Commodity Data Sheet
Oats
Extension Economic Information Office
Oregon State University
219 Ballard Extension Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-3601
(541) 737-1436
Commodity number-crop year: 1130-04*
August 2005
Unit1/
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
1,000 acres
50
25
98.0
2,450
303
2,753
1.33
55
25
77.0
1,925
282
2,207
1.96
70
30
84.0
2,520
254
2,774
2.36
60
20
75.0
1,500
317
1,817
1.98
50
20
100.0
2,000
184
2,184
1.80
165
60
82.9
4,975
806
5,781
215
57
69.2
3,945
546
4,491
227
68
75.2
5,115
389
5,504
215
60
64.6
3,875
784
4,659
160
47
86.3
4,056
640
4,696
4,473
2,325
64.2
149,165
4,401
1,911
61.5
117,602
4,995
2,058
56.4
116,002
4,597
2,220
65.0
144,383
4,085
1,792
64.7
115,935
331
149
76
106
286
118
73
96
274
116
63
95
285
144
50
90
269
116
65
88
223
220
72
148
2.8
225
222
72
150
2.6
220
217
73
144
2.5
211
208
74
134
3.0
1.59
1.81
1.48
1.40
Item and area
Oregon
Acreage planted
Acreage harvested
Yield per acre
Total production
Carryover (June 1)
Production & carryover
Average farm price
1,000 acres
Bushels
1,000 bushels
1,000 bushels
1,000 bushels
Dollars/bushel
Oregon-Washington-Idaho
Acreage planted
Acreage harvested
Yield per acre
Total production
Carryover (June 1)
Production & carryover
1,000 acres
1,000 acres
Bushels
Million bushels
Million bushels
Million bushels
United States
Acreage planted
Acreage harvested
Yield per acre
Total production
1,000 acres
1,000 acres
Bushels
1,000 bushels
Total supply
Production
Carryover (June 1)
Imports
Million bushels
Total disposition
Domestic use
Food, seed & industrial
Feed & residual
Exports
Million bushels
Million bushels
259
257
68
189
1.7
Average farm price
Dollars/bushel
1.10
Million bushels
Million bushels
Million bushels
Million bushels
Million bushels
Million bushels
*Shaded areas of map represent the major areas of production for this commodity. 1/ A bushel weighs 32 pounds.
Sources: USDA/NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Service) and other government reports
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Oats: Acreage, yield, and production, by county, Oregon, 2002-2004
District & county
Acreage harvested
2002r
2003r
2004p
Yield per acre
2002r 2003r 2004p
2002r
Production
2003r
2004p
Bushels1/ Bushels1/ Bushels1/
Bushels1/
Bushels1/
Bushels1/
Acres
Acres
Acres
1,100
1,100
350
1,200
2,300
100
2,200
7,850
3,200
19,400
500
800
150
1,500
1,200
100
1,800
5,000
3,000
14,050
700
900
300
1,350
1,000
100
1,900
3,300
2,500
12,050
90
85
85
90
85
85
80
87
90
87
95
75
90
85
75
75
50
55
55
62
85
62
80
85
62
62
60
62
62
66
99,000
93,500
29,750
108,000
195,500
8,500
176,000
682,950
288,000
1,681,200
47,500
60,000
13,500
127,500
90,000
7,500
90,000
275,000
165,000
876,000
59,500
55,800
24,000
114,750
62,000
6,200
114,000
204,600
155,000
795,850
Not disclosed
Coastal
200
200
300
300
200
200
82
82
67
67
69
69
16,500
16,500
20,000
20,000
13,750
13,750
Jackson
Josephine
South Western
100
250
350
160
200
360
150
200
350
70
75
74
79
75
75
79
75
77
7,000
18,750
25,750
11,850
15,000
26,850
11,850
15,000
26,850
Gilliam
Umatilla
Wasco
Not disclosed
North Central
3,750
900
350
650
5,650
1,750
850
100
450
3,150
750
450
650
1,850
25
45
40
46
32
25
45
42
36
33
38
45
52
45
93,750
40,500
14,000
30,200
178,450
43,750
38,250
4,200
16,200
102,400
28,500
20,250
34,100
82,850
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
Eastern
200
100
800
800
1,900
200
100
300
850
1,450
250
300
450
2,300
3,300
60
70
62
111
83
45
70
37
86
69
60
70
40
120
100
12,000
7,000
49,600
88,800
157,400
9,000
7,000
11,100
73,100
100,200
15,000
21,000
18,000
276,000
330,000
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
Not disclosed
South Central
600
6,000
1,000
300
7,900
900
150
6,000
1,050
350
8,450
800
6,000
1,000
200
8,000
70
120
90
50
110
70
125
120
90
93
110
70
130
90
125
119
42,000
720,000
90,000
15,000
867,000
63,000
18,750
720,000
94,500
32,500
928,750
56,000
780,000
90,000
25,000
951,000
35,400
27,760
25,750
83
74
85
2,926,300
2,054,200
2,200,300
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Willamette Valley
State total
r - revised, p - preliminary. 1/ A bushel weighs 32 pounds. A "-" indicates the data may not exist or may not be displayed due to confidentiality
rules. The "not disclosed" values are the sum of all values hidden by the dashes and any county not listed. The Extension Economic Information
Office uses different methods than USDA/NASS to set these estimates.
Source: Oregon Agricultural Information Network (OAIN), Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State University
Oats: Acreage, yield, production, price and value of production,
Oregon, 1940-2004
Acreage
harvested
Yield per
acre
Production
Acres
Bushels1/
Bushels1/
1940
1950
1960
1970
308,000
344,000
175,000
106,000
25
26
41
51
7,700,000
8,996,000
7,175,000
5,406,000
n/a
0.88
0.75
0.71
n/a
7,916
5,381
3,838
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
66,000
70,000
80,000
65,000
60,000
56
55
65
65
67
3,696,000
3,850,000
5,200,000
4,225,000
4,020,000
1.69
1.57
1.17
1.41
1.64
6,246
6,045
6,084
5,957
6,593
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
60,000
65,000
90,000
75,020
75,000
69
70
75
80
88
4,140,000
4,550,000
6,750,000
6,000,000
6,600,000
2.15
2.00
1.65
1.66
1.80
8,901
9,100
11,138
9,960
11,880
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
100,000
80,000
65,000
65,000
70,000
92
95
80
100
98
9,200,000
7,600,000
5,200,000
6,500,000
6,860,000
1.35
1.35
1.58
2.18
1.50
12,420
10,260
8,216
14,170
10,290
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
45,000
45,000
45,000
30,000
45,000
102
105
94
100
100
4,590,000
4,725,000
4,230,000
3,000,000
4,500,000
1.48
1.41
1.54
1.60
1.47
6,793
6,662
6,514
4,800
6,615
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
35,000
35,000
31,000
36,880
20,000
97
95
92
96
100
3,395,000
3,313,700
2,852,000
3,541,200
2,000,000
1.89
2.27
1.77
1.53
1.42
6,417
7,537
5,048
5,412
2,840
2000
2001
2002r
2003r
2004p
25,000
25,000
35,400
27,760
25,750
98
77
83
74
85
2,450,000
1,925,000
2,926,300
2,054,200
2,200,300
1.33
1.75
2.29
2.10
1.80
3,259
3,370
6,706
4,312
3,953
Year
Price per
bushel1/
Dollars
Value of
production
1,000 dollars
r - revised, p - preliminary. 1/ A bushel weighs 32 pounds. n/a - not available
Source: Oregon Agricultural Information Network (OAIN), Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State University
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