Grapefruit

Mark A. Ritenour, Edgardo J. Etxeberria, andEdgardo J. Etxeberria

Ariel Singerman

This article presents the cost of production per acre for growing fresh grapefruit in the Indian River region during 2014/15, based on a survey of growers conducted at the Indian River Citrus League production committee meeting in March 2015. The cost estimates do not represent any individual operation; rather, their purpose is to serve as a benchmark for the industry. Typical users of these estimates include growers, consultants, property appraisers, and researchers.

Yan Heng, Mitzey Tejeda, and Lisa House

Lijun (Angelia) Chen and Lisa House

Global grapefruit production has been increasing steadily in the recent decade, reaching a historical record of 6.8 million metric tons in 2018/2019. This publication discusses grapefruit consumption as well as a grapefruit consumer survey in the United States. Written by Lijun (Angelia) Chen and Lisa House, and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department, May 2021.

Ariel Singerman

Ariel Singerman

Mark A. Ritenour, Huating Dou, andHuating Dou

Chilling injury (CI) is a physiological disorder that is occasionally reported on fresh citrus shipments from Florida. It is most often characterized by areas of the peel that collapse and darken to form pits (Figure 1). Pitting is not targeted to the oil glands. Less severe symptoms may show up as circular or arched areas of discoloration or scalding. Symptoms of CI are typically more pronounced after fruit are warmed to room temperature following exposure to the chilling temperature. CI symptoms generally require at least 3 to 6 weeks to develop at low (e.g. 40°F) shipping and storage temperatures. Chilled fruit are also more susceptible to decay than are non-chilled fruit. CI is often confused with another physiological disorder called postharvest pitting (PP) that is caused by low-oxygen concentrations (< 9%) within waxed fruit and is visible as collapsed oil glands. PP requires only 2 to 4 days for symptom development after waxing and appears in fruit held at warm (> 50°F) tempera

Yan Heng, Hyeyoung Kim, and Lisa House

Ariel Singerman

Ariel Singerman

This publication presents a summary of the costs of production for fresh market grapefruit grown in the Indian River region during 2020/21. The methodology chosen to collect the data consisted of surveying growers directly to closely reflect growers’ costs in the era of HLB. The total cost of production for fresh grapefruit in Indian River during 2020/21 was $2,999.46 per acre. Typical users of the estimates presented herein include growers and consultants, who use them as a benchmark; property appraisers, who use them to compute the taxes for property owners; and researchers, who use the estimates to evaluate the economic feasibility of potential new technologies.