YAKIMA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Yakima County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cowiche, Grandview and Moxee. Washington favorites like berries and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Yakima County by the Numbers

Yakima County has 2,523 farms on 1,792,824 acres (about 711 acres each). Together they sold $2.3 billion of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, dairy (milk) and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and sweet cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn, squash, asparagus and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 7,406 honey bee colonies.

174 farms in Yakima 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 Yakima County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 236,986 head of cattle, 7,213 sheep and 3,133 horses and ponies in Yakima County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 4,717 people run or help run farms in Yakima County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 247 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Yakima County stands out: it ranks #1 of 39 WA counties for number of farms and #1 of 37 WA counties for goats.