LINN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Linn County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Albany, Brownsville and Harrisburg. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Linn County by the Numbers

Linn County has 2,138 farms on 336,063 acres (about 157 acres each). Together they sold $342.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, fruit & nuts and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow hazelnuts, apples and sweet cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn, radishes, green beans and squash. Beekeepers tend about 5,913 honey bee colonies.

220 farms in Linn County already sell straight to the public, about $3.7 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 Linn County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 37,064 sheep, 23,930 head of cattle and 12,879 egg-laying hens in Linn County. Local wool, lamb and fiber crafts often trade hands at farmers markets.

About 4,107 people run or help run farms in Linn County, with an average age of 58. 45% of them are women. 397 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Linn County stands out: it ranks #3 of 33 OR counties for egg-laying hens and #4 of 35 OR counties for goats.