CUSTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Custer County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Ismay, Kinsey and and Volborg. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Custer County by the Numbers

Custer County has 379 farms on 2,137,368 acres (about 5,639 acres each). Together they sold $84.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and wheat.

3 farms in Custer County already sell straight to the public. 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 Custer County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 87,693 head of cattle, 1,969 sheep and 1,280 horses and ponies in Custer County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 713 people run or help run farms in Custer County, with an average age of 58. 43% of them are women. 46 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.