EAST BATON ROUGE Parish - 2000 - Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 4,482
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 17,088
Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 1,259
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 1,943,779
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 2,300,148
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 2,925,248
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 1,583,628
Christmas Trees Retail * 120 Trees Sold 9,500 380,000
Fire Wood 150 Face Cords 3,000 375,000
Forest Seedlings * 4 Seedlings 200,000 800,000 88,000
Forestry (Total) 3,768,248
FRUITS
Blueberries * 6 Pounds 2,000 12,000 14,400
Peaches * 6 Bushels 360 2,160 43,200
Fruits (Total) * 12 57,600
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) * 321 Bushels 55 17,655 32,485
Feed Grains (Total) 32,485
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 2,500sf Pounds 5 12,500 16,250
Greenhouse Vegetables * 2,500sf Pounds 16,250
HAY, SOLD
Grass 15 1,500 Tons 1 1,500 97,500
Hay Sold (Total) 97,500
HOME GARDENS 30,000 Garden 7,800,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Floraculture & Bedding 11 Acre 450,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 200,000
Foliage Plants * Acre 100,000
Nursery Crops (Total) 12 750,000
PECANS
Improved * 60 Pounds 550 33,000 41,250
Native 400 160 Pounds 400 64,000 38,400
Pecans (Total) 79,650
SOD PRODUCTION * 80 Acres 283,680
SOYBEANS * 498 Bushels 18 8,964 42,579
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar * 518 lbs 6,693 3,466,974 398,702
Molasses * 518 gal 200 103,600 7,252
Sugarcane (Total) 405,954
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Broccoli (Fresh) * 2 Cartons 20# 300 600 6,000
Collards (Fresh) 20 3 Doz. Bunches 500 1,500 10,500
Cucumber * 1 Bushels 50# 280 280 2,240
Eggplant * 0 Bushels 33# 250 125 1,250
Irish Potatoes * 1 cwt. 160 160 4,800
Mustard (Fresh) 55 75 Doz. Bunches 540 40,500 243,000
Okra (Fresh) 10 3 Bushels 200 600 9,000
Southern Peas (Fresh) * 3 Bushels 24# 50 150 3,000
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash * 2 Bushels 45# 145 290 2,900
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) * 5 Doz. Ears 300 1,500 3,750
Tomatoes (Field) 10 6 Lugs 20# 1,000 6,000 108,000
Turnips (Fresh) 10 4 Doz. Bunches 450 1,800 10,800
Vegetables (Total) 55 70 405,240
WHEAT * 12 Bushels 50 600 1,500
TOTAL ALL CROPS 13,740,686
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
**Not Included in Forestry(Total)
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EAST BATON ROUGE Parish - 2000 - Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) * 23 acres Pounds Sold 6,500 11,375
Fishbait 30 acres Pounds Sold 3,000 19,500
Alligators (Farm) * 692 acres 2,698 48,578
Other Species * 12 acres Pounds Sold 9,524 88,573
Aquaculture (Total) 168,026
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Catfish (Wild) 6 Pounds Sold 4,588 23,497
Buffalo * Pounds Sold 7,723 1,703
Other Finfish * Pounds Sold 2,798 62,500
Freshwater Fisheries 87,700
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 165 856
Fur Animals (Total) 856
ALLIGATORS - Wild 16 120 2,640
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 50 23,000 acres 184,000
HONEY 49 1,129 hives Pounds 123,061 67,684
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 510,906
Game Fish * 6 acres (Lbs.) 3,000 40,000
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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EAST BATON ROUGE Parish - 2000 - 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 1,750 683,795
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,000 434,835
500-600 lbs. Head sold 500 241,560
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 1,550 526,822
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,200 474,336
500-600 lbs. Head sold 500 222,255
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 1,000 494,000
700-800 lbs. Head sold 1,100 577,500
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 500 357,500
Cull Cows Head sold 500 156,655
Cull Bulls Head sold 100 72,060
Cattle & Calves (Total) 450 10,000 cows 4,241,318
MILK
Dairy Cows 6 670 cows Pounds 8,622,395 1,202,824
Milk (Total) 1,202,824
HORSES
Brood Mares 100 1,000 mares Head sold 500 750,000
Stud Fees 50 studs Mares bred 600 300,000
Pleasure Horses 325 horses Head sold 125 250,000
Horses (Total) 1,300,000
POULTRY
Edible Eggs * 840 hens Dozen sold 2,500 1,625
Cull Hens Pounds 200 44
Breeder Flocks * 540 birds Dozen eggs
Poultry (Total) * 1,669
RABBITS
Fryers 10 4,200 animals Pounds 16,800 13,440
Does 10 700 animals Pounds 7,000 105,000
Rabbits (Total) 20 4,900 6,769 118,440
RATITE and other EXOTIC FOWL
Ostrich * 4 breedrs Birds sold
Emu * 20 breedrs Birds sold
Rhea * 24 breedrs Birds sold
Exotic Fowl (Total) * 48
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 140 sheared Pounds 840 84
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 20 2,125
Show Lambs Head sold 16 4,400
Stocker Sheep Head sold 50 2,430
Cull Sheep Head sold 30 1,212
Sheep (Total) 6 150 ewes 10,251
Slaughter Goats Head Sold 600 45,000
Stocker Goats Head Sold 200 7,000
Cull Goats Head Sold 100 2,750
Goats (Total) 30 600 does 54,750
Sheep & Goats (Total) 65,001
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 500 137,500
Feeder Pigs Head sold 500 11,000
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 2,000 227,500
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 105 9,056
Swine (Total) 10 250 sows 385,056
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 7,314,308
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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