LINN COUNTY MARKET

Linn County, Kansas Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Linn County? Backyard growers and small farms around Blue Mound, Centerville and Pleasanton list it here. 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 Linn County by the Numbers

Linn County has 704 farms on 288,612 acres (about 410 acres each). Together they sold $51.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cattle and corn.

Local fields produce asparagus, tomatoes, sweet corn and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 151 honey bee colonies.

31 farms in Linn County already sell straight to the public, about $169,000 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 Linn County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 25,715 head of cattle, 1,858 sheep and 1,470 goats in Linn County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,150 people run or help run farms in Linn County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 83 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Linn County stands out: it ranks #6 of 91 KS counties for goats.