LANDER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lander County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Austin, and Battle Mountain. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Lander County by the Numbers

Lander County has 87 farms on 374,113 acres (about 4,300 acres each). Together they sold $47.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle and poultry & eggs.

3 farms in Lander County already sell straight to the public, about $22,000 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 Lander County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lander County counts 16,023 head of cattle, 487 horses and ponies and 271 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 152 people run or help run farms in Lander County, with an average age of 58. 44% of them are women. 7 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.