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Washington Top Forty Agriculture Commodities Washington Agricultural Statistics 1997-1998 U.S. Department of Agriculture

	Value of Production			% of Total	WA as
Commodity	1995	1996	1997	WA Ag	% of U.S.
Apple	1,021,750	912,700	822,800	14.6%	48.1%
Milk	687,934	792,277	732,423	13.1%	3.4%
Wheat	742,500	755,680	602,692	10.8%	6.7%
			160,547,354 bushels (1997)
			128,410,931 bushels (2002)
Cattle & Calves	450,009	409,697	465,617	8.3%	1.2%
Potatoes	553,823	451,203	431,984	7.7%	N/A
Hay	328,878	371,347	394,980	7.0%	N/A
Forest Products, Farm	338,000	300,000	260,000	4.6%	N/A
Nursery & Greenhouse Products	245,000	245,000	250,000	4.5%	N/A
Sweet Cherries	106,519	118,940	128,975	2.3%	41.3%;
Grapes	73,676	57,744	124,410	2.2%	4.4%;
All Pears	118,166	125,768	123,670	2.2%	43.6%;
Onions	45,940	55,452	92,914	1.7%	N/A
Hops	99,290	93,953	87,631	1.6%	74.5%;
Barley	59,299	72,019	87,514	1.6%	9.9%
Eggs	93,241	89,961	76,375	1.4%	1.8%;
Chickens & Broilers	68,397	74,704	74,894	1.3%	N/A
Asparagus	58,659	63,312	64,204	1.1%	N/A
Sweet Corn, All	69,221	57,584	61,905	1.1%	N/A
Mint Oil	51,547	54,413	57,823	1.0%	N/A
Corn, Grain	66,861	69,930	55,955	1.0%	N/A
Corn, Silage	34,344	37,700	45,430	0.8%	N/A
Christmas Trees	42,000	45,000	45,000	0.8%	N/A
Aquaculture1	40,554	35,430	35,430	0.6%	N/A
Red Raspberries	35,182	30,459	28,020	0.5%	77.3%
Sugarbeets2	N/A	19,777	25,526	0.5%	N/A
Green Peas, Processing	30,246	20,408	25,342	0.5%	22.0%
Carrots, All	34,449	24,784	24,930	0.4%	N/A
Dry Edible Peas	26,640	16,286	20,179	0.4%	N/A
Peaches	13,994	5,100	19,297	0.3%	1.7%
Dry Edible Beans	20,746	17,324	18,445	0.3%	2.9%
Mushrooms	15,724	15,704	14,731	0.3%	N/A
Lentils	17,745	11,730	14,612	0.3%	47.0%
Kentucky Bluegrass Seed	13,694	17,733	12,567	0.2%	N/A
Alfalfa Seed	10,005	11,748	11,390	0.2%	N/A
Cranberries	8,779	10,980	10,148	0.2%	3.0%
Blueberries	3,096	5,639	7,769	0.1%	5.1%
Hogs & Pigs	6,029	10,623	7,611	0.1%	N/A
Wrinkled Seed Peas	7,770	3,410	6,138	0.1%	58.1%
Trout	6,368	5,955	5,631	0.1%	7.7%
Apricots	6,659	4,259	4,949	0.1%	4.3%
Strawberries	5,426	6,605	4,882	0.1%	0.6%
Lettuce	4,586	2,200	2,718
Total Washington Agriculture	5,875,008	5,736,314	5,604,964

¹ The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife annually calculates the value of aquaculture production. The 1997 data were not available at the time of publication, 1996 data carried forward. Aquaculture total excludes trout which is listed separately.
² Value of production for sugarbeets will be published in CROP VALUES, February 1999.