BELMONT COUNTY MARKET

Belmont County, Ohio Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Belmont County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Alledonia, Armstrong Mills and Belmont. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Belmont County by the Numbers

Belmont County has 756 farms on 139,632 acres (about 185 acres each). Together they sold $26.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and walnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, potatoes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 250 honey bee colonies.

52 farms in Belmont County already sell straight to the public, about $730,000 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 Belmont County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 22,441 head of cattle, 2,435 egg-laying hens and 1,701 goats in Belmont County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,357 people run or help run farms in Belmont County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 104 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.

Where Belmont County stands out: it ranks #6 of 88 OH counties for goats.