2023 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Louisiana
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/28/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation323
Farm Operations - Number of Operations24,800
Farm Operations - Acres Operated8,000,000

Livestock Inventory

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )428,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )7,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )720,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2024 )14,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2023 )5,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head12,625
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb101,000,000
County outlines for LOUISIANA

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars
CommodityPlanted All Purpose AcresHarvested AcresYieldProductionPrice per UnitValue of Production in Dollars
CORN
CORN, GRAIN680,000175 BU / ACRE119,000,000 BU5.55 $ / BU660,450,000
CORN, SILAGE3,00015 TONS / ACRE45,000 TONS
CORN700,000
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS1,030,000980,00040 BU / ACRE39,200,000 BU13.3 $ / BU521,360,000
RICE
RICE468,000462,0006,800 LB / ACRE31,431,000 CWT16.5 $ / CWT518,612,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE110,565,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)110,565,000
HAY
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)390,0002.1 TONS / ACRE819,000 TONS135 $ / TON110,565,000
HAY390,0002.1 TONS / ACRE819,000 TONS135 $ / TON110,565,000
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND120,000115,000877 LB / ACRE210,000 480 LB BALES0.729 $ / LB73,483,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED66,000 TONS275 $ / TON18,150,000
COTTON120,000115,000877 LB / ACRE210,000 480 LB BALES
SUGARCANE
SUGARCANE, SUGAR481,00029.9 TONS / ACRE14,382,000 TONS
SUGARCANE, SUGAR & SEED505,50030.1 TONS / ACRE15,208,000 TONS
SUGARCANE, SEED24,50033.7 TONS / ACRE826,000 TONS
(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit


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