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Agriculture Statistics - Louisiana
By U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jun 1, 2006, 14:02 PST

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TOP COMMODITIES, EXPORTS, AND COUNTIES
Commodity	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2001
1. Cane for sugar	337,101	18.6	36.7
2. Cotton	270,611	14.9	5.5
3. Cattle and calves	177,947	9.8	0.4
4. Dairy products	99,200	5.5	0.4
5. Soybeans	90,588	5.0	0.7

All commodities	1,817,088		0.9

For more details about Louisiana's top agriculture commodities, see Leading commodities for cash receipts, or contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2001

Commodity Rank among
states Value
million $

1.     Other 4 394.5

2.     Cotton and linters 7 104.3

3.     Rice 3 100.2

4.     Soybeans and products 19 50.4

5.     Feed grains and products 17 46.2

Overall 23 765.0

For more information on exports see the Agricultural Trade Briefing Room or ERS's Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) or contact Carol Whitton, 202-694-5287.

Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 1997

Counties Percent of state's
total receipts Million $

1.     Franklin Parish 4.3 88.0

2.     Union Parish 4.3 86.4

3.     Morehouse Parish 3.9 78.4

4.     Tensas Parish 3.5 70.7

5.     Vermilion Parish 3.5 70.1

State total 2,031.3

For more information about the Census of Agriculture see the National Agricultural
Statistics Service's web page, or call 1-800-727-9540.

*EXTRA* Need more? For a printable fact sheet about Louisiana Agriculture, click here.
Source: Agriculture Classroom.

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