NIOBRARA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Niobrara County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Wyoming for Lance Creek, Lusk and and Van Tassell. 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 Niobrara County by the Numbers

Niobrara County has 220 farms on 1,317,839 acres (about 5,990 acres each). Together they sold $52 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and wheat.

2 farms in Niobrara County already sell straight to the public. 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 Niobrara County

Niobrara County farms and homesteads keep 51,320 head of cattle, 829 horses and ponies and 301 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 459 people run or help run farms in Niobrara County, with an average age of 58. 41% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.