Table 1. Parish Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Natchitoches 
Orleans 
Ouachita 
Plaquemines 
Pointe Coupee 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Oats for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
4 
- 
12 
- 
12 
acres 
1,854 
- 
4,910 
- 
2,459 
bushels 
166,976 
- 
489,220 
- 
272,120 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
13 
- 
31 
- 
61 
acres 
11,284 
- 
17,123 
- 
75,251 
bushels 
468,253 
- 
675,927 
- 
3,869,478 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
8 
- 
15 
- 
6 
acres 
3,725 
- 
6,247 
- 
2,944 
bales 
8,155 
- 
11,051 
- 
6,346 
Upland cotton 
farms 
8 
- 
15 
- 
6 
acres 
3,725 
- 
6,247 
- 
2,944 
bales 
8,155 
- 
11,051 
- 
6,346 
Pima cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
293 
- 
110 
18 
114 
acres 
27,810 
- 
5,904 
2,775 
5,215 
tons, dry 
67,999 
- 
13,755 
6,176 
14,867 
Rice 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
cwt 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
23 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
29,200 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,066,208 
Pineapples harvested 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
pounds 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
7 
5 
15 
11 
7 
acres 
15 
5 
57 
114 
32 
Potatoes 
farms 
- 
- 
7 
- 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
4 
- 
(D) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
44 
2 
23 
57 
85 
acres 
3,243 
(D) 
458 
619 
2,072 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Louisiana 247 
