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Feb 08, 2019

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Orange Production Unchanged from January Forecast

Special Note

This report contains information normally published in the January Crop

Production report which was not issued due to the lapse in Federal funding.

The additional estimates are December 1, 2018 Hay Stocks and January 1, 2019

forecasted production of the 2018-2019 citrus crops.

The United States all orange forecast for the 2018-2019 season is

5.54 million tons, unchanged from last month but up 41 percent from the

2017-2018 final utilization. The Florida all orange forecast, at

77.0 million boxes (3.47 million tons), is unchanged from last month but

up 71 percent from last season's final utilization. Early, midseason, and

Navel varieties in Florida are forecast at 32.0 million boxes

(1.44 million tons), unchanged from last month but up 69 percent from last

season's final utilization. The Florida Valencia orange forecast, at

45.0 million boxes (2.03 million tons), is unchanged from last month but

up 73 percent from last season's final utilization. California and Texas

orange production forecasts were carried forward from the January 1 forecast.

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