ELLENSBURG — 2021 was a trying season for timothy hay growers in the Kittitas Valley, as a slew of complications and curveballs were thrown their way. Record-breaking heat, staggering drought ...

ELLENSBURG — The star of Kittitas Valley agriculture is timothy hay, but farmers this season are planting an array of rotation crops. Sudan grass and alfalfa are common rotation crops for high-value ...

Washington started the summer long on hay with carryover from the 2022 crop, as did a couple of other states in the West. That carryover and the decline in hay prices could have producers considering ...