Personal Income For Idaho Farmers Up 40 Percent

Idaho farmers and ranchers continue to lead the state’s slow economic recovery, recently released personal income data shows.

Idaho’s farming sector was responsible for a large chunk of the state’s increase in total personal income in 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Idaho’s personal income jumped $2.7 billion to a record $52.8 billion in 2011, a 5.4 percent increase from 2010.

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