FLATHEAD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Flathead County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Montana for Columbia Falls, Coram and Kila. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Flathead County by the Numbers

Flathead County has 1,019 farms on 160,817 acres (about 158 acres each). Together they sold $58.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, hay & other field crops and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow sweet cherries, apples and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, lettuce, garlic and pumpkins.

97 farms in Flathead County already sell straight to the public, about $5.9 million 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 Flathead County

Flathead County farms and homesteads keep 9,695 head of cattle, 3,152 hogs and 3,076 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,894 people run or help run farms in Flathead County, with an average age of 60. 43% of them are women. 135 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Flathead County stands out: it ranks #1 of 38 MT counties for selling food straight to the public and #4 of 56 MT counties for number of farms.