CROOK COUNTY MARKET

Crook County, Oregon Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Crook County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Paulina, Post and and Prineville. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Crook County by the Numbers

Crook County has 609 farms on 832,845 acres (about 1,368 acres each). Together they sold $53.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Beekeepers tend about 116 honey bee colonies.

54 farms in Crook County already sell straight to the public, about $353,000 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 Crook County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 47,878 head of cattle, 2,068 horses and ponies and 1,396 egg-laying hens in Crook County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,153 people run or help run farms in Crook County, with an average age of 56. 44% of them are women. 138 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.