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| Table 8-7 | |
| Selected Characteristics of Agriculture, in Idaho, the Region, and the U.S., 1996 | |
| Unit | ID | AK | MT | NV | OR | UT | WA | WY | U.S. | |
| Farms and Ranches | ||||||||||
| Number,[1] | farms | 22,000 | 510 | 22,000 | 2,500 | 38,500 | 13,400 | 36,000 | 9,100 | 2,063,010 |
| Acreage, [1] | 1,000 acres | 13,500 | 920 | 59,700 | 8,800 | 17,500 | 11,000 | 157,000 | 34,600 | 968, 048 |
| Value[2] | $million | 12,233 | 14,125 | 17,273 | 2,925 | 16,239 | 7,671 | 17,538 | 7,118 | 859,711 |
| Income,1995 | $million | |||||||||
| Crops | ||||||||||
| Apple, all, [1] | million lb. | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 48 | 5,500 | 0 | 10,434 |
| Barley, [1] | 1,000 bu. | 53,290 | 0 | 51,600 | 375 | 9,600 | 8,200 | 27,280 | 10,320 | 396,851 |
| Bean, all dry | 1,000 Cwt. | 1,907 | 0 | 235 | 0 | 7,524 | 10 | 710 | 765 | 27,354 |
| Cherry, sweet, 1995 | tons | 2,200 | 0 | 700 | 0 | 32,000 | 2,300 | 69,000 | 0 | 154,300 |
| Corn, for grain, [1] | 1,000 bu. | 5,400 | 0 | 2,055 | 0 | 5,445 | 2,730 | 22,200 | 6,150 | 9,293,435 |
| Corn, sweet for | ||||||||||
| processing, [1] | tons [3] | 161,350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 438,080 | 0 | 680,710 | 0 | 3,324,150 |
| Hay, alfalfa, [1] | 1,000 tons | 4,200 | 0 | 3,570 | 1,080 | 2,024 | 2,180 | 2,303 | 1,488 | 79,377 |
| Hay, all, [1] | 1,000 tons | 560 | 0 | 1,350 | 425 | 1,220 | 336 | 837 | 720 | 70,080 |
| Hops, [1] | 1,000 lb. | 5,596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,735 | 0 | 57,640 | 0 | 74,970 |
| Mint for oil, [1] | ||||||||||
| peppermint, 1995 | 1,000 lb. | 1,936 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,650 | 0 | 3,007 | 0 | 9,424 |
| spearmint,1995 | 1,000 lb. | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 1,606 | 0 | 2,150 |
| Oat, [1] | 1,000 bu. | 1,875 | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | 3,395 | 648 | 1,120 | 1,696 | 155,225 |
| Onion, summer | ||||||||||
| storage, [1] | 1,000 Cwt. | 5,590 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,474 | 987 | 6,370 | 0 | 46,720 |
| Plum and prune, [1] | tons | 5,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,000 | 0 | 6,000 | 0 | 20,000 |
| Potato, all, [1] | 1,000 Cwt. | 145,550 | 0 | 3,213 | 4,626 | 41,158 | 2,163 | 101,626 | 224 | 558,687 |
| Sugarbeet,[4] | 1,000 tons | 4,728 | 0 | 1,192 | 0 | 404 | 0 | 0 | 1,249 | 28,065 |
| Wheat, all | 1,000 bu. | 119,200 | 0 | 176,710 | 1,650 | 67,605 | 7,760 | 182,670 | 7,110 | 2,281,763 |
| Livestock and Livestock Products | ||||||||||
| Calf crop, [1] | 1,000 head | 720 | 3.3 | 1,540 | 220 | 630 | 395 | 510 | 770 | 39,586 |
| Cattle, commercial | ||||||||||
| slaughter, [4] | 1,000 head | N/A | 0 | 19.8 | 1.2 | 18.7 | N/A | 909.8 | 6.3 | 35.639.3 |
| Cattle and calves, | ||||||||||
| inventory | 1,000 head | 1,770 | 10.2 | 2,750 | 500 | 1,460 | 910 | 1,270 | 1,410 | 102,488 |
| Cattle and calves, | ||||||||||
| value, | $1,000's | 1,008,900 | 6,630 | 1,540,000 | 252,500 | 751,900 | 464,100 | 793,750 | 775,500 | 52,009,590 |
| Cattle and calves | ||||||||||
| on feed | 1,000 head | 270 | 0 | 105 | 22 | 80 | 60 | 166 | 19 | 12,968 |
| Milk, [5] | million lb. | 3,754 | 12.6 | 307 | 413 | 1,714 | 1,431 | 5,203 | 97 | 153,664 |
| Sheep and lambs, | ||||||||||
| all, [6] | 1,000 head | 224 | 0.3 | 391 | 82.5 | 165 | 350 | 41 | 22 | 7,219 |
| Source: | U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Agricultural Statistics, 1997 |
| [1] | preliminary for 1996. |
| [2] | as of January 1, 1997. |
| [3] | tonnage in husks. |
| [4] | through 1995. |
| [5] | through 1994. |
| [6] | preliminary for 1995. |
Compiled by: Ruth Cochran, updated by: Lily Wai, data
input assisted by: Michal McRenolds
Contact: Lily Wai
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