2013 Top 25 Growers – Southeast

Rank Company State 2012 Acreage Acreage change Founded Crops grown in 2012 Prev Rank
1 Pero Family Farms Inc. FL 15,900 1,700 1986 beans, cucumbers, peppers, squash, other 3
2 Thomas Produce Co. FL 15,300 -150 1910 beans, cucumbers, peppers, squash 1
3 A. Duda & Sons, Inc. FL 14,400 200 1926 celery, lettuce, radish, Romaine, broccoli, leaf, other 2
4 Lipman (formerly Six Ls Packing Co.) FL 13,000 N/C 1947 tomatoes, squash, peppers, watermelon, sweet corn, green beans, potatoes, eggplants 4
5 Hundley Farms Inc. FL 10,766 -199 1969 sweet corn, green beans, radishes, celery, tomatoes, squash 5
6 Gargiulo Inc. FL 9,300 N/C 1963 tomatoes, potatoes 6
7 R.C. Hatton Inc. FL 8,300 550 1948 green beans, celery, sweet corn 8
8 Coggins Farms GA 8,000 610 1941 sweetpotatoes, carrots, green beans, sweet corn 9
9 TKM Bengard Farms LLC FL 7,750 1,250 1996 iceberg, Romaine, escarole, endive, green leaves, butter/Boston, radicchio, frisee, sweet corn 10
10 Ham Produce Co. Inc. NC 7,071 576 1975 sweetpotatoes, cabbage, onions, squash, pumpkins, carrots, peppers 11
11 Barnes Farming Corp./Farm Pac Products Inc* NC 5,600 N/C 1976 sweetpotatoes 12
12 Lewis Taylor Farms, Inc. GA 5,275 1,805 1985 broccoli, turnips, kale, mustard, lettuce, collard, peppers, specialty peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, cantaloupes, squash, cabbage 15
13 Patrick Farms Inc. GA 5,200 N/C 1950 greens, eggplant, cucumber, squash, sweetpotatoes 13
14 Pacific Tomato Growers Ltd./Triple E Produce Corp. FL 5,105 -3,410 1982 tomatoes 7
15 Suwannee Farms Eagle Island Farms FL 4,979 2,979 1979 potatoes, sweet corn, onions, cabbage, snap beans, carrots 25
16 Long Farms FL 2,800 N/C 1952 cabbage, cucumber, potatoes, sweet corn 17
17 Paul Stefan & Sons Farms Inc. MO 2,800 N/C 1979 cucumbers, green beans 18
18 Dewitt Produce Co.Inc. GA 2,625 N/C 1986 bell peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, grape tomatoes, squash, variety peppers, spinach, collards, cabbage 19
19 Wendell Roberson Farms Inc. GA 2,600 N/C 1950 greens, beans, peas 20
20 4 Star Tomato Inc. FL 2,500 N/C 1975 potatoes, watermelons 21
21 West Coast Tomato/McClure Farms FL 2,500 N/C 1973 tomatoes 22
22 Fresh Plants, Inc. GA 2,374 N/C 1998 green beans 23
23 Willoughby Farms AL 2,200 200 1973 cucumbers
24 LG Herndon Jr. Farms Inc. GA 2,100 -1,400 1976 leafy greens, onions, sweet corn, sweetpotatoes 14
25 Taylor & Fulton Packing LLC FL 2,000 N/C 1952 tomatoes 24

More information on the 2013 American Vegetable Grower Top 100 Grower List.

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