STEUBEN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Steuben County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Addison, Arkport and Campbell. 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 Steuben County by the Numbers

Steuben County has 1,373 farms on 362,171 acres (about 264 acres each). Together they sold $251.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce potatoes, green beans, snow peas and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 1,488 honey bee colonies.

145 farms in Steuben County already sell straight to the public, about $6.1 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 Steuben County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 292,829 egg-laying hens, 58,696 head of cattle and 7,531 hogs in Steuben County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,480 people run or help run farms in Steuben County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 258 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 30 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Steuben County stands out: it ranks #1 of 62 NY counties for number of farms and #1 of 50 NY counties for egg-laying hens.