Industries that are growing quickly in Oregon include plastics, biotechnology, software, and film and video production. Wood processing is one of Oregon's most important manufacturing activities. Almost half of the state is forested, making Oregon one of the leading suppliers of wood and wood products worldwide Band the nation's leading producer of lumber and plywood. The majority of the trees processed are Douglas Fir, Sitka Spruce and Ponderosa Pine. Oregonians try to harvest with care so that the forests' other great benefits such as watershed protection, fish and wildlife habitat, recreation and shade may be preserved.
Agriculture also is one of Oregon's most important industries.
On the coast we produce lilies, cheese and cranberries, and from the sea oysters, mussels, clams, salmon, halibut, cod, snapper, bass, crabs, shrimp and scallops are harvested. Poultry, cows, sheep and pigs also are raised. The High Country, with its drier climate, has cattle, sheep, wheat, alfalfa, barley, onions, corn, potatoes, sugar beets and melons. Tourism is one of Oregon's primary industries because of the state's abundance and diversity of scenic wonders. The state boasts one of the most beautiful and best protected sea coasts in the world, pastoral inland valleys and the sage-scented engulfing big skies of Eastern Oregon.