DUCHESNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Altamont to Hanna, Duchesne County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Utah favorites like peaches and apples show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Duchesne County by the Numbers

Duchesne County has 898 farms on 1,055,301 acres (about 1,175 acres each). Together they sold $66.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, plums and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, cabbage and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 720 honey bee colonies.

44 farms in Duchesne County already sell straight to the public, about $371,000 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 Duchesne County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 46,281 head of cattle, 3,471 horses and ponies and 2,640 egg-laying hens in Duchesne County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,731 people run or help run farms in Duchesne County, with an average age of 56. 39% of them are women. 147 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.