ST. HELENA Parish 1997 Crop Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Acres Measure Yield Production Farm Value
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FORESTRY
Pine Pulpwood Cords 111,275
Hardwood Pulpwood Cords 15,946
Chip N Saw Pulpwood Cords 40,439
Pine Saw Logs Board feet 8,369,709
Hardwood Saw Logs Board feet 2,862,597
Forestry FOB Mill (Total) 18,592,232
Forestry Stumpage (Total)** 11,215,693
Forestry (Total) 18,592,232
FRUITS
Blackberries * 1 Pints 1,500 1,500 1,500
Blueberries * 3 Pounds 2,400 7,200 7,200
Peaches * 3 Bushels 200 600 9,000
Fruits (Total) 17,700
GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Tomatoes * 50,400sf Pounds 5 267,120 267,120
Greenhouse Vegetables * 50,400sf Pounds 267,120
HAY, SOLD
Grass 20 500 Tons 3 1,500 75,000
Hay Sold (Total) 75,000
HOME GARDENS 450 Garden 144,900
NURSERY CROPS (Commercial)
Floraculture & Bedding Plts * Acre 5,000
Foliage Plants * Acre 5,000
Nursery Crops (Total) * 10,000
SWEET POTATOES * 4 Bushels 50# 150
Canning 4 % of crop
Fresh 4 % of crop 150 600 6,600
Sweet Potatoes (Total) * 4 150 600 6,600
VEGETABLES - COMMERCIAL
Garlic * 2 Pounds 4,500 9,000 18,000
Mustard (Fresh) * 2 Doz. Bunches 550 1,100 5,500
Snap Beans (Fresh) * 10 Bushels 30# 140 1,400 21,000
Southern Peas (Fresh) * 30 Bushels 24# 75 2,250 45,000
Squash (Fresh)
Yellow Squash * 1 Bushels 45# 180 270 4,320
Squash (Processing)
Sweet Corn (Fresh) 8 15 Doz. Ears 650 9,750 19,500
Tomatoes (Field) * 0 Lugs 20# 600 300 3,600
Turnips (Fresh) * 2 Doz. Bunches 400 1,000 5,000
Watermelon * 35 cwt. 140 4,900 29,400
Vegetables (Total) 15 151,320
TOTAL ALL CROPS 19,264,872
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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ST. HELENA Parish 1997 Fish & Wildlife Production
Total Gross
Commodity Producers Production Units Measure Production Farm Value
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FUR ANIMALS
Pelts Pelts 502 3,634
Fur Animals (Total) 3,634
ALLIGATORS - Wild animals feet
HUNTING LEASE ENTERPRISES 38 125,000 acres 1,181,250
TOTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 1,184,884
* Fewer Than 6 Producers
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ST. HELENA 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 250 79,188
400-500 lbs. Head sold 416 157,248
500-600 lbs. Head sold 166 73,040
Heifer Calves
300-400 lbs. Head sold 230 62,589
400-500 lbs. Head sold 384 128,736
500-600 lbs. Head sold 154 58,697
Yearling Cattle
600-700 lbs. Head sold 69 31,036
700-800 lbs. Head sold 91 48,116
Cow-Calf Pairs Head sold 160 104,000
Cull Cows Head sold 1,781 522,278
Cull Bulls Head sold 25 16,350
Cattle & Calves (Total) 115 2,070 cows 1,281,278
MILK
Dairy Cows 51 5,865 cows Pounds 66,651,785 9,397,902
Milk (Total) 9,397,902
HORSES
Brood Mares 6 19 mares Head sold 12
Stud Fees 5 studs Mares bred 15
Pleasure Horses 45 horses Head sold 85
POULTRY
Edible Eggs * 954,506 hens Dozen sold 20,764,800 14,120,064
Cull Hens Pounds 1,694,250 423,563
Poultry (Total) * 14,543,627
RABBITS
Fryers * 220 animals Pounds 1,100 880
Does * 675 animals Pounds 3,000 45,000
Rabbits (Total) * 895 4,100 45,880
RATITE and other EXOTIC FOWL
Emu * 3 breedrs Birds sold
SWINE
Slaughter Hogs Head sold 200 27,000
Swine (Total) * 40 sows 27,000
TOTAL ALL ANIMALS 25,295,687
DAIRY HEIFERS * HEAD HEAD 80 72,000
* Fewer Than 6 Producers