2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW
Washington
† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Dec/15/2018
| Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation | 412 |
| Farm Operations - Number of Operations | 35,700 |
| Farm Operations - Acres Operated | 14,700,000 |
| Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 ) | 236,000 |
| Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 ) | 274,000 |
| Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 ) | 1,160,000 |
| Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 ) | 215,000 |
| Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 ) | 21,000 |
| Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 ) | 7,000 |
| Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 ) | 45,000 |
| Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 ) | (D) |
| Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head | 23,818 |
| Milk - Production, Measured in $ | 1,187,732,000 |
| Milk - Production, Measured in Lb | 6,526,000,000 |
Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production †
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars
| Commodity | Planted All Purpose Acres | Harvested Acres | Yield | Production | Price per Unit | Value of Production in Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APPLES | ||||||
| APPLES, UTILIZED | 7,200,000,000 LB | 2,430,353,000 | ||||
| APPLES, FRESH MARKET | 5,650,000,000 LB | 0.4 $ / LB | 2,260,000,000 | |||
| APPLES, PROCESSING | 1,550,000,000 LB | 220 $ / TON | 170,353,000 | |||
| APPLES | 165,000 | 45,500 LB / ACRE | 7,500,000,000 LB | 0.338 $ / LB | ||
| POTATOES | ||||||
| POTATOES | 165,000 | 164,000 | 605 CWT / ACRE | 99,220,000 CWT | 6.92 $ / CWT | 686,602,000 |
| POTATOES, PROCESSING | 6.74 $ / CWT | |||||
| WHEAT | ||||||
| WHEAT | 2,195,000 | 2,140,000 | 66.6 BU / ACRE | 142,500,000 BU | 4.85 $ / BU | 680,266,000 |
| WHEAT, WINTER | 1,700,000 | 1,650,000 | 73 BU / ACRE | 120,450,000 BU | 4.72 $ / BU | 560,093,000 |
| WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM) | 495,000 | 490,000 | 45 BU / ACRE | 22,050,000 BU | 5.55 $ / BU | 120,173,000 |
| HAY & HAYLAGE | ||||||
| HAY & HAYLAGE | 815,000 | 4.35 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS | 3,542,000 TONS, DRY BASIS | 616,693,000 | ||
| HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) | 390,000 | 3.28 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS | 1,279,000 TONS, DRY BASIS | |||
| HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA | 70,000 | 425,000 | 5.32 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS | 2,263,000 TONS, DRY BASIS | ||
| HAY | ||||||
| HAY | 740,000 | 4.02 TONS / ACRE | 2,973,000 TONS | 172 $ / TON | 510,900,000 | |
| HAY, ALFALFA | 390,000 | 5.2 TONS / ACRE | 2,028,000 TONS | 157 $ / TON | 314,340,000 | |
| HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) | 350,000 | 2.7 TONS / ACRE | 945,000 TONS | 209 $ / TON | 196,560,000 | |
| HOPS | ||||||
| HOPS | 38,438 | 2,047 LB / ACRE | 78,693,600 LB | 6.22 $ / LB | 489,474,000 | |
| CHERRIES | ||||||
| CHERRIES, SWEET, UTILIZED | 261,600 TONS | 474,579,000 | ||||
