DAVIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Davis County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Layton, Bountiful and Hill Air Force B. Utah favorites like peaches and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Davis County by the Numbers

Davis County has 380 farms on 48,690 acres (about 128 acres each). Together they sold $26.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and sweet cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 1,514 honey bee colonies.

40 farms in Davis County already sell straight to the public, about $1.1 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 Davis County

Davis County farms and homesteads keep 3,124 head of cattle, 1,287 egg-laying hens and 1,166 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 741 people run or help run farms in Davis County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 42 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.

Where Davis County stands out: it ranks #4 of 26 UT counties for selling food straight to the public and #5 of 24 UT counties for honey bee colonies.