Table 1. Parish Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
St. Charles 
St. Helena 
St. James 
St. John the Baptist 
St. Landry 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Oats for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
45 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13,639 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,376,597 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
- 
- 
5 
1 
150 
acres 
- 
- 
1,753 
(D) 
111,378 
bushels 
- 
- 
76,493 
(D) 
4,604,061 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,509 
bales 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,663 
Upland cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,509 
bales 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,663 
Pima cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
28 
160 
5 
11 
407 
acres 
1,598 
9,559 
253 
696 
16,239 
tons, dry 
3,694 
19,541 
146 
1,478 
47,406 
Rice 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
55 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
25,362 
cwt 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,651,746 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
18 
3 
6 
acres 
- 
- 
25,112 
5,685 
3,567 
tons 
- 
- 
850,489 
199,110 
110,835 
Pineapples harvested 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
4 
18 
11 
- 
20 
acres 
20 
109 
71 
- 
127 
Potatoes 
farms 
1 
- 
6 
- 
3 
acres 
(D) 
- 
5 
- 
(D) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
- 
4 
2 
3 
48 
acres 
- 
5 
(D) 
24 
532 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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