Farm Census

Morrow County, Oregon

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

341 farms1,052,805 acres in farms$866 million in farm sales

Among US counties with published figures, Morrow County ranks tenth for potatoes.

Within Oregon, no other county with a published figure has more corn for grain, vegetables, cattle and calves or milk cows, or sells more farm products.

Its potato acreage grew between 2017 and 2022, the fifth-largest increase among the 74 leading potato counties of 2017 with figures in both years.

Cattle and calves: 35.8%Cattle and calves35.8%Vegetables and melons: 23.2%Vegetables and melons23.2%Withheld groups: 22.8%Withheld groups22.8%Grains and oilseeds: 14.5%Grains and oilseeds14.5%Hay and other crops: 3.4%3.4%Fruit and nuts: 0.3%Horses and mules: under 0.1%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Other animals: under 0.1%Cattle and calves: 35.8%Cattle and calves35.8%Vegetables and melons: 23.2%23.2%Withheld groups: 22.8%Withheld groups22.8%Grains and oilseeds: 14.5%14.5%Hay and other crops: 3.4%3.4%Fruit and nuts: 0.3%Horses and mules: under 0.1%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Other animals: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: nursery and greenhouse crops, Christmas trees, milk, poultry and eggs, sheep and goat products and aquaculture products.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Cattle and calves$310 million1st of 33
Vegetables, melons and potatoes$201 million1st of 27
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$126 million2nd of 27
Hay and other crops$29.4 million12th of 31
Fruit, tree nuts and berries$2.4 million17th of 25
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$177,00024th of 29
Hogs and pigs$53,00011th of 21
Other animals and animal products$7,00022nd of 24

What the fields held

Morrow County harvested 240,349 acres of cropland in 2022, second of 36 counties in Oregon. Wheat covered acreage equal to 54% of that, vegetables 19%.

CropAcresShare of US
Wheat130,7750.35%
Vegetables46,0821.1%
of which potatoes23,4772.2%
Hay and haylage25,482under 0.1%
Corn for grain20,904under 0.1%
Barley1,2850.05%

Withheld to protect individual farms: corn for silage, sunflower, canola, orchard land, grapes and berries.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms81.0%

Morrow County ranks first of 36 counties in Oregon on this measure.

  • 499,002 acres of cropland, 47% of farmland
  • 529,034 acres of pastureland, 50% of farmland
  • 32,626 acres of woodland, 3% of farmland
  • 115,072 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Morrow County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 428 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 3,087 acres, fourth-largest of 36 in Oregon. The most common size class is 2,000+ acres, with 32.3% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 41.9% of the total.

1–916%10–4916%50–1796%180–49912%500–9997%1,000–1,99910%2,000+32%
Morrow County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Milk cows44,8950.48%
Cattle and calves183,6670.21%
Beef cows14,7860.05%
Horses and ponies716under 0.1%
Goats137under 0.1%
Laying hens468under 0.1%
Hogs and pigs77under 0.1%
Broilers sold in 202231under 0.1%

Withheld: turkeys and sheep and lambs.

Who farms here

Decisions on Morrow County's 341 farms are made by 642 producers. Their average age is 61.6, 3.0 years above the Oregon average. Women are 38.9% of them.

Under 353%35–449%45–5416%55–6424%65–7433%75+15%
Morrow County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms375−9.1%
Land in farms, acres1,126,101−6.5%
Average farm size, acres3,003+2.8%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$596 million+45.2%
Potatoes, acres16,362+43.5%
Vegetables, acres31,767+45.1%
Milk cows, head45,222−0.7%
Wheat, acres165,386−20.9%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Morrow County accounts for 12.8% of farm sales in Oregon and 1.0% of the farms in Oregon. Rank Oregon counties for potatoes.

Source: USDA NASS Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.