2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Idaho

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Jan/16/2019

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	490
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	24,300
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	11,900,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	510,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	600,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	2,400,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	265,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	4,500
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )	230,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )	37,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	24,378
Milk - Production, Measured in $	2,515,844,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	14,627,000,000

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production ^†
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars

Commodity	Planted All Purpose Acres	Harvested Acres	Yield	Production	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
POTATOES
POTATOES	310,000	310,000	435 CWT / ACRE	134,850,000 CWT	7.23 $ / CWT	974,966,000
POTATOES, PROCESSING					6.86 $ / CWT
POTATOES, FRESH MARKET					7.14 $ / CWT
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE		1,495,000	3.76 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS	5,614,000 TONS, DRY BASIS		787,700,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)		405,000	2.6 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS	1,053,000 TONS, DRY BASIS
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	125,000	1,090,000	4.18 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS	4,561,000 TONS, DRY BASIS
HAY
HAY		1,430,000	3.59 TONS / ACRE	5,128,000 TONS	138 $ / TON	717,832,000
HAY, ALFALFA		1,060,000	4 TONS / ACRE	4,240,000 TONS	136 $ / TON	576,640,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		370,000	2.4 TONS / ACRE	888,000 TONS	159 $ / TON	141,192,000
WHEAT
WHEAT	1,175,000	1,109,000	81.8 BU / ACRE	90,723,000 BU	4.64 $ / BU	415,657,000
WHEAT, WINTER	720,000	670,000	80 BU / ACRE	53,600,000 BU	4.4 $ / BU	225,120,000
WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM)	430,000	415,000	85 BU / ACRE	35,275,000 BU	5.05 $ / BU	178,063,000
WHEAT, SPRING, DURUM	25,000	24,000	77 BU / ACRE	1,848,000 BU	6.67 $ / BU	12,474,000
WHEAT, WINTER, NON-IRRIGATED	445,000	425,000	57.6 BU / ACRE	24,500,000 BU
WHEAT, WINTER, IRRIGATED	275,000	245,000	118.8 BU / ACRE	29,100,000 BU
WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM), NON-IRRIGATED	160,000	154,000	40.7 BU / ACRE	6,275,000 BU
WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM), IRRIGATED	270,000	261,000	111.1 BU / ACRE	29,000,000 BU
BARLEY
BARLEY	530,000	510,000	95 BU / ACRE	48,450,000 BU	4.75 $ / BU	230,138,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		115,000	203 BU / ACRE	23,345,000 BU	4.21 $ / BU	99,216,000
CORN, SILAGE		220,000	30 TONS / ACRE	6,600,000 TONS
CORN	340,000
BEANS
BEANS, DRY EDIBLE	180,000	178,000	1,610 LB / ACRE	2,873,000 CWT	27.8 $ / CWT	83,030,000
HOPS
HOPS		6,993	1,968 LB / ACRE	13,759,200 LB	5 $ / LB	68,796,000
MINT
MINT, PEPPERMINT, OIL		16,000	105 LB / ACRE	1,680,000 LB	17.6 $ / LB	29,568,000
MINT, SPEARMINT, OIL		(D)	(D) LB / ACRE	(D) LB	(D) $ / LB	(D)
SWEET CORN
SWEET CORN	4,100	3,900	110 CWT / ACRE	429,000 CWT	27 $ / CWT	11,548,000
SWEET CORN, UTILIZED				427,700 CWT
SWEET CORN, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
SWEET CORN, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
LENTILS
LENTILS	36,000	35,000	900 LB / ACRE	315,000 CWT	28.2 $ / CWT	8,789,000
APPLES
APPLES, UTILIZED				45,000,000 LB		8,150,000
APPLES, FRESH MARKET				24,600,000 LB	0.255 $ / LB	6,273,000
APPLES, PROCESSING				20,400,000 LB	184 $ / TON	1,877,000
APPLES		2,100	22,600 LB / ACRE	47,400,000 LB	0.181 $ / LB
PEACHES
PEACHES, UTILIZED				5,120 TONS		6,629,000
PEACHES		800	6.53 TONS / ACRE	5,220 TONS	1,290 $ / TON
PEACHES, FRESH MARKET				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
PEACHES, PROCESSING				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
PEAS
PEAS, DRY EDIBLE	14,000	13,000	1,800 LB / ACRE	234,000 CWT	11.8 $ / CWT	2,855,000
PEAS, AUSTRIAN WINTER	4,000	3,400	1,600 LB / ACRE	54,000 CWT	11.1 $ / CWT	594,000
PEAS, WRINKLED SEED	4,000	4,000	2,700 LB / ACRE	108,000 CWT	(D) $ / CWT	(D)
OATS
OATS	50,000	10,000	71 BU / ACRE	710,000 BU	2.73 $ / BU	1,775,000
CHERRIES
CHERRIES, SWEET, FRESH MARKET					(NA) $ / TON
CHERRIES, SWEET, PROCESSING					(NA) $ / TON
CHERRIES, SWEET					(NA) $ / TON
SUGARBEETS
SUGARBEETS	167,000	166,000	39.2 TONS / ACRE	6,507,000 TONS
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA		65,000	10 TONS / ACRE	650,000 TONS
HAYLAGE		100,000	9.83 TONS / ACRE	983,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)		35,000	9.5 TONS / ACRE	333,000 TONS
SAFFLOWER
SAFFLOWER	22,500	21,500	960 LB / ACRE	20,640,000 LB	(D) $ / CWT	(D)
CANOLA
CANOLA	23,000	22,300	1,550 LB / ACRE	34,565,000 LB	(D) $ / CWT	(D)

