WAYNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bicknell, Fremont and and Torrey buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Utah favorites like apples and honey show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Wayne County by the Numbers

Wayne County has 160 farms on 34,813 acres (about 218 acres each). Together they sold $16.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce watermelons and pumpkins.

11 farms in Wayne County already sell straight to the public, about $245,000 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 Wayne County

Wayne County farms and homesteads keep 12,451 head of cattle, 914 sheep and 546 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 292 people run or help run farms in Wayne County, with an average age of 55. 31% of them are women. 48 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.