BOSSIER Parish 1997 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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COTTON 6 2,300
Lint 2,300 Pounds 560 1,288,000 875,840
Seed 2,300 Pounds 896 2,060,800 117,466
Cotton (Total) 6 2,300 993,306
FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 84,907
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 99,404
Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 803
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 51,222,796
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 4,889,349
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 42,586,450
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 27,466,194
Christmas Trees Retail * 18 Trees Sold 800 22,000
Fire Wood 7 Face Cords 500 62,500
Forestry (Total) 42,670,950
FRUITS
Blackberries * 1 Pints 90 90 90
Blueberries * 4 Pounds
Fruits (Total) * 5 90
FEED GRAINS
Corn (Field) 8 1,023 Bushels 65 66,495 169,562
Grain Sorghum * 928 cwt. 38 35,264 162,214
Oats * 84 Bushels 36 3,024 5,141
Feed Grains (Total) 336,917
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 9,000sf Pounds 5 45,000 45,000
Greenhouse Vegetables * 9,000sf Pounds 45,000
HAY, SOLD
Grass 41 3,200 Tons 2 8,000 400,000
Hay Sold (Total) 400,000
HOME GARDENS 5,152 Garden 1,658,944
PECANS
Improved 10 450 Pounds 800 360,000 270,000
Native 8 50 Pounds 375 18,750 8,438
Pecans (Total) 278,438
RICE * 102 cwt. 42 4,284 42,840
SOYBEANS 18 10,500 Bushels 35 367,500 2,535,750
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Collards (Fresh) * 0 Doz. Bunches 400 200 1,000
Cucumber * 3 Bushels 50# 150 450 4,500
Irish Potatoes * 3 cwt. 150 450 9,000
Lima Beans (Fresh) * 6 Bushels 32# 65 390 9,750
Okra (Fresh) * 1 Bushels 400 400 8,000
Southern Peas (Fresh) 20 120 Bushels 24# 90 10,800 216,000
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash 10 5 Bushels 45# 130 650 10,400
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 22 160 Doz. Ears 700 112,000 224,000
Tomatoes (Field) * 6 Lugs 20# 400 2,400 28,800
Turnips (Fresh) 12 15 Doz. Bunches 700 10,500 52,500
Vegetables (Total) 563,950
WHEAT 24 4,947 Bushels 35 173,145 606,008
TOTAL ALL CROPS 50,132,193
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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BOSSIER Parish 1997 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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AQUACULTURE
Catfish (Farm) * 68 acres Pounds Sold 210,000 144,900
Aquaculture (Total) 144,900
FRESHWATER FISHERIES
Catfish (Wild) * Pounds Sold 15,800
FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 448 3,244
Fur Animals (Total) 3,244
ALLIGATORS - Wild animals feet
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 30 142,000 acres 447,300
HONEY 8 760 hives Pounds 91,200 67,488
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 662,932
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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BOSSIER Parish 1997 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 2,006 635,401
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,350 510,300
500-600 lbs. Head sold 870 382,800
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 1,982 539,352
400-500 lbs. Head sold 1,275 427,444
500-600 lbs. Head sold 670 255,371
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 510 229,398
700-800 lbs. Head sold 308 162,855
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 1,012 657,800
Cull Cows Head sold 1,089 319,349
Cull Bulls Head sold 512 334,848
Cattle & Calves (Total) 250 13,412 cows 4,454,918
MILK
Dairy Cows * 125 cows Pounds 2,077,010 292,858
Milk (Total) 292,858
HORSES
Brood Mares 260 960 mares Head sold 970
Stud Fees 125 studs Mares bred 905
Pleasure Horses 470 horses Head sold 151
RATITE and other EXOTIC FOWL
Ostrich 10 6 breedrs Birds sold 218 109,000
Emu 12 18 breedrs Birds sold 305 30,500
Exotic Fowl (Total) 18 24 523 139,500
SWINE
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 108 14,580
Culls (sows, boars) Head sold 12 1,728
Swine (Total) * 6 sows 16,308
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 4,903,584
* Fewer Than 6 Producers