ADAMS COUNTY MARKET

Adams County, Idaho Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Adams County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Council, Fruitvale and and New Meadows. Watch for local potatoes when it comes into season in Idaho. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Adams County by the Numbers

Adams County has 229 farms on 145,570 acres (about 636 acres each). Together they sold $15.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and sheep & goats.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples. Beekeepers tend about 8 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Adams County already sell straight to the public, about $117,000 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 Adams County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Adams County counts 15,491 head of cattle, 604 horses and ponies and 477 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 421 people run or help run farms in Adams County, with an average age of 62. 46% of them are women. 26 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.