BAY COUNTY MARKET

Bay County, Michigan Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Bay County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Auburn, Bay City and Linwood. Watch for local asparagus when it comes into season in Michigan. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Bay County by the Numbers

Bay County has 659 farms on 190,098 acres (about 288 acres each). Together they sold $164.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce cucumbers, pumpkins, sweet corn and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 117 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Bay County already sell straight to the public, about $229,000 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 Bay County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Bay County counts 3,398 head of cattle, 629 egg-laying hens and 311 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,064 people run or help run farms in Bay County, with an average age of 58. 28% of them are women. 123 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.