WEST BATON ROUGE Parish - 2000 - Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 6,559
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 2,012,076
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 918,636
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 474,616
Forestry (Total) 918,636
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) 12 1,534 Bushels 125 191,750 352,820
Feed Grains (Total) 352,820
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 2,800sf Pounds 4 12,600 16,380
Greenhouse Vegetables * 2,800sf Pounds 16,380
HAY, SOLD
Grass 6 2,000 Tons 1 2,000 130,000
Hay Sold (Total) 130,000
HOME GARDENS 800 Garden 208,000
PECANS
Improved * 30 Pounds 350 10,500 13,125
Native 30 300 Pounds 440 132,000 79,200
Pecans (Total) 92,325
SOYBEANS 20 6,788 Bushels 35 237,580 1,128,505
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar 25 16,133 lbs 6,300 101,637,900 11,688,359
Molasses 25 16,133 gal 189 3,049,137 213,440
Sugarcane (Total) 11,901,799
SWEET POTATOES * 2 Bushels 50# 200
Canning 2 % of crop
Fresh 2 % of crop 200 400 5,600
Sweet Potatoes (Total) * 2 200 400 5,600
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Collards (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 100 150 1,050
Cucumber * 1 Bushels 50# 225 225 1,800
Eggplant * 1 Bushels 33# 150 225 2,250
Irish Potatoes * 2 cwt. 150 300 9,000
Mustard (Fresh) * 3 Doz. Bunches 110 330 1,980
Okra (Fresh) * 1 Bushels 200 200 3,000
Shallots 2 Doz. Bunches 15,000 30,000 150,000
Snap Beans (Fresh) * 8 Bushels 30# 40 320 5,440
Southern Peas (Fresh) * 5 Bushels 24# 30 150 3,000
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash 0 Bushels 45# 20 10 100
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) * 3 Doz. Ears 1,200 3,600 9,000
Tomatoes (Field) * 1 Lugs 20# 20 20 360
Turnips (Fresh) * 2 Doz. Bunches 80 160 960
Vegetables (Total) 187,940
WHEAT * 700 Bushels 60 42,000 105,000
TOTAL ALL CROPS 15,047,005
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
**Not Included in Forestry(Total)
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WEST BATON ROUGE Parish - 2000 - Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) * 1,160 acres Pounds Sold 754,000 1,319,500
Aquaculture (Total) 1,319,500
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 76 394
Fur Animals (Total) 394
ALLIGATORS - Wild 43 322 7,095
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 19 45,000 acres 405,000
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 1,731,989
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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WEST 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 200 78,148
400-500 lbs. Head sold 500 217,418
500-600 lbs. Head sold 500 241,560
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 220 74,775
400-500 lbs. Head sold 475 187,758
500-600 lbs. Head sold 325 144,466
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 150 74,100
700-800 lbs. Head sold 50 26,250
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 100 71,500
Cull Cows Head sold 200 62,662
Cull Bulls Head sold 20 14,412
Cattle & Calves (Total) 75 2,800 cows 1,193,049
HORSES
Brood Mares 6 65 mares Head sold 45 67,000
Stud Fees 4 studs Mares bred 40 20,000
Pleasure Horses 30 horses Head sold 15 22,500
Horses (Total) 109,500
SHEEP and GOATS
Show Lambs Head sold 10 2,750
Sheep (Total) * 8 ewes 2,750
Slaughter Goats Head Sold 40 3,000
Cull Goats Head Sold 10 275
Goats (Total) 6 60 does 3,275
Sheep & Goats (Total) 6,025
SWINE
Feeder Pigs Head sold 150 3,300
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 120 13,650
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 25 2,156
Swine (Total) 11 35 sows 19,106
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 1,327,680
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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