JUAB COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Eureka, Levan and and Nephi 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 Juab County by the Numbers

Juab County has 297 farms on 246,735 acres (about 831 acres each). Together they sold $58 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cattle and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apricots, walnuts and plums, and local fields produce sweet corn, potatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 114 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Juab County already sell straight to the public, about $46,000 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 Juab County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Juab County counts 17,771 head of cattle, 6,892 sheep and 952 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 536 people run or help run farms in Juab County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 56 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.