SOMERSET COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Acosta, Addison and Cairnbrook buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Somerset County by the Numbers

Somerset County has 998 farms on 197,565 acres (about 198 acres each). Together they sold $150.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, potatoes and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 269 honey bee colonies.

134 farms in Somerset County already sell straight to the public, about $1.8 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 Somerset County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 34,025 head of cattle, 16,688 hogs and 6,920 sheep in Somerset County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,956 people run or help run farms in Somerset County, with an average age of 54. 36% of them are women. 249 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Somerset County stands out: it ranks #2 of 62 PA counties for goats.