We Are Bowdish Ranches LLC

Hay is a large part of what we do! We supply hay to a range of animals, from Alpacas to Zebras. Yes, we have a hay customer with Zebras.

We have irrigated perennial Orchardgrass based hays, harvested two to three times a year. We are also one of the biggest and very few grass hay producers in the Klickitat valley.

We also produce a lot of annual hay, consuming ~500 ton ourselves, available in both little and big bales. Following our regenerative approach to farming, we have moved away from the monocultured stands of barley or triticale to a diverse polyculture crop for a more rounded, better quality forage.

The majority of the grain we produce is wheat sold to Mid Columbia Producers. It is transported down river, loaded on ships, and sent around the Pacific Rim.

We sell some feed stuffs such as rolled barley and wheat to individuals, and are working to expand our cropping rotation to include oilseed and lequme crops. This would allow us to make a complete mixed feed ration available for all walks of animals.

Bowdish Cattle are born and raised on our farm. They winter on hay grown by us and summer on irrigated pastures. We rotationally graze with a holistic grazing management plan, improving soil health and forage nutrition. We calve in August and September on these irrigated fields, giving the calf the best start to life we can.