TERREBONNE Parish 1997 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 8
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 59,538
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 15,703
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 13,497
Fire Wood 7 Face Cords 500 62,500
Forestry (Total) 78,203
FRUITS
Citrus
Navels 8 8 Bushels 200 1,600 19,200
Satsumas 10 22 Bushels 275 6,050 36,300
Other Citrus * 4 Bushels 100 400 3,200
Fruits (Total) 22 34 58,700
HAY, SOLD
Grass * 75 Tons 2 150 7,500
Hay Sold (Total) 7,500
HOME GARDENS 6,500 Garden 2,093,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Fruit and Nut Trees * Acre 8,000
Floraculture & Bedding Plts * Acre 100,000
Nursery Crops (Total) * 108,000
PECANS
Improved * 2 Pounds 900 1,800 1,350
Pecans (Total) 1,350
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar 27 11,100 lbs 5,602 62,182,200 7,461,864
Molasses 27 11,100 gal 152 1,697,523 186,728
Sugarcane (Total) 7,648,592
SWEET POTATOES * 1 Bushels 50# 200
Canning 1 % of crop
Fresh 1 % of crop 200 200 2,200
Sweet Potatoes (Total) * 1 200 200 2,200
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Beets * 0 Doz. Bunches 350 175 788
Broccoli (Fresh) * 1 Cartons 20# 330 330 1,815
Cabbage (Fresh) * 12 Sacks 50# 450 5,400 21,600
Cauliflower (Fresh) * 1 Cartons 20# 300 300 2,550
Collards (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 600 600 3,000
Cucumber * 7 Bushels 50# 280 1,960 19,600
Garlic * 1 Pounds 6,000 6,000 12,000
Irish Potatoes * 10 cwt. 140 1,400 28,000
Mirliton * 0 Pounds 3,500 1,750 2,625
Mustard (Fresh) 6 10 Doz. Bunches 700 7,000 35,000
Okra (Fresh) * 10 Bushels 300 3,000 60,000
Onions * 2 Bag 50# 375 750 11,250
Onions, Green * 2 lbs. 1,200 2,400 3,000
Parsley * 0 Doz. Bunches 1,260 630 4,095
Peppers
Bell * 1 Bushels 28# 500 500 3,500
Pumpkin (Fresh) * 2 cwt. 130 260 5,200
Shallots * 4 Doz. Bunches 1,600 6,400 16,000
Snap Beans (Fresh) * 4 Bushels 30# 130 520 7,800
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash * 1 Bushels 45# 200 200 3,200
Zucchini Squash * 0 Bushels 45# 170 85 1,020
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 8 10 Doz. Ears 610 6,100 12,200
Tomatoes (Field) * 4 Lugs 20# 1,000 4,000 48,000
Turnips (Fresh) * 3 Doz. Bunches 700 2,100 10,500
Vegetables (Total) 48 88 312,743
TOTAL ALL CROPS 10,310,288
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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TERREBONNE Parish 1997 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) 10 1,450 acres Pounds Sold 597,900 340,803
Fishbait 22 acres Pounds Sold 45,450 272,700
Alligators (Farm) 14 28,134 animals feet 109,722 1,700,700
Oysters 480 acres Sacks 683,855 10,941,680
Soft-shell Crabs 11 acres Dozens Sold 2,050 36,900
Aquaculture (Total) 13,292,783
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Crawfish (Wild) 28 Pounds Sold 33,244 17,287
Catfish (Wild) 33 Pounds Sold 56,062 28,031
Gar 12 Pounds Sold 24,203 24,203
Other Finfish * Pounds Sold 6,732 1,683
Freshwater Fisheries (Total) 71,204
MARINE FISHERIES
Shrimp 2,500 Pounds Sold 25,853,408 52,223,884
Crabs 525 Pounds Sold 8,865,568 5,319,340
Commercial Finfish 190 Pounds Sold 130,206 110,675
Marine Fisheries (Total) 57,653,899
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 83,792 606,654
Meat Pounds 67,210 29,572
Fur Animals (Total) 636,226
ALLIGATORS - Wild 6,232 animals feet 46,740 841,320
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES * 100,000 acres 315,000
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 72,810,432
Offshore Marine Finfish 8 (units) (Prod. 53,880 123,924
Blue Fin Tuna 10 (units) (Prod. 46,472 220,742
Yellow Fin Tuna 10 (units) (Prod. 88,897 231,132
Swordfish 10 (units) (Prod. 245,435 674,946
Snapper - Red * (units) (Prod. 203 355
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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TERREBONNE 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 500 158,375
400-500 lbs. Head sold 700 264,600
500-600 lbs. Head sold 100 44,000
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 400 108,850
400-500 lbs. Head sold 150 50,288
500-600 lbs. Head sold 70 26,681
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 150 67,470
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 25 16,250
Cull Cows Head sold 70 20,528
Cull Bulls Head sold 10 6,540
Cattle & Calves (Total) 50 5,000 cows 763,582
HORSES
Brood Mares 20 35 mares Head sold 12 30,000
Stud Fees 5 studs Mares bred 10 4,000
Pleasure Horses 30 horses Head sold 10 15,000
Horses (Total) 49,000
POULTRY
Edible Eggs 15 250 hens Dozen sold 1,000 680
Cull Hens Pounds 400 100
Poultry (Total) 15 780
RABBITS
Fryers * 200 animals Pounds 800 640
Does * 100 animals Pounds 300 4,500
Rabbits (Total) * 300 1,100 5,140
RATITE and other EXOTIC FOWL
Emu * 30 breedrs Birds sold 30 3,000
Rhea * 2 breedrs Birds sold
Exotic Fowl (Total) * 32 30 3,000
SHEEP and GOATS
Feeder Lambs Head sold 2 112
Show Lambs Head sold 6 1,500
Sheep (Total) * 8 ewes 1,612
Sheep & Goats (Total) 1,612
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 6 1,200
Feeder Pigs Head sold 6 198
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 5 675
Swine (Total) * 5 sows 2,073
EXOTIC ANIMAL ENTERPRISES
Deer/Antelope * 8 animals
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 825,187
* Fewer Than 6 Producers