MISSOULA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Missoula to Frenchtown, Missoula 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. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Missoula County by the Numbers

Missoula County has 606 farms on 339,770 acres (about 561 acres each). Together they sold $14.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, sweet cherries and plums, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, lettuce and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 3,543 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Missoula County already sell straight to the public, about $940,000 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 Missoula County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 7,919 head of cattle, 2,652 horses and ponies and 1,809 egg-laying hens in Missoula County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,068 people run or help run farms in Missoula County, with an average age of 62. 46% of them are women. 43 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Missoula County stands out: it ranks #3 of 38 MT counties for selling food straight to the public and #12 of 56 MT counties for number of farms.