CASSIA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Albion, Almo and and Oakley buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Cassia County by the Numbers

Cassia County has 554 farms on 657,664 acres (about 1,187 acres each). Together they sold $1.2 billion of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce potatoes and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 5,492 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Cassia County already sell straight to the public, about $231,000 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 Cassia County

Cassia County farms and homesteads keep 264,897 head of cattle, 10,144 sheep and 930 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,076 people run or help run farms in Cassia County, with an average age of 54. 35% of them are women. 117 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 Cassia County stands out: it ranks #1 of 44 ID counties for total farm sales.