daho's plant product exports
The total value of plant product exports from Idaho was put at $1.77 billion in 2024, a 6 percent increase.
“Beef exports led the way for livestock, achieving an impressive 20.5 percent gain for the year,” Robison noted. “This surge was primarily driven by higher export volumes….”
Plant export volumes showed variability, he said, “but were strongly supported by the growth in the fresh and processed vegetable categories representing potatoes.”
The total value of processed vegetable exports from Idaho was $367 million in 2024, up 5 percent, while fresh vegetable export value was $188 million, also up 5 percent from 2023.
Both these categories are heavy on potato products.
The total value of wheat exports from Idaho reached $310 million in 2024, up slightly from $307 million in 2023.
Total value of exports under the “feeds and other feed grains” category were set at $129 million, down 15 percent from $152 million in 2023.
Corn export value dropped from $25 million to $29 million while pork exports jumped from $6 million to $21 million.
The total value of processed grain product exports fell from $83 million to $81 million.
The USDA data shows a steady increase in Idaho farm product exports over the past decade, from $1.84 billion in 2015 to $2.84 billion in 2024.
During that same period, plant product exports have gone from $1.2 billion to $1.77 billion, while animal product exports have gone from $633 million to $1.07 billion.
Idaho’s 2025 farm export numbers are expected to be released by USDA this fall.
