Growing Pomegranates in Florida: Establishment Costs and Production Practices

Feng Wu, Zhengfei Guan, and Gary Vallad

Release Date: 2/22/2018

Reviewed At: 6/3/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fe1024-2018

Agriculture

Abstract

The study described in this 6-page fact sheet written by Feng Wu, Zhengfei Guan, and Gary Vallad and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department provides a description of pomegranate production practices and preliminary cost estimates to inform investment and production decisions when growers look to diversify and grow pomegranate as a niche crop.

About this Publication

This is EDIS document FE1024, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2017. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Feng Wu, research assistant scientist, Department of Food and Resource Economics; Zhengfei Guan, assistant professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics; and Gary Vallad, associate professor, Department of Plant Pathology; UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Balm, FL.

How to Cite

Wu, F., Guan, Z., & Vallad, G. E. (2018). Growing Pomegranates in Florida: Establishment Costs and Production Practices. EDIS, 2018(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1024-2018