includes, but is not limited to, the growing or raising, harvesting, storage, disposal, transporting, conditioning, processing, sale, and research and development of, but not limited to, the following: horticultural crops, poultry, livestock, grain, mint, hay, forages and feed crops, apiaries, beekeeping, equine activities, leather, fur, wool, dairy products and seed crops. Agricultural activity may involve, but is not limited to, the following operations and conditions: on-farm and roadside marketing, dust, fumes, vapors, gases, smoke, odors, and noise from the farm or farm activities, open burning; operation of machinery; movement (including use of current county road ditches, streams, rivers, canals, and drains, etc.) and use of water for agricultural activities; ground and aerial seeding and spraying; application of fertilizers, conditioners, pesticides and associated drift of such materials; employment and use of labor, roadway movement of equipment and livestock, protection from damage by wildlife; prevention of trespass; construction and maintenance of buildings, fences, roads, bridges, ponds, drains, waterways, etc. and maintenance of stream banks and watercourses; and conversion from one agricultural activity to another, including a change in the type of plant-related farm product being produced. The term includes use of new practices and equipment consistent with technological development within the agricultural industry.

means land primarily devoted to the commercial production of horticulture, viticulture, floriculture, dairy, apiary, vegetable, or animal products or of berries, grain, hay, straw, turf, seed, Christmas trees not subject to the excise tax imposed by RCW 84.33.100 through 84.33.140, finfish in upland hatcheries, or livestock.

is the grazing, feeding, and watering of livestock, plowing, seeding, cultivation and harvesting for the production of crops and pasture; soil and water conservation practices; the creation and maintenance of farm or stock ponds, irrigation ditches, drainage ditches, underground drainage systems, fences and farm roads, the control of noxious weeds, and includes any associated structures, appurtenances, equipment or activities.

means land, buildings, livestock, and machinery devoted primarily to the production for commercial purposes of agricultural commodities on lands used for agriculture outside urban growth areas and urban growth nodes and on lands used for existing and on-going agriculture within urban growth areas and urban growth nodes.

means historic practices, and those practices as defined or recommended by the United States or Washington State Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Soil Conservation Service, Washington State University Cooperative Extension, Kittitas County Conservation District and other professional and agricultural organizations. These practices may be modified to reflect varying conditions which include, but are not limited to, geographical location, weather, soil types and conditions, type of crop or livestock and management system.

means lands where agriculture is allowed either as a permitted use or a conditional use or not prohibited by the zoning code. If ongoing and existing agricultural activities occur inside urban growth areas or urban growth nodes, these shall be considered as "lands used for agriculture".

Include, but are not limited to, roads and waterways, storage, processing, conditioning and sale facilities within the county on lands used for agriculture outside urban growth areas and urban growth nodes and on lands used for existing and ongoing agriculture within urban growth areas and urban growth nodes.