ADAMS COUNTY MARKET

Adams County, Washington Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Adams County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Washington for Benge, Hatton and and Washtucna. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Adams County by the Numbers

Adams County has 558 farms on 981,670 acres (about 1,759 acres each). Together they sold $561.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, wheat and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, green peas and onions.

11 farms in Adams County already sell straight to the public, about $241,000 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 Adams County

Adams County farms and homesteads keep 53,272 head of cattle, 734 horses and ponies and 558 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,096 people run or help run farms in Adams County, with an average age of 61. 38% of them are women. 73 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Adams County stands out: it ranks #6 of 39 WA counties for total farm sales.