GRANITE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Granite County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Drummond, Hall and and Philipsburg. 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 Granite County by the Numbers

Granite County has 163 farms on 289,810 acres (about 1,778 acres each). Together they sold $19 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

4 farms in Granite County already sell straight to the public, about $149,000 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 Granite County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 16,535 head of cattle, 876 sheep and 697 horses and ponies in Granite County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 351 people run or help run farms in Granite County, with an average age of 58. 42% of them are women. 29 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.