"You’ve got your citrus and vegetable issue in Florida right away, and then as it moves on up into north Florida and Georgia, that’s right in the heart of peanut and cotton country, and soybean and corn country in southwest Georgia, primarily," Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, a Georgia native and former state governor, told reporters in Washington Friday....
The south is not known for it's grain production. The Midwest is the grain capital of the country. There will be some grain losses, but, not the largest harvest in the country by any means.
I don't think Florida will be breaking it's tourism record this year.
August 15, 2017
By John Lucas
...Estimates from Visit Florida (click here) indicate that of the more than 60 million tourists in the first half of the year, 53.2 million were domestic visitors, 5.3 million were overseas visitors and 2.2 million were Canadian visitors. The number of overseas and Canadian tourists are down slightly from a year ago.
The latest tourism numbers come as Visit Florida regroups from an effort by some legislative leaders to gut the agency’s budget.
The dispute left a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the tourism marketing agency for months.
The original budget approved by the Legislature in early May reduced funding for Visit Florida by two-thirds. But Scott and legislative leaders worked out a plan to restore Visit Florida’s budget that was approved in a special session in June.
The plan to restore funding to Visit Florida also brought tighter budget controls and more transparency in how the agency spends its money. The added transparency resulted in a number of local tourism boards cutting ties with Visit Florida.
Tourism officials are encouraged by the latest visitor numbers. They are hoping to draw 120 million tourists this year breaking last year’s record number of 112 million....
Hm. Coastal industry. I saw a film whereby a crane was floating by a moored container ship. Hm. Yep.
...Merchandise exports (click here) shipped from and through Florida totaled $81.7 billion in 2014. International trade and investment accounted for about one-sixth of the state’s economic output in 2014 and supports an estimated 1 million jobs. Florida’s leading exports include motor vehicles, aircraft, engines and parts, telecommunications equipment, computers and components, and gold. The state is also expanding exports of waste and scrap, agricultural products, seafood, livestock, minerals, forestry products, and oil and gas....
I don't think Florida will be breaking it's tourism record this year.
August 15, 2017
By John Lucas
...Estimates from Visit Florida (click here) indicate that of the more than 60 million tourists in the first half of the year, 53.2 million were domestic visitors, 5.3 million were overseas visitors and 2.2 million were Canadian visitors. The number of overseas and Canadian tourists are down slightly from a year ago.
The latest tourism numbers come as Visit Florida regroups from an effort by some legislative leaders to gut the agency’s budget.
The dispute left a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the tourism marketing agency for months.
The original budget approved by the Legislature in early May reduced funding for Visit Florida by two-thirds. But Scott and legislative leaders worked out a plan to restore Visit Florida’s budget that was approved in a special session in June.
The plan to restore funding to Visit Florida also brought tighter budget controls and more transparency in how the agency spends its money. The added transparency resulted in a number of local tourism boards cutting ties with Visit Florida.
Tourism officials are encouraged by the latest visitor numbers. They are hoping to draw 120 million tourists this year breaking last year’s record number of 112 million....
Hm. Coastal industry. I saw a film whereby a crane was floating by a moored container ship. Hm. Yep.
...Merchandise exports (click here) shipped from and through Florida totaled $81.7 billion in 2014. International trade and investment accounted for about one-sixth of the state’s economic output in 2014 and supports an estimated 1 million jobs. Florida’s leading exports include motor vehicles, aircraft, engines and parts, telecommunications equipment, computers and components, and gold. The state is also expanding exports of waste and scrap, agricultural products, seafood, livestock, minerals, forestry products, and oil and gas....
