WHEATLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Harlowton, Judith Gap and and Twodot buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local lentils when it comes into season in Montana. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Wheatland County by the Numbers

Wheatland County has 119 farms on 677,703 acres (about 5,695 acres each). Together they sold $43.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hogs and wheat.

2 farms in Wheatland 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 Wheatland County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 28,888 head of cattle, 10,973 hogs and 8,791 sheep in Wheatland County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 221 people run or help run farms in Wheatland County, with an average age of 61. 38% of them are women. 9 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.