2017 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

 Idaho
Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Mar/29/2024

Farms Operations

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation468
Farm Operations - Number of Operations25,000
Farm Operations - Acres Operated11,700,000

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 )2,420,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )265,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )8,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2018 )235,000
Hogs - Inventory ( First of Dec. 2017 )37,000

Milk Production

Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head24,388
Milk - Production, Measured in $2,516,876,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb14,633,000,000
County outlines for IDAHO

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars
CommodityPlanted All Purpose AcresHarvested AcresYieldProductionPrice per UnitValue of Production in Dollars
POTATOES
POTATOES310,000310,000435 CWT / ACRE134,850,000 CWT7.23 $ / CWT974,966,000
POTATOES, FRESH MARKET7.14 $ / CWT
POTATOES, PROCESSING6.86 $ / CWT
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE1,495,0003.74 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS5,587,000 TONS, DRY BASIS783,430,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA125,0001,090,0004.18 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS4,561,000 TONS, DRY BASIS620,296,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)405,0002.53 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS1,026,000 TONS, DRY BASIS163,134,000
HAY
HAY1,430,0003.59 TONS / ACRE5,128,000 TONS138 $ / TON717,832,000
HAY, ALFALFA1,060,0004 TONS / ACRE4,240,000 TONS136 $ / TON576,640,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)370,0002.4 TONS / ACRE888,000 TONS159 $ / TON141,192,000
WHEAT
WHEAT1,175,0001,109,00081.8 BU / ACRE90,723,000 BU4.64 $ / BU426,305,000
WHEAT, WINTER720,000670,00080 BU / ACRE53,600,000 BU4.4 $ / BU235,840,000
WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM)430,000415,00085 BU / ACRE35,275,000 BU5.05 $ / BU178,139,000
WHEAT, SPRING, DURUM25,00024,00077 BU / ACRE1,848,000 BU6.67 $ / BU12,326,000
WHEAT, WINTER, NON-IRRIGATED445,000425,00057.6 BU / ACRE24,500,000 BU
WHEAT, WINTER, IRRIGATED275,000245,000118.8 BU / ACRE29,100,000 BU
WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM), IRRIGATED270,000261,000111.1 BU / ACRE29,000,000 BU
WHEAT, SPRING, (EXCL DURUM), NON-IRRIGATED160,000154,00040.7 BU / ACRE6,275,000 BU
SUGARBEETS
SUGARBEETS167,000166,00039.2 TONS / ACRE6,507,000 TONS40.2 $ / TON261,581,000
BARLEY
BARLEY530,000510,00095 BU / ACRE48,450,000 BU4.75 $ / BU230,138,000
CORN
CORN, GRAIN115,000203 BU / ACRE23,345,000 BU4.21 $ / BU98,282,000
CORN, SILAGE220,00030 TONS / ACRE6,600,000 TONS
CORN340,000
HOPS
HOPS7,1251,974 LB / ACRE14,067,300 LB5 $ / LB70,337,000
MINT
MINT, PEPPERMINT, OIL18,000105 LB / ACRE1,890,000 LB17.6 $ / LB33,264,000
MINT, SPEARMINT, OIL(D)(D) LB / ACRE(D) LB(D) $ / LB(D)
SWEET CORN
SWEET CORN4,1003,900110 CWT / ACRE429,000 CWT27 $ / CWT11,548,000
SWEET CORN, UTILIZED427,700 CWT
SWEET CORN, PROCESSING(D) $ / TON(D)
SWEET CORN, FRESH MARKET(D) $ / CWT(D)
LENTILS
LENTILS36,00035,000900 LB / ACRE315,000 CWT28.2 $ / CWT8,883,000
APPLES
APPLES, UTILIZED45,000,000 LB8,150,000
APPLES, FRESH MARKET24,600,000 LB0.255 $ / LB6,273,000
APPLES, PROCESSING20,400,000 LB184 $ / TON1,877,000
APPLES2,10022,600 LB / ACRE47,400,000 LB0.181 $ / LB
PEACHES
PEACHES, UTILIZED5,120 TONS6,629,000
PEACHES8006.53 TONS / ACRE5,220 TONS1,290 $ / TON
PEACHES, FRESH MARKET(D) TONS(D) $ / TON(D)
PEACHES, PROCESSING(D) TONS(D) $ / TON(D)
PEAS
PEAS, DRY EDIBLE14,00014,0001,800 LB / ACRE252,000 CWT11.8 $ / CWT2,974,000
PEAS, AUSTRIAN WINTER3,0002,0001,300 LB / ACRE26,000 CWT11.1 $ / CWT289,000
PEAS, WRINKLED SEED108,000 CWT(D) $ / CWT(D)
OATS
OATS50,00010,00071 BU / ACRE710,000 BU2.73 $ / BU1,938,000
CHICKPEAS
CHICKPEAS117,000116,3001,120 LB / ACRE1,301,000 CWT
CHERRIES
CHERRIES, SWEET(NA) $ / TON
CHERRIES, SWEET, PROCESSING(NA) $ / TON
CHERRIES, SWEET, FRESH MARKET(NA) $ / TON
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE100,0009.3 TONS / ACRE930,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)35,0008 TONS / ACRE280,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA65,00010 TONS / ACRE650,000 TONS
SAFFLOWER
SAFFLOWER22,50021,500900 LB / ACRE19,350,000 LB(D) $ / CWT(D)
CANOLA
CANOLA23,00022,3001,700 LB / ACRE37,910,000 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


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