Central Oregon Agricultural Profile
Year	1982	1987	1992	1997	1982 - 1997 Change
Number of Farms	1,672	1,640	1,884	2,155	29%
Acres in Farms	1,529,864	1,519,480	1,565,296	1,824,312	19%
Average Farm Size	3,582	3,732	3,453	3,824	7%
Median Farm Size				250
Number of Farms by Size
1-9	228	239	303	430	89%
10-49	619	583	729	854	38%
50-179	397	405	403	400	1%
180-499	216	181	191	191	-12%
500-999	78	85	105	111	42%
1000 & over	134	147	153	177	32%
Total Cropland
Number of Farms	1,435	1,394	1,505	1,699	18%
Acres	206,918	225,110	203,370	219,917	6%
Number of Irrigated Farms	1,371	1,331	1,551	1,757	28%
Acres Irrigated	162,193	123,533	126,760	164,326	1%
Operators by Principal Occupation
Farming	774	743	833	902	17%
Other	898	897	1,051	1,253	40%
Market Value of Ag Products
Total Sales ($1,000)	79,377	69,737	86,889	96,083	21%

Central Oregon Agricultural Profile (continued)
Farm Production Expenses ($1,000)	1982	1987	1992	1997	1982 – 1997 Change
Total		62,935	73,516	82,789	32%
Electric	2,335	2,415	2,409	3,360	44%
Property Taxes		4,608	3,435	3,545	-23%
Hired Farm Labor
Number of Farms	568	619	518	634	12%
Number of Workers	4,229		3,721	3,645	-14%
Payroll ($1,000)	5,991	8,512	7,794	10,407	74%
Estimated Market Value Land & Bldgs
Total ($1,000)	1,497,806	1,170,023	643,143	1,077,868	-28%
Per acre	1904	1,738	2,257	3,458	82%
Approximate total land area				3,240,389
% in Farms		47%	48%	56%	22%
Number Farms w/$10,000 + in Sales	607	600	686	727	20%
Market Value of Production Expenses ($1,000)	76,416	66,840	83,448	91,937	20%
Total Farm Production Expenses ($1,000)		55,303	64,912	73,637	33%
Tenure of Operator; Farm w/$10,000 or
Full	332	311	366	403	21%
Part-time	252	251	249	259	3%
Tenant	49	57	62	74	51%

Central Oregon Agricultural Profile (continued)
Crook County
Year	1982	1987	1992	1997	1982-1997 Change
Number of Farms	428	415	503	521	22%
Acres in Farms	860,462	860,738	894,853	916,451	7%
Average Farm Size	2,010	2,074	1,779	1,759	-12%
Median Farm Size				70
Number of Farms by Size
1-9	53	59	68	100	89%
10-49	128	112	146	139	9%
50-179	93	85	112	99	6%
180-499	62	47	58	42	-32%
500-999	20	32	36	39	95%
1000 & over	72	80	83	101	40%
Total Cropland
Number of Farms	369	350	390	411	11%
Acres	71,047	84,289