MODOC COUNTY MARKET

Modoc County, California Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Modoc County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in California for Adin, Alturas and Eagleville. California favorites like honey and citrus show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Modoc County by the Numbers

Modoc County has 426 farms on 533,782 acres (about 1,253 acres each). Together they sold $164.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cattle and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and sweet cherries, and local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, sweet corn and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 76 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Modoc County already sell straight to the public, about $46,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Modoc County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Modoc County counts 56,498 head of cattle, 2,221 sheep and 1,062 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 799 people run or help run farms in Modoc County, with an average age of 59. 39% of them are women. 62 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.