AG 2000 Giclee`

All the Ag 2000 prints are Giclee` images printed on artists canvas. They are approximately 16 x 20, signed and numbered. Each print is $185.00 or you can take advantage of our special offer and buy all twelve .
We guarantee matching numbers when you
purchase the complete set.

Cattle: Florida ranks 10th nationally in the number of beef cows, with more than 1 million head spread among 20,000 herds, some of which are the largest in the country. Florida has four of the nation's 15 largest cattle ranches, including the largest in the country with more than 35,000 cows on more than 300,000 acres. Cattle and calves generate annual cash farm receipts of about $300 million in Florida.

 

Citrus: Citrus originated in the Malay Archipelago and Southeast Asia, and spread westward to India and the Mediterranean before Columbus brought the first seeds to the New World (Haiti) in 1493. Florida's first cultivated grove was planted in Pinellas county sometime between 1803 and 1820.Today, Florida produces about 80 percent of the country's citrus, generating farm cash receipts of $1.6 billion. Citrus was grown on more than 845,000 acres in Florida in 1997-98, with Polk County still the leader in total citrus acreage with 102,457 acres.

Equine:  Florida is home to more than 130,000 horse owners, who own nearly 350,000 horses, valued in excess of $600 million. Virtually every horse breed in the world is represented in Florida, led by thoroughbreds, quarter horses and Arabians. Florida-bred horses rank second only to Kentucky in North America in the amount of purse money and stakes races won. The Ocala area ranks as the world's fourth-largest breeding and training area. behind Lexington, KY., Newmarket, England, and Chantilly, France.
 

Farmers' Harvest: Tucked away beneath a sprawling oak beside the roadway of memory, images of the framers' market invades our past with all the subtlety of a freight train. In the day of American adolescence, this form of agri-commerce played a vital role in American progress. Whether commercially grown or family farm, American farmers pushed the leading edge of agri-development and sustained a nation and its allies.

The roadside farmers' market was America's agri-address of the past.
At the approach of the new millennium, science and technology have cast the American farmer into the role of world provider.  Success has been no less than spectacular. But somewhere deep in the heart of the American countryside, you can still find the spirit that takes you back.

Ferns and foliage: Florida's cut foliage industry started near the turn of the century, when growers of fern asparagus started shipping iced fern sprays by train to florists in the Northeast. Growers sold millions of ferns to "dime store" chains, which soon asked for other plants to sell also launching the foliage industry. Fern asparagus eventually gave way to leather leaf fern as the dominant crop. Volusia County continued as the leading producer, followed by Putnam and Lake counties. In 1997, there were 259 producers of leather leaf ferns and other cut greens on more than 7,300 acres in Florida, with sales totaling $85.5 million. Florida continues as the national leader in sales of cut cultivated greens, producing more than 80 percent of the value of all cut greens sold in 36 states surveyed

Forestry: Nearly half of Florida's total acreage is covered by forests. Florida's forests provide habitat for wildlife and a renewable bounty of more than 5,000 wood products- lumber, paper products, furniture - to name just a few. The estimated annual value of the state timber harvest is $430 million, with a mill value of $3.3 billion and a manufactured products value of $8.6 billion. The Florida forest industry generates an annual payroll of $1.2 billion. For every tree that is harvested, five are planted, assuring a renewable supply of forest products for future generations.