted:
Guavas
Acreage Harvested, Yield, Utilized Production, and Utilization, 2000-2002:
YEAR Acreage Harvested Yield Per Acre Utilized Production
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Acres 1,000 pounds 1,000 pounds
------------------------------------------------------------------ 2000 680 23.4 15,900
2001 610 25.1 15,300
2002 550 17.6 9,700
In all the cases the production was utilized as processed, not for fresh fruit.
Related to the prices and values for the period 2000-2002 we have:
YEAR Price (processed) Value of Production (processed)
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Dollars per Pound 1,000 Dollars
------------------------------------------------------------------ 2000 0.129 2,051
2001 0.141 2,157
2002 0.150 1,455
You can see this info following the link:
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/fruit/pnf-bb/ncit0703.pdf
More valuable info can be found at the "Hawaii Guavas" page (Released: July 17, 2003) of the Hawaii Agricultural Statistics Service website: "GUAVA SALES DOWN FOR SECOND YEAR
GUAVA PRODUCTION UTILIZED FOR PROCESSING TOTALED 9.7 MILLION POUNDS IN 2002, down for the second consective year and 37 percent lower than the previous year, according to the Hawaii Agricultural Statistics Service (HASS). Output was lower with limited sales and reduced yields. Hawaii island growers also reported guava prices were still low and abandoning their acreage or growing other crops. Statewide farm value totaled $1.5 million for 2002, down 33 percent from 2001. TOTAL ACREAGE WAS DOWN 70 ACRES TO 640, continuing the decline that began 12 years ago. Harvested acreage totaled 550 acres, 60 acres less than 2001. Hawaii island accounted for most of the abandoned acreage. The majority of the acreage is on Kauai. U.S. IMPORTS OF SELECTED GUAVA PRODUCTS IN 2002 were mixed compared to 2001 (see page 4). Guava prepared or preserved imports decreased 19 percent from the previous year to 8.3 million pounds (3.8 thousand metric tons). The Dominican Republic and Mexico supplied about 49 percent of the imports into the U.S. Paste and puree were up 11 percent to 9.3 million pounds (4.2 thousand metric tons). Brazil, Mexico, and Dominican Republic were the top three exporters respectively, accounting for just over 71 percent of the imports. Guava jam imports were up 51 percent to 1.7 million pounds (766 metric tons). Costa Rica and Brazil accounted for 62 percent of the total." Visit the page to see the tables showing statistics for production, prices and import of guava. http://www.nass.usda.gov/hi/fruit/guava.htm
Related to the Guava production in Florida I must tell you that there are not a definitive fact-sheet. This is because the amount of guava produced in Florida is considered irrelevant or more properly a minor fruit crop, for example read this: "Hawaii has ALL the US banana, guava, papaya, and pineapple production." from COMMERCIAL HORTICULTURE PRODUCTION, by Michael D. Rethwisch, Vegetable and Field Crops Farm Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension (fourth page): http://www.njha.org/pdfs/studman/18.pdf
At "Marketing Florida Agriculture", the official web site of the Division of Marketing and Development, which is a division of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, I found the following statement: "Other Florida Tropical Fruit:
More than two dozen minor tropical fruits are grown in South Florida, and mostly sold on the local fresh market. They include: banana/plantain, carambola, mamey sapote, papaya, litchi, longan, GUAVA, Barbados cherry, kumquats, sapodilla, pummelo, annona, passion fruit, coconut, jaboticaba, jackfruit, key lime, Tahiti lime, monstera, white sapote, black sapote and wax jambu." "Florida Farm Commodities, Tropical Fruit":
http://www.florida-agriculture.com/agfacts/tropical.htm#Other
So we have, for Florida, a small production of guava that are concentred mostly in South Florida, specially in Dade County, and for this county we can obtain some statistical info related: "Guava:
Guava is grown primarily for the fresh market in Miami-Dade County. It is native to tropical America and is reported to have been introduced to Florida from Cuba in 1847. Guava fruit ripens practically all year round, but the bulk of Florida production occurs during the summer months. Interest in guava production increased in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with acreage expanding from 35 to nearly 200 acres by 1996. The 2001 GIS analysis indicated guava acreage had increased to 291 acres. Based upon acreage trends, the outlook for guava production is positive. However, as immature acreage reaches full production, grower prices could soften unless adequate market development activities are initiated." From "MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND RETENTION STUDY SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS" at Florida Agricultural Market Research Center website: http://www.agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/dlfiles%5CSummary.pdf
Also I found the following at "Miami-Dade County Agricultural Land Retention Study: Final Report - Appendix A - Section 2: Tropical Fruit Production in Miami-Dade County" (see the tables at pages numbered as 23, 24 and 25 - starting at the eighth of the document): http://www.agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/dlfiles/AppA_TropFrts.pdf
Guava:
Trees per acre: 145 - 217
Yld range/tree: 120 - 220
Yld range/acre: 20,000 - 30,000
Keys:
-Trees per acre: This is the range in the number of trees per acre commonly found under commercial production. -Yld range/tree: yield range per tree per year. The values are ranges of crop yields in pounds per tree per year. Crop yield varies among species, tree age, size, production practices, and cultivar. Crop yields are affected by previous and current weather conditions and production practices. -Yld range/acre: yield range per acre per year. The values are ranges of crop yields in pounds per acre per year. Crop yield varies among species, tree age, size, production practices, and cultivar. Crop yields are affected by previous and current weather conditions and production practices.
