POLK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Dallas, Falls City and Rickreall buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local berries when it comes into season in Oregon. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Polk County by the Numbers

Polk County has 1,158 farms on 154,851 acres (about 134 acres each). Together they sold $249.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, hay & other field crops and Christmas trees.

Orchards and vineyards here grow hazelnuts, grapes and sweet cherries, and local fields produce radishes, garlic, pumpkins and fresh herbs. Beekeepers tend about 1,919 honey bee colonies.

160 farms in Polk County already sell straight to the public, about $10.1 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 Polk County

Polk County farms and homesteads keep 12,349 head of cattle, 5,756 egg-laying hens and 3,065 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,240 people run or help run farms in Polk County, with an average age of 60. 42% of them are women. 139 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 23 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Polk County stands out: it ranks #5 of 34 OR counties for selling food straight to the public.