ALLEN Parish 1997 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 157,114
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 33,474
Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 3,732
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 35,990,009
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 3,212,873
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 34,640,436
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 21,401,940
Christmas Trees Retail * 4 Trees Sold 2,000 55,000
Pine Straw * Bales 40# 4,000 16,000
Fire Wood 12 Face Cords 480 60,000
Forest Seedlings * 13 Seedlings 958,333 12,458,329 373,750
Forestry (Total) 35,145,186
FRUITS
Peaches * 108 Bushels 300 32,400 486,000
Fruits (Total) * 486,000
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) 15 300 Bushels 70 21,000 53,550
Grain Sorghum * 61 cwt. 35 2,135 9,821
Oats * 103 Bushels 65 6,695 11,382
Feed Grains (Total) 74,753
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 5,000sf Pounds 4 20,000 20,000
Cucumbers * 1,000sf Pounds 5 5,000 5,000
Greenhouse Vegetables * 6,000sf Pounds 25,000
HAY, SOLD
Grass 65 700 Tons 2 1,750 87,500
Hay Sold (Total) 87,500
HOME GARDENS 1,850 Garden 595,700
PECANS
Improved * 36 Pounds 1,000 36,000 27,000
Pecans (Total) 27,000
RICE 59 22,148 cwt. 52 1,162,770 11,627,700
SOYBEANS 28 12,251 Bushels 25 306,275 2,113,298
SWEET POTATOES * 4 Bushels 50# 150
Canning 4 % of crop
Fresh 4 % of crop 150 600 6,600
Sweet Potatoes (Total) * 4 150 600 6,600
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Cantaloupe 6 7 Cartons (40#) 45 315 3,780
Cucumber * 1 Bushels 50# 200 360 3,600
Mustard (Fresh) 12 4 Doz. Bunches 380 1,520 7,600
Okra (Fresh) 15 5 Bushels 200 1,100 22,000
Shallots 15 3 Doz. Bunches 1,000 3,500 8,750
Snap Beans (Fresh) 6 3 Bushels 30# 175 525 7,875
Southern Peas (Fresh) 22 27 Bushels 24# 65 1,755 35,100
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash * 3 Bushels 45# 90 315 5,040
Zucchini Squash * 0 Bushels 45# 90 45 540
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 29 50 Doz. Ears 700 35,000 70,000
Tomatoes (Field) 6 4 Lugs 20# 600 2,700 32,400
Watermelon 32 175 cwt. 85 14,875 89,250
Vegetables (Total) 75 260 285,935
TOTAL ALL CROPS 50,474,672
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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ALLEN Parish 1997 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) 19 420 acres Pounds Sold 290,000 165,300
Aquaculture (Total) 165,300
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 3,575 25,883
Meat Pounds 16,850 7,414
Fur Animals (Total) 33,297
ALLIGATORS - Wild 1 animals feet 7 135
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 1,150 165,000 acres 389,812
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 588,544
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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ALLEN Parish 1997 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 1,420 449,785
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,420 536,760
500-600 lbs. Head sold 710 312,400
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 1,220 331,993
400-500 lbs. Head sold 970 325,193
500-600 lbs. Head sold 245 93,382
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 500 224,900
700-800 lbs. Head sold 500 264,375
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 40 26,000
Cull Cows Head sold 1,200 351,900
Cull Bulls Head sold 75 49,050
Cattle & Calves (Total) 265 9,000 cows 2,965,738
HORSES
Brood Mares 60 75 mares Head sold 35 35,000
Pleasure Horses 110 horses Head sold 60 55,000
Horses (Total) 90,000
POULTRY
Edible Eggs 400 5,500 hens Dozen sold 25,000 17,000
Poultry (Total) 400 17,000
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 700 sheared Pounds 3,500 1,883
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 700 94,500
Feeder Lambs Head sold 80 4,496
Show Lambs Head sold 83 20,750
Cull Sheep Head sold 100 3,500
Sheep (Total) 31 700 ewes 125,129
Sheep & Goats (Total) 125,129
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 75 15,000
Feeder Pigs Head sold 300 9,900
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 150 20,250
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 30 4,320
Swine (Total) 12 70 sows 49,470
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 3,247,337
* Fewer Than 6 Producers