VERMILION Parish 1998 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 391
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 40,952
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 36,683
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 14,645
Christmas Trees Retail * 12 Trees Sold 8,286 227,865
Forestry (Total) 264,548
FRUITS
Blackberries * 1 Pints 1,000 1,000 1,000
Citrus
Navels * 1 Bushels 200 200 2,400
Satsumas * 11 Bushels 300 3,300 19,800
Other Citrus * 1 Bushels 200 200 1,600
Figs * 1 Pounds 500 500 500
Mayhaws * 3 Pounds 1,250 3,750 3,375
Muscadines * 1 Tons 1 1 250
Peaches * 1 Bushels 165 165 2,475
Fruits (Total) 26 20 31,400
FEED GRAINS
Grain Sorghum * 477 cwt. 43 20,511 79,993
Feed Grains (Total) 79,993
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 4,600sf Pounds 5 23,000 26,450
Greenhouse Vegetables * 4,600sf Pounds 5 26,450
HAY, SOLD
Alfalfa * 3 Tons 2 6 720
Grass 383 7,840 Tons 4 37,632 2,257,920
Hay Sold (Total) 2,258,640
HOME GARDENS 4,500 Garden 990,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Fruit and Nut Trees * Acre 8,000
Floraculture & Bedding Plts * Acre 200,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 8,000
Foliage Plants * Acre 8,000
Nursery Crops (Total) 224,000
PECANS
Improved 100 62 Pounds 800 50,000 37,500
Native 1,000 562 Pounds 800 450,000 202,500
Pecans (Total) 240,000
RICE 390 101,213 cwt. 43 4,443,250 42,210,882
SOYBEANS 92 17,950 Bushels 22 403,875 2,281,894
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar 46 27,922 lbs 5,425 151,476,850 18,177,222
Molasses 46 27,922 gal 168 4,695,921 516,551
Sugarcane (Total) 18,693,773
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Mustard (Fresh) * 3 Doz. Bunches 600 1,800 10,800
Okra (Fresh) 14 15 Bushels 250 3,750 56,250
Onions * 3 Bag 50# 120 360 7,200
Onions, Green * 3 lbs. 120 360 450
Peppers
Tabasco Green * 3 cwt. 120 360 21,240
Tabasco Red (Processing) * 3 cwt. 120 360 25,200
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 11 25 Doz. Ears 500 12,500 31,250
Tomatoes (Field) * 2 Lugs 20# 800 1,600 24,000
Turnips (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 600 600 3,600
Vegetables (Total) 45 46 179,990
WHEAT 7 696 Bushels 27 18,792 61,074
TOTAL ALL CROPS 67,542,644
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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VERMILION Parish 1998 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 4,800,000 2,976,000
Alligators (Farm) 8 19,212 animals feet 74,926 1,255,024
Oysters 10 acres Sacks 10,000 150,000
Soft-shell Crabs * acres Dozens Sold 700 12,600
Other Species * 1 acres Pounds Sold 72,000 115,200
Aquaculture (Total) 4,508,824
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Crawfish (Wild) 10 Pounds Sold 20,000 12,800
Catfish (Wild) 10 Pounds Sold 775,000 348,750
Buffalo 10 Pounds Sold 76,746 19,186
Gar 10 Pounds Sold 6,600 7,260
Other Finfish 10 Pounds Sold 9,275 1,855
Freshwater Fisheries (Total) 389,851
MARINE FISHERIES
Shrimp 170 Pounds Sold 7,000,000 12,600,000
Menhaden 10 Pounds Sold 247,200,000 14,832,000
Crabs 30 Pounds Sold 806,358 483,815
Marine Fisheries (Total) 27,915,815
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 20,948 116,680
Meat Pounds 40,451 14,562
Fur Animals (Total) 131,242
ALLIGATORS - Wild 2,436 animals feet 18,270 274,050
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 125 200,000 acres 2,500,000
HONEY * 400 hives Pounds 35,964 20,140
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 35,739,922
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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VERMILION 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 9,120 2,575,944
400-500 lbs. Head sold 4,560 1,475,388
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,520 547,580
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 7,608 1,842,658
400-500 lbs. Head sold 3,804 1,098,976
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,268 422,624
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 912 355,680
700-800 lbs. Head sold 608 269,040
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 765 459,000
Cull Cows Head sold 6,943 1,977,019
Cull Bulls Head sold 387 250,776
Cattle & Calves (Total) 793 38,350 cows 11,274,685
MILK
Dairy Cows * 110 cows Pounds 1,456,893 233,103
Dairy Goats * 32 does Pounds 47,804 10,517
Milk (Total) 243,620
HORSES
Brood Mares 526 1,293 mares Head sold 794 714,600
Stud Fees 31 studs Mares bred 698 52,350
Pleasure Horses 48 horses Head sold 386 694,800
Horses (Total) 1,461,750
POULTRY
Edible Eggs 308 8,387 hens Dozen sold 111,488 78,042
Cull Hens Pounds 1,183 296
Poultry (Total) 308 78,338
RABBITS
Fryers * 72 animals Pounds 275 220
Does 7 98 animals Pounds
Rabbits (Total) 12 170 220
RATITE and other EXOTIC FOWL
Emu * 10 breedrs Birds sold 2 200
Exotic Fowl (Total) * 10 2 200
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 1,663 sheared Pounds 7,483 2,815
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 1,347 161,640
Feeder Lambs Head sold 86 4,354
Show Lambs Head sold 74 18,500
Cull Sheep Head sold 503 17,605
Sheep (Total) 105 1,684 ewes 204,914
Sheep & Goats (Total) 204,914
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 146 36,500
Feeder Pigs Head sold 508 8,382
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 1,263 104,198
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 47 4,054
Swine (Total) 51 168 sows 153,134
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 13,416,861
* Fewer Than 6 Producers