Agriculture 

Kittitas County grows great grass. Historically, resident farmers used domestic livestock to harvest that grass. Today, the export market demand for premium-quality hay has shifted farm acreage toward timothy, orchardgrass/alfalfa, sudangrass, and annual grass hay. Farm gate market value in 2007, aggregated across 1,038 farms and 191,087 acres, were $22.2 million in livestock sales and $38.7 million in crop sales.

The most recent county agricultural statistics are available here.

Additional statewide statistics can be found at www.agcensus.usda.gov.

Dung Beetle Article

Fall Grazing and Supplementation Article

Winter Grazing

Pasture Lease Article

Put Pasture Leases in Writing