DAWSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Dawson County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bloomfield, Glendive and and Richey list it here. Watch for local lentils when it comes into season in Montana. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Dawson County by the Numbers

Dawson County has 427 farms on 1,177,000 acres (about 2,756 acres each). Together they sold $97.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, cattle and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 11,417 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Dawson County already sell straight to the public, about $2,000 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 Dawson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 30,283 head of cattle, 3,539 sheep and 970 goats in Dawson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 761 people run or help run farms in Dawson County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 62 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Dawson County stands out: it ranks #3 of 41 MT counties for goats and #2 of 27 MT counties for honey bee colonies.