(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit

Census State Profile: Idaho

Ranked Items Within The U.S., 2012

Item	Quantity	U.S. Rank	Universe ¹
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000)
Total value of agricultural products sold	7,801,446	19	50
Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse	3,443,012	20	50
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	4,358,435	15	50

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000)
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas	1,448,089	23	50
Tobacco	-	-	19
Cotton and cottonseed	-	-	17
Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes	967,476	4	50
Fruit, tree nuts, and berries	(D)	29	50
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod	53,157	36	50
Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops	(D)	(D)	49
Other crops and hay	950,370	4	50
Poultry and eggs	49,733	36	50
Cattle and calves	1,808,929	10	50
Milk from cows	2,333,364	4	50
Hogs and pigs	(D)	32	50
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk	42,173	7	50
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys	(D)	34	50
Aquaculture	52,582	12	50
Other animals and other animal products	33,592	11	50

TOP CROP ITEMS (acres)
Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop	1,376,632	16	50
Wheat for grain, all	1,250,494	11	49
Winter wheat for grain	738,354	11	48
Barley for grain	593,469	3	43
Spring wheat for grain	499,623	6	29

TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number)
Cattle and calves	2,397,541	13	50
Layers	655,346	39	50
Pullets for laying flock replacement	(D)	35	50
Sheep and lambs	231,078	8	50
Pheasants	137,590	6	50

Other State Highlights, 2012

Economic Characteristics	Quantity
Farm by value of sales
Less than $1,000	6,593
$1,000 to $2,499	2,376
$2,500 to $4,999	2,487
$5,000 to $9,999	2,367
$10,000 to $19,999	1,959
$20,000 to $24,999	578
$25,000 to $39,999	1,296
$40,000 to $49,999	546
$50,000 to $99,999	1,518
$100,000 to $249,999	1,835
$250,000 to $499,999	1,260
$500,000 or more	2,001

Total farm production expenses ($1,000)	6,642,131
Average per farm ($)	267,655

Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000)	1,477,387
Average per farm ($)	59,534

Operator Characteristics	Quantity
Principal operators by primary occupation
Farming	12,349
Other	12,467

Principal operators by sex
Male	21,821
Female	2,995

Average age of principal operator	57.6

All operators by race ²
American Indian or Alaska Native	229
Asian	162
Black or African American	22
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27
White	39,122
More than one race	185

All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin ²	1,113

Note: See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology.
   ¹ Universe is number of states in U.S. with item.
   ² Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.
  (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
   - Represents zero.