RAVALLI COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Ravalli County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Conner, Corvallis and Pinesdale. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Ravalli County by the Numbers

Ravalli County has 1,400 farms on 188,084 acres (about 134 acres each). Together they sold $40.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, tart cherries and sweet cherries, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, pumpkins and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 244 honey bee colonies.

114 farms in Ravalli County already sell straight to the public, about $1.2 million 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 Ravalli County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 19,015 head of cattle, 7,849 egg-laying hens and 3,333 horses and ponies in Ravalli County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,582 people run or help run farms in Ravalli County, with an average age of 62. 46% of them are women. 126 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.

Where Ravalli County stands out: it ranks #1 of 56 MT counties for number of farms and #2 of 41 MT counties for goats.