TREGO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Collyer, Ogallah and and Wa Keeney buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Trego County by the Numbers

Trego County has 387 farms on 490,680 acres (about 1,268 acres each). Together they sold $68.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, cattle and sorghum.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Trego County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 18,686 head of cattle, 363 sheep and 157 horses and ponies in Trego County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 666 people run or help run farms in Trego County, with an average age of 61. 33% of them are women. 53 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.