PERSHING COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Pershing County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Nevada for Lovelock, and Unionville. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Nevada. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pershing County by the Numbers

Pershing County has 138 farms on 293,968 acres (about 2,130 acres each). Together they sold $65.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

4 farms in Pershing County already sell straight to the public, about $28,000 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 Pershing County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pershing County counts 23,826 head of cattle, 555 horses and ponies and 533 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 256 people run or help run farms in Pershing County, with an average age of 55. 38% of them are women. 33 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.