BOSSIER Parish 1998 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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COTTON * 647
Lint 647 Pounds 380 245,860 177,019
Seed 647 Pounds 608 393,376 19,669
Cotton (Total) * 647 196,688
FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 101,450
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 105,456
Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 878
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 54,929,627
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 6,163,030
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 49,592,688
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 28,143,129
Christmas Trees Retail * 8 Trees Sold 800 22,000
Fire Wood 7 Face Cords 500 62,500
Forestry (Total) 49,677,188
FRUITS
Blackberries * 1 Pints 900 900 900
Blueberries * 4 Pounds 4,800 19,200 19,200
Fruits (Total) * 5 20,100
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) 8 1,302 Bushels 35 45,570 95,697
Grain Sorghum * 1,100 cwt. 30 33,000 128,700
Oats * 94 Bushels 60 5,640 10,152
Feed Grains (Total) 234,549
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 9,000sf Pounds 5 45,000 51,750
Greenhouse Vegetables * 9,000sf Pounds 51,750
HAY, SOLD
Grass 41 3,200 Tons 2 8,000 480,000
Hay Sold (Total) 480,000
HOME GARDENS 5,152 Garden 1,133,440
PECANS
Improved 10 450 Pounds 600 270,000 202,500
Native 8 50 Pounds 300 15,000 6,750
Pecans (Total) 209,250
RICE * 108 cwt. 42 4,536 43,092
SOYBEANS 18 9,657 Bushels 15 144,855 818,431
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Cucumber * 3 Bushels 50# 100 300 4,500
Irish Potatoes * 3 cwt. 150 450 13,500
Lima Beans (Fresh) * 4 Bushels 32# 75 300 7,500
Okra (Fresh) * 1 Bushels 300 300 4,500
Southern Peas (Fresh) 20 125 Bushels 24# 90 11,250 191,250
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash 10 5 Bushels 45# 110 550 4,400
Squash (Processing)
Turnips (Fresh) 12 15 Doz. Bunches 500 7,500 45,000
Vegetables (Total) 20 231 270,650
WHEAT 18 2,354 Bushels 38 89,452 290,719
TOTAL ALL CROPS 53,425,857
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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BOSSIER Parish 1998 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Catfish (Farm) * 68 acres Pounds Sold 200,000 210,000
Aquaculture (Total) 210,000
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Catfish (Wild) * Pounds Sold 16,000 15,800
Freshwater Fisheries (Total) 15,800
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 431 2,401
Fur Animals (Total) 2,401
ALLIGATORS - Wild 5 animals feet 37 563
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 35 160,000 acres 560,000
HONEY 8 844 hives Pounds 101,280 56,717
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 845,481
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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BOSSIER Parish 1998 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 2,012 568,289
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,360 440,028
500-600 lbs. Head sold 870 313,418
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 1,928 466,962
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,260 364,014
500-600 lbs. Head sold 670 223,311
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 506 197,340
700-800 lbs. Head sold 298 131,865
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 1,120 672,000
Cull Cows Head sold 1,020 290,445
Cull Bulls Head sold 469 303,912
Cattle & Calves (Total) 260 14,325 cows 3,971,584
MILK
Dairy Cows * 130 cows Pounds 2,075,000 332,000
Milk (Total) 332,000
HORSES
Brood Mares 250 900 mares Head sold 320 960,000
Stud Fees 125 studs Mares bred 875 87,000
Pleasure Horses 490 horses Head sold 100 200,000
Horses (Total) 1,247,000
SWINE
Feeder Pigs Head sold 210 3,465
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 50 4,125
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 10 863
Swine (Total) 6 20 sows 8,453
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 5,559,037
* Fewer Than 6 Producers