JUDITH BASIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Judith Basin County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Geyser, Moccasin and and Utica. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Judith Basin County by the Numbers

Judith Basin County has 291 farms on 692,347 acres (about 2,379 acres each). Together they sold $102.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and barley.

Beekeepers tend about 18 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Judith Basin County already sell straight to the public, about $36,000 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 Judith Basin County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 62,999 head of cattle, 3,702 sheep and 527 horses and ponies in Judith Basin County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 563 people run or help run farms in Judith Basin County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 38 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 17 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.