JOHNSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Johnson County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Buffalo, Kaycee and and Linch. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Wyoming. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Johnson County by the Numbers

Johnson County has 402 farms on 2,034,098 acres (about 5,060 acres each). Together they sold $54.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and sheep & goats.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples.

17 farms in Johnson County already sell straight to the public, about $54,000 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 Johnson County

Johnson County farms and homesteads keep 59,071 head of cattle, 25,430 sheep and 2,293 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 797 people run or help run farms in Johnson County, with an average age of 60. 44% of them are women. 62 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.