Table 1. Parish Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Louisiana 
Acadia 
Allen 
Ascension 
Assumption 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Oats for grain 
farms 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,868 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
182,727 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
387 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
125,098 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
12,523,687 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
306 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
4,636 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
1,933 
100 
19 
4 
8 
acres 
1,113,650 
50,013 
5,944 
1,125 
3,454 
bushels 
51,467,676 
1,731,909 
170,096 
46,100 
169,624 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
467 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
226,718 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
bales 
476,370 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Upland cotton 
farms 
467 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
226,718 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
bales 
476,370 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Pima cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
8,376 
166 
123 
77 
15 
acres 
467,676 
8,512 
3,667 
1,790 
408 
tons, dry 
1,139,938 
25,015 
10,762 
3,696 
1,038 
Rice 
farms 
822 
154 
33 
- 
- 
acres 
395,063 
80,433 
17,402 
- 
- 
cwt 
25,490,218 
5,220,974 
1,099,821 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
160,550 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
386 
5 
1 
10 
36 
acres 
398,800 
3,093 
(D) 
13,794 
40,459 
tons 
13,853,665 
111,470 
(D) 
463,202 
1,445,000 
Pineapples harvested 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,775 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
13,511,146 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
661 
7 
6 
5 
- 
acres 
12,185 
(D) 
28 
5 
- 
Potatoes 
farms 
190 
1 
- 
4 
- 
acres 
(□) 
(D) 
- 
(Z) 
- 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
37 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
9,314 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
1,007 
8 
7 
17 
2 
acres 
17,936 
57 
73 
40 
(D) 
-continued 
240 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
