VERMILION Parish 1997 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 205
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 131,719
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 47,577
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 29,291
Christmas Trees Retail * 1 Trees Sold 1,100 30,250
Forestry (Total) 77,827
FRUITS
Blackberries * 1 Pints 5,000 5,000 5,000
Citrus
Satsumas * 1 Bushels 20 20 120
Figs * 1 Pounds 500 500 500
Mayhaws * 3 Pounds 1,250 3,750 3,375
Muscadines * 1 Tons 2 2 500
Peaches * 1 Bushels 165 165 2,475
Fruits (Total) 11,970
FEED GRAINS
Grain Sorghum * 406 cwt. 51 20,706 95,248
Feed Grains (Total) 95,248
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 4,600sf Pounds 5 23,000 23,000
Greenhouse Vegetables * 4,600sf Pounds 5 23,000
HAY, SOLD
Grass 379 7,650 Tons 5 42,840 2,142,000
Hay Sold (Total) 2,142,000
HOME GARDENS 4,500 Garden 1,449,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Fruit and Nut Trees * Acre 10,000
Floraculture & Bedding Plts 7 Acre 116,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 300,000
Nursery Crops (Total) 10 426,000
PECANS
Improved 10 56 Pounds 800 44,800 33,600
Native 100 6 Pounds 800 4,800 2,160
Pecans (Total) 35,760
RICE 396 97,648 cwt. 49 4,809,164 48,091,640
SOYBEANS 115 19,350 Bushels 28 541,800 3,738,420
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar 57 27,422 lbs 4,920 134,916,240 16,189,949
Molasses 57 27,422 gal 134 3,683,323 405,166
Sugarcane (Total) 16,595,115
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Irish Potatoes 6 10 cwt. 150 1,500 30,000
Mustard (Fresh) * 3 Doz. Bunches 600 1,800 9,000
Okra (Fresh) 14 15 Bushels 250 3,750 75,000
Peppers
Tabasco Green * 3 cwt. 30 90 5,310
Tabasco Red (Processing) * 3 cwt. 70 210 14,700
Shallots * 1 Doz. Bunches 900 900 2,250
Snap Beans (Fresh) * 1 Bushels 30# 150 150 2,250
Southern Peas (Fresh) * 6 Bushels 24# 65 390 7,800
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 11 25 Doz. Ears 500 12,500 25,000
Tomatoes (Field) * 2 Lugs 20# 800 1,600 19,200
Turnips (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 600 600 3,000
Vegetables (Total) 14 71 193,510
WHEAT 9 1,137 Bushels 30 34,110 119,385
TOTAL ALL CROPS 72,998,875
New Plant Enterprise * 1 lbs.(measure u 3,500 3,500 4
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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VERMILION Parish 1997 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) 400 12,000 acres Pounds Sold 6,000,000 3,420,000
Alligators (Farm) 13 27,673 animals feet 107,924 1,672,833
Oysters 10 acres Sacks 10,000 160,000
Soft-shell Crabs * acres Dozens Sold 600 10,800
Other Species * 4 acres Pounds Sold 90,000 162,000
Aquaculture (Total) 5,425,633
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Crawfish (Wild) 10 Pounds Sold 49,000 25,480
Catfish (Wild) 10 Pounds Sold 750,000 375,000
Buffalo 10 Pounds Sold 80,000 20,000
Gar 10 Pounds Sold 7,500 7,500
Other Finfish 10 Pounds Sold 8,500 2,125
Freshwater Fisheries (Total) 430,105
MARINE FISHERIES
Shrimp 150 Pounds Sold 11,555,250 23,341,605
Menhaden 10 Pounds Sold 407,324,000 24,439,440
Crabs 25 Pounds Sold 475,000 285,000
Marine Fisheries (Total) 48,066,045
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 21,786 157,731
Meat Pounds 42,007 18,483
Fur Animals (Total) 176,214
ALLIGATORS - Wild 2,878 animals feet 21,585 388,530
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 100 100,000 acres 315,000
HONEY 6 400 hives Pounds 24,000 17,760
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 54,819,287
New Fish & Wild Enterprise * lbs. 50,000 87,500
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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VERMILION 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 7,350 2,328,113
400-500 lbs. Head sold 4,410 1,666,980
500-600 lbs. Head sold 2,940 1,293,600
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 6,420 1,747,043
400-500 lbs. Head sold 3,210 1,076,153
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,070 407,831
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 1,850 832,130
700-800 lbs. Head sold 875 462,656
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 289 187,850
Cull Cows Head sold 5,650 1,656,863
Cull Bulls Head sold 343 224,322
Cattle & Calves (Total) 835 39,771 cows 11,883,541
MILK
Dairy Cows * 70 cows Pounds 1,151,015 162,293
Dairy Goats * 29 does Pounds 42,804 9,417
Milk (Total) 171,710
HORSES
Brood Mares 539 1,256 mares Head sold 718 646,200
Stud Fees 28 studs Mares bred 630 31,500
Pleasure Horses 45 horses Head sold 380 684,000
Horses (Total) 1,361,700
POULTRY
Edible Eggs 315 8,578 hens Dozen sold 114,027 77,538
Cull Hens Pounds 1,237 309
Poultry (Total) 315 77,847
RABBITS
Fryers 6 86 animals Pounds 329 263
Does 7 101 animals Pounds 243 3,645
Rabbits (Total) 13 187 3,908
RATITE and other EXOTIC FOWL
Ostrich * 10 breedrs Birds sold 8 4,000
Emu 17 94 breedrs Birds sold 290 29,000
Exotic Fowl (Total) 20 104 298 33,000
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 1,790 sheared Pounds 8,950 4,815
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 1,396 188,460
Feeder Lambs Head sold 93 5,227
Show Lambs Head sold 63 15,750
Cull Sheep Head sold 447 15,645
Sheep (Total) 112 1,789 ewes 229,897
Sheep & Goats (Total) 229,897
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 98 19,600
Feeder Pigs Head sold 457 15,081
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 1,295 174,825
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 56 8,064
Swine (Total) 57 171 sows 217,570
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 13,979,173
* Fewer Than 6 Producers