MORGAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Morgan County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Colorado for Brush, Fort Morgan and Orchard. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Morgan County by the Numbers

Morgan County has 653 farms on 592,714 acres (about 908 acres each). Together they sold $765.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, chile peppers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 35 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Morgan County already sell straight to the public, about $1 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 Morgan County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 245,516 head of cattle, 2,287 hogs and 1,403 egg-laying hens in Morgan County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,223 people run or help run farms in Morgan County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 96 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Morgan County stands out: it ranks #3 of 60 CO counties for total farm sales and #7 of 50 CO counties for selling food straight to the public.