CHEMUNG COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Chemung County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New York for Elmira, Big Flats and Erin. Watch for local grapes when it comes into season in New York. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Chemung County by the Numbers

Chemung County has 352 farms on 60,337 acres (about 171 acres each). Together they sold $34.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 1,004 honey bee colonies.

32 farms in Chemung County already sell straight to the public, about $410,000 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 Chemung County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Chemung County counts 7,472 head of cattle, 1,994 egg-laying hens and 622 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 623 people run or help run farms in Chemung County, with an average age of 58. 41% of them are women. 66 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.