UMATILLA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Umatilla County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Adams, Athena and Hermiston. Oregon favorites like hazelnuts and berries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Umatilla County by the Numbers

Umatilla County has 1,616 farms on 1,491,922 acres (about 923 acres each). Together they sold $525.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, wheat and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and sweet cherries, and local fields produce potatoes, green peas, sweet corn and onions. Beekeepers tend about 16,686 honey bee colonies.

136 farms in Umatilla County already sell straight to the public, about $2.1 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 Umatilla County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 65,169 head of cattle, 8,355 sheep and 2,167 horses and ponies in Umatilla County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 3,122 people run or help run farms in Umatilla County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 214 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.

Where Umatilla County stands out: it ranks #3 of 36 OR counties for total farm sales and #3 of 29 OR counties for honey bee colonies.