PROWERS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Prowers County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Granada, Hartman and and Wiley. Colorado favorites like honey and peaches 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 Prowers County by the Numbers

Prowers County has 408 farms on 802,212 acres (about 1,966 acres each). Together they sold $429.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and corn.

4 farms in Prowers County already sell straight to the public, about $8,000 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 Prowers County

Prowers County farms and homesteads keep 113,535 head of cattle, 337 egg-laying hens and 304 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 741 people run or help run farms in Prowers County, with an average age of 60. 37% of them are women. 43 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Prowers County stands out: it ranks #6 of 60 CO counties for total farm sales.