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: 1130-06*
March 2007
Unit1/
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
1,000 acres
70
30
84
2,520
254
2,774
2.36
60
20
75
1,500
317
1,817
1.98
50
20
97
1,940
184
2,124
1.85
40
18
78
1,404
171
1,575
2.20
50
20
95
1,900
167
2,067
2.00
227
68
75.2
5,115
389
5,504
215
60
64.6
3,875
784
4,659
160
47
85.0
3,996
640
4,636
155
46
71.4
3,284
516
3,800
170
48
83.9
4,028
414
4,442
4,995
2,058
56.4
116,002
4,597
2,220
65.0
144,383
4,085
1,787
64.7
115,695
4,246
1,823
63.0
114,878
4,168
1,576
59.5
93,764
274.3
116.0
63.2
95.1
283.9
144.4
49.8
89.7
270.9
115.7
64.8
90.3
264.0
114.9
57.9
91.2
251.3
93.8
52.6
105.0
219.1
216.6
62.4
10.5
143.7
2.5
212.9
210.2
63.0
11.0
136.3
2.7
211.4
209.3
62.9
10.8
135.7
2.1
202.0
200.0
64.0
11.0
125.0
2.0
1.48
1.48
1.63
1.85
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, alcohol & industrial
Seed
Feed & residual
Exports
Million bushels
Million bushels
224.5
221.9
60.2
11.8
149.9
2.6
Average farm price
Dollars/bushel
1.81
Million bushels
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
Electronic access to this publication is available at: http://oregonstate.edu/oain/. Click the Commodity Data Sheets button.
Oats: Acreage, yield, and production, by county, Oregon, 2004-2006
District & county
Acreage harvested
2004r
2005r
2006p
Yield per acre
2004r 2005r 2006p
2004r
Production
2005r
2006p
Bushels1/ Bushels1/ Bushels1/
Bushels1/
Bushels1/
Bushels1/
Acres
Acres
Acres
700
900
300
1,350
1,000
100
1,900
3,300
2,500
12,050
700
800
300
1,400
1,000
100
1,700
3,500
2,000
11,500
700
800
300
1,400
1,000
100
1,350
4,200
1,500
11,350
85
62
80
85
62
62
60
62
62
66
80
65
80
85
65
65
55
55
55
62
80
65
80
85
65
65
60
60
60
66
59,500
55,800
24,000
114,750
62,000
6,200
114,000
204,600
155,000
795,850
56,000
52,000
24,000
119,000
65,000
6,500
93,500
192,500
110,000
718,500
56,000
52,000
24,000
119,000
65,000
6,500
81,000
252,000
90,000
745,500
Not disclosed
Coastal
200
200
150
150
150
150
69
69
74
74
74
74
13,750
13,750
11,100
11,100
11,100
11,100
Jackson
Josephine
South Western
150
200
350
150
200
350
-
79
75
77
79
75
77
-
11,850
15,000
26,850
11,850
15,000
26,850
-
Umatilla
Not disclosed
North Central
450
1,400
1,850
1,150
1,700
2,850
650
2,450
3,100
45
45
45
45
51
49
45
64
60
20,250
62,600
82,850
51,750
87,050
138,800
29,250
156,550
185,800
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
Eastern
250
300
450
2,300
3,300
250
450
350
1,050
250
100
200
850
1,400
60
70
40
120
100
63
78
143
96
60
125
60
86
80
15,000
21,000
18,000
276,000
330,000
15,750
35,100
50,050
100,900
15,000
12,500
12,000
73,100
112,600
Harney
Klamath
Lake
Not disclosed
South Central
800
6,000
1,000
200
8,000
6,000
1,200
1,050
8,250
5,750
1,000
950
7,700
70
130
90
125
119
120
90
77
110
125
90
77
115
56,000
780,000
90,000
25,000
951,000
720,000
108,000
80,750
908,750
718,750
90,000
73,500
882,250
25,750
24,150
23,700
85
79
82
2,200,300
1,904,900
1,937,250
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, 1940-2006
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
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
80,000
65,000
60,000
60,000
65,000
65
65
67
69
70
5,200,000
4,225,000
4,020,000
4,140,000
4,550,000
1.17
1.41
1.64
2.15
2.00
6,084
5,957
6,593
8,901
9,100
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
90,000
75,020
75,000
100,000
80,000
75
80
88
92
95
6,750,000
6,000,000
6,600,000
9,200,000
7,600,000
1.65
1.66
1.80
1.35
1.35
11,138
9,960
11,880
12,420
10,260
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
65,000
65,000
70,000
45,000
45,000
80
100
98
102
105
5,200,000
6,500,000
6,860,000
4,590,000
4,725,000
1.58
2.18
1.50
1.48
1.41
8,216
14,170
10,290
6,793
6,662
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
45,000
30,000
45,000
35,000
35,000
94
100
100
97
95
4,230,000
3,000,000
4,500,000
3,395,000
3,313,700
1.54
1.60
1.47
1.89
2.27
6,514
4,800
6,615
6,417
7,537
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
31,000
36,880
20,000
25,000
25,000
92
96
100
98
77
2,852,000
3,541,200
2,000,000
2,450,000
1,925,000
1.77
1.53
1.42
1.33
1.75
5,048
5,412
2,840
3,259
3,370
2002
2003
2004r
2005r
2006p
35,400
27,760
25,750
24,150
23,700
83
74
85
79
82
2,926,300
2,054,200
2,200,300
1,904,900
1,937,250
2.29
2.10
1.80
1.71
2.32
6,706
4,312
3,953
3,267
4,497
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 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
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