2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW
Louisiana
Farms Operations
| Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation | 325 |
| Farm Operations - Number of Operations | 24,600 |
| Farm Operations - Acres Operated | 8,000,000 |
Livestock Inventory
| Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 ) | 720,000 |
Milk Production
| Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head | 12,400 |
| Milk - Production, Measured in $ | 21,297,000 |
| Milk - Production, Measured in Lb | 93,000,000 |
| Commodity | Planted All Purpose Acres | Harvested Acres | Yield | Production | Price per Unit | Value of Production in Dollars |
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| SOYBEANS |
| SOYBEANS | 1,100,000 | 1,060,000 | 52 BU / ACRE | 55,120,000 BU | 10.2 $ / BU | 567,736,000 |
| RICE |
| RICE | 473,000 | 459,000 | 6,710 LB / ACRE | 30,809,000 CWT | 15.2 $ / CWT | 468,297,000 |
| CORN |
| CORN, GRAIN | | 440,000 | 185 BU / ACRE | 81,400,000 BU | 4.02 $ / BU | 317,460,000 |
| CORN, SILAGE | | 3,000 | 18 TONS / ACRE | 54,000 TONS | | |
| CORN | 470,000 | | | | | |
| HAY |
| HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | 370,000 | 2.8 TONS / ACRE | 1,036,000 TONS | 132 $ / TON | 139,860,000 |
| HAY | | 370,000 | 2.8 TONS / ACRE | 1,036,000 TONS | 132 $ / TON | 139,860,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE |
| HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) | | | | | | 139,860,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE | | | | | | 139,860,000 |
| COTTON |
| COTTON, UPLAND | 155,000 | 148,000 | 1,070 LB / ACRE | 330,000 480 LB BALES | 0.645 $ / LB | 97,733,000 |
| COTTON, COTTONSEED | | | | 104,000 TONS | 228 $ / TON | 23,484,000 |
| COTTON | 155,000 | 148,000 | 1,070 LB / ACRE | 330,000 480 LB BALES | | |
| SUGARCANE |
| SUGARCANE, SEED | | 25,300 | 34.5 TONS / ACRE | 873,000 TONS | | |
| SUGARCANE, SUGAR | | 498,000 | 31.1 TONS / ACRE | 15,488,000 TONS | | |
| SUGARCANE, SUGAR & SEED | | 523,300 | 31.3 TONS / ACRE | 16,361,000 TONS | | |
| SWEET POTATOES |
| SWEET POTATOES, UTILIZED | | | | (D) CWT | | |
| SWEET POTATOES, PROCESSING | | | | | (D) $ / TON | (D) |
| SWEET POTATOES | (D) | (D) | (D) CWT / ACRE | (D) CWT | (D) $ / CWT | (D) |
| SWEET POTATOES, FRESH MARKET | | | | | (D) $ / CWT | (D) |
(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