LARAMIE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Cheyenne, Albin and Hillsdale buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Wyoming favorites like honey and potatoes show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Laramie County by the Numbers

Laramie County has 859 farms on 1,431,716 acres (about 1,667 acres each). Together they sold $162.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 51 honey bee colonies.

31 farms in Laramie County already sell straight to the public, about $361,000 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 Laramie County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 81,047 head of cattle, 12,592 sheep and 2,231 egg-laying hens in Laramie County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,592 people run or help run farms in Laramie County, with an average age of 59. 43% of them are women. 129 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Laramie County stands out: it ranks #2 of 23 WY counties for total farm sales and #3 of 23 WY counties for number of farms.