BOSSIER Parish 1999 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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COTTON * 2,374
Lint 2,374 Pounds 600 1,424,400 754,932
Seed 2,374 Pounds 960 2,279,040 113,952
Cotton (Total) * 2,374 868,884
FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 71,425
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 98,966
Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 408
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 54,722,000
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 3,564,619
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 38,494,265
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 24,789,240
Christmas Trees Retail * 8 Trees Sold 800 24,000
Forestry (Total) 38,518,265
FRUITS
Blackberries * 9 Pints 900 8,100 8,100
Blueberries * 4 Pounds 480 1,920 1,920
Fruits (Total) 10,020
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) 8 1,412 Bushels 80 112,960 227,050
Grain Sorghum * 1,110 cwt. 38 42,180 128,649
Oats * 44 Bushels 40 1,760 1,936
Feed Grains (Total) 357,635
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 8,800 528,000
Hay Sold (Total) 528,000
HOME GARDENS 5,160 Garden 1,135,200
PECANS
Improved 10 450 Pounds 200 90,000 90,000
Native 8 50 Pounds 50 2,500 1,250
Pecans (Total) 91,250
RICE * 130 cwt. 40 5,200 37,700
SOYBEANS 16 7,747 Bushels 30 232,410 1,069,086
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Cucumber * 3 Bushels 50# 100 300 2,400
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 11,250 225,000
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash 10 2 Bushels 45# 255 510 4,080
Squash (Processing)
Turnips (Fresh) 12 15 Doz. Bunches 500 7,500 45,000
Vegetables (Total) 20 229 306,700
WHEAT 18 3,177 Bushels 55 174,735 480,521
TOTAL ALL CROPS 43,455,011
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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BOSSIER Parish 1999 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Catfish (Farm) * 70 acres Pounds Sold 180,000 127,800
Aquaculture (Total) 127,800
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Catfish (Wild) Pounds Sold 15,220
Buffalo Pounds Sold 10,129 2,532
Gar Pounds Sold 390 429
Other Finfish Pounds Sold 1,584 317
Freshwater Fisheries (Total) 3,278
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 130 417
Fur Animals (Total) 417
ALLIGATORS - Wild 5 37 675
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 15 160,000 acres 560,000
HONEY 8 760 hives Pounds 91,200 45,600
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 737,770
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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BOSSIER Parish 1999 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 2,008 671,736
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,340 507,183
500-600 lbs. Head sold 870 362,559
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 1,936 542,690
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,268 420,532
500-600 lbs. Head sold 655 246,915
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 504 222,768
700-800 lbs. Head sold 288 125,280
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 1,210 689,700
Cull Cows Head sold 1,028 302,335
Cull Bulls Head sold 465 313,108
Cattle & Calves (Total) 258 14,305 cows 4,404,806
MILK
Dairy Cows * 122 cows Pounds 1,027,471 161,313
Milk (Total) 161,313
HORSES
Brood Mares 245 900 mares Head sold 320
Stud Fees 100 studs Mares bred 875
Pleasure Horses 490 horses Head sold 100
SWINE
Feeder Pigs Head sold 210 4,043
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 50 4,750
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 10 975
Swine (Total) 6 20 sows 9,768
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 4,575,887
* Fewer Than 6 Producers