OTTAWA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Bennington to and Minneapolis, Ottawa County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Kansas favorites like pumpkins and honey 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 Ottawa County by the Numbers

Ottawa County has 401 farms on 381,011 acres (about 950 acres each). Together they sold $131.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 7 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Ottawa County counts 36,502 head of cattle, 628 egg-laying hens and 496 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 720 people run or help run farms in Ottawa County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 79 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.