Krainick Dairy

06/18/2026

Thank you Washington Farm Bureau!

06/12/2026

That is one of our girls in the photo!

AG FACT FRIDAY 🌾🐄

Did you know? Dairy is Washington’s 2nd most valuable agricultural commodity, behind only apples!

The dairy industry contributes an estimated $5.2 billion to our state’s economy through production, processing, and manufacturing.

06/01/2026

June 1st is World Milk Day! It’s amazing to think that the milk produced on our farm gets consumed around the globe. Filmed in 2018 for the Port of Seattle, the farm to table message remains true today. This video was seen by every cruise ship passenger embarking in Seattle and at numerous trade shows. Also featured is Darigold butter and LBA Baking Co.

Sharing local products with cruise ship passengers is a huge opport...

06/01/2026

Days like today make putting up with winter worthwhile. We started harvesting our second cutting today. In Western Washington, this is almost unheard of in May. However, the dry stretches allow us to harvest, then we have rain for a few days followed by another dry spell. It's perfect weather for growing high-quality grass silage.

05/07/2026

Why did I purchase five cans of black spray paint from our local hardware store today? Shout out to Gateway for having it in stock. It’s literally a lifesaver for crows and cows!

05/05/2026

Leann, along with many other local farmers FFA and 4-H members, will be there to discuss all things farming. Tickets are $54, include an amazing dinner and benefit youth prize money for the King County Fair.

05/02/2026

A friendly reminder that tractors belonging to your local farmers are back on the road including our manure tankers which help support about a half dozen of the remaining dairies on the Enumclaw Plateau. Please drive carefully around farm machinery. But, why do we need a manure tanker?
Here are a few things you may not know about local farms and why managing manure is an enormous task.
1. Liquid manure can only be applied during the growing season (typically April - October).
2. All manure, rain water and driveway runoff must be captured and stored in lagoons. Having manure in ditches and waterways is illegal.
3. Every commercial farm is required to have a Certified Nutrient Management Plan which includes crop production records, weather, manure application rates and lab tests for soil from every farmed field and manure. Over applying is prohibited.
4. Dept of Ecology is constantly on the Plateau collecting water samples from local streams or ditches and flying overhead looking for over flowing manure storage ponds.
5. Manure is applied, the grass grows and harvested about three weeks later and the process starts again throughout the summer or until the heat burns up the grass. The odor from the manure is the fertilizer (NPK) and organic matter breaking down. It is absorbed and used by growing grass within a few days. Rainfall will expedite the process.
6. Two manure tankers from our farm like the one pictured here, each haul 7400 gallons to the nearly 1400 acres we farm on the Plateau. They are pulled by a 250hp JCB Fastrac which has a top speed of 31 mph loaded. Each tractor and tanker unit has a price tag of $300,000.
7. All of the grass harvested is used to feed the nearly 6000 dairy cows on the Plateau whose milk is shipped to local milk processing plants - Darigold, Organic Valley, Safeway or Smith Brothers.

Thanks to all of those who cherish our Enumclaw heritage and appreciate the hard work that goes into farming. If you have questions, please ask!! We don’t give farm tours, but I’ll do my best to answer in a timely manner.