ALLEGANY COUNTY MARKET

Allegany County, New York Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Allegany County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New York for Alfred, Alfred Station and Angelica. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Allegany County by the Numbers

Allegany County has 690 farms on 116,686 acres (about 169 acres each). Together they sold $69.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, tomatoes and onions. Beekeepers tend about 1,406 honey bee colonies.

91 farms in Allegany County already sell straight to the public, about $888,000 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 Allegany County

Allegany County farms and homesteads keep 16,172 head of cattle, 3,022 egg-laying hens and 1,541 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,243 people run or help run farms in Allegany County, with an average age of 56. 38% of them are women. 105 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Allegany County stands out: it ranks #10 of 56 NY counties for honey bee colonies.