BROOME COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Broome County? Backyard growers and small farms around Binghamton, Castle Creek and Endwell list it here. New York favorites like sweet corn and maple syrup show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Broome County by the Numbers

Broome County has 440 farms on 70,489 acres (about 160 acres each). Together they sold $54.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, chestnuts and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 259 honey bee colonies.

66 farms in Broome County already sell straight to the public, about $1.5 million 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 Broome County

Broome County farms and homesteads keep 10,644 head of cattle, 2,915 egg-laying hens and 1,076 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 805 people run or help run farms in Broome County, with an average age of 60. 39% of them are women. 61 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.