SWEETWATER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bairoil, Farson and Mc Kinnon buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Wyoming favorites like sweet corn and dry beans 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 Sweetwater County by the Numbers

Sweetwater County has 183 farms on 1,372,065 acres (about 7,498 acres each). Together they sold $18.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, barley and horses.

2 farms in Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Sweetwater County counts 17,474 head of cattle, 987 horses and ponies and 325 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 341 people run or help run farms in Sweetwater County, with an average age of 55. 40% of them are women. 59 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.