VERMILION Parish - 2001 - Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 183
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 1,088,199
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 495,907
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 355,886
Christmas Trees Retail * 2 Trees Sold 550.00 1,100 44,000
Forestry (Total) 539,907
FRUITS
Blackberries * 1 Pints 1,000.00 1,000 1,000
Citrus
Navels * 1 Bushels 200.00 200 2,800
Satsumas * 15 Bushels 300.00 4,500 54,000
Other Citrus * 1 Bushels 200.00 200 2,000
Figs * 1 Pounds 500.00 500 625
Mayhaws
Orchard * 3 Pounds 1,250.00 3,750 3,750
Muscadines * 1 Tons 1.00 1 250
Peaches * 2 Bushels 165.00 330 6,600
Fruits (Total) 20 71,025
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * Pounds 5.49 45,018 56,273
Greenhouse Vegetables Pounds 56,273
HAY, SOLD
Grass 47 2,350 Tons 6.80 15,980 799,000
Hay Sold (Total) 799,000
HOME GARDENS 4,500 Garden 1,350,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Fruit and Nut Trees * Acre 8,000
Floraculture & Bedding Plts * Acre 275,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 8,000
Foliage Plants * Acre 8,000
Nursery Crops (Total) * 299,000
PECANS
Improved 200 266 Pounds 750.00 199,500 149,625
Native 300 400 Pounds 750.00 300,000 105,000
Pecans (Total) 254,625
RICE 360 87,276 cwt. 57.51 5,019,242 26,100,062
SOYBEANS 62 7,380 Bushels 26.00 191,880 892,242
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw
Sugar 48 32,056 lbs 5,594.00 179,321,264 21,518,552
Molasses 48 32,056 gal 168.00 5,385,408 269,270
Sugarcane (Total) 21,787,822
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Mustard (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 600.00 600 3,600
Okra (Fresh) 14 15 Bushels 250.00 3,750 56,250
Peppers
Tabasco Green * 3 cwt. 20.00 60 3,540
Tabasco Red (Processing) * 3 cwt. 20.00 60 4,200
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 11 10 Doz. Ears 500.00 5,000 12,500
Tomatoes (Field) * 1 Lugs 20# 800.00 800 14,400
Turnips (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 600.00 600 3,600
Vegetables (Total) 20 35 98,090
WHEAT * 250 Bushels 42.00 10,500 28,350
TOTAL ALL CROPS 52,276,396
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
**Not Included in Forestry(Total)
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VERMILION Parish - 2001 - Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) 250 10,000 acres Pounds 3,000,000 4,050,000
Alligators (Farm) 43,088 animals Hide/Ft 168,043 3,024,778
Oysters * acres Sacks 11,000 187,000
Soft-shell Crabs * acres Dozens 200 3,800
Other Species * 1 acres Pounds 80,000 80,000
Aquaculture (Total) 7,345,578
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Catfish (Wild) 10 Pounds 1,077,000 506,190
Gar 10 Pounds 80,000 59,200
Freshwater Fisheries 565,390
MARINE FISHERIES
Shrimp 175 Pounds 10,000,000 20,000,000
Menhaden 10 Pounds 343,201,560 20,592,094
Crabs 25 Pounds 225,000 182,250
Commercial Finfish 10 Pounds 5,000 5,350
Marine Fisheries 40,779,694
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 2,574 15,161
Meat Pounds 750 375
Fur Animals (Total) 15,536
ALLIGATORS - Wild 2,899 animals Hide/Ft 21,742 478,335
HUNTING LEASE 120 200,000 acres 2,400,000
HONEY 6 300 hives Pounds 18,000 11,700
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 51,596,233
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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VERMILION 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 7,042 2,718,811
400-500 lbs. Head sold 6,344 2,761,734
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,174 566,343
600-700 lbs Head sold 114 60,762
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 6,337 2,136,551
400-500 lbs. Head sold 5,742 2,246,184
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,056 461,388
600-700 lbs. Head sold 66 32,175
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 1,102 562,296
700-800 lbs. Head sold 880 501,600
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 810 591,300
Cull Cows Head sold 2,800 960,806
Cull Bulls Head sold 253 203,298
Cattle & Calves 774 38,109 cows 13,803,248
MILK
Dairy Cows * 114 cows Pounds 1,773,042 276,595
Milk (Total) 276,595
HORSES
Brood Mares 508 1,524 mares Head sold 934 840,600
Stud Fees 28 studs Mares 630 47,250
Race Horses 15 90 horses Head sold 900,000
Show Horses 20 32 horses Head sold 128,000
Recreation Horses 218 480 horses Head sold 480,000
Horses (Total) 2,395,850
POULTRY
Edible Eggs 263 7,162 hens Dozen 41,070 17,578
Cull Hens Pounds 520 114
Poultry (Total) 263 17,692
RABBITS
Fryers * 76 animals Pounds 228 182
Does * 62 animals Pounds
Rabbits (Total) 6 182
QUAIL and/or PHEASANTS * 380 breedrs Birds 280 3,500
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 1,184 sheared Pounds 4,736 651
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 937 90,772
Feeder Lambs Head sold 190 11,934
Show Lambs Head sold 29 7,975
Cull Sheep Head sold 260 11,050
Sheep (Total) 93 1,250 ewes 122,382
Slaughter Goats Head Sold 10 870
Stocker Goats Head Sold 6 330
Cull Goats Head Sold 4 130
Goats (Total) * 36 does 1,330
Sheep & Goats (Total) 123,712
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 25 6,875
Feeder Pigs Head sold 442 10,940
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 871 103,431
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 38 3,776
Swine (Total) 43 128 sows 125,022
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 16,745,801
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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