2018 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

Washington

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Apr/21/2019

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	412
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	35,700
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	14,700,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	230,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	280,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	1,180,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	230,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	21,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	8,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2019 )	50,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2018 )	17,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	24,318
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	6,736,000,000

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
WHEAT
WHEAT	2,220,000	2,165,000	70.8 BU / ACRE	153,210,000 BU	5.45 $ / BU	835,677,000
WHEAT, WINTER	1,700,000	1,650,000	76 BU / ACRE	125,400,000 BU	5.4 $ / BU	677,160,000
WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM)	520,000	515,000	54 BU / ACRE	27,810,000 BU	5.7 $ / BU	158,517,000
POTATOES
POTATOES	165,000	165,000	640 CWT / ACRE	105,600,000 CWT	6.52 $ / CWT	688,512,000
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE		830,000	4.07 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS	3,382,000 TONS, DRY BASIS		637,554,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	60,000	355,000	4.72 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS	1,676,000 TONS, DRY BASIS
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)		475,000	3.59 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS	1,706,000 TONS, DRY BASIS
HAY
HAY		760,000	3.64 TONS / ACRE	2,764,000 TONS	187 $ / TON	518,891,000
HAY, ALFALFA		350,000	4.5 TONS / ACRE	1,575,000 TONS	183 $ / TON	288,225,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		410,000	2.9 TONS / ACRE	1,189,000 TONS	194 $ / TON	230,666,000
HOPS
HOPS		39,170	1,984 LB / ACRE	77,727,700 LB	5.5 $ / LB	427,502,000
SWEET CORN
SWEET CORN	74,000	72,000	230 CWT / ACRE	16,560,000 CWT	5.08 $ / CWT	84,080,000
SWEET CORN, PROCESSING					80 $ / TON	64,452,000
SWEET CORN, FRESH MARKET					43.9 $ / CWT	19,628,000
SWEET CORN, UTILIZED				16,560,000 CWT
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		85,000	220 BU / ACRE	18,700,000 BU	4.1 $ / BU	76,670,000
CORN, SILAGE		80,000	26 TONS / ACRE	2,080,000 TONS
CORN	165,000
MINT
MINT, SPEARMINT, OIL		12,300	142 LB / ACRE	1,748,000 LB	16.7 $ / LB	29,229,000
MINT, PEPPERMINT, OIL		11,000	120 LB / ACRE	1,320,000 LB	19.4 $ / LB	25,608,000
ASPARAGUS
ASPARAGUS	4,500	4,100	65 CWT / ACRE	266,500 CWT	100 $ / CWT	26,195,000
ASPARAGUS, UTILIZED				261,200 CWT
ASPARAGUS, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
ASPARAGUS, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
PEAS
PEAS, GREEN	33,000	32,400	55 CWT / ACRE	1,782,000 CWT	12.8 $ / CWT	22,766,000
PEAS, DRY EDIBLE	52,000	51,000	2,500 LB / ACRE	1,275,000 CWT	11.5 $ / CWT	14,663,000
PEAS, GREEN, UTILIZED				1,780,200 CWT
PEAS, WRINKLED SEED	7,000	7,000	3,900 LB / ACRE	273,000 CWT	(D) $ / CWT	(D)
PEAS, GREEN, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
PEAS, GREEN, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
CANOLA
CANOLA	70,000	67,000	1,790 LB / ACRE	119,930,000 LB	16.9 $ / CWT	20,268,000
CARROTS
CARROTS	6,000	5,900	620 CWT / ACRE	3,658,000 CWT	5.46 $ / CWT	19,982,000
CARROTS, UTILIZED				3,658,000 CWT
CARROTS, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
CARROTS, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
BARLEY
BARLEY	85,000	67,000	73 BU / ACRE	4,891,000 BU	4 $ / BU	19,564,000
LENTILS
LENTILS	60,000	59,000	1,200 LB / ACRE	708,000 CWT	25.9 $ / CWT	18,337,000
PUMPKINS
PUMPKINS, FRESH MARKET					40 $ / CWT	11,844,000
PUMPKINS	2,800	2,400	125 CWT / ACRE	300,000 CWT	40 $ / CWT	11,844,000
PUMPKINS, UTILIZED				296,100 CWT
STRAWBERRIES
STRAWBERRIES	900	820	105 CWT / ACRE	86,100 CWT	107 $ / CWT	9,167,000
STRAWBERRIES, UTILIZED				85,800 CWT
STRAWBERRIES, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
STRAWBERRIES, PROCESSING					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
BEANS
BEANS, SNAP	3,200	3,200	77 CWT / ACRE	246,400 CWT	31.9 $ / CWT	7,856,000
BEANS, SNAP, UTILIZED				246,400 CWT
BEANS, SNAP, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
BEANS, SNAP, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
OATS
OATS	17,000	4,000	46 BU / ACRE	184,000 BU	2.3 $ / BU	423,000
CHICKPEAS
CHICKPEAS	190,000	189,300	1,680 LB / ACRE	3,180,000 CWT
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE		119,000	10.5 TONS / ACRE	1,249,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)		95,000	11 TONS / ACRE	1,045,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA		24,000	8.5 TONS / ACRE	204,000 TONS
CHERRIES
CHERRIES, TART				23,800,000 LB
CHERRIES, SWEET				215,000 TONS
GRAPES
GRAPES				455,000 TONS
PEACHES
PEACHES				13,450 TONS
APRICOTS
APRICOTS				5,800 TONS
PEARS
PEARS				338,000 TONS
SUGARBEETS
SUGARBEETS	1,800	1,800	48.2 TONS / ACRE	87,000 TONS
APPLES
APPLES				7,200,000,000 LB
CRANBERRIES
CRANBERRIES				168,000 BARRELS

(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: 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.