The state's top farm crops, including apples, milk and wheat, were worth $4.5 billion to farmers in 2013.

That's according to information recently released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Tri-City Herald reports that at least six of the state's 10 most valuable crops saw gains in 2013.

But apples, the state's most valuable crop, were worth nearly 12 percent less that year because of a record crop and higher prices in 2012.

Bud Hover, director of the state Department of Agriculture, says apples may have peaked again in 2014.

That's because farmers picked a record 150 million 40-pound boxes of apples last year and started exporting Red and Golden Delicious apples to China.

Both wine grapes and blueberries are becoming larger players in the state's agricultural industry.

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