HILL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Box Elder to Kremlin, Hill County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Hill County by the Numbers

Hill County has 701 farms on 1,854,358 acres (about 2,645 acres each). Together they sold $189 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, cattle and hogs.

Beekeepers tend about 7,875 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Hill County already sell straight to the public, about $433,000 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 Hill County

Hill County farms and homesteads keep 105,299 egg-laying hens, 25,224 hogs and 14,834 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,352 people run or help run farms in Hill County, with an average age of 56. 33% of them are women. 149 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hill County stands out: it ranks #3 of 56 MT counties for total farm sales and #4 of 49 MT counties for egg-laying hens.