EVANGELINE Parish 1998 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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COTTON * 1,108
Lint 1,108 Pounds 750 831,000 598,320
Seed 1,108 Pounds 1,223 1,355,084 67,754
Cotton (Total) * 1,108 666,074
FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 61,696
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 35,608
Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 1,738
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 30,747,931
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 5,614,261
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 27,693,873
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 17,573,518
Christmas Trees Retail * 10 Trees Sold 600 16,500
Forestry (Total) 27,710,373
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) 10 3,500 Bushels 55 192,500 404,250
Grain Sorghum * 591 cwt. 30 17,730 69,147
Feed Grains (Total) 473,397
HAY, SOLD
Grass 85 6,500 Tons 0 3,250 195,000
Hay Sold (Total) 195,000
HOME GARDENS 4,100 Garden 902,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 400,000
Nursery Crops (Total) * 400,000
RICE 261 52,735 cwt. 59 3,126,658 29,703,252
SOYBEANS 148 36,500 Bushels 14 511,000 2,887,150
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar * 276 lbs 4,860 1,341,360 160,963
Molasses * 276 gal 150 41,582 4,574
Sugarcane (Total) 165,537
SWEET POTATOES 10 1,600 Bushels 50# 146
Canning 1,600 % of crop 87 140,160 280,320
Fresh 1,600 % of crop 58 93,440 1,027,840
Sweet Potatoes (Total) 10 1,600 146 233,600 1,308,160
WHEAT 14 1,902 Bushels 42 79,884 259,623
TOTAL ALL CROPS 64,670,566
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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EVANGELINE Parish 1998 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) 71 5,680 acres Pounds Sold 2,494,800 1,546,776
Alligators (Farm) * 48,854 animals feet 190,530 3,191,388
Aquaculture (Total) 4,738,164
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 10,099 56,251
Meat Pounds 16,181 5,825
Fur Animals (Total) 62,076
ALLIGATORS - Wild 41 animals feet 307 4,613
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 18 29,500 acres 103,250
HONEY * 187 hives Pounds 9,324 5,221
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 4,913,324
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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EVANGELINE 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 1,983 560,098
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,722 557,153
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,514 545,419
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 1,983 480,283
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,722 497,486
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,515 504,950
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 1,000 390,000
700-800 lbs. Head sold 1,200 531,000
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 2,175 1,305,000
Cull Cows Head sold 1,450 412,888
Cull Bulls Head sold 193 125,064
Cattle & Calves (Total) 260 14,500 cows 5,909,341
MILK
Dairy Cows * 80 cows Pounds 851,225 136,196
Milk (Total) 136,196
HORSES
Brood Mares 14 150 mares Head sold 140 280,000
Stud Fees 12 studs Mares bred 720 216,000
Pleasure Horses 6 horses Head sold 35 70,000
Horses (Total) 566,000
POULTRY
Broilers 25 Pounds 15,000 6,000
Edible Eggs 100 3,000 hens Dozen sold 45,000 31,500
Cull Hens Pounds 6,000 1,500
Poultry (Total) 125 39,000
QUAIL and/or PHEASANTS * 3,000 breedrs Birds sold 8,000 16,000
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 1,350 sheared Pounds 8,775 3,301
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 450 54,000
Feeder Lambs Head sold 900 45,563
Show Lambs Head sold 125 31,250
Stocker Sheep Head sold 150 6,900
Cull Sheep Head sold 310 10,850
Sheep (Total) 25 1,200 ewes 151,864
Slaughter Goats Head Sold 214 16,050
Stocker Goats Head Sold 398 13,930
Cull Goats Head Sold 38 760
Goats (Total) 15 350 does 30,740
Sheep & Goats (Total) 182,604
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 45 11,250
Feeder Pigs Head sold 230 3,795
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 229 18,893
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 8 690
Swine (Total) * 32 sows 34,628
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 6,883,769
* Fewer Than 6 Producers