Farm Census

Acadia Parish, Louisiana

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

754 farms285,254 acres in farms$201 million in farm sales

Among US counties with published figures, Acadia Parish leads the country in rice and ranks seventh for sales of aquaculture products.

Its largest product group with a published figure, grains and oilseeds, makes up 63.7% of farm sales, against 36.4% across Louisiana.

Grains and oilseeds: 63.7%Grains and oilseeds63.7%Aquaculture: 21.5%Aquaculture21.5%Withheld groups: 13.0%Withheld groups13.0%Cattle and calves: 1.7%1.7%Christmas trees: under 0.1%Poultry and eggs: under 0.1%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Other animals: under 0.1%Fruit and nuts: under 0.1%Grains and oilseeds: 63.7%Grains and oilseeds63.7%Aquaculture: 21.5%Aquaculture21.5%Withheld groups: 13.0%Withheld groups13.0%Cattle and calves: 1.7%Christmas trees: under 0.1%Poultry and eggs: under 0.1%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Other animals: under 0.1%Fruit and nuts: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: vegetables and melons, nursery and greenhouse crops, hay and other crops, sheep and goat products and horses and mules.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$128 million3rd of 42
Aquaculture$43.3 million1st of 28
Cattle and calves$3.5 million28th of 55
Christmas trees and short-rotation woody crops$90,0001st of 3
Poultry and eggs$83,00023rd of 46
Hogs and pigs$32,0008th of 30
Other animals and animal products$26,00029th of 39
Fruit, tree nuts and berries$20,00042nd of 43

What the fields held

Acadia Parish harvested 144,263 acres of cropland in 2022, tenth of 61 counties in Louisiana. Rice covered acreage equal to 69% of that, soybeans 20%.

CropAcresShare of US
Rice98,9914.3%
Soybeans28,569under 0.1%
Sugarcane9,2941.0%
Hay and haylage5,899under 0.1%
Orchard land33under 0.1%
Berries5under 0.1%

Withheld to protect individual farms: corn for grain, potatoes, vegetables and pecans.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms68.0%

Acadia Parish ranks third of 64 counties in Louisiana on this measure.

  • 186,126 acres of cropland, 65% of farmland
  • 19,959 acres of pastureland, 7% of farmland
  • 6,942 acres of woodland, 2% of farmland
  • 102,985 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

The typical farm in Acadia Parish is smaller than the national median of 72 acres, at 63 acres. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 378 acres, 16th-largest of 55 in Louisiana. The most common size class is 10–49 acres, with 32.1% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 12.9% of the total.

1–911%10–4932%50–17929%180–49910%500–9995%1,000–1,9997%2,000+6%
Acadia Parish US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Beef cows7,305under 0.1%
Horses and ponies578under 0.1%
Goats365under 0.1%
Cattle and calves10,726under 0.1%
Sheep and lambs546under 0.1%
Laying hens1,878under 0.1%
Hogs and pigs56under 0.1%
Turkeys39under 0.1%

Who farms here

Decisions on Acadia Parish's 754 farms are made by 1,240 producers. Their average age is 56.7, 1.3 years below the Louisiana average. Women are 33.5% of them.

Under 3511%35–4411%45–5419%55–6426%65–7423%75+10%
Acadia Parish US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms964−21.8%
Land in farms, acres265,544+7.4%
Average farm size, acres275+37.5%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$101 million+100%
Rice, acres82,264+20.3%
Soybeans, acres32,993−13.4%
Horses and ponies, head1,026−43.7%
Goats, head141+100%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Acadia Parish accounts for 4.2% of farm sales in Louisiana and 3.0% of the farms in Louisiana. Rank Louisiana counties for rice.

Source: USDA NASS Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.