BINGHAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Bingham County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Atomic City, Basalt and Pingree. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Bingham County by the Numbers

Bingham County has 1,081 farms on 897,796 acres (about 831 acres each). Together they sold $575.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, wheat and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, sweet corn and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 20,570 honey bee colonies.

61 farms in Bingham County already sell straight to the public, about $294,000 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 Bingham County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 74,940 head of cattle, 19,568 sheep and 3,548 egg-laying hens in Bingham County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,079 people run or help run farms in Bingham County, with an average age of 54. 37% of them are women. 194 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.

Where Bingham County stands out: it ranks #2 of 28 ID counties for honey bee colonies and #4 of 44 ID counties for number of farms.