{"id":160,"date":"2013-07-09T09:49:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T16:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kittitas.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/?page_id=160"},"modified":"2025-06-04T13:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:59:18","slug":"agriculture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kittitas\/agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Agriculture in Kittitas County<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Kittitas County Agricultural Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most recent county agricultural statistics are available from the 2022 Census of Agriculture report for Kittitas County (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional statewide statistics can be found at the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Census of Agriculture website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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