POWDER RIVER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Belle Creek to and Sonnette, Powder River County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Powder River County by the Numbers

Powder River County has 332 farms on 1,854,916 acres (about 5,587 acres each). Together they sold $72.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and sheep & goats.

Beekeepers tend about 43 honey bee colonies.

2 farms in Powder River 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 Powder River County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 86,569 head of cattle, 12,373 sheep and 865 horses and ponies in Powder River County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 675 people run or help run farms in Powder River County, with an average age of 58. 41% of them are women. 88 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Powder River County stands out: it ranks #7 of 41 MT counties for goats.