Table 1. Parish Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Rapides 
Red River 
Richland 
Sabine 
St. Bernard 
Farms 
number 
853 
252 
762 
392 
56 
Land in farms 
acres 
210,996 
135,346 
278,986 
51,829 
31,889 
Average size of farm 
acres 
247 
537 
366 
132 
569 
Median size of farm 
acres 
42 
122 
99 
69 
82 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
628,929 
1,049,233 
840,476 
420,495 
946,799 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,543 
1,954 
2,296 
3,180 
1,663 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
85,071 
32,638 
96,499 
28,039 
3,850 
Average per farm 
dollars 
99,732 
129,516 
126,640 
71,527 
68,746 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
134 
19 
27 
20 
8 
1 0 to 49 acres 
332 
64 
215 
127 
18 
50 to 1 79 acres 
218 
60 
256 
165 
10 
1 80 to 499 acres 
88 
56 
118 
63 
7 
500 to 999 acres 
27 
19 
68 
13 
6 
1 ,000 acres or more 
54 
34 
78 
4 
7 
Total cropland 
farms 
576 
146 
554 
216 
33 
acres 
132,124 
34,276 
189,464 
12,030 
4,347 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
505 
129 
369 
192 
22 
acres 
107,478 
29,015 
154,085 
9,873 
399 
Irrigated land 
farms 
186 
14 
180 
7 
4 
acres 
21,059 
2,995 
85,146 
89 
4 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
132,191 
38,562 
127,283 
142,144 
5,795 
Average per farm 
dollars 
154,972 
153,024 
167,039 
362,612 
103,474 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
116,703 
12,910 
119,053 
1,258 
155 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
15,488 
25,652 
8,231 
140,886 
5,640 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
284 
108 
380 
156 
26 
$2,500 to $4,999 
84 
25 
39 
48 
6 
$5,000 to $9,999 
124 
15 
60 
40 
6 
$10,000 to $24,999 
108 
28 
63 
69 
6 
$25,000 to $49,999 
48 
19 
55 
20 
3 
$50,000 to $99,999 
65 
18 
26 
4 
2 
$100,000 or more 
140 
39 
139 
55 
7 
Government payments 
farms 
189 
88 
580 
45 
8 
$1,000 
3,644 
1,506 
10,171 
441 
19 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
236 
61 
222 
66 
20 
$1,000 
4,806 
2,340 
5,532 
296 
244 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
100,979 
40,923 
99,495 
99,388 
4,369 
Average per farm 
dollars 
118,381 
162,392 
130,571 
253,541 
78,024 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
853 
252 
762 
392 
56 
$1,000 
39,663 
1,485 
43,491 
43,493 
1,688 
Average per farm 
dollars 
46,498 
5,894 
57,075 
110,951 
30,140 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
427 
141 
359 
201 
34 
Other 
number 
426 
111 
403 
191 
22 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
505 
134 
411 
221 
30 
200 days or more 
number 
333 
82 
277 
166 
19 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
397 
142 
211 
257 
14 
number 
29,922 
36,187 
23,324 
12,655 
1,110 
Beef cows 
farms 
324 
136 
192 
212 
14 
number 
(D) 
16,513 
11,214 
(D) 
600 
Milk cows 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
number 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
294 
108 
161 
190 
8 
number 
13,809 
36,795 
9,316 
5,611 
290 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
27 
4 
2 
9 
- 
number 
343 
6 
(D) 
122 
- 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
12 
- 
2 
6 
- 
number 
138 
- 
(D) 
205 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
30 
- 
1 
5 
- 
number 
428 
- 
(D) 
7 
- 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
74 
18 
21 
30 
9 
number 
2,962 
316 
478 
(D) 
144 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
40 
- 
number 
37 
- 
- 
41,045,476 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
23 
5 
103 
- 
- 
acres 
9,719 
5,250 
47,040 
- 
- 
bushels 
1,537,344 
612,400 
8,405,590 
- 
- 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
16 
8 
100 
- 
- 
acres 
4,375 
4,205 
24,784 
- 
- 
bushels 
239,726 
196,009 
1,351,106 
- 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
16 
8 
100 
- 
- 
acres 
4,375 
4,205 
24,784 
- 
- 
bushels 
239,726 
196,009 
1,351,106 
- 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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