VERMILION Parish - 2002 - Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 126
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 7,766
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 11,426
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 4,025
Christmas Trees Retail * 2 Trees Sold 1,100.00 2,200 88,000
Forestry (Total) * 2 99,426
FRUITS
Blackberries * 0 Pints 1,000.00 250 250,000
Citrus
Navels * 1 Bushels 200.00 200 3,200
Satsumas * 15 Bushels 300.00 4,500 54,000
Other Citrus * 1 Bushels 3,000.00 3,000 30,000
Figs * 1 Pounds 500.00 500 600
Mayhaws
Muscadines * 0 Tons 1.00 0 63
Fruits (Total) 337,863
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 8,200sf Pounds 3.30 27,060 33,825
Greenhouse Vegetables * 8,200sf Pounds 33,825
HAY, SOLD * 8,200
Grass 52 2,320 Tons 3.20 7,424 445,440
Hay Sold (Total) 445,440
HOME GARDENS 4,500 Garden 1,350,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial) 4,500
Fruit and Nut Trees * Acre 8,000
Floraculture & Bedding Plts 6 Acre 275,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 8,000
Foliage Plants * Acre 8,000
Nursery Crops (Total) 10 299,000
OTHER OILSEED 10
RICE 350 86,027 cwt. 56.70 4,877,730 19,510,924
SOYBEANS 32 5,500 Bushels 18.00 99,000 555,390
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar 48 32,892 lbs 4,858.00 159,789,336 20,293,246
Molasses 48 32,892 gal 145.74 4,793,680 479,368
Sugarcane (Total) 20,772,614
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Mustard (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 600.00 600 4,200
Okra (Fresh) 14 15 Bushels 250.00 3,750 75,000
Tabasco Red (Processing) * 2 cwt. 10.00 20 1,400
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 11 10 Doz. Ears 500.00 5,000 15,000
Tomatoes (Field) 10 1 Lugs 20# 800.00 800 12,000
Turnips (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 600.00 600 4,200
Vegetables (Total) 111,800
WHEAT * 120 Bushels 40.00 4,800 15,744
TOTAL ALL CROPS 43,532,026
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
**Not Included in Forestry(Total)
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VERMILION Parish - 2002 - Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) 275 12,000 acres Pounds 6,000,000 3,900,000
Alligators (Farm) 50,839 acres 198,272 3,568,898
Oysters 8 acres Sacks 12,303 36,131
Soft-shell Crabs * acres Dozens 400 8,000
Other Species * 1 acres Pounds 90,000 90,000
Aquaculture (Total) * 7,603,029
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Crawfish (Wild) * Pounds 3,554 1,425
Catfish (Wild) 9 Pounds 1,067,512 293,823
Buffalo 9 Pounds 60,000 12,000
Gar 9 Pounds 110,333 82,750
Freshwater Fisheries 9 389,998
MARINE FISHERIES
Shrimp Pounds 12,076,271 22,643,106
Menhaden 9 Pounds 372,929,200 14,171,310
Crabs Pounds 227,282 147,733
Commercial Finfish 9 Pounds 6,482 11,316
Marine Fisheries 9 36,973,465
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 1,684 9,077
Meat Pounds 626 313
Fur Animals (Total) 9,390
ALLIGATORS - Wild 3,005 22,537 495,825
HUNTING LEASE 120 200,000 acres 2,400,000
HONEY 6 150 hives Pounds 20,000 20,000
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 47,891,707
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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VERMILION Parish - 2002 - Animal Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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CATTLE and CALVES
Steer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 7,198 2,463,875
400-500 lbs. Head sold 6,485 2,480,513
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,200 502,260
600-700 lbs Head sold 120 55,458
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 6,120 1,835,694
400-500 lbs. Head sold 5,543 1,918,155
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,020 396,627
600-700 lbs. Head sold 58 25,033
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 1,250 577,688
700-800 lbs. Head sold 920 454,020
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 780 553,800
Cull Cows Head sold 2,950 902,700
Cull Bulls Head sold 217 152,497
Cattle & Calves (Total) 782 38,580 cows 12,318,320
MILK
Dairy Cows * 109 cows Pounds 1,128,426 157,754
Milk (Total) 157,754
HORSES
Brood Mares 518 1,813 mares Head sold 1,250 1,062,500
Stud Fees 38 studs Mares 850 425,000
Race Horses 16 96 horses Head sold 926,000
Show Horses 25 46 horses Head sold 184,000
Recreation Horses 220 486 horses Head sold 486,000
Horses (Total) 3,083,500
POULTRY
Edible Eggs 242 6,590 hens Dozen 37,790 14,927
Cull Hens Pounds 430 34
Poultry (Total) 14,961
RABBITS
Fryers * 72 animals Pounds 216 173
Does * 550 animals Pounds 8,250
Rabbits (Total) 622 216 8,423
QUAIL and/or PHEASANTS * 405 breedrs Birds 450 900
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 1,220 sheared Pounds 4,880 648
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 1,100 101,750
Feeder Lambs Head sold 980 55,860
Show Lambs Head sold 20 5,500
Cull Sheep Head sold 220 7,150
Sheep (Total) 98 1,320 ewes 170,908
Slaughter Goats Head Sold 15 1,275
Stocker Goats Head Sold 4 220
Cull Goats Head Sold 6 195
Goats (Total) * 33 does 1,690
Sheep & Goats (Total) 172,598
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 28 8,400
Feeder Pigs Head sold 467 8,990
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 919 82,710
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 43 3,225
Swine (Total) 48 156 sows 103,325
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 15,859,781
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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