BIENVILLE Parish 1997 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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COTTON * 675
Lint 675 Pounds 750 506,250 344,250
Seed 675 Pounds 1,200 810,000 46,170
Cotton (Total) * 675 390,420
FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 169,115
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 81,005
Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 3,308
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 67,965,057
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 6,563,554
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 55,284,334
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 37,632,823
Christmas Trees Retail * 1 Trees Sold 30 825
Forestry (Total) 55,285,159
FRUITS
Blackberries * 0 Pints 2,800 364 364
Blueberries * 12 Pounds 3,300 39,600 39,600
Mayhaws * 5 Pounds 320 1,600 1,440
Muscadines * 0 Tons 1 0 125
Peaches * 7 Bushels 90 630 9,450
Fruits (Total) 14 24 50,979
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) * 200 Bushels 60 12,000 30,600
Feed Grains (Total) 30,600
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 8,640sf Pounds 2 23,760 23,760
Greenhouse Vegetables * 8,640sf Pounds 23,760
HAY, SOLD
Grass 125 5,300 Tons 3 15,900 795,000
Hay Sold (Total) 795,000
HOME GARDENS 1,800 Garden 579,600
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Floraculture & Bedding Plts * Acre 160,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 16,000
Nursery Crops (Total) * 176,000
SWEET POTATOES * 35 Bushels 50# 300
Canning 35 % of crop 60 2,100 4,200
Fresh 35 % of crop 240 8,400 92,400
Sweet Potatoes (Total) * 35 300 10,500 96,600
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Cabbage (Fresh) * 0 Sacks 50# 480 240 960
Cantaloupe * 10 Cartons (40#) 50 500 6,000
Collards (Fresh) 6 1 Doz. Bunches 500 500 2,500
Mustard (Fresh) 7 1 Doz. Bunches 600 600 3,000
Southern Peas (Fresh) 30 80 Bushels 24# 90 7,200 144,000
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash 10 1 Bushels 45# 260 390 6,240
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 7 10 Doz. Ears 600 6,000 12,000
Tomatoes (Field) 6 2 Lugs 20# 500 1,000 12,000
Turnips (Fresh) 6 1 Doz. Bunches 500 500 2,500
Watermelon 20 800 cwt. 90 72,000 432,000
Vegetables (Total) 621,200
TOTAL ALL CROPS 58,049,318
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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BIENVILLE Parish 1997 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 308 2,230
Fur Animals (Total) 2,230
ALLIGATORS - Wild animals feet
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 60 180,000 acres 567,000
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 569,230
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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BIENVILLE 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 509 161,226
400-500 lbs. Head sold 452 170,856
500-600 lbs. Head sold 169 74,360
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 509 138,512
400-500 lbs. Head sold 453 151,868
500-600 lbs. Head sold 170 64,796
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 250 112,450
700-800 lbs. Head sold 100 52,875
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 700 455,000
Cull Cows Head sold 750 219,938
Cull Bulls Head sold 90 58,860
Cattle & Calves (Total) 215 6,200 cows 1,660,741
MILK
Dairy Cows * 385 cows Pounds 4,503,127 634,941
Milk (Total) 634,941
HORSES
Brood Mares 22 300 mares Head sold 50 100,000
Stud Fees 15 studs Mares bred 175 35,000
Pleasure Horses 125 horses Head sold 75 112,500
Horses (Total) 247,500
POULTRY
Broilers 8 Pounds 17,510,414 7,004,166
Breeder Flocks * 100,800 birds Dozen eggs 907,200 1,360,800
Poultry (Total) 11 8,364,966
RATITE and other EXOTIC FOWL
Ostrich 20 700 breedrs Birds sold 1,500 750,000
Exotic Fowl (Total) 20 700 1,500 750,000
QUAIL and/or PHEASANTS * breedrs Birds sold 2,000 4,000
SWINE
Feeder Pigs Head sold 105 3,465
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 30 4,050
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 5 720
Swine (Total) 7 14 sows 8,235
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 11,670,383
Elk * (Prod. 19 21,250
* Fewer Than 6 Producers