WASCO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Antelope to and Wamic, Wasco County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Wasco County by the Numbers

Wasco County has 458 farms on 978,577 acres (about 2,137 acres each). Together they sold $138 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, wheat and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow sweet cherries, pears and grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, spinach, garlic and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 170 honey bee colonies.

53 farms in Wasco County already sell straight to the public, about $625,000 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 Wasco County

Wasco County farms and homesteads keep 17,134 head of cattle, 3,601 horses and ponies and 2,088 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 885 people run or help run farms in Wasco County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 65 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.