POINTE COUPEE Parish 1997 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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COTTON 11 4,800
Lint 4,800 Pounds 820 3,936,000 2,676,480
Seed 4,800 Pounds 1,312 6,297,600 358,963
Cotton (Total) 11 4,800 3,035,443
FORESTRY
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 19,194
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 7,578,926
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 3,299,108
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 1,873,375
Christmas Trees Retail * 12 Trees Sold 230 6,325
Forestry (Total) 3,305,433
FRUITS
Blackberries * 1 Pints 2,580 2,580 2,580
Strawberries * 2 Flats 2,000 4,000 40,000
Fruits (Total) 42,580
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) 128 33,500 Bushels 133 4,455,500 11,361,525
Grain Sorghum * 100 cwt. 20 2,000 9,200
Feed Grains (Total) 11,370,725
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 13,500sf Pounds 4 64,125 64,125
Greenhouse Vegetables * 13,500sf Pounds 64,125
HOME GARDENS 1,100 Garden 354,200
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Fruit and Nut Trees * Acre 1,250
Floraculture & Bedding Plts * Acre 8,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 5,000
Foliage Plants * Acre 1,100
Nursery Crops (Total) * 15,350
PECANS
Improved 64 400 Pounds 335 134,000 100,500
Native 2,300 4,452 Pounds 400 1,780,800 801,360
Pecans (Total) 901,860
RICE * 1,150 cwt. 55 63,250 632,500
SOYBEANS 139 72,500 Bushels 43 3,117,500 21,510,750
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar 41 21,000 lbs 5,235 109,935,000 13,192,200
Molasses 41 21,000 gal 142 3,001,320 330,145
Sugarcane (Total) 13,522,345
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Beets * 0 Doz. Bunches 750 375 1,688
Broccoli (Fresh) * 2 Cartons 20# 500 1,000 5,500
Cabbage (Fresh) 6 6 Sacks 50# 760 4,560 18,240
Cantaloupe * 0 Cartons (40#) 250 125 1,500
Carrots * 0 Doz. Bunches 260 130 585
Cauliflower (Fresh) * 1 Cartons 20# 415 622 5,291
Collards (Fresh) * 0 Doz. Bunches 1,110 555 2,775
Cucumber * 1 Bushels 50# 400 400 4,000
Eggplant * 1 Bushels 33# 410 410 3,280
Garlic * 5 Pounds 3,000 15,000 30,000
Irish Potatoes * 3 cwt. 240 720 14,400
Mirliton * 4 Pounds 3,850 15,400 23,100
Mustard (Fresh) * 4 Doz. Bunches 1,300 5,200 26,000
Okra (Fresh) * 6 Bushels 275 1,650 33,000
Onions 6 6 Bag 50# 300 1,800 27,000
Onions, Green * 0 lbs. 1,500 750 938
Peppers
Bell * 2 Bushels 28# 1,000 2,500 17,500
Jalapeno (Fresh) * 0 Bushels 25# 300 150 1,800
Tabasco Green * 1 cwt. 30 30 1,770
Pumpkin (Fresh) * 3 cwt. 250 875 17,500
Pumpkin, Cushaw * 0 cwt. 200 100 1,500
Shallots * 4 Doz. Bunches 2,000 8,000 20,000
Snap Beans (Fresh) * 0 Bushels 30# 150 37 563
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash * 3 Bushels 45# 300 1,050 16,800
Zucchini Squash * 1 Bushels 45# 120 120 1,440
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 10 50 Doz. Ears 550 27,500 55,000
Tomatoes (Field) * 6 Lugs 20# 900 5,400 64,800
Watermelon * 0 cwt. 400 200 1,200
Vegetables (Total) 397,170
WHEAT 56 9,600 Bushels 48 460,800 1,612,800
TOTAL ALL CROPS 56,765,281
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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POINTE COUPEE Parish 1997 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) 10 1,200 acres Pounds Sold 335,000 190,950
Catfish (Farm) * 2 acres Pounds Sold 560 386
Other Species * 15 acres Pounds Sold 39,000 208,000
Aquaculture (Total) 399,336
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Crawfish (Wild) 100 Pounds Sold 1,000,000 550,000
Catfish (Wild) 8 Pounds Sold 8,000
Buffalo 6 Pounds Sold 5,000
Gar 6 Pounds Sold 2,000
Other Finfish 6 Pounds Sold 5,000
Freshwater Fisheries (Total) 550,000
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 706 5,111
Fur Animals (Total) 5,111
ALLIGATORS - Wild 106 animals feet 795 14,310
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 12 64,000 acres 201,600
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 1,170,357
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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POINTE COUPEE 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 1,590 503,633
400-500 lbs. Head sold 7,600 2,872,800
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,150 506,000
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 720 195,930
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,800 603,450
500-600 lbs. Head sold 2,400 914,760
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 490 220,402
700-800 lbs. Head sold 280 148,050
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 140 91,000
Cull Cows Head sold 1,800 527,850
Cull Bulls Head sold 120 78,480
Cattle & Calves (Total) 90 16,590 cows 6,662,355
HORSES
Brood Mares 60 150 mares Head sold 70
Stud Fees 12 studs Mares bred 60
Pleasure Horses 70 horses Head sold 39
RABBITS
Fryers * 200 animals Pounds 800 640
Does * 110 animals Pounds 400 6,000
Rabbits (Total) * 310 1,200 6,640
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 79 15,800
Feeder Pigs Head sold 400 13,200
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 40 5,400
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 34 4,896
Swine (Total) * 68 sows 39,296
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 6,708,291
* Fewer Than 6 Producers