Farm Census

Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

845 farms61,455 acres in farms$17.7 million in farm sales

No other county in Louisiana with a published figure has more horses and ponies than Saint Tammany Parish.

Its average farm size had the ninth-largest increase from 2017 to 2022 among the 1,674 counties with at least 500 farms in 2017.

Nursery and greenhouse: 42.2%Nursery and greenhouse42.2%Cattle and calves: 13.7%Cattle and calves13.7%Horses and mules: 12.0%Horses and mules12.0%Fruit and nuts: 11.1%Fruit and nuts11.1%Withheld groups: 9.7%Withheld groups9.7%Grains and oilseeds: 5.8%5.8%Vegetables and melons: 4.2%4.2%Sheep and goats: 1.2%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Nursery and greenhouse: 42.2%Nursery and greenhouse42.2%Cattle and calves: 13.7%Cattle and calves13.7%Horses and mules: 12.0%Horses and mules12.0%Fruit and nuts: 11.1%11.1%Withheld groups: 9.7%9.7%Grains and oilseeds: 5.8%5.8%Vegetables and melons: 4.2%4.2%Sheep and goats: 1.2%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: hay and other crops, Christmas trees, poultry and eggs, aquaculture products and other animal products.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Nursery, greenhouse and floriculture crops$7.5 million3rd of 27
Cattle and calves$2.4 million34th of 55
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$2.1 million1st of 40
Fruit, tree nuts and berries$2.0 million2nd of 43
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$1.0 million40th of 42
Vegetables, melons and potatoes$744,00010th of 35
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk$221,0001st of 34
Hogs and pigs$8,00018th of 30

What the fields held

Saint Tammany Parish harvested 9,587 acres of cropland in 2022, 44th of 61 counties in Louisiana. Hay and haylage covered acreage equal to 67% of that, corn for grain 25%.

CropAcresShare of US
Hay and haylage6,457under 0.1%
Corn for grain2,400under 0.1%
Orchard land220under 0.1%
of which grapes99under 0.1%
of which citrus32under 0.1%
of which apples3under 0.1%
Berries1940.05%
Vegetables76under 0.1%
of which potatoes10under 0.1%

Withheld to protect individual farms: pecans.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms11.4%

Saint Tammany Parish ranks 53rd of 64 counties in Louisiana on this measure.

  • 15,017 acres of cropland, 24% of farmland
  • 16,700 acres of pastureland, 27% of farmland
  • 18,928 acres of woodland, 31% of farmland
  • 429 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

The typical farm in Saint Tammany Parish is smaller than the national median of 72 acres, at 20 acres. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 73 acres, 54th-largest of 55 in Louisiana. The most common size class is 10–49 acres, with 49.6% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 1.2% of the total.

1–929%10–4950%50–17913%180–4994%500–9993%1,000–1,9991%2,000+0%
Saint Tammany Parish US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Horses and ponies3,5920.15%
Goats1,4000.06%
Sheep and lambs945under 0.1%
Beef cows5,362under 0.1%
Cattle and calves8,730under 0.1%
Laying hens5,073under 0.1%
Hogs and pigs157under 0.1%
Turkeys47under 0.1%
Broilers sold in 2022838under 0.1%

Who farms here

Decisions on Saint Tammany Parish's 845 farms are made by 1,467 producers. Their average age is 60.4, 2.4 years above the Louisiana average. Women are 43.1% of them.

Under 356%35–449%45–5414%55–6427%65–7429%75+15%
Saint Tammany Parish US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms994−15.0%
Land in farms, acres43,048+42.8%
Average farm size, acres43+69.8%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$10.0 million+76.8%
Horses and ponies, head3,526+1.9%
Goats, head1,490−6.0%
Berries, acres80+100%
Sheep and lambs, head544+73.7%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Saint Tammany Parish accounts for 0.4% of farm sales in Louisiana and 3.4% of the farms in Louisiana. Rank Louisiana counties for horses and ponies.

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