Idaho is small when it comes to population but very big when it comes to agriculture.
Idaho ranked No. 1 among the 11 Western states in 2019 in farm income on a per capita basis.
USDA data released Sept. 2 shows that Idaho farmers and ranchers produced $4,562 per person in 2019 in farm cash receipts, which is the revenue that farmers and ranchers receive for selling their commodity.
No other Western state was even close when it came to farm cash receipts per capita — total farm income divided by the state’s population.
“That is a remarkable statistic,” said University of Idaho Agricultural Economist Garth Taylor. “Relative to our population, agriculture has a big presence in the state.”