ASCENSION Parish - 2002 - Crop Production Total Gross Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ FORESTRY Pine Pulpwood Cords 1,436 Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 6,096 Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 62 Pine Saw Logs Board feet 11,333 Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 118,066 Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 542,219 Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 149,159 Forestry (Total) 542,219 FRUITS Mayhaws Peaches * 5 Bushels 350.00 1,750 52,500 Strawberries 11 7 Flats 1,241.00 8,687 112,931 Fruits (Total) 12 12 165,431 GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES Tomatoes * 6,500sf Pounds 5.50 35,750 44,688 Greenhouse Vegetables * 6,500sf Pounds 44,688 HAY, SOLD Alfalfa * 125 Tons 1.75 218 28,438 Grass * 125 Tons 1.75 218 13,125 Hay Sold (Total) 41,563 HOME GARDENS 6,500 Garden 1,950,000 NURSERY CROPS (Commercial) Fruit and Nut Trees * Acre 20,000 Floraculture & Bedding Plts 7 Acre 175,000 Woody Ornamentals * Acre 40,000 Foliage Plants * Acre 35,000 Nursery Crops (Total) 7 270,000 PECANS Improved 20 75 Pounds 50.00 3,750 2,813 Native 50 160 Pounds 40.00 6,400 2,880 Pecans (Total) 5,693 SOD PRODUCTION * 24 Acres 85,104 SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug. Sugar 14 15,308 lbs 5,318.00 81,407,944 10,338,809 Molasses 14 15,308 gal 159.54 2,442,238 244,224 Sugarcane (Total) 10,583,033 VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL Irish Potatoes 6 6 cwt. 165.00 990 29,700 Lima Beans (Fresh) 7 4 Bushels 32# Mustard (Fresh) 10 4 Doz. Bunches Okra (Fresh) 11 5 Bushels Peppers Bell 8 4 Bushels 28# Snap Beans (Fresh) 10 5 Bushels 30# Squash (Fresh) Yellow Squash * 1 Bushels 45# Squash (Processing) Sweet Corn (Fresh) 6 12 Doz. Ears 550.00 6,600 19,800 Tomatoes (Field) 6 3 Lugs 20# 650.00 1,950 29,250 Vegetables (Total) 78,750 TOTAL ALL CROPS 13,766,481 * Fewer Than 6 Producers **Not Included in Forestry(Total) ==================================================================================================== ASCENSION Parish - 2002 - Fish & Wildlife Production Total Gross Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ AQUACULTURE Crawfish (Farm) 9 1,000 acres Pounds 180,000 144,000 Aquaculture (Total) 144,000 FRESHWATER FISHERIES Crawfish (Wild) 22 Pounds 108,000 56,160 Catfish (Wild) 30 Pounds 155,000 72,385 Freshwater Fisheries 128,545 FUR ANIMALS Pelts Pelts 366 1,973 Meat Pounds 500 250 Fur Animals (Total) 2,223 ALLIGATORS - Wild 147 1,102 24,255 HUNTING LEASE 25 12,500 acres 62,500 HONEY 10 60 hives Pounds 7,000 7,000 TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 368,523 * Fewer Than 6 Producers ================================================================================================= ASCENSION Parish - 2002 - Animal Production Total Gross Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CATTLE and CALVES Steer Calves 300-400 lbs. Head sold 1,700 581,910 400-500 lbs. Head sold 2,800 1,071,000 500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,480 619,454 600-700 lbs Head sold 900 415,935 Heifer Calves 300-400 lbs. Head sold 1,250 374,938 400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,600 553,680 500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,480 575,498 600-700 lbs. Head sold 380 164,008 Yearling Cattle 600-700 lbs. Head sold 700 323,505 700-800 lbs. Head sold 460 227,010 Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 600 426,000 Cull Cows Head sold 1,200 367,200 Cull Bulls Head sold 68 47,787 Cattle & Calves (Total) 155 11,856 cows 5,747,925 HORSES Brood Mares 42 410 mares Head sold 350 700,000 Stud Fees 20 studs Mares 270 135,000 Race Horses * 30 horses Head sold 300,000 Show Horses 125 350 horses Head sold 1,400,000 Recreation Horses 750 1,600 horses Head sold 1,600,000 Horses (Total) 4,135,000 POULTRY Edible Eggs 30 1,400 hens Dozen 2,500 988 Poultry (Total) 988 RABBITS Fryers 49 5,200 animals Pounds 12,900 10,320 Does 10 1,200 animals Pounds 1,400 21,000 Rabbits (Total) 6,400 14,300 31,320 SHEEP and GOATS Wool 80 sheared Pounds 800 106 Slaughter Lambs Head sold 30 2,775 Feeder Lambs Head sold 32 1,824 Show Lambs Head sold 150 41,250 Stocker Sheep Head sold 15 713 Cull Sheep Head sold 15 488 Sheep (Total) 9 155 ewes 47,156 Stocker Goats Head Sold 10 550 Goats (Total) * 35 does 550 Sheep & Goats (Total) 47,706 SWINE Show Pigs Head sold 165 49,500 Feeder Pigs Head sold 670 12,898 Slaughter Hogs Head sold 300 27,000 Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 28 2,100 Swine (Total) 12 160 sows 91,498 TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 10,054,437 * Fewer Than 6 Producers =================================================================================================