BENTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Benton County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Kennewick, Benton City and and Richland. Washington favorites like cherries and pears show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Benton County by the Numbers

Benton County has 1,338 farms on 612,372 acres (about 458 acres each). Together they sold $1.2 billion of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, fruit & nuts and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and sweet cherries, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, green peas and onions. Beekeepers tend about 2,860 honey bee colonies.

120 farms in Benton County already sell straight to the public, about $5 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 Benton County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 60,114 head of cattle, 3,393 egg-laying hens and 1,632 horses and ponies in Benton County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,546 people run or help run farms in Benton County, with an average age of 58. 41% of them are women. 186 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Benton County stands out: it ranks #3 of 39 WA counties for total farm sales and #7 of 37 WA counties for selling food straight to the public.