WHEAT,Spring
Half of the troutraised in the U.S.come from Idaho
1stPOTATOES,
PEPPERMINT,
Growing 14 billion lbs. per year of America’s
favorite vegetable!
and TROUT
2nd
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largest growerin the U.S. of
3rd
largest U.S. producer of
All of Idaho’snearly
dairies are500
family-owned
CHEESE,
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4th
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Dried Edible
5th BEANS
IDAHO AGRICULTURE
OUR SUCCESS STORY
anyone?BEERproducer of Idaho is the
#1 #2producer of
BARLEY HOPScraft breweries throughout the state 60
We havenearly
The biggestbreweriesbuy their ingredientsin Idaho
andthe
of Idaho’s Nearly$2 Billion
WORLDWIDEproduce, grains, meats, dairy & seeds are sold
Agriculture and food & beverage processing20% of Idaho’s sales each
year are generated by
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1.72mi l l ion
There are more cattle in Idaho than people
2ndLARGESTag Sectoris
ourCATTLE
24,000 farms ranches
from
185Idaho producesmore than
and
COMMODITIES
We arehome
to over60 crafting award-winning
WINERIES andartisan
DISTILLERIESan
d brandieswines, vodka, whiskey, bourbon
Idaho State Department of AgriculturePO Box 7249, Boise, ID, USA 83707
P: 208.332.8530 F: 208.334.2879 W: agri.idaho.gov To find Idaho products, local places that sell Idaho product, recipes or local events, visit idahopreferred.com Published: November 2018
BILLION
Idaho’sagriculture
$16food & beverage processing equals+
cups of beans
EVERYDAY
Try to eat this
180slices of bread
43potatoes
2lbs. of cheese
2lbs. of beef
2onions
3
If Idahoans had to consume all products produced within the state, every resident would need to devour:
NATIONAL RANKINGS
BARLEY,