SUTTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Sutter County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Yuba City, Live Oak and Robbins. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Sutter County by the Numbers

Sutter County has 890 farms on 257,995 acres (about 290 acres each). Together they sold $446.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, rice and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow walnuts, plums and almonds, and local fields produce tomatoes, watermelons, green beans and squash. Beekeepers tend about 19,568 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Sutter County already sell straight to the public, about $2.9 million 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 Sutter County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 4,824 sheep, 3,510 head of cattle and 1,158 egg-laying hens in Sutter County. Local wool, lamb and fiber crafts often trade hands at farmers markets.

About 1,672 people run or help run farms in Sutter County, with an average age of 60. 33% of them are women. 119 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.