PLAQUEMINES Parish 1999 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 99
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 161,708
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 60,533
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 44,042
Forestry (Total) 60,533
FRUITS
Citrus
Navels 200 750 Bushels 500 375,000 4,500,000
Satsumas 200 250 Bushels 400 100,000 600,000
Other Citrus 200 25 Bushels 250 6,250 50,000
Fruits (Total) 200 1,025 5,150,000
HOME GARDENS 1,500 Garden 330,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Fruit and Nut Trees 10 Acre 1,000,000
Floraculture & Bedding Plts 7 Acre 900,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 100,000
Foliage Plants * Acre 250,000
Nursery Crops (Total) 15 2,250,000
PECANS
Improved 6 10 Pounds 500 5,000 5,000
Native 10 15 Pounds 400 6,000 3,000
Pecans (Total) 8,000
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Cabbage (Fresh) 20 40 Sacks 50# 400 16,000 80,000
Cauliflower (Fresh) 10 20 Cartons 20# 400 8,000 80,000
Cucumber 40 60 Bushels 50# 300 18,000 144,000
Eggplant 20 20 Bushels 33# 250 5,000 50,000
Garlic * 5 Pounds 5,250 26,250 78,750
Mirliton 20 6 Pounds 3,000 18,000 27,000
Mustard (Fresh) 50 75 Doz. Bunches 600 45,000 270,000
Okra (Fresh) 10 15 Bushels 300 4,500 67,500
Parsley 20 8 Doz. Bunches 1,200 9,600 38,400
Peppers
Bell 20 40 Bushels 28# 500 20,000 200,000
Snap Beans (Fresh) * 2 Bushels 30# 100 200 3,400
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash 15 20 Bushels 45# 120 2,400 19,200
Zucchini Squash 15 8 Bushels 45# 100 800 6,400
Winter Squash 8 5 Bushels 45# 150 750 11,250
Squash (Processing)
Tomatoes (Field) 50 140 Lugs 20# 1,200 168,000 3,024,000
Turnips (Fresh) 10 20 Doz. Bunches 600 12,000 72,000
Vegetables (Total) 60 484 4,000,900
TOTAL ALL CROPS 11,799,433
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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PLAQUEMINES Parish 1999 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) * 250 acres Pounds Sold 67,500 33,750
Oysters 379 acres Sacks 589,888 9,438,208
Soft-shell Crabs * acres Dozens Sold 1,850 29,600
Aquaculture (Total) 9,501,558
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Catfish (Wild) 68 Pounds Sold 383,780 191,890
Gar Pounds Sold 70,206 77,227
Other Finfish Pounds Sold 667 133
Freshwater Fisheries (Total) 269,250
MARINE FISHERIES
Shrimp 1,250 Pounds Sold 20,105,000 30,157,500
Menhaden Pounds Sold 319,236,498 19,154,190
Crabs Pounds Sold 3,347,331 2,008,399
Commercial Finfish 116 Pounds Sold 9,718,145 14,577,218
Marine Fisheries (Total) * 65,897,307
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 2,766 8,879
Fur Animals (Total) 8,879
ALLIGATORS - Wild 1,471 11,032 198,585
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 10 100,000 acres 315,000
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 76,190,579
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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PLAQUEMINES Parish 1999 Animal Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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CATTLE and CALVES
Steer Calves
400-500 lbs. Head sold 200 75,699
500-600 lbs. Head sold 200 83,347
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 150 42,047
400-500 lbs. Head sold 300 99,495
500-600 lbs. Head sold 100 37,697
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 400 176,800
700-800 lbs. Head sold 450 195,750
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 200 114,000
Cull Cows Head sold 400 117,640
Cull Bulls Head sold 20 13,467
Cattle & Calves (Total) 60 6,000 cows 955,942
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 955,942
* Fewer Than 6 Producers