Editing Yakima County, Washington (section)

==Economy==
At the last census, the county harvested {{ Convert | 1,027 | acre | ha }} of [[potato]] (''Solanum tuberosum'').<ref name="census-2017">{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=National Agricultural Statistics Service - 2017 Census of Agriculture - Volume 1, Chapter 1: State Level Data |url=https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Level/Washington/ |access-date=July 29, 2022 |website=USDA, [[National Agricultural Statistics Service]]}}</ref>{{RP|page=395}}

The northeastern corner of the county is part of the U.S. Army's [[Yakima Training Center]].

===Wine regions===
Washington ranks second in the [[United States (wine)|United States]] in the production of [[wine]], behind only [[California wine|California]].<ref name="W">A. Domine (ed) ''Wine'' pp. 798-800 Ullmann Publishing 2008 {{ISBN|978-3-8331-4611-4}}</ref> The [[Yakima Valley AVA]] was established in 1983 in the state's oldest agricultural region. It is Washington's third largest officially designated [[American Viticultural Area]] (AVA), and is responsible for more than 40% of [[Washington wine|the state's wine production]].

Located within the larger [[Columbia Valley AVA]], the Yakima Valley AVA is sub-divided into the three smaller wine regions, each with distinctive growing conditions. They are [[Red Mountain AVA]], [[Snipes Mountain AVA]], and [[Rattlesnake Hills AVA]].<ref>J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Ed. pp. 761-762 Oxford University Press 2006 {{ISBN|0-19-860990-6}}</ref> Of the [[viticultural]] region's {{convert|665000|acre|ha}}, nearly {{convert|11120|acre|ha}} were planted in 2008.<ref name=W/>

===Pests===
Common [[agricultural pest]]s here include the Green Peach Aphid (''[[Myzus persicae]]''), the Spotted Cutworm (''[[Xestia c-nigrum]]''), and the Beet Leafhopper (''[[Circulifer tenellus]]'') in [[potato]].<ref name="Handbook">{{Cite book |last=Capinera |first=John |title=Handbook of Vegetable Pests |publisher=[[Academic Press]] |year=2020 |isbn=978-0-12-814488-6 |edition=2 |publication-place=[[London]], UK; [[San Diego]], Ca, US |pages=xv+799 |oclc=1152284558 |id={{ISBN|9780128144893}}}}</ref>