| CHERRIES, SWEET, FRESH MARKET | 223,000 TONS | 2,020 $ / TON | 450,460,000 | |||
| CHERRIES, SWEET, PROCESSING | 38,600 TONS | 625 $ / TON | 24,119,000 | |||
| CHERRIES, TART, UTILIZED | 24,000,000 LB | 5,030,000 | ||||
| CHERRIES, TART | 2,500 | 10,000 LB / ACRE | 25,000,000 LB | 0.21 $ / LB | ||
| CHERRIES, SWEET | 40,000 | 6.56 TONS / ACRE | 262,550 TONS | 1,810 $ / TON | ||
| CHERRIES, TART, FRESH MARKET | (D) LB | (D) $ / LB | (D) | |||
| CHERRIES, TART, PROCESSING | (D) LB | (D) $ / LB | (D) | |||
| GRAPES | ||||||
| GRAPES, UTILIZED | 419,000 TONS | 318,890,000 | ||||
| GRAPES, PROCESSING | 419,000 TONS | 761 $ / TON | 318,890,000 | |||
| GRAPES, FRESH MARKET | (X) $ / TON | |||||
| GRAPES | 73,000 | 5.74 TONS / ACRE | 419,000 TONS | 761 $ / TON | ||
| PEARS | ||||||
| PEARS, UTILIZED | 314,400 TONS | 246,462,000 | ||||
| PEARS, FRESH MARKET | 228,500 TONS | 950 $ / TON | 217,134,000 | |||
| PEARS, PROCESSING | 85,900 TONS | 341 $ / TON | ||||
| PEARS | 20,800 | 15.2 TONS / ACRE | 316,400 TONS | 784 $ / TON | ||
| BLUEBERRIES | ||||||
| BLUEBERRIES, TAME, UTILIZED | 8,550 LB / ACRE | 117,150,000 LB | 114,882,000 | |||
| BLUEBERRIES, TAME, PROCESSING | 80,800,000 LB | 0.72 $ / LB | 58,176,000 | |||
| BLUEBERRIES, TAME, FRESH MARKET | 36,350,000 LB | 1.56 $ / LB | 56,706,000 | |||
| BLUEBERRIES, TAME | 13,700 | 117,380,000 LB | 0.981 $ / LB | |||
| SWEET CORN | ||||||
| SWEET CORN | 88,400 | 87,800 | 210 CWT / ACRE | 18,438,000 CWT | 6.12 $ / CWT | 112,445,000 |
| SWEET CORN, PROCESSING | 90 $ / TON | 78,408,000 | ||||
| SWEET CORN, FRESH MARKET | 35.5 $ / CWT | 34,037,000 | ||||
| SWEET CORN, UTILIZED | 18,382,700 CWT | |||||
| BEANS | ||||||
| BEANS, DRY EDIBLE | 191,000 | 190,000 | 1,490 LB / ACRE | 2,834,000 CWT | 29.1 $ / CWT | 77,368,000 |
| BEANS, SNAP | 2,500 | 2,400 | 79 CWT / ACRE | 189,600 CWT | 28.6 $ / CWT | 5,418,000 |
| BEANS, SNAP, UTILIZED | 189,600 CWT | |||||
| BEANS, SNAP, FRESH MARKET | (D) $ / CWT | (D) | ||||
| BEANS, SNAP, PROCESSING | (D) $ / TON | (D) | ||||
| CORN | ||||||
| CORN, GRAIN | 80,000 | 225 BU / ACRE | 18,000,000 BU | 4.05 $ / BU | 76,500,000 | |
| CORN, SILAGE | 90,000 | 27 TONS / ACRE | 2,430,000 TONS | |||
| CORN | 170,000 | |||||
| RASPBERRIES | ||||||
| RASPBERRIES, UTILIZED | 8,010 LB / ACRE | 77,740,000 LB | 58,078,000 | |||
| RASPBERRIES, PROCESSING | 74,100,000 LB | 0.704 $ / LB | 52,180,000 | |||
| RASPBERRIES, FRESH MARKET | 3,640,000 LB | 1.62 $ / LB | 5,898,000 | |||
| RASPBERRIES | 9,710 | 78,050,000 LB | 0.747 $ / LB | |||
| MINT | ||||||
| MINT, SPEARMINT, OIL | 14,000 | 150 LB / ACRE | 2,100,000 LB | 15.6 $ / LB | 32,832,000 | |
| MINT, PEPPERMINT, OIL | 12,000 | 120 LB / ACRE | 1,440,000 LB | 16.5 $ / LB | 23,760,000 | |
| CARROTS | ||||||
| CARROTS | 6,400 | 6,300 | 700 CWT / ACRE | 4,410,000 CWT | 6.52 $ / CWT | 28,771,000 |
| CARROTS, UTILIZED | 4,410,000 CWT | |||||
| CARROTS, FRESH MARKET | (D) $ / CWT | (D) | ||||
| CARROTS, PROCESSING | (D) $ / TON | (D) | ||||
| PEAS | ||||||
| PEAS, GREEN | 28,300 | 25,900 | 59 CWT / ACRE | 1,528,100 CWT | 15.6 $ / CWT | 23,889,000 |
| PEAS, DRY EDIBLE | 61,000 | 60,000 | 2,000 LB / ACRE | 1,200,000 CWT | 13.2 $ / CWT | 15,720,000 |
