U.S. Oat Production Summary - 1866-2015
Oat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1866-2015
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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Year : Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :Price per bushel 1/:Value of production
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: ----- 1,000 acres ----- bushels 1,000 bushels dollars 1,000 dollars
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1866 ......: 7,935 29.3 232,360 0.474 110,237
1867 ......: 8,176 27.2 222,605 0.587 130,730
1868 ......: 8,897 25.8 229,676 0.541 124,144
1869 ......: 9,555 29.7 284,004 0.461 130,896
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1870 ......: 10,348 25.9 267,947 0.426 114,091
1871 ......: 11,061 27.7 306,218 0.385 117,848
1872 ......: 11,789 27.7 326,759 0.322 105,229
1873 ......: 12,010 25.6 306,906 0.374 114,806
1874 ......: 12,775 21.3 272,501 0.520 141,677
1875 ......: 13,616 26.8 364,967 0.367 134,088
1876 ......: 14,589 22.4 327,212 0.349 114,316
1877 ......: 14,816 29.4 435,330 0.288 125,473
1878 ......: 15,830 28.0 443,365 0.240 106,257
1879 ......: 15,955 26.0 415,440 0.326 135,267
:
1880 ......: 16,414 25.5 417,942 0.349 145,798
1881 ......: 16,916 26.4 446,125 0.455 202,883
1882 ......: 19,075 28.3 540,462 0.371 200,646
1883 ......: 20,621 29.4 605,576 0.324 196,366
1884 ......: 21,974 29.1 640,520 0.272 174,408
1885 ......: 23,351 28.9 674,151 0.279 187,860
1886 ......: 24,426 27.9 682,312 0.289 197,307
1887 ......: 26,272 26.5 696,175 0.297 206,976
1888 ......: 27,807 27.8 773,139 0.270 208,787
1889 ......: 28,697 29.0 831,047 0.219 181,730
:
1890 ......: 28,275 21.5 609,122 0.417 253,907
1891 ......: 27,756 30.1 836,789 0.306 256,009
1892 ......: 28,168 25.6 721,824 0.315 227,481
1893 ......: 29,266 24.2 707,129 0.289 204,437
1894 ......: 29,556 25.4 750,009 0.320 240,213
1895 ......: 30,905 29.9 924,858 0.193 178,767
1896 ......: 30,248 25.6 774,929 0.183 141,544
1897 ......: 28,829 28.8 829,525 0.210 173,996
1898 ......: 29,327 28.7 842,205 0.251 211,532
1899 ......: 29,254 32.0 937,173 0.245 229,312
:
1900 ......: 31,049 30.5 945,483 0.253 239,672
1901 ......: 30,891 25.9 799,812 0.397 317,793
1902 ......: 31,358 34.3 1,076,899 0.305 328,647
1903 ......: 32,187 27.5 885,469 0.337 298,707
1904 ......: 32,749 30.9 1,011,556 0.309 312,675
1905 ......: 33,426 33.0 1,104,395 0.288 317,843
1906 ......: 33,688 30.4 1,022,715 0.317 324,231
1907 ......: 34,439 23.3 801,144 0.444 355,369
1908 ......: 34,310 24.2 829,308 0.492 408,010
1909 ......: 35,062 28.9 1,013,909 0.417 433,803
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Oat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1866-2015 (continued)
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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Year : Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :Price per bushel 1/:Value of production
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: ------- 1,000 acres ------ bushels 1,000 bushels dollars 1,000 dollars
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1910 ......: 36,844 30.0 1,106,162 0.344 394,176
1911 ......: 37,149 23.8 885,527 0.435 397,202
1912 ......: 37,244 36.3 1,353,273 0.326 455,568
1913 ......: 37,245 27.9 1,039,131 0.373 401,487
1914 ......: 37,213 28.7 1,066,328 0.426 467,760
1915 ......: 38,802 37.0 1,435,270 0.370 549,989
1916 ......: 39,098 29.1 1,138,969 0.474 554,225
