LATAH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Latah County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bovill, Deary and Kendrick. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Latah County by the Numbers

Latah County has 989 farms on 324,990 acres (about 329 acres each). Together they sold $101.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow sweet cherries, apples and pears, and local fields produce garlic, squash, carrots and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 419 honey bee colonies.

46 farms in Latah County already sell straight to the public, about $785,000 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 Latah County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 4,012 head of cattle, 1,777 egg-laying hens and 1,121 sheep in Latah County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,873 people run or help run farms in Latah County, with an average age of 60. 40% of them are women. 107 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Latah County stands out: it ranks #5 of 39 ID counties for selling food straight to the public and #6 of 44 ID counties for number of farms.