PHILLIPS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Phillips County? Backyard growers and small farms around Amherst, Haxtun and and Holyoke list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Phillips County by the Numbers

Phillips County has 352 farms on 440,076 acres (about 1,250 acres each). Together they sold $236.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, wheat and poultry & eggs.

5 farms in Phillips 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 Phillips County

Phillips County farms and homesteads keep 26,885 head of cattle, 298 egg-laying hens and 124 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 649 people run or help run farms in Phillips County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 57 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 Phillips County stands out: it ranks #9 of 60 CO counties for total farm sales.