PONDERA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Brady to and Valier, Pondera 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. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Pondera County by the Numbers

Pondera County has 435 farms on 746,528 acres (about 1,716 acres each). Together they sold $111.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, cattle and barley.

Local fields produce potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 24 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Pondera County already sell straight to the public. 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 Pondera County

Pondera County farms and homesteads keep 205,250 egg-laying hens, 25,629 hogs and 20,646 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 775 people run or help run farms in Pondera County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 85 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pondera County stands out: it ranks #2 of 49 MT counties for egg-laying hens.