ELKO COUNTY MARKET

Elko County, Nevada Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Elko County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Carlin, Deeth and Jarbidge. Watch for local garlic when it comes into season in Nevada. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Elko County by the Numbers

Elko County has 437 farms on 2,081,839 acres (about 4,764 acres each). Together they sold $89.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and sheep & goats.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples. Beekeepers tend about 469 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Elko 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 Elko County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 128,070 head of cattle, 20,600 sheep and 3,034 horses and ponies in Elko County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 798 people run or help run farms in Elko County, with an average age of 57. 44% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Elko County stands out: it ranks #2 of 17 NV counties for number of farms.