YATES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bellona, Bluff Point and Himrod buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. New York favorites like sweet corn and maple syrup show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Yates County by the Numbers

Yates County has 838 farms on 117,491 acres (about 140 acres each). Together they sold $152.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), fruit & nuts and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce carrots, sweet corn, beets and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 1,079 honey bee colonies.

121 farms in Yates County already sell straight to the public, about $22.9 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 Yates County

Yates County farms and homesteads keep 221,353 egg-laying hens, 25,381 head of cattle and 1,639 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,602 people run or help run farms in Yates County, with an average age of 50. 36% of them are women. 394 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Yates County stands out: it ranks #2 of 50 NY counties for egg-laying hens and #3 of 59 NY counties for selling food straight to the public.