SANDERS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Sanders County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Dixon, Heron and Plains. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Sanders County by the Numbers

Sanders County has 421 farms on 621,625 acres (about 1,477 acres each). Together they sold $14.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, sweet cherries and grapes, and local fields produce potatoes, tomatoes, garlic and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 450 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Sanders County already sell straight to the public, about $384,000 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 Sanders County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 12,048 head of cattle, 6,028 egg-laying hens and 965 horses and ponies in Sanders County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 758 people run or help run farms in Sanders County, with an average age of 63. 42% of them are women. 41 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Sanders County stands out: it ranks #10 of 49 MT counties for egg-laying hens.