VERMILION Parish 1999 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 971
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 101,950
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 82,551
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 36,407
Christmas Trees Retail * 2 Trees Sold 1,100 33,000
Forestry (Total) 115,551
FRUITS
Blackberries * 1 Pints 1,000 1,000 1,000
Citrus
Navels * 1 Bushels 200 200 2,400
Satsumas * 11 Bushels 300 3,300 19,800
Other Citrus * 1 Bushels 200 200 1,600
Figs * 1 Pounds 500 500 500
Mayhaws * 3 Pounds 1,250 3,750 3,375
Muscadines * 1 Tons 1 1 250
Peaches * 1 Bushels 165 165 2,475
Fruits (Total) * 20 31,400
FEED GRAINS
Grain Sorghum 23 180 cwt. 48 8,640 26,352
Feed Grains (Total) 26,352
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 8,200sf Pounds 5 45,018 51,771
Greenhouse Vegetables * 8,200sf Pounds 5 51,771
HAY, SOLD
Grass 392 8,024 Tons 3 30,491 1,829,472
Hay Sold (Total) 1,829,472
HOME GARDENS 4,500 Garden 990,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Fruit and Nut Trees * Acre 8,000
Floraculture & Bedding Plts * Acre 200,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 8,000
Foliage Plants * Acre 8,000
Nursery Crops (Total) * 224,000
PECANS
Improved 100 31 Pounds 800 24,800 24,800
Native 500 125 Pounds 800 100,000 50,000
Pecans (Total) 74,800
RICE 380 99,791 cwt. 53 5,350,793 38,793,252
SOYBEANS 42 7,500 Bushels 25 187,500 862,500
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar 48 33,500 lbs 5,180 173,530,000 19,782,420
Molasses 48 33,500 gal 155 5,205,900 364,413
Sugarcane (Total) 20,146,833
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Mustard (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 600 600 3,600
Okra (Fresh) 14 15 Bushels 250 3,750 56,250
Peppers
Tabasco Green * 3 cwt. 30 90 5,310
Tabasco Red (Processing) * 3 cwt. 30 90 6,300
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 11 10 Doz. Ears 500 5,000 12,500
Tomatoes (Field) * 1 Lugs 20# 800 800 14,400
Turnips (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 600 600 3,600
Vegetables (Total) 20 35 101,960
WHEAT * 180 Bushels 38 6,840 18,810
TOTAL ALL CROPS 63,266,701
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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VERMILION Parish 1999 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) 425 13,000 acres Pounds Sold 7,800,000 4,680,000
Alligators (Farm) 8 28,550 acres 111,345 1,892,865
Oysters 10 acres Sacks 2,777 44,432
Soft-shell Crabs * acres Dozens Sold 1,500 27,000
Other Species * 1 acres Pounds Sold 200,000 260,000
Aquaculture (Total) 6,904,297
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Crawfish (Wild) * Pounds Sold 60,518 39,337
Catfish (Wild) 10 Pounds Sold 852,303 426,452
Buffalo * Pounds Sold 76,173 38,087
Gar 10 Pounds Sold 8,436 9,280
Other Finfish Pounds Sold 11,327 2,265
Freshwater Fisheries (Total) 515,421
MARINE FISHERIES
Shrimp 170 Pounds Sold 7,000,000 12,600,000
Menhaden 10 Pounds Sold 274,543,388 16,472,603
Crabs 30 Pounds Sold 713,804 428,282
Commercial Finfish Pounds Sold 2,001 3,002
Marine Fisheries (Total) * 29,503,887
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 6,306 20,242
Meat Pounds Sold 12,155 4,862
Fur Animals (Total) 25,104
ALLIGATORS - Wild 2,528 18,960 341,280
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 125 200,000 acres 2,500,000
HONEY * 300 hives Pounds 29,250 14,625
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 39,804,614
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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VERMILION 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 6,844 2,289,523
400-500 lbs. Head sold 6,896 2,610,102
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,008 420,069
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 5,420 1,519,307
400-500 lbs. Head sold 5,860 1,943,469
500-600 lbs. Head sold 610 229,952
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 873 385,866
700-800 lbs. Head sold 587 255,345
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 740 421,800
Cull Cows Head sold 5,185 1,524,909
Cull Bulls Head sold 306 206,045
Cattle & Calves (Total) 762 36,850 cows 11,806,387
MILK
Dairy Cows * 129 cows Pounds 1,628,748 255,713
Dairy Goats 6 40 does Pounds 40,819 8,980
Milk (Total) 264,693
HORSES
Brood Mares 515 1,265 mares Head sold 776 698,400
Stud Fees 30 studs Mares bred 675 50,625
Pleasure Horses 46 horses Head sold 369 664,200
Horses (Total) 1,413,225
POULTRY
Edible Eggs 295 8,033 hens Dozen sold 46,066 31,325
Cull Hens Pounds 1,133 283
Poultry (Total) 295 31,608
RABBITS
Fryers * 76 animals Pounds 290 232
Does 6 84 animals Pounds
Rabbits (Total) 11 160 290 232
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 1,369 sheared Pounds 6,160 1,232
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 1,071 128,855
Feeder Lambs Head sold 94 4,625
Show Lambs Head sold 68 17,000
Cull Sheep Head sold 426 14,910
Sheep (Total) 102 1,428 ewes
Slaughter Goats Head Sold 29 2,175
Cull Goats Head Sold 40 800
Goats (Total) 6 40 does 169,597
Sheep & Goats (Total) 169,597
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 89 22,250
Feeder Pigs Head sold 445 8,566
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 1,105 104,975
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 42 4,095
Swine (Total) 48 147 sows 139,886
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 13,825,628
* Fewer Than 6 Producers