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Washington Top Forty

Agriculture Commodities

Washington Agricultural Statistics 1997-1998
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Value of Production (Thousand Dollars)

  Value of Production % of Total WA as
Commodity 1995 1996 1997 WA Ag % of U.S.
Apple 1,021,750 912,700 822,800 14.6% 48.1%
Milk 687,934 792,277 732,423 13.1% 3.4%
Wheat 742,500 755,680 602,692 10.8% 6.7%
      160,547,354
bushels (1997)
   
      128,410,931
bushels (2002)

   
Cattle & Calves 450,009 409,697 465,617 8.3% 1.2%
Potatoes 553,823 451,203 431,984 7.7% N/A
Hay 328,878 371,347 394,980 7.0% N/A
Forest Products, Farm 338,000 300,000 260,000 4.6% N/A
Nursery & Greenhouse Products 245,000 245,000 250,000 4.5% N/A
Sweet Cherries 106,519 118,940 128,975 2.3% 41.3%;
Grapes 73,676 57,744 124,410 2.2% 4.4%;
All Pears 118,166 125,768 123,670 2.2% 43.6%;
Onions 45,940 55,452 92,914 1.7% N/A
Hops 99,290 93,953 87,631 1.6% 74.5%;
Barley 59,299 72,019 87,514 1.6% 9.9%
Eggs 93,241 89,961 76,375 1.4% 1.8%;
Chickens & Broilers 68,397 74,704 74,894 1.3% N/A
Asparagus 58,659 63,312 64,204 1.1% N/A
Sweet Corn, All 69,221 57,584 61,905 1.1% N/A
Mint Oil 51,547 54,413 57,823 1.0% N/A
Corn, Grain 66,861 69,930 55,955 1.0% N/A
Corn, Silage 34,344 37,700 45,430 0.8% N/A
Christmas Trees 42,000 45,000 45,000 0.8% N/A
Aquaculture1 40,554 35,430 35,430 0.6% N/A
Red Raspberries 35,182 30,459 28,020 0.5% 77.3%
Sugarbeets2 N/A 19,777 25,526 0.5% N/A
Green Peas, Processing 30,246 20,408 25,342 0.5% 22.0%
Carrots, All 34,449 24,784 24,930 0.4% N/A
Dry Edible Peas 26,640 16,286 20,179 0.4% N/A
Peaches 13,994 5,100 19,297 0.3% 1.7%
Dry Edible Beans 20,746 17,324 18,445 0.3% 2.9%
Mushrooms 15,724 15,704 14,731 0.3% N/A
Lentils 17,745 11,730 14,612 0.3% 47.0%
Kentucky Bluegrass Seed 13,694 17,733 12,567 0.2% N/A
Alfalfa Seed 10,005 11,748 11,390 0.2% N/A
Cranberries 8,779 10,980 10,148 0.2% 3.0%
Blueberries 3,096 5,639 7,769 0.1% 5.1%
Hogs & Pigs 6,029 10,623 7,611 0.1% N/A
Wrinkled Seed Peas 7,770 3,410 6,138 0.1% 58.1%
Trout 6,368 5,955 5,631 0.1% 7.7%
Apricots 6,659 4,259 4,949 0.1% 4.3%
Strawberries 5,426 6,605 4,882 0.1% 0.6%
Lettuce 4,586 2,200 2,718
Total Washington Agriculture 5,875,008 5,736,314 5,604,964

1 The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife annually calculates the value of aquaculture production. The 1997 data were not available at the time of publication, 1996 data carried forward. Aquaculture total excludes trout which is listed separately.
2 Value of production for sugarbeets will be published in CROP VALUES, February 1999.


National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington Top Forty Agriculture Commodity
Washington Agricultural Statistics 1997-1998

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