EVANGELINE Parish - 2000 - Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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COTTON 11 1,925
Lint 1,925 Pounds 700 1,347,500 606,375
Seed 1,925 Pounds 1,120 2,156,000 107,800
Cotton (Total) 11 1,925 714,175
FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 52,573
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 43,944
Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 2,560
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 34,912,226
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 6,821,978
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 25,761,365
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 17,297,471
Christmas Trees Retail * 10 Trees Sold 1,100 44,000
Forestry (Total) 25,805,365
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) * 530 Bushels 70 37,100 68,264
Grain Sorghum * 625 cwt. 32 20,000 61,800
Feed Grains (Total) 130,064
HAY, SOLD
Grass 85 7,000 Tons 0 3,500 227,500
Hay Sold (Total) 227,500
HOME GARDENS 4,500 Garden 1,170,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Fruit and Nut Trees * Acre 40,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 400,000
Nursery Crops (Total) * 440,000
RICE 210 52,485 cwt. 61 3,230,976 18,578,115
SOYBEANS 50 15,698 Bushels 20 313,960 1,491,310
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar 9 2,078 lbs 5,800 12,052,400 1,386,026
Molasses 9 2,078 gal 174 361,572 25,310
Sugarcane (Total) 1,411,336
SWEET POTATOES * 1,549 Bushels 50# 250
Canning 1,549 % of crop 100 154,900 271,075
Fresh 1,549 % of crop 150 232,350 3,252,900
Sweet Potatoes (Total) * 1,549 250 387,250 3,523,975
WHEAT 16 3,665 Bushels 58 212,570 531,425
TOTAL ALL CROPS 54,023,265
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
**Not Included in Forestry(Total)
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EVANGELINE Parish - 2000 - Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) 22 1,800 acres Pounds Sold 900,000 1,575,000
Alligators (Farm) * 49,549 acres 193,241 3,478,340
Aquaculture (Total) 5,053,340
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 865 4,489
Meat Pounds Sold 200 100
Fur Animals (Total) 4,589
ALLIGATORS - Wild 68 510 11,220
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 125 45,000 acres 180,000
HONEY 7 150 hives Pounds 16,350 8,993
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 5,258,142
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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EVANGELINE 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 2,159 843,608
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,875 815,316
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,647 795,699
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 2,159 733,812
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,875 741,150
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,647 732,108
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 923 455,962
700-800 lbs. Head sold 497 260,925
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 2,448 1,750,320
Cull Cows Head sold 1,632 511,322
Cull Bulls Head sold 191 137,635
Cattle & Calves (Total) 291 16,325 cows 7,777,857
HORSES
Brood Mares 25 210 mares Head sold 189 378,000
Stud Fees 21 studs Mares bred 945 283,500
Pleasure Horses 14 horses Head sold 98 196,000
Horses (Total) 857,500
POULTRY
Broilers 15 Pounds 9,000 4,950
Edible Eggs 50 1,500 hens Dozen sold 22,500 14,625
Cull Hens Pounds 2,250 495
Poultry (Total) 65 20,070
QUAIL and/or PHEASANTS * 3,000 breedrs Birds sold 8,000 16,000
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 1,417 sheared Pounds 6,928 693
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 206 21,888
Feeder Lambs Head sold 378 17,506
Show Lambs Head sold 100 27,500
Stocker Sheep Head sold 103 5,006
Cull Sheep Head sold 270 10,908
Sheep (Total) 14 630 ewes 83,501
Slaughter Goats Head Sold 293 21,975
Stocker Goats Head Sold 238 8,330
Cull Goats Head Sold 44 1,210
Goats (Total) 17 425 does 31,515
Sheep & Goats (Total) 115,016
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 75 20,625
Feeder Pigs Head sold 180 3,960
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 97 11,034
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 4 345
Swine (Total) * 24 sows 35,964
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 8,822,407
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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