JEROME COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Jerome County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Eden, Hazelton and and Jerome. Idaho favorites like cherries and honey show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Jerome County by the Numbers

Jerome County has 448 farms on 180,152 acres (about 402 acres each). Together they sold $944.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce potatoes, carrots, green beans and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 48 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Jerome County already sell straight to the public, about $78,000 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 Jerome County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 269,031 head of cattle, 913 goats and 464 horses and ponies in Jerome County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 833 people run or help run farms in Jerome County, with an average age of 55. 34% of them are women. 86 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 Jerome County stands out: it ranks #4 of 44 ID counties for total farm sales and #7 of 41 ID counties for goats.