EVANGELINE Parish 1999 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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COTTON 8 1,345
Lint 1,345 Pounds 700 941,500 498,995
Seed 1,345 Pounds 1,142 1,535,990 76,800
Cotton (Total) 8 1,345 575,795
FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 50,002
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 32,236
Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 1,435
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 33,818,624
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 4,508,365
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 23,009,428
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 16,826,320
Christmas Trees Retail * 10 Trees Sold 1,100 33,000
Forestry (Total) 23,042,428
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) * 798 Bushels 55 43,890 88,219
Grain Sorghum * 442 cwt. 32 14,144 43,139
Feed Grains (Total) 131,358
HAY, SOLD
Grass 85 6,500 Tons 1 6,500 390,000
Hay Sold (Total) 390,000
HOME GARDENS 4,500 Garden 990,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 400,000
Nursery Crops (Total) * 400,000
RICE 255 54,100 cwt. 59 3,242,754 23,509,967
SOYBEANS 55 12,422 Bushels 18 223,596 1,028,542
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar 10 687 lbs 3,200 2,198,400 250,618
Molasses 10 687 gal 96 65,952 4,617
Sugarcane (Total) 255,235
SWEET POTATOES 10 1,600 Bushels 50# 275
Canning 1,600 % of crop 96 154,000 308,000
Fresh 1,600 % of crop 178 286,000 4,118,400
Sweet Potatoes (Total) 10 1,600 275 440,000 4,426,400
WHEAT 15 2,104 Bushels 50 105,200 289,300
TOTAL ALL CROPS 55,039,025
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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EVANGELINE Parish 1999 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) 90 7,200 acres Pounds Sold 5,760,000 3,686,400
Alligators (Farm) * 50,706 acres 197,753 3,361,808
Aquaculture (Total) 7,048,208
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 3,047 9,781
Meat Pounds Sold 4,862 1,945
Fur Animals (Total) 11,726
ALLIGATORS - Wild 43 322 5,805
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 25 35,000 acres 140,000
HONEY 8 175 hives Pounds 8,750 4,375
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 7,210,114
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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EVANGELINE Parish 1999 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 2,083 696,826
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,809 684,697
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,590 662,609
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 2,083 583,896
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,809 599,955
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,590 599,382
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 1,370 605,540
700-800 lbs. Head sold 1,370 595,950
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 2,284 1,301,880
Cull Cows Head sold 1,522 447,620
Cull Bulls Head sold 178 119,856
Cattle & Calves (Total) 270 15,225 cows 6,898,211
HORSES
Brood Mares 20 175 mares Head sold 160 320,000
Stud Fees 18 studs Mares bred 810 243,000
Pleasure Horses 10 horses Head sold 60 120,000
Horses (Total) 683,000
POULTRY
Broilers 15 Pounds 9,000 3,600
Edible Eggs 75 2,250 hens Dozen sold 33,750 22,950
Cull Hens Pounds 4,500 1,125
Poultry (Total) 90 27,675
QUAIL and/or PHEASANTS * 3,000 breedrs Birds sold 8,000 16,000
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 2,055 sheared Pounds 10,080 2,016
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 304 36,575
Feeder Lambs Head sold 608 29,914
Show Lambs Head sold 101 25,250
Stocker Sheep Head sold 112 6,160
Cull Sheep Head sold 223 7,805
Sheep (Total) 20 900 ewes
Slaughter Goats Head Sold 258 19,350
Stocker Goats Head Sold 212 7,420
Cull Goats Head Sold 40 800
Goats (Total) 15 375 does 135,290
Sheep & Goats (Total) 135,290
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 60 15,000
Feeder Pigs Head sold 150 2,888
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 150 14,250
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 4 390
Swine (Total) * 22 sows 32,528
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 7,792,704
* Fewer Than 6 Producers