Skagit County has a long agricultural history, and local farmers continue to make use of fertile farmland to produce quality crops.

According to Ray Garibay, a state statistician at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agriculture is the largest industry in Skagit County. About 60 crops worth more than $100 million are grown on 65,000 acres. Primary fresh market vegetables are potatoes, sweet corn, cauliflower, broccoli, squash and pumpkins. Approximately half the U.S. supply of spinach seed, beet seed, and cabbage seed comes from our valley.

Click on the following links to visit these websites:

American Farmland Trust	Skagit – San Juan – Island County Farm Service	Skagit Conservation District
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival	Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland	Washington State Department of Agriculture
Washington State University Agriculture Research Center	Washington State University Cooperative Extention

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