WEST BATON ROUGE Parish 1999 Crop
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 6,411
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 1,900,950
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 962,748
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 559,872
Forestry (Total) 962,748
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) 12 2,481 Bushels 128 317,568 638,312
Feed Grains (Total) 638,312
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 2,800sf Pounds 4 12,600 14,490
Greenhouse Vegetables * 2,800sf Pounds 14,490
HAY, SOLD
Grass 6 2,000 Tons 2 5,000 300,000
Hay Sold (Total) 300,000
HOME GARDENS 800 Garden 176,000
PECANS
Improved * 30 Pounds 250 7,500 7,500
Native 30 300 Pounds 340 102,000 51,000
Pecans (Total) 58,500
SOYBEANS 20 5,672 Bushels 37 209,864 965,374
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar 25 15,131 lbs 6,600 99,869,880 11,385,166
Molasses 25 15,131 gal 198 2,996,096 209,727
Sugarcane (Total) 11,594,893
SWEET POTATOES * 2 Bushels 50# 200
Canning 2 % of crop
Fresh 2 % of crop 200 400 5,760
Sweet Potatoes (Total) * 2 200 400 5,760
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Collards (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 600 900 6,300
Cucumber * 1 Bushels 50# 224 224 1,792
Eggplant * 1 Bushels 33# 150 225 2,250
Irish Potatoes * 2 cwt. 150 300 9,000
Mustard (Fresh) * 3 Doz. Bunches 600 1,800 10,800
Okra (Fresh) * 1 Bushels 200 200 3,000
Shallots * 2 Doz. Bunches 1,500 3,000 12,000
Snap Beans (Fresh) * 8 Bushels 30# 40 320 5,440
Southern Peas (Fresh) * 5 Bushels 24# 60 300 6,000
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash 0 Bushels 45# 120 60 480
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) * 3 Doz. Ears 1,200 3,600 9,000
Tomatoes (Field) * 1 Lugs 20# 420 420 7,560
Turnips (Fresh) * 2 Doz. Bunches 600 1,200 7,200
Vegetables (Total) * 28 49,912
WHEAT * 448 Bushels 58 25,984 71,456
TOTAL ALL CROPS 14,837,445
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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WEST BATON ROUGE Parish 1999 Fish & Wildlife
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) * 1,160 acres Pounds Sold 540,000 345,600
Aquaculture (Total) 345,600
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Crawfish (Wild) Pounds Sold 5,261 3,420
Freshwater Fisheries (Total) 3,420
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 267 857
Fur Animals (Total) 857
ALLIGATORS - Wild 40 300 5,400
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 19 45,000 acres 360,000
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 715,277
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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WEST 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 200 66,906
400-500 lbs. Head sold 440 166,538
500-600 lbs. Head sold 560 233,372
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 220 61,669
400-500 lbs. Head sold 505 167,483
500-600 lbs. Head sold 295 111,206
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 150 66,300
700-800 lbs. Head sold 50 21,750
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 100 57,000
Cull Cows Head sold 200 58,820
Cull Bulls Head sold 15 10,100
Cattle & Calves (Total) 75 2,800 cows 1,021,144
HORSES
Brood Mares 6 65 mares Head sold 45 52,000
Stud Fees 4 studs Mares bred 35 17,500
Pleasure Horses 30 horses Head sold 15 15,000
Horses (Total) 84,500
SHEEP and GOATS
Show Lambs Head sold 10 2,500
Sheep (Total) * 8 ewes
Slaughter Goats Head Sold 40 3,000
Cull Goats Head Sold 10 200
Goats (Total) 6 60 does 5,700
Sheep & Goats (Total) 5,700
SWINE
Feeder Pigs Head sold 150 2,888
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 120 11,400
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 25 2,438
Swine (Total) 11 35 sows 16,726
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 1,128,070
* Fewer Than 6 Producers