Utilized production of citrus in Texas for 2023-24 was up 6% from the 2022-23 season, the USDA reports. Texas orange production was up 4% from the previous season and grapefruit production increased 7%.
For all U.S. citrus states, utilized production for the 2023-24 season totaled 5.24 million tons, up 6% from the 2022-23 season, according to the USDA.
California accounted for 79% of total U.S. citrus production; Florida totaled 17%, and Texas and Arizona produced the remaining 4%.
The value of the 2023-24 U.S. citrus crop totaled $2.98 billion, up 16% compared to 2022-23.
The 2023-24 orange value of production increased 2% from last season, and grapefruit value was up 4%. Tangerine and mandarin value of production was 34% higher than last season, and lemon value of production is up 22%, the USDA said.
California’s utilized citrus production increased 5% from the 2022-23 season, the USDA said. California’s all-orange production, at 47.5 million boxes, was 7% higher than the previous season. Tangerine and mandarin production in California was up 17% from last season. California’s lemon production decreased 5% from the previous season. Grapefruit production is down 4% from the 2022-23 season.
Florida’s orange production, at 18 million boxes, was up 14% from the previous season. Grapefruit utilization in Florida, at 1.79 million boxes, was down 1% from last season’s utilization. Florida’s total citrus utilization increased 11% from the previous season. Bearing citrus acreage, at 249,800 acres, was 48,600 acres below the 2022-23 season.
Arizona’s lemon production was down 32%, the USDA said.
Average 2023-24 U.S. shipping point fob orange prices per carton (including California, Texas, and Florida)
2023
- September — $36.20.
- October — $39.30.
- November — $40.
- December — $37.20.
2024
- January — $34.10.
- February — $38.60.
- March — $33.90.
- April — $34.30.
- May — $34.70.
- June — $34.10.
- July — $41.40.
Source: USDA
Average 2023-24 U.S. shipping point fob grapefruit prices (including California, Texas and Florida)
(D)=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
2023
- September — (D)
- October — $48.
- November — $53.60.
- December — $54.10.
2024
- January — $52.10.
- February — $47.60.
- March — $47.
- April — $42.90.
- May — (D)
- June — (D)
- July — (D)
Source: USDA
