VERMILION Parish - 2000 - Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 350
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 405,268
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 132,863
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 88,332
Christmas Trees Retail * 2 Trees Sold 1,100 44,000
Forestry (Total) 176,863
FRUITS
Blackberries * 1 Pints 1,000 1,000 1,000
Citrus
Navels * 1 Bushels 200 200 2,800
Satsumas * 15 Bushels 300 4,500 54,000
Other Citrus * 1 Bushels 200 200 2,000
Figs * 1 Pounds 500 500 625
Mayhaws * 3 Pounds 1,250 3,750 4,875
Muscadines * 1 Tons 1 1 250
Peaches * 2 Bushels 165 330 6,600
Fruits (Total) * 25 72,150
FEED GRAINS
Grain Sorghum 8 582 cwt. 42 24,444 75,532
Feed Grains (Total) 75,532
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 8,200sf Pounds 5 45,018 58,523
Greenhouse Vegetables * 8,200sf Pounds 5 58,523
HAY, SOLD
Grass 390 8,540 Tons 2 18,788 1,221,220
Hay Sold (Total) 1,221,220
HOME GARDENS 4,500 Garden 1,170,000
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Fruit and Nut Trees * Acre 8,000
Floraculture & Bedding * Acre 275,000
Woody Ornamentals * Acre 8,000
Foliage Plants * Acre 8,000
Nursery Crops (Total) * 299,000
PECANS
Improved 100 31 Pounds 55 1,705 2,131
Native 500 125 Pounds 55 6,875 4,125
Pecans (Total) 6,256
RICE 363 62,712 cwt. 53 3,352,583 19,277,355
SOYBEANS 53 10,142 Bushels 21 212,982 1,011,665
SUGARCANE cwt. Raw Sug.
Sugar 48 33,500 lbs 4,332 145,122,000 16,689,030
Molasses 48 33,500 gal 130 4,355,000 304,850
Sugarcane (Total) 16,993,880
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Mustard (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 600 600 3,600
Okra (Fresh) 14 15 Bushels 250 3,750 56,250
Peppers
Tabasco Green * 3 cwt. 20 60 3,540
Tabasco Red (Processing) * 3 cwt. 20 60 4,200
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 11 10 Doz. Ears 500 5,000 12,500
Tomatoes (Field) * 1 Lugs 20# 800 800 14,400
Turnips (Fresh) * 1 Doz. Bunches 600 600 3,600
Vegetables (Total) 20 35 98,090
WHEAT * 775 Bushels 48 37,200 93,000
TOTAL ALL CROPS 40,553,534
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
**Not Included in Forestry(Total)
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VERMILION Parish - 2000 - Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Crawfish (Farm) 250 9,000 acres Pounds Sold 2,700,000 4,725,000
Soft-shell Crabs * acres Dozens Sold 400 72,000
Other Species * 1 acres Pounds Sold 110,000 148,500
Aquaculture (Total) 4,945,500
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Catfish (Wild) 10 Pounds Sold 900,000 450,000
Gar 10 Pounds Sold 3,000 3,000
Freshwater Fisheries 453,000
MARINE FISHERIES
Shrimp 175 Pounds Sold 13,000,000 34,750,000
Menhaden 10 Pounds Sold 347,582,900 20,854,974
Crabs 25 Pounds Sold 700,000 560,000
Commercial Finfish 20 Pounds Sold 5,000 5,000
Marine Fisheries (Total) 56,169,974
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 1,791 9,295
Meat Pounds Sold 500 250
Fur Animals (Total) 9,545
ALLIGATORS - Wild 2,676 20,070 441,540
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 120 200,000 acres 2,400,000
HONEY * 300 hives Pounds 32,700 17,985
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 64,437,544
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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VERMILION Parish - 2000 - 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 7,500 2,930,550
400-500 lbs. Head sold 5,320 2,313,322
500-600 lbs. Head sold 1,220 589,406
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 5,096 1,732,054
400-500 lbs. Head sold 3,614 1,428,542
500-600 lbs. Head sold 830 368,943
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 1,285 634,790
700-800 lbs. Head sold 875 459,375
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 725 518,375
Cull Cows Head sold 4,632 1,451,252
Cull Bulls Head sold 319 229,871
Cattle & Calves (Total) 772 37,920 cows 12,656,480
MILK
Dairy Cows * 120 cows Pounds 1,719,240 239,834
Dairy Goats * 33 does Pounds 33,675 7,409
Milk (Total) 247,243
HORSES
Brood Mares 522 1,282 mares Head sold 786 1,179,000
Stud Fees 32 studs Mares bred 720 126,000
Pleasure Horses 44 horses Head sold 353 635,400
Horses (Total) 1,940,400
POULTRY
Edible Eggs 282 7,679 hens Dozen sold 44,035 28,623
Cull Hens Pounds 550 121
Poultry (Total) 282 28,744
RABBITS
Fryers * 74 animals Pounds 282 226
Does 6 92 animals Pounds
Rabbits (Total) 8 166 282 226
SHEEP and GOATS
Wool 1,262 sheared Pounds 8,834 883
Slaughter Lambs Head sold 1,061 112,731
Feeder Lambs Head sold 175 8,105
Show Lambs Head sold 62 17,050
Cull Sheep Head sold 140 5,656
Sheep (Total) 97 1,304 ewes 144,425
Slaughter Goats Head Sold 48 3,600
Cull Goats Head Sold 10 275
Goats (Total) 6 42 does 3,875
Sheep & Goats (Total) 148,300
SWINE
Show Pigs Head sold 68 18,700
Feeder Pigs Head sold 532 11,704
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 1,048 119,210
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 23 1,984
Swine (Total) 49 154 sows 151,598
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 15,172,991
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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