b'E C O N O M YAgriculture is the predominant industry in Lincoln County. USDA/NASS reported that wheat production in bushels for 2016 (most recent) was 26,215,000, making Lincoln County the number two top producing wheat county in the state and number three in the nation. Other crops commodities include barley, canola, seed crops, wine grapes, certied sustainably-farmed wheat, and organic vegetables and berries.Livestock production is also important to Lincoln County and the county provides some key services to the regions livestock producers. Stockland Livestock Exchange, located in Davenport, handles the sale of thousands of animals from throughout the Inland Empire every year.Tourism is a signicant industry for Lincoln County. The most popular tourist destination is the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, part of the National Park System. The National Park Service logged 1,276,723visitors to the recreation area in 2017. Other industries include seed production and sales, organic and municipal waste management and composting, basalt mining and crushing, commercial construction, and transportation and warehousing.Lincoln County has two operating industrial parks and two more in the development stage. The Barr Regional Bio Industrial Park is a 40-acre state of the art industrial facility located on the I-90 corridor just west of the Spokane County line. The 40-acre Odessa Industrial Park focuses on agriculture-related industries. Current leaseholders include two grass seed producers, a USDA certied livestock processing facility, and a garbanzo bean merchandiser.10AgricultureTotal and Per Farm Overview, 2017 and change since 20122017 % change since 2012Number of farms 276 -11Land in farms (acres) 134,911 +4Average size of farm (acres) 489 +17Percent of county land in farms 17.5%FIGURE 6. Lincoln County Total Farm Overview 112017 Market Value of Agricultural Products SoldCounties Sales ($1,000) Rank in State Producing ItemTotal203,088 12 44Crops42,662 20 44Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, dry peas12,739 22 42Tobacco- - -Cotton and cottonseed- - -Vegetables, melons, potatoes, sweet potatoes(D) 17 41504 I D A H O I N F R A S T R U C T U R E G U I D E B O O K'