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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