NEMAHA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Nemaha County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Kansas for Baileyville, Bern and Kelly. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Nemaha County by the Numbers

Nemaha County has 834 farms on 410,751 acres (about 493 acres each). Together they sold $448 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and cattle.

23 farms in Nemaha County already sell straight to the public, about $66,000 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 Nemaha County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 323,333 hogs, 88,229 head of cattle and 770 egg-laying hens in Nemaha County.

About 1,474 people run or help run farms in Nemaha County, with an average age of 54. 30% of them are women. 217 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Nemaha County stands out: it ranks #10 of 105 KS counties for total farm sales and #16 of 105 KS counties for number of farms.