Oregon Grass and Legume Seed Crops Preliminary Estimates, 1997.¹ |
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| Species | Area Harvested | Yield per acre | Production | Price | Value of production | |
| (acres) | (lbs.) | (000 lbs.) | ($ / cwt) | (000 $) | ||
| Grass | ||||||
| Annual ryegrass | 119,050 | 1,857 | 221,133 | 24.35 | 54,581 | |
| Perennial ryegrass | 149,223 | 1,435 | 214,158 | 60.49 | 129,540 | |
| Tall fescue | 102,202 | 1,427 | 145,890 | 58.39 | 85,191 | |
| Kentucky bluegrass | 15,394 | 930 | 14,321 | 124.87 | 17,883 | |
| Rough bluegrass | 4,418 | 984 | 4,347 | 84.00 | 3,652 | |
| Orchardgrass | 20,510 | 900 | 18,455 | 46.82 | 8,640 | |
| Chewings fescue | 9,036 | 878 | 7,934 | 79.00 | 6,268 | |
| Red fescue | 4,216 | 758 | 3,197 | 77.00 | 2,462 | |
| Hard fescue | 1,670 | 696 | 1,163 | 85.90 | 999 | |
| Colonial bentgrass | 5,750 | 375 | 2,156 | 103.18 | 2,256 | |
| Creeping bentgrass | 7,720 | 590 | 4,552 | 290.97 | 13,245 | |
| Total Grass | 439,189 | 637,306 | 324,717 | |||
| Legume | ||||||
| Alfalfa | 6,916 | 671 | 4,643 | 133.38 | 6,193 | |
| Red clover | 13,030 | 436 | 5,685 | 104.84 | 5,960 | |
| Crimson clover | 8,050 | 415 | 3,344 | 77.30 | 2,519 | |
| Common vetch | 400 | 735 | 294 | 38.44 | 113 | |
| Hairy vetch | 2,450 | 442 | 1,083 | 75.33 | 819 | |
| White clover/Ladino | 1,260 | 350 | 441 | 140.10 | 618 | |
| Arrowleaf clover | 1,535 | 1,190 | 1,828 | 64.97 | 1,188 | |
| Total Legume | 33,641 | 17,318 | 17,410 | |||
| Total Grass & Legume | 472,830 | 654,624 | 342,127 | |||
| ¹Data collected by the Extension Economic Information Office, Oregon State University, and compiled by William C. Young III, Extension Agronomist, Department of Crop and Soil Science, OSU. | ||||||
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