POINTE COUPEE Parish 1998 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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COTTON 8 3,840
Lint 3,840 Pounds 790 3,033,600 2,184,192
Seed 3,840 Pounds 1,284 4,930,560 246,528
Cotton (Total) 8 3,840 2,430,720
FORESTRY
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 24,251
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 9,828,341
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 5,147,113
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 2,583,914
Christmas Trees Retail * 30 Trees Sold
Forestry (Total) 5,147,113
FRUITS
Blackberries * 1 Pints 2,580 2,580 2,580
Muscadines * 0 Tons 0 0 94
Strawberries * 2 Flats 2,000 4,000 40,000
Fruits (Total) 42,674
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) 128 44,000 Bushels 90 3,960,000 8,316,000
Feed Grains (Total) 8,316,000
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 13,500sf Pounds 5 70,200 80,730
Greenhouse Vegetables * 13,500sf Pounds 5 80,730
HOME GARDENS 1,100 Garden 242,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Floraculture & Bedding Plts * Acre 8,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 16,000
Nursery Crops (Total) * 24,000
PECANS
Improved 64 400 Pounds 350 140,000 105,000
Native 2,300 4,452 Pounds 425 1,892,100 851,445
Pecans (Total) 956,445
RICE * 1,400 cwt. 45 63,000 598,500
SOYBEANS 141 68,500 Bushels 32 2,192,000 12,384,800
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar 41 23,000 lbs 5,400 124,200,000 14,904,000
Molasses 41 23,000 gal 167 3,850,200 423,522
Sugarcane (Total) 15,327,522
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Beets * 0 Doz. Bunches 700 350 2,450
Broccoli (Fresh) * 2 Cartons 20# 500 1,000 10,000
Cabbage (Fresh) 6 6 Sacks 50# 800 4,800 24,000
Cantaloupe * 0 Cartons (40#) 125 62 938
Carrots * 0 Doz. Bunches 130 65 455
Cauliflower (Fresh) * 1 Cartons 20# 400 600 6,000
Collards (Fresh) * 0 Doz. Bunches 555 277 1,943
Cucumber * 1 Bushels 50# 400 400 6,000
Eggplant * 1 Bushels 33# 600 600 6,000
Garlic 6 5 Pounds 8,000 40,000 120,000
Irish Potatoes * cwt. 200
Mirliton * 4 Pounds 3,400 13,600 15,640
Mustard (Fresh) * Doz. Bunches 600
Okra (Fresh) * Bushels 400
Onions 6 6 Bag 50# 180 1,080 21,600
Onions, Green * 1 lbs. 1,500 1,500 1,875
Peppers
Bell * 2 Bushels 28# 1,250 3,125 31,250
Jalapeno (Fresh) * 0 Bushels 25# 450 225 3,375
Tabasco Green * 0 cwt. 30 15 885
Tabasco Red (Processing) * 0 cwt. 30 15 1,050
Pumpkin (Fresh) * 3 cwt. 300 1,050 21,000
Pumpkin, Cushaw * 2 cwt. 400 800 8,000
Shallots * 4 Doz. Bunches 3,000 12,000 48,000
Snap Beans (Fresh) * 0 Bushels 30# 37 9 159
Spinach (Fresh) * 2 Bushels 25# 300 600 12,000
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash * 3 Bushels 45# 350 1,225 9,800
Zucchini Squash * 1 Bushels 45# 320 320 7,680
Squash (Processing)
Yellow Squash * 3 cwt. 350 1,225 13,475
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 10 50 Doz. Ears 700 35,000 87,500
Tomatoes (Field) 6 6 Lugs 20# 2,500 15,000 225,000
Watermelon * 0 cwt. 200 100 600
Vegetables (Total) 686,675
WHEAT 40 8,940 Bushels 34 303,960 987,870
TOTAL ALL CROPS 47,225,049
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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POINTE COUPEE Parish 1998 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 283,000
Other Species * 15 acres Pounds Sold 41,500 179,550
Aquaculture (Total) 179,550
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Crawfish (Wild) 100 Pounds Sold 800,000 512,000
Catfish (Wild) 8 Pounds Sold 8,000 3,600
Buffalo 6 Pounds Sold 5,000 1,250
Gar 6 Pounds Sold 2,000 2,200
Freshwater Fisheries (Total) 519,050
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 679 3,782
Fur Animals (Total) 3,782
ALLIGATORS - Wild 174 animals feet 1,305 19,575
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 70 64,000 acres 201,600
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 923,557
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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POINTE COUPEE 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 1,630 460,394
400-500 lbs. Head sold 7,820 2,530,161
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,340 482,735
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 750 181,650
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,800 520,020
500-600 lbs. Head sold 2,200 733,260
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 480 187,200
700-800 lbs. Head sold 290 128,325
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 200 120,000
Cull Cows Head sold 1,950 555,263
Cull Bulls Head sold 140 90,720
Cattle & Calves (Total) 94 16,785 cows 5,989,728
HORSES
Brood Mares 60 145 mares Head sold 85 127,500
Stud Fees 15 studs Mares bred 65 32,500
Pleasure Horses 100 horses Head sold 50 100,000
Horses (Total) 260,000
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 100 25,000
Feeder Pigs Head sold 250 4,125
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 50 4,125
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 35 3,019
Swine (Total) * 100 sows 36,269
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 6,285,997
* Fewer Than 6 Producers