MONTOUR COUNTY MARKET

Montour County, Pennsylvania Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Montour County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Danville, and Washingtonville. Pennsylvania favorites like sweet corn and maple syrup show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Montour County by the Numbers

Montour County has 257 farms on 30,229 acres (about 118 acres each). Together they sold $67.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, bell peppers, squash and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 20 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Montour County already sell straight to the public, about $324,000 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 Montour County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 188,573 egg-laying hens, 4,939 head of cattle and 750 hogs in Montour County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 451 people run or help run farms in Montour County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 40 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.