1917 ......: 41,604 34.7 1,442,519 0.681 1,011,096
1918 ......: 42,464 33.6 1,428,611 0.664 977,943
1919 ......: 39,601 27.9 1,106,603 0.749 848,266
:
1920 ......: 42,732 33.8 1,444,291 0.517 779,262
1921 ......: 45,539 23.0 1,045,270 0.302 336,562
1922 ......: 40,324 28.5 1,147,905 0.358 429,199
1923 ......: 40,245 30.5 1,227,184 0.388 499,678
1924 ......: 41,857 33.8 1,416,120 0.465 676,315
1925 ......: 44,240 31.8 1,405,268 0.372 546,349
1926 ......: 43,943 42,854 26.9 1,152,911 0.385 461,585
1927 ......: 40,530 40,350 27.1 1,093,221 0.460 515,308
1928 ......: 40,242 40,128 32.7 1,312,914 0.391 534,480
1929 ......: 40,534 38,153 29.2 1,112,949 0.403 465,717
:
1930 ......: 42,608 39,847 32.0 1,274,592 0.311 409,990
1931 ......: 44,483 40,193 28.0 1,124,232 0.200 239,150
1932 ......: 45,549 41,700 30.1 1,254,584 0.148 196,383
1933 ......: 43,774 36,528 20.2 736,309 0.325 246,351
1934 ......: 40,467 29,455 18.5 544,247 0.464 261,548
1935 ......: 43,599 40,109 30.2 1,210,229 0.257 319,560
1936 ......: 41,934 33,654 23.6 792,583 0.432 355,941
1937 ......: 39,827 35,542 33.1 1,176,744 0.297 355,482
1938 ......: 39,390 36,042 30.2 1,089,383 0.234 258,773
1939 ......: 38,203 33,460 28.6 957,704 0.307 297,354
:
1940 ......: 39,315 35,431 35.2 1,246,450 0.298 377,319
1941 ......: 41,841 38,161 31.0 1,182,509 0.406 485,659
1942 ......: 43,018 38,197 35.2 1,342,681 0.482 655,738
1943 ......: 43,467 38,914 29.3 1,139,831 0.712 823,297
1944 ......: 44,141 39,741 28.9 1,149,240 0.692 815,376
1945 ......: 46,025 41,739 36.5 1,523,851 0.650 1,016,276
1946 ......: 46,515 42,812 34.5 1,477,573 0.805 1,195,146
1947 ......: 42,058 37,855 31.1 1,176,142 1.040 1,232,230
1948 ......: 43,838 39,280 36.9 1,450,186 0.717 1,048,437
1949 ......: 43,132 37,794 32.3 1,220,118 0.655 798,867
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Oat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1866-2015 (continued)
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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Year : Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :Price per bushel 1/:Value of production
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: ------- 1,000 acres ------ bushels 1,000 bushels dollars 1,000 dollars
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1950 ......: 45,044 39,306 34.8 1,369,199 0.788 1,081,044
1951 ......: 41,015 35,233 36.3 1,277,647 0.820 1,048,524
1952 ......: 42,341 37,012 32.9 1,217,433 0.789 952,689
1953 ......: 43,220 37,536 30.7 1,153,205 0.742 853,909
1954 ......: 46,898 40,551 34.8 1,409,601 0.714 1,002,206
1955 ......: 47,494 39,027 38.3 1,495,978 0.600 889,986
1956 ......: 44,205 33,333 34.5 1,151,398 0.686 792,080
1957 ......: 41,840 34,065 37.9 1,289,880 0.605 783,122
1958 ......: 37,699 31,247 44.8 1,401,410 0.578 811,034
1959 ......: 35,064 27,758 37.8 1,050,051 0.646 677,186
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1960 ......: 31,419 26,588 43.4 1,153,332 0.599 692,774
1961 ......: 32,314 23,886 42.3 1,010,314 0.642 649,553
1962 ......: 29,500 22,377 45.2 1,012,197 0.624 635,588
1963 ......: 28,054 21,308 45.3 965,510 0.622 608,219
1964 ......: 25,634 19,759 43.1 852,257 0.631 540,875
1965 ......: 24,046 18,522 50.2 929,554 0.622 587,414
1966 ......: 23,343 17,877 44.9 803,324 0.666 539,808
1967 ......: 20,719 16,110 49.3 793,800 0.659 528,034
1968 ......: 23,342 17,708 53.7 950,689 0.598 575,848
1969 ......: 23,561 17,971 53.7 965,863 0.584 572,321
