Did you know?
Almost all Oregon farms are family owned. Over 97% of Oregon farms and ranches
are family owned and operated.
- Nearly 1 of every 8 jobs in Oregon relies on agriculture.
- Oregon agriculture is sustainable. Over 1,100 Oregon farms and ranches have been in the same family at least 100 years. Dozens are more than 150 years old.
- Oregon is #1 in the nation for Christmas trees, hazelnuts, loganberries, black raspberries, ryegrass seed, orchard grass seed, crimson clover, sugar beets for seed, red clover seed, fescue seed, blackberries, boysenberries, potted azaleas, and peppermint.
- Oregon is #2 in the United States for the production of hops, snap beans, and spearmint.
- Oregon is in the top 5 nationally for nursery stock, blueberries, sweet cherries, pears, dried herbs, green peas, sweet corn,
cranberries, and wine grapes.
Oregon is a specialty-crop state with 250 recognized commodities.
- Oregon agriculture production is valued at $4.1 billion (2011).
- 15% of all economic activity in Oregon is tied to agriculture. Agriculture contributes more than $22 billion to Oregon’s net state product.
- About 80% of Oregon’s ag production is exported from the state, with about 40% leaving the country.
- Oregon farms and ranches occupy about 17.1 million acres — or 28% of the land in the state.
Learn more about agriculture through this OFB Agricultural Glossary of Terms. – Ag Glossary PDF.
Learn more about Oregon’s agriculture’s top commodities from ODA’s “Facts and Figures” brochure: http://oregon.gov/ODA/docs/pdf/pubs/ff.pdf
Check out an activity-sheet version of ODA’s Ag Facts & Figures geared toward kids.
Check out a commodity map of ag products around the state from Oregon Ag in the Classroom.
For more Oregon ag stats from the USDA Economic Research Service, visit this site: http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/OR.htm
Another great resource is “The State of Oregon Agriculture,” a biannual report submitted to the Governor by the Oregon Dept. of Agriculture: State of Oregon Agriculture report
For more Oregon agriculture statistics, visit this site: http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/statistics.shtml
Or visit the Oregon Dept. of Agriculture’s home page at: http://oregon.gov/ODA/
