ROUTT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Routt County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Colorado for Clark, Hayden and Steamboat Spring. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Routt County by the Numbers

Routt County has 918 farms on 669,742 acres (about 730 acres each). Together they sold $47.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Local fields produce onions, squash, lettuce and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 574 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Routt County already sell straight to the public, about $251,000 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 Routt County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Routt County counts 32,693 head of cattle, 16,270 sheep and 2,257 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,762 people run or help run farms in Routt County, with an average age of 58. 41% of them are women. 152 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 62 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Routt County stands out: it ranks #7 of 48 CO counties for honey bee colonies and #11 of 63 CO counties for number of farms.