JEFFERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Jefferson County? Backyard growers and small farms around Basin, Boulder and and Whitehall 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 Jefferson County by the Numbers

Jefferson County has 364 farms on 454,324 acres (about 1,248 acres each). Together they sold $26.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and sheep & goats.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples. Beekeepers tend about 37 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Jefferson County already sell straight to the public, about $55,000 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 Jefferson County

Jefferson County farms and homesteads keep 27,420 head of cattle, 1,727 sheep and 1,211 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 731 people run or help run farms in Jefferson County, with an average age of 59. 42% of them are women. 89 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 35 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.