MALHEUR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Adrian, Brogan and Jordan Valley buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Malheur County by the Numbers

Malheur County has 861 farms on 1,130,142 acres (about 1,313 acres each). Together they sold $510.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, vegetables and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow plums, and local fields produce onions, potatoes, sweet corn and radishes. Beekeepers tend about 20,727 honey bee colonies.

32 farms in Malheur County already sell straight to the public, about $569,000 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 Malheur County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Malheur County counts 181,486 head of cattle, 3,026 sheep and 2,351 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,574 people run or help run farms in Malheur County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 107 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 Malheur County stands out: it ranks #1 of 29 OR counties for honey bee colonies and #4 of 36 OR counties for total farm sales.