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Trees, Leaves, and Seeds

Trees, Leaves, and Seeds. The Impact of “Plants” on the Texas Economy. Objectives. Establish an understanding of the Texas “Plant Industry.” Discuss the individual components of Texas’ “Plant Industry.” Develop an appreciation for the “Plant Industry.”

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Trees, Leaves, and Seeds

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  1. Trees, Leaves, and Seeds The Impact of “Plants” on the Texas Economy

  2. Objectives • Establish an understanding of the Texas “Plant Industry.” • Discuss the individual components of Texas’ “Plant Industry.” • Develop an appreciation for the “Plant Industry.” • Build an understanding of the “Plant Industry’s” role on Texas’ economy.

  3. Texas “Plant Industry” • Crops • Greenhouse/Nursery • Forestry • Fruit/Nut

  4. Texas and Its Crops • $4.966 billion industry • 28% of total Ag. Commodities, as a whole • Prices in decline compared to National averages

  5. King of Texas • Cotton, Cotton, Cotton • $1.25 billion • Most predominant in South/Central Texas • 6.23% of Ag. Commodities

  6. Food Crops • Corn ($577 million) • Onions ($106 million) • Cabbage ($66 million) • Rice ($55 million) • Potatoes ($45 million) • Sugarcane ($44 million)

  7. Feed Grains • Hay ($318 million) • Wheat ($276 million) • Sorghum ($271 million) • Cottonseed ($174 million) Notice: Difference in prices for feed and food crops….

  8. Crop Production • Farm manager • Section grower • Vineyard owner/manager • Crop distribution Texas Cotton Farm

  9. Texas “GREEN” Industry • Economic Impact • Components • Location • Work Force • Future Outlook

  10. Economic Impact(8.8% of Texas Agriculture Cash Receipts) • Total Sales • ·   Over $7.97 Billion • ·   $7.6 Billion in state • Total Economic Impact of $9.75 billion • Value Added Impact: Sales Revenues – Cost of Purchased Inputs = $6.46 billion

  11. Components of Green Industry • Florist Supplies, Fertilizers, Herbicides - Allied Input Suppliers ($535 million) • Container Trees, Shrubs, Bedding Plants - Wholesale firms: $1.05 billion • Retail: $4.69 billion • Landscaping: $2.2 billion

  12. Location Grower Sales Retail Sales Landscape Sales Total Sales

  13. Work Force • 222,562 Texans employed • Average Number of Employees/Firm - Nursery Growers: 19 - Retailers: 23 - Landscape Firms: 42 • Expected increase in labor force by 30% in next five years

  14. Future Industry Outlook • Very Good with Increases in: - Jobs (30% in next 5 years) - Retail (2/3 expect to increase retail square footage by as much as 79%) • Recession Resistance - Phenomena of consumers traveling less - Want to enjoy home (lawn & landscape)

  15. Forestry: In the Big Scheme

  16. History of Texas Forests • In 1880, 146 million board feet of timber were harvested in East Texas • Little attention was given to reforestation • Many sites were cleared for farm land

  17. The Pineywoods Today • 11.9 million acres of forest land in 43 East Texas counties • Approx. 60% of Texas forests are owned by private landowners • 30% owned by forest industry • 7% owned by government

  18. Southern Wood-Based Manufacturing Employment

  19. Wood-Based Manufacturing PayrollTexas Total: $2.3 Billion

  20. The Future of Pine Plantation

  21. Texas Fruit and Nut Industry

  22. Oranges* Grapefruits* Lemons Limes Tangerines Kumquats Hybrids: calamondin and citrangequats Peaches* Plums Apples Cherries Pears Apricots Raspberries Blackberries Strawberries Figs Watermelons Cantaloupes Grapes Texas Produces…

  23. 2000: 280 lbs consumption per capita 12.71% change since 1991 2001: Texas produced 1.17% of U.S. exports

  24. Citrus Production • Primarily in the Rio Grande Valley • First Introduction • The Great Depression • 1949 and 1951 freezes • 1983 and 1989 freezes • Production of citrus other than oranges and grapefruit continues to be limited. • 2003 Texas Production : U.S. Production (boxes) Grapefruit: 5,650,000 : 50,080,000 Oranges: 1,570,000 : 267,040,000

  25. Peaches • Peach production apex in 1910. • 1930 reduction in production • 1991 Texas was 10th in peach production. • 1990s production was primarily in East Texas, the Western Cross Timbers, and Hill Country.

  26. Watermelons/Cantaloupes • Both are grown in sandy soil. • Texas produces more watermelons than any other state. • In 2001 Texas had $28,800,000 in cash receipts for watermelons and $69,720,000 in cash receipts for cantaloupes.

  27. Influences on the Fruit Industry • Canning and Frozen Foods • Rise in Production Costs • Lack of Water • Winter Freezes (1949, 1951, 1983, 1989)

  28. Nuts • Pecans are the only commercially grown nut in Texas. • By 1914 all but 8 counties reported growing pecan trees. • Exported to North and East primarily to shellers and candy makers. • Mechanical shakers with sheets or sweep machines. • $50,000,000 in cash receipts.

  29. Jobs in the Texas Green Industry

  30. Education & Research • Horticulture teacher/professor • Molecular biologist • Research associate • Author • Restoration ecologist • Extension agent Linda Zhang Molecular BiologistExelixis Pharmaceutical Inc

  31. Arborculture/Forestry • Tree trimmer • Tree maintenance • Tree mover • Logging • Lumber plant

  32. Greenhouse/Nursery Management • Greenhouse • manager • Grafting • specialist • Propagation • harvester • Marketing/ sales Greenhouse employee at Fernlea Flowers; Ontario, Canada

  33. Irrigation • Installation technician • Service technician • Designer • Project foreman • Engineer

  34. Landscaping • Landscape maintenance • Landscape architecture • Landscape supplier • Horticulturist • Landscape designer • Landscape development • Entrepreneur

  35. Sales/ Marketing • Sales representative • Field sales • Agronomist • Technical info manager Michael Lee Sales RepresentativeBailey Nurseries Inc.St. Marys, Ohio BS 1977 Horticulture

  36. Turfgrass • Supervisor of grounds • Golf course/country club • Professional football • Professional baseball • College Sports • Maintenance • Entrepreneur David Mellor Director of GroundsFenway ParkBoston Red Sox Baseball Club

  37. Tie It In…

  38. Food for Thought… A snail walks into a car dealership and asks to buy a Volkswagen Beetle with an S painted on the side of it….the car dealer obliges and sells the car to the snail, but asks, “Why the S on the side?” The snail replies, “So when I am driving down the road, people will say, ‘Hey, look at that…’”

  39. Works Cited • Anderson, Carl G. and Caroline S. Gleaton. “Facts About Texas and U.S. Agriculture.” Texas Cooperative Extension. Apr. 2003. Texas A&M Universiy. Apr. 2004. http://agecoext.tamu.edu/publicatons/facts/facts03/allpages.pdf • “Citrus Fruit Culture.” The Handbook of Texas Online. July 2001. The Texas State Historical Association. Apr. 2004. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/afc1.html • “Fruits Other Than Citrus.” The Handbook of Texas Online. July 2001. The Texas State Historical Association. Apr. 2004. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/FF.aff1.html • “The Economic Scope of the Green Industry”. October 2003. http://www.txnla.org/pdf_files/Scope_03.pdf • “Snare Search Conference” Vol. 46 – 2001. http://www.sna.org/research/01proceedings/Section1035.html • “Census of Horticultural Specialities”. March 2004. http://www.usda.gov/nass/events/news/hortcensusnew.htm

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