Petteway Citrus & Cattle

The Petteway family has raised citrus and cattle in south central Florida for many generations. We have several businesses that operate from our headquarters in Zolfo Springs, Florida, including citrus grove caretaking, citrus tree removal and a certified citrus nursery. We live on the “home place” which consists of citrus groves and our registered Angus cattle. Our focus turned to registered Angu

s when we needed bulls with the genetics that would work in our southern environment. Having purchased bulls from out of state, we found that they couldn't stand up to our environment and just melted. We purchased Angus cattle that proved they could work here and further bred our heifers to be able to stand the heat. Our program is forage based, and our cattle must work for us, not us work for them. The Petteways also operate a certified greenhouse citrus nursery which produces over 75,000 trees a year. We produce popular commercial varieties such as 1-4-1 Hamlin, Nucellar Valencia, and others on Carizzo Citrange, Swingle Citrumelo and Cleopatra Mandarin root stocks. We also stock dooryard favorites such as tangerines, navels and grapefruit. Our trees are grown in a state certified greenhouse, which is one of only 42 nurseries in operation in the state.