Keywords
Costs and returns
How to Cite
Abstract
Because of the growing interest in alternative tropical fruit crops to diversify farm income, this 6-page fact sheet written by Fredy H. Ballen, Aditya Singh, Edward Evans, and Jonathan Crane and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department offers an estimate of costs and returns associated with operating an established sugar apple orchard in south Florida.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1053
References
Bowman, K. D. 2015. Sugar apple emerges as tempting treat for Florida grower. Growing produce. http://www.growingproduce.com/fruits/sugar-apple-emerges-as-tempting-treat-for-florida-growers/
Crane, J. H., M. Aerts, and A. M. Mossler. 2002. Crop Profile for Atemoya and Sugar apple in Florida. https://ipmdata.ipmcenters.org/documents/cropprofiles/FLatemoyaandsugarapple2009.pdf
Crane, J. H., C. F. Balerdi, and I. Maguire. 2016. Sugar apple growing in the Florida Home Landscape. EDIS# HS38. Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg330
Morton, J. 1987. "Sugar apple." In Fruits of Warm Climates. Published by Julia Morton, Miami FL. https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/sugar_apple.html
USDA AMS. 2017. Agricultural marketing service. https://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/fv-report-config-step1?type=termPrice
The documents contained on this website are copyrighted by the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) for the people of the State of Florida. UF/IFAS retains all rights under all conventions, but permits free reproduction by all agents and offices of the Cooperative Extension Service and the people of the State of Florida. Permission is granted to others to use these materials in part or in full for educational purposes, provided that full credit is given to the UF/IFAS, citing the publication, its source, and date of publication.