BROADWATER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Broadwater County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Toston, and Townsend. Montana favorites like honey and cherries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Broadwater County by the Numbers

Broadwater County has 316 farms on 464,721 acres (about 1,471 acres each). Together they sold $52 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, vegetables and wheat.

Local fields produce potatoes and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 9 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Broadwater County already sell straight to the public, about $126,000 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 Broadwater County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Broadwater County counts 16,264 head of cattle, 3,425 sheep and 948 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 585 people run or help run farms in Broadwater County, with an average age of 57. 41% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.