Agriculture is my home. I'm amazed at the scales of it.
One of my clients has 55,000 acres of spuds this year. To put that in perspective that is a 200 million plus investment.
Another friend, their operations put up 29,000 acres of dry forage consisting of alfalfa and timothy. Timothy will be two cuttings and alfalfa will be five cuttings. Most all it will export to the pacific rim or middle east.
About two years ago, one local large farming entity added 27,000 irrigated acres to their operations. With improvements that was a 400 million plus investment.
In the famous Washington apple growing state, we now have fewer than ten entities that control 80% of the apple production.
Locally, Lamb Weston will need an additional 35,000 acres of potatoes with their recent French fry plant expansions.
The largest potato producing county in the U.S. is Grant County in Washington state.
