According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, agricultural production in Washington in 2016 had a total value of $10.630 billion (down from $10.719 billion in 2015). The top ten commodities by value were apples, milk, potatoes, cattle and calves, wheat, cherries, hay, hops, grapes, and pears. Together, their value accounted for 71.7 percent of the value of all agricultural production in the state. The values of potatoes, hops, and grapes reached record highs in 2016.

The chart below shows the top five commodities by value. Apples, worth $2.389 billion, are by far the most valuable. Indeed, apples alone account for 22.5 percent of total value.

The second chart shows the rest of the top ten. Note that cherries have overtaken hay and that hops have overtaken grapes. Since 2011, the value of hops has increased by 143.4 percent and the value of grapes has increased by 93.8 percent.