| PEAS, GREEN, UTILIZED | 1,528,100 CWT | |||||
| PEAS, WRINKLED SEED | 7,100 | 7,100 | 3,500 LB / ACRE | 249,000 CWT | (D) $ / CWT | (D) |
| PEAS, GREEN, FRESH MARKET | (D) $ / CWT | (D) | ||||
| PEAS, GREEN, PROCESSING | (D) $ / TON | (D) | ||||
| ASPARAGUS | ||||||
| ASPARAGUS | 4,500 | 4,300 | 54 CWT / ACRE | 232,200 CWT | 101 $ / CWT | 23,546,000 |
| ASPARAGUS, UTILIZED | 232,200 CWT | |||||
| ASPARAGUS, FRESH MARKET | (D) $ / CWT | (D) | ||||
| ASPARAGUS, PROCESSING | (D) $ / TON | (D) | ||||
| LENTILS | ||||||
| LENTILS | 68,000 | 67,000 | 950 LB / ACRE | 637,000 CWT | 29.4 $ / CWT | 18,409,000 |
| CANOLA | ||||||
| CANOLA | 55,000 | 54,000 | 1,600 LB / ACRE | 86,400,000 LB | 18.1 $ / CWT | 15,120,000 |
| BARLEY | ||||||
| BARLEY | 95,000 | 85,000 | 53 BU / ACRE | 4,505,000 BU | 3.09 $ / BU | 12,389,000 |
| PEACHES | ||||||
| PEACHES, UTILIZED | 12,700 TONS | 12,232,000 | ||||
| PEACHES | 2,100 | 6.08 TONS / ACRE | 12,770 TONS | 963 $ / TON | ||
| PEACHES, FRESH MARKET | (D) TONS | (D) $ / TON | (D) | |||
| PEACHES, PROCESSING | (D) TONS | (D) $ / TON | (D) | |||
| NECTARINES | ||||||
| NECTARINES, UTILIZED | 9,800 TONS | 9,918,000 | ||||
| NECTARINES | 1,200 | 8.21 TONS / ACRE | 9,850 TONS | 1,010 $ / TON | ||
| NECTARINES, FRESH MARKET | (D) TONS | (D) $ / TON | (D) | |||
| NECTARINES, PROCESSING | (D) TONS | (D) $ / TON | (D) | |||
| APRICOTS | ||||||
| APRICOTS, UTILIZED | 8,600 TONS | 9,686,000 | ||||
| APRICOTS | 1,200 | 7.21 TONS / ACRE | 8,650 TONS | 1,130 $ / TON | ||
| APRICOTS, FRESH MARKET | (D) TONS | (D) $ / TON | (D) | |||
| APRICOTS, PROCESSING | (D) TONS | (D) $ / TON | (D) | |||
| PUMPKINS | ||||||
| PUMPKINS | 2,300 | 1,900 | 180 CWT / ACRE | 342,000 CWT | 28.2 $ / CWT | 9,209,000 |
| PUMPKINS, UTILIZED | 326,300 CWT | |||||
| PUMPKINS, FRESH MARKET | (D) $ / CWT | (D) | ||||
| PUMPKINS, PROCESSING | (D) $ / TON | (D) | ||||
| STRAWBERRIES | ||||||
| STRAWBERRIES | 900 | 800 | 95 CWT / ACRE | 76,000 CWT | 107 $ / CWT | 8,009,000 |
| STRAWBERRIES, UTILIZED | 75,200 CWT | |||||
| STRAWBERRIES, FRESH MARKET | (D) $ / CWT | (D) | ||||
| STRAWBERRIES, PROCESSING | (D) $ / TON | (D) | ||||
| CRANBERRIES | ||||||
| CRANBERRIES, UTILIZED | 98.4 BARRELS / ACRE | 147,550 BARRELS | 6,264,000 | |||
| CRANBERRIES, PROCESSING | 94,550 BARRELS | 36.2 $ / BARREL | 3,423,000 | |||
| CRANBERRIES, FRESH MARKET | 53,000 BARRELS | 53.6 $ / BARREL | 2,841,000 | |||
| CRANBERRIES | 1,500 | 147,650 BARRELS | 42.5 $ / BARREL | |||
| OATS | ||||||
| OATS | 16,000 | 3,000 | 42 BU / ACRE | 126,000 BU | 2.26 $ / BU | 252,000 |
| SUGARBEETS | ||||||
| SUGARBEETS | 1,800 | 1,800 | 48.2 TONS / ACRE | 87,000 TONS | ||
| HAYLAGE | ||||||
| HAYLAGE | 125,000 | 9.2 TONS / ACRE | 1,150,000 TONS | |||
| HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA) | 75,000 | 9 TONS / ACRE | 675,000 TONS | |||
| HAYLAGE, ALFALFA | 50,000 | 9.5 TONS / ACRE | 475,000 TONS | |||
(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
(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: Washington
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 | 9,120,749 | 17 | 50 |
| Value of crops, including nursery and greenhouse | 6,492,042 | 11 | 50 |
