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Lamar

Total population (1990 census): 30424
County seat: Purvis

Extension office

CropSELECT

Cereals, Pseudocereals, Oilseeds
Industrial, Fiber
Forages
Vegetables
Small Fruits
Tree Fruits and Nuts
Herb, Aromatic, Medicinal, and Bioactive

Crop Statistics (1997 US Census of Agriculture)

Cereals Farms Acres Yield
Maize=Corn 24 543 51195 bu
Wheat 7 753 23785 bu
Grain Legumes Farms Acres Yield
Soybeans for Beans 6 532 11160 bu
Forages Farms Acres Yield
Total Hay* 186 7946 23208 tons, dry
Tame Hay 172 6738 21355 tons, dry
Wild Hay 20 988 1696 tons dry
Grass Silage 3 220 470 tons, grn
Corn for Silage or Green Chop 3 17 112 tons, grn
Vegetables Farms Acres Yield
Snap Beans 3 2  
Head Cabbage 7 64  
Green Cowpeas 5 16  
Potatoes 3 4 550 cwt
Sweet Corn 4 D  
Watermelons 17 219  
Fruits and Nuts Farms Acres Yield
Pecans 22 711 10523 in shell
Tame Blueberries 19 208 461900 lbs
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale Farms Sq. ft. under glass or other protection Acres in the open Sales ($1,000)
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops 10 113694 33 437
Nursery, Floriculture, Vegetable and Flower Seed Crops 3 X 7 X
Floriculture Crops 4 D D D
Foliage Plants 3 D D D
Cut Christmas Trees Harvested 3 X 11 21
Greenhouse Vegetables 3 D X D

*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
X=Not applicable.