Background

Carson Futch is a Senior Advisor at SVN | Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate in Lakeland, Florida.

Carson is a 5th-generation Floridian and a Plant City native, where he grew up on a working ranch and citrus operation. He has been an owner and manager of businesses involved in real estate sales and development, production agriculture, harvesting, marketing, and agritourism during the 37 years of his career.

While here at SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler, Carson has accumulated over $20 million in sales since 2015 representing 3500 + acres. He has represented Buyers and Sellers of plant nursery operations, cattle ranches, hunting and recreational properties, citrus groves and nurseries, citrus groves and ranches converting to solar farms, strawberry, vegetable and tree farms, fish farms, commercial properties and medical marijuana facilities.

In 2018, Carson was appointed to serve on the UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Pilot Project Advisory Committee. In this role he is helping to assess and recommend guidelines for growing, manufacturing and processing varieties of hemp for production across Florida as a new agricultural industry.

Carson has been recently been appointed to serve on the UF/ IFAS Industrial Hemp Pilot Project Advisory Group and is a member of the Lakeland Association of Realtors® (LAR). Carson is also an active volunteer who serves on various councils and committees for his church, community, and the agricultural industry. He is past president of the Rotary Club of Plant City, Florida, where he was a member for 28 years.

Carson obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture, School of Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida in 1981.