PLAQUEMINES Parish - 2001 - Crop
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 91,518
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 40,693
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 28,781
Forestry (Total) 40,693
FRUITS
Citrus
Navels 200 750 Bushels 400.00 300,000 4,200,000
Satsumas 200 275 Bushels 350.00 96,250 1,155,000
Other Citrus 200 25 Bushels 350.00 8,750 87,500
Fruits (Total) 5,442,500
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * Pounds 5.00 14,400 18,000
Greenhouse Vegetables Pounds 18,000
HOME GARDENS 1,500 Garden 450,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Fruit and Nut Trees 10 Acre 2,000,000
Floraculture & Bedding Plts 7 Acre 1,000,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 300,000
Foliage Plants * Acre 300,000
Nursery Crops (Total) 10 3,600,000
PECANS
Improved 6 10 Pounds 300.00 3,000 2,250
Native 10 15 Pounds 200.00 3,000 1,050
Pecans (Total) 3,300
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Cabbage (Fresh) 10 25 Sacks 50# 400.00 10,000 50,000
Cauliflower (Fresh) 10 10 Cartons 20# 400.00 4,000 40,000
Cucumber 40 60 Bushels 50# 350.00 21,000 168,000
Eggplant 20 20 Bushels 33# 300.00 6,000 60,000
Mirliton 20 4 Pounds 3,000.00 12,000 18,000
Mustard (Fresh) 50 75 Doz. Bunches 450.00 33,750 202,500
Okra (Fresh) 10 10 Bushels 300.00 3,000 45,000
Peppers
Bell 20 40 Bushels 28# 350.00 14,000 140,000
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash 15 15 Bushels 45# 150.00 2,250 22,500
Zucchini Squash 15 8 Bushels 45# 75.00 600 6,000
Winter Squash 7 3 Bushels 45# 100.00 300 3,600
Squash (Processing)
Tomatoes (Field) 50 120 Lugs 20# 1,200.00 144,000 2,592,000
Turnips (Fresh) 10 20 Doz. Bunches 600.00 12,000 72,000
Vegetables (Total) 50 400 3,419,600
TOTAL ALL CROPS 12,974,093
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
**Not Included in Forestry(Total)
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PLAQUEMINES Parish - 2001 - Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Oysters 379 acres Sacks 16,281 3,590,164
Soft-shell Crabs acres Dozens 1,850 30,000
Aquaculture (Total) 3,620,164
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Catfish (Wild) Pounds 105,512 36,984
Gar Pounds 2,500 3,500
Other Finfish Pounds 1,000 200
Freshwater Fisheries 40,684
MARINE FISHERIES
Shrimp 1,250 Pounds 30,064,329 43,822,120
Menhaden * Pounds 300,404,099 17,723,842
Crabs Pounds 1,709,970 1,108,149
Commercial Finfish Pounds 2,695,047 4,192,295
Marine Fisheries 66,846,406
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 1,128 6,644
Fur Animals (Total) 6,644
ALLIGATORS - Wild 1,898 animals Hide/Ft 14,235 313,170
HUNTING LEASE 10 100,000 acres 315,000
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 71,142,068
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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PLAQUEMINES Parish - 2001 - 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 150 57,913
400-500 lbs. Head sold 275 119,716
500-600 lbs. Head sold 50 24,120
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 100 33,716
400-500 lbs. Head sold 200 78,237
500-600 lbs. Head sold 200 87,384
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 400 204,100
700-800 lbs. Head sold 350 199,500
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 150 109,500
Cull Cows Head sold 200 68,629
Cull Bulls Head sold 20 16,071
Cattle & Calves 60 6,000 cows 998,886
HORSES
Show Horses * 10 horses Head sold 40,000
Recreation Horses 30 100 horses Head sold 100,000
Horses (Total) 140,000
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 1,138,886
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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