Commodity Data Sheet
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3145 -77
ON STATE UNIYEIIiITY
TENSION
SERVICE
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Red Fescue Seed
March 6, 1978
ITEM & AREA
1973
1974
thou
lbs /acre
mil. lbs.
$ /cwt
14.5
500
7.3
61.00
15.5
500
7.8
30.00
thou
14.5
500
7.3
3.5
10.7
15.3
26.0
19.3
61.00
15.5
500
7.8
6.7
14.5
10.5
25.0
UNIT
,
1975
1976r
1977p
14.0
480
6.7
25.00
13.0
42.00
12.0
520
6.2
52.00
14.0
480
6.7
7.9
14.7
13.4
28.0
22.0
25.00
13.0
510
6.6
6.0
12.6
22.4
35.0
24.7
42.00
12.0
520
6.2
10.3
16.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
52.00
OREGON
Harvested Acreage
Yield (clean seed)
Production
Farm Price
4
1
!
510
6.6
UNITED STATES
Harvested Acreage
Yield (clean seed)
Production
Carryover
Production + carryover
Imports a/
Total supply a/ b/
Total used a/ c/
Farm price
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f
-
Revised.
p
-
lbs /acre
mil. lbs.
II
'
"
II
$ /cwt
Preliminary.
Some numbers may not add due to rounding.
a/
July
b/
The sum of production, carryover and imports.
c/
Total
SOURCE:
1
17.1
30.00
'
n/a Not available.
to June 30 of following year.
supply less carryover following year.
Includes exports and domestic use.
Compiled by Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State University,
from USDA and other government reports.
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Agriculture, Home Economics,
Oregon
State
University,
4
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United
States
Forestry, Community Development, and Marine Advisory Programs
Department of Agriculture, and Oregon Counties cooperating
RED FESCUE SEED
By Counties, OREGON, 1974 -1977
Acres harvested
1976r
1975
acres
COUNTY
1974
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Polk
950
3,300
100
500
6,700
800
200
300
2,650
800
2,900
750
2,700
50
- --
500
6,500
700
150
250
2,150
500
6,300
600
100
200
1,850
15,500
14,000
13,000
Washington
Yamhill
Union
STATE TOTAL
Yield per acre
1976r
1975
pounds
1977p
650
450
650
480
- --
- --
490
450
520
450
600
450
600
1977p
1974
700
2,600
500
5,900
550
100
150
1,500
570
480
460
430
480
380
480
380
620
650
400
420
450
480
300
650
400
600
12,000
500
480
1977p
1974
-
--
510
520
500
520
530
510
,
520
'
1
COUNTY
1974
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
545
1,577
46
215
Linn
3,203
Marion
306
96
115
Polk
Production
1975
1976r
thousand pounds
520
1,160
21
225
3,096
210
98
Washington
Yamhill
Union
1,647
100
1,290
STATE TOTAL
7,750
6,720
r
-
Revised.
SOURCE:
p
-
487
1,221
-
--
158
124
196
249
1,236
459
278
517
617
--
12
4
--
- --
225
3,049
247
57
98
124
767
48
1,373
1,522
136
-
50
103
60
68
981
900
6,240
2,325
6,630
1977p
455
72
932
90
29
33
540
500
3,234
309
Value of sales
1976r
1975
thousand dollars
-
121
27
24
351
41
30
37
417
530
1,680
2,785
3,245
22
Preliminary.
Compiled by Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State University.