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Idaho is located in the western United States, forming the eastern section of the Pacific Northwest. Idaho is an area of striking physical diversity and natural beauty. The state’s many natural resources have long been the basis of its economic output and development, and they remain a key to its future progress. Farming and ranching still provide important revenue, especially outside the major urban centers. Idaho's mining and forestry industries remain major employers, especially in the northern part of the state. Today about one third of the work force of Idaho is employed in the diverse services industries, doing such jobs as working in restaurants or programming computers. A 2006 real estate survey has estimated the population of Idaho at 1,466,096.

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Arco

Kit Christensen

Web Site

Blackfoot

Jerilyn Rindfleisch

E-mail: jerilynsells@hotmail.com

Boise click here

Cascade

Arnold A. Gaub

Coeur d'Alene

Michael Jacobs

Web Site

Dover

Judith Ehlert

Dover Real Estate

Eagle

Debbie Langer

E-mail: debbielanger@msn.com

Glenns Ferry

Liz Gluch

E-mail: gluch@micron.net

Idaho Falls click here

Lewiston

Gary Asker

E-mail: gasker@cableone.net

Web Site

McCall click here

Mackay

Kit Christensen

Web Site

Meridian

Jeff Stewart

Meridian Real Estate

Middleton

Cheri Moore

E-mail: Cherie@johnlscott.com

Mountain Home

Jane Jetley

E-mail: erajane@hotmail.com

New Meadows click here

Orofino

Jane Greene

E-mail: jane@idahorealestaters.com

Payette

Brian Eichler

E-mail: dreamscp@cmc.net

Rexburg

Sally Smith

E-mail: sally@ida.net

Sandpoint

Kyler Wolf

Web Site

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Potatoes and wheat are the two principal crops in Idaho. Idaho is the leading producer of potatoes in the nation, accounting for one-third of the national production. Most of the Idaho potatoes are grown on irrigated land along the Snake River. Wheat is grown mainly in the Lewiston area. In areas that receive less than about 380 mm (about 15 in) of rain a year the wheat is grown by so-called dry farming techniques. The land is cultivated for one year and is left uncultivated, or fallow, the following year. Successful dry farming is dependent on the storage of moisture in the soil during the fallow year for use the next year. In more humid areas the land can be cultivated every year. There, wheat is grown in rotation with peas, which greatly improve the fertility of the soil. Other major field crops are hay, beans, sugar beets, and barley.

The principal fruit-growing area is in southwestern Idaho, where apples, plums, peaches, cherries, and grapes are grown. Vegetables are grown throughout the Snake River valley. Specialty crops grown in the state include alfalfa seed, hybrid sweet corn, peppermint and spearmint, red clover seed, a great variety of vegetable seeds, hops, and nursery products such as sod grass for lawns and ornamental trees.

Idaho is an important cattle-raising state and is the 8th largest sheep-raising state. Cattle and sheep are raised in large numbers in the mountains and the drier sections of the state. The leading cattle-raising areas are in the Snake River valley. In summer many ranch cattle herds are grazed on rangelands high in the mountains; in the fall they are returned to the ranches in the valleys, where they are fed on hay and other fodder crops during the winter months. Beef cattle raised on farms remain there throughout the year and are fed on alfalfa and other fodder crops and on by-products of other crops, such as peas. Dairy cattle are raised on irrigated pastures, mostly in the western Snake River valley. They provide milk and other dairy products for the urban centers of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Sheep are raised principally on the Columbia Plateau and in the Basin and Range region, in the southern part of the state. They graze on the higher mountain rangelands in summer and on the valley grasslands in winter. Idaho is a leading wool-producing state and a major lamb-producing state. Hogs and also chickens are raised, mainly in the Snake River valley.

Although 41 percent of Idaho is forested, only a small fraction of that area is used for lumbering. Northern Idaho is the nation’s leading source of western white pine. Also important is ponderosa pine, much of which is cut in Boise National Forest. Lumber mills are located mainly in the Panhandle. Lewiston, the leading lumber center, is also the site of the state’s largest pulp and paper mill.

Gold, which once brought thousands of prospectors to Idaho, is now the state’s second most valuable mineral extraction, having fallen behind phosphate rock. Phosphate rock is mined in the southeastern corner of the state, between Montpelier and Fort Hall. Its principal use is in the making of fertilizer. The value of Idaho’s gold production reached an all-time high in the mid-1990s. Idaho is first among the states in the production of antimony, vanadium, and abrasive garnets.

Until recently, manufacturing was generally limited to processing raw materials produced in the state. In the 1990s, however, the manufacture of electronic components and industrial machinery emerged as the state’s leading manufacturing sectors. The processing of food remains an important industry. Lumber and wood production ranked fourth, and the making of chemicals and associated products was fifth.

The Boise metropolitan area has grown into an important center for high technology manufacturing, principally computers, peripheral equipment, and semiconductors. Flour mills, dairy and cheese factories, sugar beet refineries, and meatpacking and other food-processing plants are found throughout the agricultural areas. Wood products, as well as lumber, are produced throughout the state and include plywood, veneers, railroad ties, poles, boxes, and furniture. Wood pulp and paper are produced at Lewiston. Phosphate provides an important raw material for making chemicals and chemical products, including fertilizer. Other major employers are firms manufacturing railroad equipment and machinery used on farms. Numerous small manufacturing firms have been attracted to the area around Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls.

Tourism is an important source of income for Idahoans. Much of the tourist activity in the state is focused on the national forests and units of the National Park Service. During the winter months, skiing and other sports are popular in the mountains.

Boise, Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Nampa-Caldwell, Twin Falls, Coeur d’Alene, and Lewiston are the principal trade centers in Idaho. Much of northern Idaho’s trade is with nearby Spokane, Washington, while southeastern Idaho lies within the effective trading area of Salt Lake City, Utah.

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