2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Louisiana

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Nov/20/2018

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	291
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	26,500
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	7,700,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	473,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	12,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	820,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	16,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	6,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	13,333
Milk - Production, Measured in $	29,920,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	160,000,000

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production ^†
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars

Commodity	Planted All Purpose Acres	Harvested Acres	Yield	Production	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
SOYBEANS
SOYBEANS	1,270,000	1,250,000	54 BU / ACRE	67,500,000 BU	9.67 $ / BU	654,750,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		490,000	184 BU / ACRE	90,160,000 BU	3.7 $ / BU	333,592,000
CORN	500,000
CORN, SILAGE		1,000	20 TONS / ACRE	20,000 TONS
RICE
RICE	400,000	395,000	6,710 LB / ACRE	26,503,000 CWT	11.8 $ / CWT	312,735,000
COTTON
COTTON, UPLAND	220,000	217,000	894 LB / ACRE	404,000 480 LB BALES	0.715 $ / LB	137,957,000
COTTON, COTTONSEED				127,000 TONS	160 $ / TON	21,330,000
COTTON, PIMA					(NA) $ / LB
COTTON	220,000	217,000	894 LB / ACRE	404,000 480 LB BALES
HAY
HAY		370,000	2.6 TONS / ACRE	962,000 TONS	95 $ / TON	91,390,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		370,000	2.6 TONS / ACRE	962,000 TONS	95 $ / TON	91,390,000
HAY, ALFALFA					(NA) $ / TON
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE						91,390,000
SWEET POTATOES
SWEET POTATOES	10,000	9,500	230 CWT / ACRE	2,185,000 CWT	19.9 $ / CWT	51,348,000
PECANS
PECANS, UTILIZED, IN SHELL			650 LB / ACRE	8,000,000 LB		12,250,000
PECANS		12,300			1.53 $ / LB
SORGHUM
SORGHUM, GRAIN		13,000	91 BU / ACRE	1,183,000 BU	6.19 $ / CWT	4,174,000
SORGHUM, SILAGE		1,000	12 TONS / ACRE	12,000 TONS
SORGHUM	15,000
WHEAT
WHEAT	20,000	13,000	46 BU / ACRE	598,000 BU	4.2 $ / BU	2,512,000
WHEAT, WINTER	20,000	13,000	46 BU / ACRE	598,000 BU	4.2 $ / BU	2,512,000
SUGARCANE
SUGARCANE, SUGAR		414,000	32.5 TONS / ACRE	13,455,000 TONS
SUGARCANE, SUGAR & SEED		449,600	32.8 TONS / ACRE	14,744,000 TONS
SUGARCANE, SEED		35,600	36.2 TONS / ACRE	1,289,000 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

Census State Profile: Louisiana

Ranked Items Within The U.S., 2012

Item	Quantity	U.S. Rank	Universe ¹
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000)
Total value of agricultural products sold	3,809,401	30	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	2,783,610	23	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	1,025,791	38	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	1,832,208	16	50
Tobacco	-	-	19
Cotton and cottonseed	159,592	12	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	41,868	35	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	(D)	30	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	90,429	29	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	(D)	12	49
Other crops and hay	635,274	9	50
Poultry and eggs	574,239	20	50
Cattle and calves	249,963	36	50
Milk from cows	42,628	41	50
Hogs and pigs	(D)	46	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	(D)	(D)	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	17,203	25	50
Aquaculture	122,989	3	50
Other animals and other animal products	(D)	24	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Soybeans for beans	1,113,650	18	45
Corn for grain	524,008	22	49
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	467,676	35	50
Sugarcane for sugar	398,800	2	4
Rice	395,063	3	10

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Broilers and other meat-type chickens	25,061,453	17	50
Layers	1,910,683	33	50
Cattle and calves	788,967	35	50
Pullets for laying flock replacement	652,377	31	50
Roosters	99,110	17	50

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	10,195
$1,000 to $2,499	2,555
$2,500 to $4,999	2,934
$5,000 to $9,999	3,140
$10,000 to $19,999	2,534
$20,000 to $24,999	728
$25,000 to $39,999	1,156
$40,000 to $49,999	476
$50,000 to $99,999	1,087
$100,000 to $249,999	828
$250,000 to $499,999	581
$500,000 or more	1,879

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	2,820,092
Average per farm ($)	100,384

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	1,260,779
Average per farm ($)	44,879

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	12,136
Other	15,957

Principal operators by sex
Male	24,636
Female	3,457

Average age of principal operator	58.5

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	357
Asian	115
Black or African American	3,038
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26
White	37,219
More than one race	220

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	849

Note: See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology.
   ¹ Universe is number of states in U.S. with item.
   ² Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.
  (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
   - Represents zero.