CARTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Carter County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Montana for Alzada, Ekalaka and and Hammond. Watch for local huckleberries when it comes into season in Montana. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Carter County by the Numbers

Carter County has 282 farms on 1,682,561 acres (about 5,967 acres each). Together they sold $72.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and wheat.

3 farms in Carter County already sell straight to the public, about $4,000 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 Carter County

Carter County farms and homesteads keep 72,647 head of cattle, 17,292 sheep and 793 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 547 people run or help run farms in Carter County, with an average age of 60. 37% of them are women. 48 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 21 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.