| Value of livestock, poultry, and their products | 2,628,708 | 25 | 50 |
| VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000) | |||
| Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas | 1,473,574 | 21 | 50 |
| Tobacco | - | - | 19 |
| Cotton and cottonseed | - | - | 17 |
| Vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes | 1,064,081 | 3 | 50 |
| Fruit, tree nuts, and berries | 2,931,370 | 2 | 50 |
| Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture and sod | 333,252 | 11 | 50 |
| Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops | 18,925 | 5 | 49 |
| Other crops and hay | 670,840 | 8 | 50 |
| Poultry and eggs | 261,992 | 26 | 50 |
| Cattle and calves | 994,835 | 17 | 50 |
| Milk from cows | 1,136,856 | 10 | 50 |
| Hogs and pigs | 4,542 | 34 | 50 |
| Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk | 9,605 | 26 | 50 |
| Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys | 17,899 | 23 | 50 |
| Aquaculture | 187,222 | 1 | 50 |
| Other animals and other animal products | 15,758 | 23 | 50 |
| TOP CROP ITEMS (acres) | |||
| Wheat for grain, all | 2,186,813 | 7 | 49 |
| Winter wheat for grain | 1,669,175 | 6 | 48 |
| Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop | 748,909 | 27 | 50 |
| Spring wheat for grain | 514,374 | 5 | 29 |
| Vegetables harvested, all | 351,639 | 3 | 50 |
| TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number) | |||
| Broilers and other meat-type chickens | 7,511,065 | 23 | 50 |
| Layers | 7,236,128 | 16 | 50 |
| Pullets for laying flock replacement | 1,980,818 | 16 | 50 |
| Cattle and calves | 1,162,792 | 27 | 50 |
| Colonies of bees | 96,685 | 9 | 50 |
Other State Highlights, 2012
| Economic Characteristics | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Farm by value of sales | |
| Less than $1,000 | 12,513 |
| $1,000 to $2,499 | 4,387 |
| $2,500 to $4,999 | 4,084 |
| $5,000 to $9,999 | 3,542 |
| $10,000 to $19,999 | 2,658 |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 740 |
| $25,000 to $39,999 | 1,220 |
| $40,000 to $49,999 | 623 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 | 1,380 |
| $100,000 to $249,999 | 2,081 |
| $250,000 to $499,999 | 1,286 |
| $500,000 or more | 2,735 |
| Total farm production expenses ($1,000) | 7,839,554 |
| Average per farm ($) | 210,463 |
| Net cash farm income of the operations ($1,000) | 1,752,459 |
| Average per farm ($) | 47,047 |
| Operator Characteristics | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Principal operators by primary occupation | |
| Farming | 17,650 |
| Other | 19,599 |
| Principal operators by sex | |
| Male | 29,730 |
| Female | 7,519 |
| Average age of principal operator | 58.8 |
| All operators by race 2 | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 732 |
| Asian | 804 |
| Black or African American | 96 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 70 |
| White | 57,631 |
| More than one race | 451 |
| All operators of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino Origin 2 | 2,981 |
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.
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.