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: 1130-07*
February 2008
Unit1/
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
1,000 acres
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
2.05
60
22
93
2,046
127
2,173
n/a
215
60
65
3,875
784
4,659
160
47
85
3,996
640
4,636
155
46
71
3,284
516
3,800
170
48
84
4,028
414
4,442
160
51
75
3,815
280
4,095
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
1,566
59.8
93,638
3,760
1,505
60.9
91,599
284.0
144.4
49.8
89.7
270.9
115.7
64.8
90.3
264.0
114.9
57.9
91.2
252.4
93.6
52.6
106.2
252.2
91.6
50.6
110.0
212.9
210.2
63.0
11.0
136.3
2.7
211.4
209.4
62.9
10.8
135.7
2.1
201.8
199.2
64.3
9.9
125.1
2.6
207.0
205.0
64.0
11.0
130.0
2.0
1.48
1.63
1.87
n/a
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
219.1
216.6
62.4
10.5
143.7
2.5
Average farm price
Dollars/bushel
1.48
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. n/a - not available. 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, 2005-2007
District & county
Acreage harvested
2005r
2006r
2007p
Yield per acre
2005r 2006r 2007p
2005r
Production
2006r
2007p
Bushels1/ Bushels1/ Bushels1/
Bushels1/
Bushels1/
Bushels1/
Acres
Acres
Acres
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
700
800
350
1,400
1,100
100
1,250
3,600
1,300
10,600
80
65
80
85
65
65
55
55
55
62
80
65
80
85
65
65
60
60
60
66
90
65
90
90
65
65
60
60
60
68
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
63,000
52,000
31,500
126,000
71,500
6,500
75,000
216,000
78,000
719,500
Not disclosed
Coastal
150
150
150
150
250
250
74
74
74
74
80
80
11,100
11,100
11,100
11,100
20,100
20,100
Jackson
Josephine
South Western
150
200
350
-
50
50
79
75
77
-
75
75
11,850
15,000
26,850
-
3,750
3,750
Gilliam
Umatilla
Not disclosed
North Central
1,150
1,700
2,850
650
2,450
3,100
1,850
650
250
2,750
45
51
49
45
64
60
47
45
111
52
51,750
87,050
138,800
29,250
156,550
185,800
86,950
29,250
27,750
143,950
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
Eastern
250
450
350
1,050
250
100
200
850
1,400
200
3,750
250
350
4,550
63
78
143
96
60
125
60
86
80
67
90
82
163
94
15,750
35,100
50,050
100,900
15,000
12,500
12,000
73,100
112,600
13,400
337,500
20,500
57,050
428,450
Klamath
Lake
Not disclosed
South Central
6,000
1,200
1,050
8,250
5,750
1,000
950
7,700
3,250
1,500
1,000
5,750
120
90
77
110
125
90
77
115
125
90
76
107
720,000
108,000
80,750
908,750
718,750
90,000
73,500
882,250
406,250
135,000
76,250
617,500
24,150
23,700
23,950
79
82
81
1,904,900
1,937,250
1,933,250
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, 1940-2007
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
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
65,000
60,000
60,000
65,000
90,000
65
67
69
70
75
4,225,000
4,020,000
4,140,000
4,550,000
6,750,000
1.41
1.64
2.15
2.00
1.65
5,957
6,593
8,901
9,100
11,138
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
75,020
75,000
100,000
80,000
65,000
80
88
92
95
80
6,000,000
6,600,000
9,200,000
7,600,000
5,200,000
1.66
1.80
1.35
1.35
1.58
9,960
11,880
12,420
10,260
8,216
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
65,000
70,000
45,000
45,000
45,000
100
98
102
105
94
6,500,000
6,860,000
4,590,000
4,725,000
4,230,000
2.18
1.50
1.48
1.41
1.54
14,170
10,290
6,793
6,662
6,514
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
30,000
45,000
35,000
35,000
31,000
100
100
97
95
92
3,000,000
4,500,000
3,395,000
3,313,700
2,852,000
1.60
1.47
1.89
2.27
1.77
4,800
6,615
6,417
7,537
5,048
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
36,880
20,000
25,000
25,000
35,400
96
100
98
77
83
3,541,200
2,000,000
2,450,000
1,925,000
2,926,300
1.53
1.42
1.33
1.75
2.29
5,412
2,840
3,259
3,370
6,706
2003
2004
2005r
2006r
2007p
27,760
25,750
24,150
23,700
23,950
74
85
79
82
81
2,054,200
2,200,300
1,904,900
1,937,250
1,933,250
2.10
1.80
1.71
2.32
3.07
4,312
3,952
3,267
4,497
5,930
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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