EAST BATON ROUGE Parish 1997 Crop
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 7,869
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 11,714
Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 1,642
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 2,985,984
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 3,137,303
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 3,969,356
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 2,545,903
Christmas Trees Retail * 90 Trees Sold 9,000 247,500
Fire Wood 130 Face Cords 10,000 1,250,000
Forest Seedlings * 4 Seedlings 12,500 50,000 100,000
Forestry (Total) 5,566,856
FRUITS
Blueberries * 6 Pounds 3,500 21,000 21,000
Peaches * 8 Bushels 50 400 6,000
Fruits (Total) * 14 27,000
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) 7 887 Bushels 125 110,875 282,731
Feed Grains (Total) 282,731
HAY, SOLD
Grass * 500 Tons 3 1,750 87,500
Hay Sold (Total) 87,500
HOME GARDENS 31,000 Garden 9,982,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Floraculture & Bedding Plts 11 Acre 375,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 200,000
Nursery Crops (Total) 12 575,000
PECANS
Improved * 60 Pounds 300 18,000 13,500
Native 350 131 Pounds 175 22,925 10,316
Pecans (Total) 23,816
SOD PRODUCTION * 85 Acres 283,475
SOYBEANS * 500 Bushels 30 15,000 103,500
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar * 417 lbs 5,450 2,272,650 272,718
Molasses * 417 gal 148 62,045 6,825
Sugarcane (Total) 279,543
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Cabbage (Fresh) * 2 Sacks 50# 500 1,000 4,000
Collards (Fresh) 27 10 Doz. Bunches 600 6,000 30,000
Cucumber * 1 Bushels 50# 300 300 3,000
Eggplant * 0 Bushels 33# 600 300 2,400
Mustard (Fresh) 18 160 Doz. Bunches 600 96,000 480,000
Snap Beans (Fresh) * 6 Bushels 30# 165 990 14,850
Southern Peas (Fresh) 6 9 Bushels 24# 70 630 12,600
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash * 1 Bushels 45# 75 75 1,200
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) * 12 Doz. Ears 900 10,800 21,600
Tomatoes (Field) * 10 Lugs 20# 1,200 12,000 144,000
Turnips (Fresh) 10 9 Doz. Bunches 300 2,700 13,500
Vegetables (Total) 71 220 727,150
TOTAL ALL CROPS 17,938,571
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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EAST BATON ROUGE Parish 1997 Fish & Wildlife
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Catfish (Farm) * 12 acres Pounds Sold 28,000 112,000
Alligators (Farm) * 691 animals feet 2,694 41,771
Other Species * 0 acres Pounds Sold 18,000 108,000
Aquaculture (Total) 261,771
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Crawfish (Wild) * Pounds Sold 5,160 2,683
Catfish (Wild) 15 Pounds Sold 45,443 22,721
Buffalo * Pounds Sold 14,353 22,721
Gar * Pounds Sold 820 820
Other Finfish 7 Pounds Sold 4,012 1,003
Freshwater Fisheries (Total) 49,948
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 2,012 14,567
Fur Animals (Total) 14,567
ALLIGATORS - Wild 27 animals feet 202 3,645
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 50 20,000 acres 63,000
HONEY 40 676 hives Pounds 91,936 68,033
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 460,964
New Fish & Wild Enterprise * (units) 12 1 30,000
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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EAST BATON ROUGE 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 1,375 435,531
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,282 484,596
500-600 lbs. Head sold 715 314,600
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 1,200 326,550
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,315 440,854
500-600 lbs. Head sold 650 247,748
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 1,111 499,728
700-800 lbs. Head sold 1,300 687,375
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 1,115 724,750
Cull Cows Head sold 1,500 439,875
Cull Bulls Head sold 130 85,020
Cattle & Calves (Total) 465 11,000 cows 4,686,627
MILK
Dairy Cows 7 954 cows Pounds 10,457,495 1,474,507
Milk (Total) 1,474,507
HORSES
Brood Mares 300 1,500 mares Head sold 800 2,000,000
Stud Fees 50 studs Mares bred 900 5,000,000
Pleasure Horses 300 horses Head sold 200 300,000
Horses (Total) 7,300,000
POULTRY
Broilers * Pounds 12,000 4,800
Edible Eggs * 500 hens Dozen sold 11,050 7,514
Breeder Flocks * 750 birds Dozen eggs
Poultry (Total) * 12,314
RABBITS
Fryers 15 2,625 animals Pounds 10,500 8,400
Does 10 900 animals Pounds 8,700 130,500
Rabbits (Total) 25 3,525 19,200 138,900
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 200 sheared Pounds 1,600 861
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 75 10,125
Feeder Lambs Head sold 100 5,621
Show Lambs Head sold 150 37,500
Stocker Sheep Head sold 50 2,300
Cull Sheep Head sold 100 3,500
Sheep (Total) 7 225 ewes 59,907
Slaughter Goats Head Sold 400 40,000
Stocker Goats Head Sold 200 7,000
Cull Goats Head Sold 200 2,000
Goats (Total) 20 400 does 49,000
Sheep & Goats (Total) 108,907
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 800 160,000
Feeder Pigs Head sold 1,200 39,600
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 1,000 135,000
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 150 21,600
Swine (Total) 8 300 sows 356,200
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 14,077,455
* Fewer Than 6 Producers