MOFFAT COUNTY MARKET

Moffat County, Colorado Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Craig, Dinosaur and and Maybell buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Colorado favorites like green chiles and honey 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 Moffat County by the Numbers

Moffat County has 461 farms on 994,625 acres (about 2,158 acres each). Together they sold $39.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sheep & goats and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 14 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Moffat County already sell straight to the public, about $69,000 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 Moffat County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 62,347 sheep, 32,937 head of cattle and 1,287 egg-laying hens in Moffat County. Local wool, lamb and fiber crafts often trade hands at farmers markets.

About 880 people run or help run farms in Moffat County, with an average age of 59. 44% of them are women. 89 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 45 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.