Editing Lincoln County, Washington (section)

==Economy==
The county is dependent on agriculture, primarily wheat farming. Lincoln County is generally considered the second-largest producer of wheat in the United States (following [[Whitman County, Washington]]), sometimes producing 25 million bushels (680,000 t) per year.<ref>[http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/data-sets/crops/9X180/97180/3/aw96cerk.txt United States Dept. of Agriculture]</ref> Only about 500,000 of 900,000 acres (2,000 of {{convert|3600|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}) of farmland in the county are planted in any given year due to the practice of typically harvesting one crop every two years ("summer-fallow"), a necessity in a region with only {{convert|12|in|mm}} of precipitation annually.

Livestock husbandry is also a significant county activity, although to a significantly lower degree. For example, in 1954 the county was #3 in the state for crop income, but was only #21 in the state for income from livestock and livestock products.<ref name="LICO">[https://www.co.lincoln.wa.us/history Lincoln County History]</ref>