BOX ELDER COUNTY MARKET

Box Elder County, Utah Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Box Elder County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bear River City, Brigham City and Fielding. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Box Elder County by the Numbers

Box Elder County has 1,248 farms on 1,176,650 acres (about 943 acres each). Together they sold $195.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and tart cherries, and local fields produce onions, sweet corn, pumpkins and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 1,181 honey bee colonies.

118 farms in Box Elder 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 Box Elder County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 80,926 head of cattle, 25,702 sheep and 3,394 egg-laying hens in Box Elder County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,346 people run or help run farms in Box Elder County, with an average age of 55. 34% of them are women. 210 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Box Elder County stands out: it ranks #3 of 29 UT counties for number of farms and #3 of 26 UT counties for selling food straight to the public.