Farm Census

Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

1,087 farms267,660 acres in farms$150 million in farm sales

Among US counties with published figures, Saint Landry Parish ranks tenth for sugarcane.

Its largest product group with a published figure, grains and oilseeds, makes up 49.8% of farm sales, against 36.4% across Louisiana.

Grains and oilseeds: 49.8%Grains and oilseeds49.8%Hay and other crops: 36.3%Hay and other crops36.3%Cattle and calves: 5.9%5.9%Aquaculture: 4.2%Aquaculture4.2%Withheld groups: 1.7%1.7%Horses and mules: 0.9%0.9%Nursery and greenhouse: 0.7%0.7%Vegetables and melons: 0.2%Fruit and nuts: 0.2%Poultry and eggs: 0.1%Cotton: under 0.1%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Grains and oilseeds: 49.8%Grains and oilseeds49.8%Hay and other crops: 36.3%Hay and other crops36.3%Cattle and calves: 5.9%5.9%Aquaculture: 4.2%4.2%Withheld groups: 1.7%1.7%Horses and mules: 0.9%Nursery and greenhouse: 0.7%Vegetables and melons: 0.2%Fruit and nuts: 0.2%Poultry and eggs: 0.1%Cotton: under 0.1%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: sheep and goat products and other animal products.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$74.9 million13th of 42
Hay and other crops$54.6 million9th of 54
Cattle and calves$8.8 million7th of 55
Aquaculture$6.4 million8th of 28
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$1.3 million2nd of 40
Nursery, greenhouse and floriculture crops$1.1 million10th of 27
Vegetables, melons and potatoes$345,00020th of 35
Fruit, tree nuts and berries$289,00022nd of 43
Poultry and eggs$158,00016th of 46
Cotton and cottonseed$13,00017th of 17
Hogs and pigs$4,00026th of 30

What the fields held

Saint Landry Parish harvested 150,747 acres of cropland in 2022, ninth of 61 counties in Louisiana. Soybeans covered acreage equal to 48% of that, sugarcane 17%.

CropAcresShare of US
Soybeans72,8340.09%
Sugarcane25,4992.8%
Rice25,2941.1%
Hay and haylage16,883under 0.1%
Corn for grain7,269under 0.1%
Grain sorghum1,914under 0.1%
Wheat1,396under 0.1%
Orchard land273under 0.1%
of which grapes5under 0.1%
of which citrus12under 0.1%
of which apples7under 0.1%
of which pecans216under 0.1%
Vegetables75under 0.1%
of which potatoes10under 0.1%
Cotton21under 0.1%
Berries9under 0.1%

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms45.3%

Saint Landry Parish ranks 16th of 64 counties in Louisiana on this measure.

  • 182,550 acres of cropland, 68% of farmland
  • 43,853 acres of pastureland, 16% of farmland
  • 25,824 acres of woodland, 10% of farmland
  • 33,348 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

The typical farm in Saint Landry Parish is smaller than the national median of 72 acres, at 40 acres. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 246 acres, 32nd-largest of 55 in Louisiana. The most common size class is 10–49 acres, with 47.5% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 7.4% of the total.

1–910%10–4947%50–17921%180–49911%500–9993%1,000–1,9993%2,000+4%
Saint Landry Parish US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Beef cows17,5750.06%
Horses and ponies1,3990.06%
Cattle and calves28,452under 0.1%
Goats655under 0.1%
Sheep and lambs1,242under 0.1%
Laying hens3,571under 0.1%
Hogs and pigs281under 0.1%
Turkeys47under 0.1%

Withheld: broilers sold.

Who farms here

Decisions on Saint Landry Parish's 1,087 farms are made by 1,743 producers. Their average age is 59.6, 1.6 years above the Louisiana average. Women are 32.4% of them.

Under 356%35–4410%45–5418%55–6426%65–7427%75+13%
Saint Landry Parish US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms1,200−9.4%
Land in farms, acres267,399+0.1%
Average farm size, acres223+10.3%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$93.1 million+61.4%
Rice, acres21,364+18.4%
Soybeans, acres97,115−25.0%
Beef cows, head17,011+3.3%
Horses and ponies, head1,885−25.8%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Saint Landry Parish accounts for 3.1% of farm sales in Louisiana and 4.3% of the farms in Louisiana. Rank Louisiana counties for sugarcane.

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