Table 8. Farms, Land in Farms, Value of Land and Buildings, and Land Use: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Natchitoches 
Orleans 
Ouachita 
Plaquemines 
Pointe Coupee 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland farms, 2012 
63 
2 
57 
24 
43 
2007 
86 
- 
80 
37 
45 
acres, 2012 
5,167 
(D) 
4,235 
4,871 
2,935 
2007 
14,263 
6,010 
5,072 
7,027 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed farms, 2012 
58 
- 
45 
12 
31 
2007 
67 
- 
69 
25 
27 
acres, 2012 
4,604 
- 
3,957 
249 
(D) 
2007 
13,376 
- 
5,127 
4,854 
4,460 
Cropland on which all crops failed farms, 2012 
11 
2 
7 
9 
6 
2007 
19 
- 
13 
14 
8 
acres, 2012 
554 
(D) 
84 
4,528 
(D) 
2007 
887 
883 
218 
257 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow farms, 2012 
3 
- 
7 
4 
9 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
acres, 2012 
9 
- 
194 
94 
1,396 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,310 
Total woodland farms, 2012 
264 
_ 
174 
25 
122 
2007 
223 
- 
183 
18 
103 
acres, 2012 
32,600 
- 
26,503 
4,353 
9,218 
2007 
35,413 
- 
18,955 
1,294 
13,753 
Woodland pastured farms, 2012 
125 
_ 
41 
8 
52 
2007 
103 
- 
57 
6 
39 
acres, 2012 
7,034 
- 
7,143 
2,252 
2,185 
2007 
8,317 
- 
1,639 
517 
3,869 
Woodland not pastured farms, 2012 
176 
- 
151 
17 
76 
2007 
149 
- 
151 
13 
68 
acres, 2012 
25,566 
- 
19,360 
2,101 
7,033 
2007 
27,096 
- 
17,316 
777 
9,884 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) farms, 2012 
433 
2 
269 
43 
212 
2007 
341 
- 
274 
43 
208 
acres, 2012 
88,451 
(D) 
15,383 
24,064 
26,295 
2007 
78,955 
12,380 
32,841 
28,333 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc farms, 2012 
337 
7 
230 
61 
182 
2007 
205 
2 
199 
61 
126 
acres, 2012 
9,598 
(D) 
3,783 
52,001 
2,927 
2007 
9,357 
(D) 
3,527 
49,006 
5,087 
Pastureland, all types farms, 2012 
468 
2 
291 
52 
222 
2007 
435 
- 
340 
71 
255 
acres, 2012 
96,635 
(D) 
23,954 
26,433 
29,281 
2007 
102,607 
22,063 
65,036 
37,439 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs farms, 2012 
44 
- 
26 
- 
11 
2007 
72 
- 
42 
2 
8 
acres, 2012 
5,390 
- 
2,576 
- 
643 
2007 
9,544 
- 
5,905 
(D) 
1,394 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs farms, 2012 
39 
- 
44 
16 
66 
2007 
46 
- 
28 
45 
56 
acres, 2012 
40,161 
- 
32,102 
799 
99,544 
2007 
35,746 
- 
28,274 
4,254 
77,275 
-continued 
350 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Parish Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
