Florida’s Beef Industry
Florida’s beef industry reported sales of $448 million in BrangusMaine-Anjou
Florida has 16,694 ranches at last count. (2007 Census of Agriculture) Angus Hereford
Florida ranks 10 th nationally with 940,000 beef cows. Calves born in 2011 totaled 890,000. Charolais Limousin
Florida’s ranchers shipped 700,000 feeder calves to other states in Beefmaster Gelbveih
Okeechobee is the state’s leading beef cattle county with 140,000 head of beef cattle. SimmentalBraford
Florida has 7 of the nation’s 25 largest ranches. Examples: Deseret Ranch, King Ranch, and Adam’s Ranch Brahman Florida Cracker Cattle