BLAINE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Chinook to Turner, Blaine County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Montana favorites like huckleberries and lentils 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 Blaine County by the Numbers

Blaine County has 387 farms on 1,880,136 acres (about 4,858 acres each). Together they sold $107.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and honey.

Beekeepers tend about 9,360 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Blaine County already sell straight to the public, about $145,000 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 Blaine County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Blaine County counts 52,508 head of cattle, 1,810 sheep and 1,125 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 730 people run or help run farms in Blaine County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 62 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Blaine County stands out: it ranks #4 of 27 MT counties for honey bee colonies.