Milk remained the leading agricultural commodity in Idaho with a 2016 value of $2.36 billion, up slightly from 2015.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, milk represented 33 percent of Idaho’s total ag value compared with 30 percent in 2015.
The total value of Idaho’s 2016 agricultural production was $7.25 billion dollars, down 6 percent from the previous year. The value of Idaho’s crop production in 2016 was $2.99 billion, down less than 1 percent, while livestock production in 2016 totaled $4.26 billion, down 10 percent.
The rankings of the top seven commodities remained unchanged from 2016. Cattle and calves remained in the second position, followed by potatoes, hay, and wheat.
Those five commodities had a combined value of $5.82 billion, or 80 percent of the 2016 value for all commodities, excluding government payments. The same five commodities in 2015 had a combined value of $6.22 billion.
Of note, hops moved into the top 10 in 2016, up from 13th the year prior, while onions, which had held the 10th position, moved down three spots. (AP)
