Value of agricultural production in Washington declines in 2021 (when adjusted for inflation)

By: Emily Makings
9:27 am
October 19, 2022

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the value of agricultural production in Washington was $10.233 billion in 2021. In nominal terms, that’s just barely up from $10.213 billion in 2020. Adjusted for inflation, the value dropped by 3.5% in 2021.

From 2011 to 2021, the value of Washington’s agricultural production increased by 7.8%. Adjusted for inflation, the value decreased by 8.4% over that period.

The top ten commodities in the state in 2021 were apples, milk, cattle and calves, wheat, potatoes, hay, hops, cherries, grapes, and blueberries. Apples are by far Washington’s highest value commodity; they represented 21.4% of the total value in 2021. The two charts below show how the values of the top five commodities and the next five commodities (in 2021) have changed over time. Note the big increase in the value of hops: adjusted for inflation, their value increased by 161.1% from 2011–2021.

NASS reports that blueberries and raspberries both had record high values of production in 2021.

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