Now we can estimate the Miami-Dade County Guava Production by multiplying Total Acres (last figure for 2001 is 291 acres) by Yld range/acre; we obtain an estimated range value of 5,820 to 8,730 thousands of pounds; the only figure available is for the 1994 season and from an Acreage of 197 acres there was produced 4,925 thousands of pounds, using this yield we obtain an estimated production of 7,275 thousands of pounds for the year 2001. This production is mostly used as fresh fruit. The fresh guava is mostly Self Packed and shipped by the producer (about the 96% of the production) to be sold as fresh fruit at specialized stores in all the country. The price per pound to the public is about $7 (for example at Melissa's you can buy a basket containing 3 pounds of guavas for $21.50).
There is a research that helps to understand and improve the commerce with the tropical fruits, one paragraph of this work states: "Nearly 60 percent of the wholesalers handling guavas felt that the fruit was poorly known by consumers, and that increased promotion was the way to increase sales. High prices were also mentioned as a detriment to increased sales by 13 percent of the respondents and thirty-five percent felt that improved quality would help. Specific quality problems mentioned were immature fruit, overripe or rotten fruit and inconsistent sizes. Only one of the 23 specialty wholesalers complained of supply problems." These are the links to the documents from the University of Florida, you will find them very useful: "Market Development Strategies for the Florida Tropical Fruit Industry": http://agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/downloads/Tropical_fruits.pdf
"Appendices to: Market Development Strategies for the Florida Tropical Fruit Industry": http://agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/downloads/Tropical_fruits_app.pdf
For the season 1997/98 we have the following figures for guava production in Miami-Dade County: Area Acres: 199
Value sold outside County: $1,305,938
Value sold within County: $435,313
Total Value: $1,741,250
Again we can estimate the Total value sold per Acre, that is for 1997/98 season $8,750/acre.
I also found the following table:
Guava: Estimated Production Costs in Miami-Dade County, 2000-01.
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Category Cost per Acre
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(--Dollars---)
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-Operating Costs-
Fertilizer $688.29
Fungicide $37.24
Herbicide $246.00
Insecticide $43.50
Interest on Operating Capital $252.59
Miscellaneous
Tree Removal and Site Prep $8.00
Tree Replacement $10.00
Top, Hedge and Prune $270.00
Set Trees $2.00
Irrigation $165.00
Mow Middles $160.00
Grove Work and Hand Labor $25.00
Chemical Applications $460.00
-Total Operating Cost- $2,367.62
-Fixed Costs-
Land Rent $446.00
Supervision $256.10
Overhead $512.21
-Total Fixed Costs- $1,214.31
-Total Pre-harvest Cost- $3,581.93
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From "ESTIMATED COST OF PRODUCTION FOR SELECTED AGRICULTURAL CROPS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 2000/01" http://www.agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/dlfiles/AppB_ProdCosts_Tropfruit.pdf
The most important source was the following page:
"Miami-Dade County Agricultural Land Retention Study: Final Report" at the Florida Agricultural Market Research Center website: http://www.agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/nsagland.html
For Tropical Fruit distributors in Florida visit "Florida's Tropical Fruit Distributors": http://www.florida-agriculture.com/tropical/distrib.htm
Additional info can be found at the following pages and articles:
"Guava Commodity Sheet":
http://www.aginfo.fvsu.edu/publicat/commoditysheets/fvsu003.htm
"Agribusiness Online - Crop Guides - Guava":
http://www.agribusinessonline.com/crops/guava.asp
"Guava--Farmer's Bookshelf":
http://agrss.sherman.hawaii.edu/bookshelf/guava/guava.html
"Florida Food Fare - Guava" by Jean Meadows :
http://sarasota.extension.ufl.edu/FCS/FlaFoodFare/Guava.htm
"Tropical Fruit Crops Management in Florida":
http://extensionsmp.ifas.ufl.edu/fl111.htm
"University of Florida / Miami-Dade County Extension Programs: Commercial Tropical Fruit Production": http://miami-dade.ifas.ufl.edu/programs/tropfruit.htm
And because exotic and tropical fruit is used for Fruit Gifts I include this article: "E-COMMERCE: MARKETING GIFT FRUIT ON THE INTERNET" by DR. R. L. DEGNER AND K. L. MORGAN. http://agmarketing.ifas.ufl.edu/downloads/Gift_Fruit_Marketing_Web-00-91.pdf
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