Agriculture plays a important role in industry and the economics of the county.
There are 600,580 acres in agricultural use. The major agricultural uses are cattle, citrus and commercial sod. See Guidelines for Agriculture Classification of Lands at the end of this section. Cattle Ranching is the main agriculture enterprise in the county. The state of Florida is the sixth leading producer of beef cattle in the United States and Osceola County is the leading producing county in the state of Florida.