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Nature of Operations | Note 1. Nature of Operations Alico Inc. (“Alico”) and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) are an agribusiness and land management company. The Company owns approximately 129,200 acres of land in seven Florida Counties (Alachua, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry, Lee and Polk); and in addition to principal lines of business in citrus groves, improved farmland land leasing, cattle ranching and conservation, and related support operations, we also receive royalties from rock mining and oil production.

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