CASCADE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Cascade County? Backyard growers and small farms around Great Falls, Belt and Monarch list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cascade County by the Numbers

Cascade County has 976 farms on 1,364,780 acres (about 1,398 acres each). Together they sold $141.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and hogs.

Local fields produce potatoes, green beans, pumpkins and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 109 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Cascade County already sell straight to the public, about $627,000 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 Cascade County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 94,282 egg-laying hens, 69,727 head of cattle and 44,758 hogs in Cascade County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,805 people run or help run farms in Cascade County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 151 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 17 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Cascade County stands out: it ranks #5 of 49 MT counties for egg-laying hens and #6 of 56 MT counties for number of farms.