Kittitas County Agricultural Statistics
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 from the Census of Agriculture report for Kittitas County (PDF).
Additional statewide statistics can be found at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Census of Agriculture website.
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