CONVERSE COUNTY MARKET

Converse County, Wyoming Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Douglas, Glenrock and and Lost Springs buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Converse County by the Numbers

Converse County has 314 farms on 2,394,957 acres (about 7,627 acres each). Together they sold $56.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sheep & goats and hay & other field crops.

16 farms in Converse County already sell straight to the public, about $91,000 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 Converse County

Converse County farms and homesteads keep 58,803 head of cattle, 48,111 sheep and 1,512 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 650 people run or help run farms in Converse County, with an average age of 60. 40% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.