YELLOWSTONE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Yellowstone County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Billings, Acton and Custer. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Montana. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Yellowstone County by the Numbers

Yellowstone County has 1,186 farms on 1,433,440 acres (about 1,209 acres each). Together they sold $140.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, potatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 12,034 honey bee colonies.

49 farms in Yellowstone County already sell straight to the public, about $265,000 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 Yellowstone County

Yellowstone County farms and homesteads keep 64,074 head of cattle, 20,326 egg-laying hens and 2,626 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,166 people run or help run farms in Yellowstone County, with an average age of 60. 42% of them are women. 140 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

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