The Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC) is an executive state agency for
agriculture in Florida in charge of regulating, researching and marketing the state's
citrus industry
Citrus production encompasses the production of citrus fruit, which are the highest-value fruit crop in terms of international trade. There are two main markets for citrus fruit:
* The fresh fruit market
* The processed citrus fruits market (ma ...
and citrus research.
Its headquarters are in the
Bob Crawford Agricultural Center in
Bartow. Its Economic Research department is located at 2125 McCarty Hall in the
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
in
Gainesville, and its Scientific Research department is in
Lake Alfred
Lake Alfred is a city in Polk County, Florida, Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was approximately 5,015 at the 2010 Census. It is part of the Lakeland, Florida, Lakeland–Winter Haven, Florida, Winter Haven Lakeland-Winter H ...
.
Contact
Archive
. Florida Department of Citrus. Retrieved on September 13, 2015. "Physical Address
Bob Crawford Agricultural Center 605 E. Main Street Bartow, FL 33830" and "Florida Department of Citrus Economic Research 2125 McCarty Hall – University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32611-0249 USA" and "Florida Department of Citrus Scientific Research 700 Experiment Station Road Lake Alfred, Florida 33850 USA"
FDOC is funded by an assessment paid by Florida's citrus industry. The industry employed over 45,000 people and delivers an economic impact to the state of $8.6 billion.
References
External links
Florida Department of Citrus
State agencies of Florida
Citrus
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