FRANKLIN Parish 1997 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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COTTON 800 85,000
Lint 85,000 Pounds 675 57,375,000 39,015,000
Seed 85,000 Pounds 1,050 89,250,000 5,087,250
Cotton (Total) 800 85,000 44,102,250
FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 161
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 5,418
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 1,455,073
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 1,402,040
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 1,662,684
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 987,846
Fire Wood * Face Cords 100 12,500
Forestry (Total) 1,675,184
FRUITS
Peaches * 5 Bushels 300 1,500 22,500
Fruits (Total) * 5 22,500
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) 150 40,000 Bushels 150 6,000,000 15,300,000
Grain Sorghum 30 5,000 cwt. 45 225,000 1,035,000
Oats * 190 Bushels 100 19,000 32,300
Feed Grains (Total) 16,367,300
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 2,000sf Pounds 5 10,000 10,000
Greenhouse Vegetables * 2,000sf Pounds 10,000
HAY, SOLD
Grass 50 2,000 Tons 4 8,000 400,000
Hay Sold (Total) 400,000
HOME GARDENS 800 Garden 257,600
RICE * 1,650 cwt. 50 82,500 825,000
SOD PRODUCTION * 140 Acres 466,900
SOYBEANS 830 45,000 Bushels 35 1,575,000 10,867,500
SWEET POTATOES * 2,500 Bushels 50# 350
Canning 2,500 % of crop 70 175,000 350,000
Fresh 2,500 % of crop 280 700,000 7,700,000
Sweet Potatoes (Total) * 2,500 350 875,000 8,050,000
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Cabbage (Fresh) * 6 Sacks 50# 666 3,996 15,984
Mustard (Fresh) * 5 Doz. Bunches 600 3,000 15,000
Southern Peas (Fresh) * 10 Bushels 24# 60 600 12,000
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) * 20 Doz. Ears 600 12,000 24,000
Tomatoes (Field) * 2 Lugs 20# 450 900 10,800
Watermelon * 40 cwt. 30 1,200 7,200
Vegetables (Total) 10 77 84,984
WHEAT 20 5,320 Bushels 40 212,800 744,800
TOTAL ALL CROPS 83,874,018
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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FRANKLIN Parish 1997 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) * 60 acres Pounds Sold 45,000 45,000
Catfish (Farm) 42 7,108 acres Pounds Sold 42,648,000 28,574,160
Alligators (Farm) * 1,502 animals feet 5,857 90,796
Other Species * acres Pounds Sold 146,000 80,780
Aquaculture (Total) 28,790,736
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 2,016 14,596
Meat Pounds 16,803 7,393
Fur Animals (Total) 21,989
ALLIGATORS - Wild 1 animals feet 7 135
HONEY * 11 hives Pounds 1,100 814
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 28,813,674
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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FRANKLIN 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 4,100 1,298,675
400-500 lbs. Head sold 4,100 1,549,800
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,500 660,000
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 3,100 843,588
400-500 lbs. Head sold 3,100 1,039,275
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,000 381,150
Yearling Cattle
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 3,000 1,950,000
Cull Cows Head sold 1,000 293,250
Cull Bulls Head sold 55 35,970
Cattle & Calves (Total) 300 25,000 cows 8,051,708
HORSES
Brood Mares 30 100 mares Head sold 100
Pleasure Horses 100 horses Head sold 50
RATITE and other EXOTIC FOWL
Ostrich * 4 breedrs Birds sold
Emu * 8 breedrs Birds sold 6 300
Exotic Fowl (Total) * 12 300
QUAIL and/or PHEASANTS * breedrs Birds sold 2,500 5,000
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 4 800
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 1,000 187,500
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 20 2,880
Swine (Total) * 30 sows 191,180
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 8,248,188
* Fewer Than 6 Producers