FERRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Ferry County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Washington for Curlew, Danville and Malo. Watch for local cherries when it comes into season in Washington. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Ferry County by the Numbers

Ferry County has 168 farms on 522,236 acres (about 3,109 acres each). Together they sold $4 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, fruit & nuts and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow sweet cherries and apples, and local fields produce squash, watermelons, asparagus and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 16 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Ferry County already sell straight to the public, about $326,000 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 Ferry County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,378 head of cattle, 884 sheep and 616 egg-laying hens in Ferry County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 308 people run or help run farms in Ferry County, with an average age of 63. 45% of them are women. 3 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.