
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


The latest data made available by the USDA Census of Agriculture show that the value of Oregon farmland has increased by 23% over a five-year period, compared with just 7% nationally. Dan Bigelow is an assistant professor in the department of Applied Economics at Oregon State University. He’s been analyzing this census data to create a fuller picture of Oregon farmland, including who agricultural producers are, the size and sales of the farms and their estimated land values. He joins us to share his interpretation of what these numbers mean for the overall availability of farmland for agricultural use in the future.
By Oregon Public Broadcasting4.5
272272 ratings
The latest data made available by the USDA Census of Agriculture show that the value of Oregon farmland has increased by 23% over a five-year period, compared with just 7% nationally. Dan Bigelow is an assistant professor in the department of Applied Economics at Oregon State University. He’s been analyzing this census data to create a fuller picture of Oregon farmland, including who agricultural producers are, the size and sales of the farms and their estimated land values. He joins us to share his interpretation of what these numbers mean for the overall availability of farmland for agricultural use in the future.

38,495 Listeners

6,780 Listeners

25,769 Listeners

321 Listeners

9,195 Listeners

3,984 Listeners

1,000 Listeners

25 Listeners

14,621 Listeners

134 Listeners

225 Listeners

87,136 Listeners

9,064 Listeners

4 Listeners

4,209 Listeners

16,363 Listeners

978 Listeners

15,845 Listeners

219 Listeners

10,711 Listeners

207 Listeners