WABAUNSEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Wabaunsee County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Alma, Alta Vista and Mc Farland. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Wabaunsee County by the Numbers

Wabaunsee County has 618 farms on 383,644 acres (about 621 acres each). Together they sold $86 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 21 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Wabaunsee County already sell straight to the public, about $235,000 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 Wabaunsee County

Wabaunsee County farms and homesteads keep 38,464 head of cattle, 1,116 goats and 978 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,196 people run or help run farms in Wabaunsee County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 99 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 Wabaunsee County stands out: it ranks #13 of 91 KS counties for goats.