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1970 ......: 24,410 18,594 49.2 915,236 0.623 582,225
1971 ......: 21,831 15,705 55.9 878,079 0.604 543,715
1972 ......: 19,990 13,410 51.5 690,616 0.724 507,202
1973 ......: 18,605 13,770 47.9 659,136 1.180 774,985
1974 ......: 17,013 12,608 47.6 600,655 1.530 912,010
1975 ......: 16,434 13,038 49.0 638,960 1.450 923,568
1976 ......: 16,620 11,834 45.7 540,441 1.560 835,180
1977 ......: 17,732 13,485 55.8 752,774 1.090 823,368
1978 ......: 16,407 11,126 52.3 581,657 1.200 688,625
1979 ......: 13,960 9,682 54.4 526,748 1.330 715,996
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1980 ......: 13,381 8,657 53.0 458,792 1.720 813,536
1981 ......: 13,632 9,407 54.2 509,529 1.880 957,179
1982 ......: 13,951 10,258 57.8 592,630 1.490 883,724
1983 ......: 20,289 9,062 52.6 476,471 1.620 793,614
1984 ......: 12,414 8,163 58.0 473,661 1.670 798,739
1985 ......: 13,235 8,147 63.6 518,490 1.230 642,247
1986 ......: 14,671 6,840 56.3 384,996 1.210 469,061
1987 ......: 17,907 6,888 54.3 373,713 1.560 605,599
1988 ......: 13,907 5,530 39.3 217,375 2.610 532,238
1989 ......: 12,085 6,882 54.3 373,587 1.490 548,938
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Oat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1866-2015 (continued)
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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Year : Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :Price per bushel 1/:Value of production
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: ------- 1,000 acres ------ bushels 1,000 bushels dollars 1,000 dollars
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1990 ......: 10,423 5,947 60.1 357,654 1.140 417,762
1991 ......: 8,653 4,816 50.6 243,851 1.210 309,735
1992 ......: 7,943 4,496 65.4 294,229 1.320 399,595
1993 ......: 7,937 3,803 54.4 206,731 1.360 290,948
1994 ......: 6,637 4,008 57.1 228,844 1.220 299,627
1995 ......: 6,225 2,952 54.6 161,094 1.670 278,941
1996 ......: 4,638 2,655 57.7 153,245 1.960 313,910
1997 ......: 5,068 2,813 59.5 167,246 1.600 273,284
1998 ......: 4,891 2,752 60.2 165,768 1.100 199,475
1999 ......: 4,668 2,445 59.6 145,628 1.120 174,307
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2000 ......: 4,473 2,325 64.2 149,165 1.100 175,432
2001 ......: 4,401 1,911 61.5 117,602 1.590 197,181
2002 ......: 4,995 2,058 56.4 116,002 1.810 212,078
2003 ......: 4,597 2,220 65.0 144,383 1.480 224,910
2004 ......: 4,085 1,787 64.7 115,695 1.480 178,327
2005 ......: 4,246 1,823 63.0 114,859 1.630 195,166
2006 ......: 4,166 1,564 59.8 93,522 1.870 180,899
2007 ......: 3,763 1,504 60.1 90,430 2.630 247,644
2008 ......: 3,260 1,414 63.7 90,051 3.150 273,843
2009 ......: 3,349 1,340 67.9 91,043 2.020 200,997
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2010 ......: 3,113 1,267 64.6 81,856 2.520 218,536
2011 ......: 2,349 875 57.3 50,126 3.490 175,523
2012 ......: 2,700 1,005 61.2 61,486 3.890 243,018
2013 ......: 2,980 1,009 64.1 64,642 3.750 239,807
2014 ......: 2,753 1,035 67.9 70,232 3.210 241,472
2015 ......: 3,088 1,276 70.2 89,535 2.200 220,398
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1/ December 1 price through 1907; season average price, 1908 to 1985, marketing year average price beginning 1986. United States
prices weighted by sales from 1909 to date; weighted by production from 1866 to 1908.
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