CANYON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Nampa, Caldwell and Notus buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local cherries when it comes into season in Idaho. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Canyon County by the Numbers

Canyon County has 2,311 farms on 277,388 acres (about 120 acres each). Together they sold $829.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow plums and apricots, and local fields produce onions, potatoes, sweet corn and turnips. Beekeepers tend about 34,062 honey bee colonies.

210 farms in Canyon County already sell straight to the public, about $5 million 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 Canyon County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 139,467 head of cattle, 31,361 egg-laying hens and 15,767 sheep in Canyon County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 4,260 people run or help run farms in Canyon County, with an average age of 55. 41% of them are women. 411 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Canyon County stands out: it ranks #1 of 44 ID counties for number of farms and #1 of 41 ID counties for goats.