Table 1. Parish Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
Jefferson Davis 
Lafayette 
Lafourche 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Oats for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
5 
1 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
1,391 
(D) 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
150,421 
(D) 
- 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
- 
- 
55 
17 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
23,536 
4,376 
(D) 
bushels 
- 
- 
645,825 
178,172 
(D) 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Upland cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pima cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
91 
10 
149 
239 
165 
acres 
3,188 
454 
6,243 
7,409 
9,398 
tons, dry 
7,903 
509 
18,743 
17,854 
22,000 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
120 
9 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
64,359 
2,874 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
4,173,100 
161,597 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
4 
17 
20 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
11,016 
27,377 
tons 
- 
- 
(D) 
379,756 
887,781 
Pineapples harvested 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
3 
1 
4 
6 
23 
acres 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
104 
Potatoes 
farms 
- 
- 
13 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
4 
3 
3 
25 
14 
acres 
22 
2 
(D) 
179 
55 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Louisiana 245 
