EAST BATON ROUGE Parish 1999 Crop
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 3,688
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 28,456
Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 19,593
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 1,754,748
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 6,041,101
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 7,087,701
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 3,976,166
Christmas Trees Retail * 95 Trees Sold 9,500 285,000
Fire Wood 200 Face Cords 4,000 500,000
Forest Seedlings * 4 Seedlings 50,000 200,000 400,000
Forestry (Total) 8,272,701
FRUITS
Blueberries * 5 Pounds 2,000 10,000 10,000
Peaches * 7 Bushels 687 4,809 72,135
Fruits (Total) 12 82,135
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) * 400 Bushels 133 53,200 106,932
Feed Grains (Total) 106,932
HAY, SOLD
Grass 15 1,500 Tons 2 3,750 225,000
Hay Sold (Total) 225,000
HOME GARDENS 31,000 Garden 6,820,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Floraculture & Bedding Plts 11 Acre 400,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 200,000
Nursery Crops (Total) 14 600,000
PECANS
Improved * 60 Pounds 350 21,000 21,000
Native 450 200 Pounds 200 40,000 20,000
Pecans (Total) 41,000
SOD PRODUCTION * 80 Acres 266,800
SOYBEANS * 470 Bushels 44 20,680 95,128
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar * 580 lbs 7,655 4,439,900 506,149
Molasses * 580 gal 230 133,400 9,338
Sugarcane (Total) 515,487
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Collards (Fresh) 30 3 Doz. Bunches 500 1,500 10,500
Cucumber * 1 Bushels 50# 280 280 2,240
Eggplant * 0 Bushels 33# 250 125 1,250
Mustard (Fresh) 55 110 Doz. Bunches 600 66,000 396,000
Okra (Fresh) 10 3 Bushels 200 600 9,000
Southern Peas (Fresh) * 3 Bushels 24# 50 150 3,000
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash * 2 Bushels 45# 145 290 2,320
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) * 5 Doz. Ears 550 2,750 6,875
Tomatoes (Field) 10 6 Lugs 20# 500 3,000 54,000
Turnips (Fresh) 10 6 Doz. Bunches 500 3,000 18,000
Vegetables (Total) 133 139 490,635
TOTAL ALL CROPS 17,515,818
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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EAST BATON ROUGE Parish 1999 Fish & Wildlife
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) * 23 acres Pounds Sold 13,700 8,768
Catfish (Farm) * 4 acres Pounds Sold 6,500 4,615
Fishbait 30 acres Pounds Sold 3,000 6,000
Alligators (Farm) * 900 acres 3,510 59,670
Other Species * 12 acres Pounds Sold 9,524 30,000
Aquaculture (Total) 109,053
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Crawfish (Wild) Pounds Sold 1,847 1,201
Catfish (Wild) 15 Pounds Sold 182,484 91,242
Buffalo 6 Pounds Sold 26,025 6,506
Gar Pounds Sold 253 273
Other Finfish Pounds Sold 17,000 3,400
Freshwater Fisheries (Total) 102,622
MARINE FISHERIES
Crabs Pounds Sold 33,199 19,919
Marine Fisheries (Total) * 19,919
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 581 1,865
Fur Animals (Total) 1,865
ALLIGATORS - Wild 32 240 4,320
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 50 25,000 acres 200,000
HONEY 45 700 hives Pounds 66,500 33,250
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 471,029
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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EAST BATON ROUGE 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 1,650 551,975
400-500 lbs. Head sold 900 340,646
500-600 lbs. Head sold 500 208,368
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 1,450 406,457
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,100 364,815
500-600 lbs. Head sold 450 169,637
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 1,000 442,000
700-800 lbs. Head sold 950 413,250
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 400 228,000
Cull Cows Head sold 500 147,050
Cull Bulls Head sold 75 50,501
Cattle & Calves (Total) 425 10,500 cows 3,322,699
MILK
Dairy Cows 6 660 cows Pounds 9,542,861 1,498,229
Milk (Total) 1,498,229
HORSES
Brood Mares 310 1,520 mares Head sold 810 1,215,000
Stud Fees 50 studs Mares bred 915 457,500
Pleasure Horses 310 horses Head sold 225 450,000
Horses (Total) 2,122,500
RABBITS
Fryers 15 2,625 animals Pounds 10,500 8,400
Does 10 900 animals Pounds 8,700 130,500
Rabbits (Total) 25 3,525 19,200 138,900
RATITE and other EXOTIC FOWL
Ostrich * 10 breedrs Birds sold 4 400
Emu * 50 breedrs Birds sold 15 750
Exotic Fowl (Total) 6 60 19 1,150
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 280 sheared Pounds 1,680 336
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 20 2,406
Feeder Lambs Head sold 150 7,380
Show Lambs Head sold 70 17,500
Stocker Sheep Head sold 70 3,850
Cull Sheep Head sold 40 1,400
Sheep (Total) 7 364 ewes
Slaughter Goats Head Sold 450 33,750
Stocker Goats Head Sold 150 5,250
Cull Goats Head Sold 100 2,000
Goats (Total) 22 450 does 73,872
Sheep & Goats (Total) 73,872
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 860 215,000
Feeder Pigs Head sold 1,500 28,875
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 1,000 95,000
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 70 6,825
Swine (Total) 10 235 sows 345,700
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 7,503,050
* Fewer Than 6 Producers