MUSKEGON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Muskegon County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Muskegon, Bailey and Montague. Michigan favorites like blueberries and asparagus show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Muskegon County by the Numbers

Muskegon County has 396 farms on 65,932 acres (about 166 acres each). Together they sold $110.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), fruit & nuts and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, bell peppers and squash. Beekeepers tend about 123 honey bee colonies.

70 farms in Muskegon County already sell straight to the public, about $939,000 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 Muskegon County

Muskegon County farms and homesteads keep 26,448 egg-laying hens, 9,372 head of cattle and 4,544 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 751 people run or help run farms in Muskegon County, with an average age of 54. 38% of them are women. 99 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.

Where Muskegon County stands out: it ranks #3 of 76 MI counties for egg-laying hens.