BIG HORN COUNTY MARKET

Big Horn County, Montana Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Big Horn County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Montana for Busby, Crow Agency and Lodge Grass. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Big Horn County by the Numbers

Big Horn County has 364 farms on 3,191,315 acres (about 8,767 acres each). Together they sold $130.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and barley.

Beekeepers tend about 7 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Big Horn County already sell straight to the public, about $89,000 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 Big Horn County

Big Horn County farms and homesteads keep 89,583 head of cattle, 2,301 horses and ponies and 886 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 652 people run or help run farms in Big Horn County, with an average age of 57. 39% of them are women. 94 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Big Horn County stands out: it ranks #4 of 41 MT counties for goats and #12 of 56 MT counties for total farm sales.