NEWAYGO COUNTY MARKET

Newaygo County, Michigan Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Newaygo County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bitely, Brohman and and White Cloud. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Newaygo County by the Numbers

Newaygo County has 795 farms on 115,914 acres (about 146 acres each). Together they sold $190.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, tart cherries and peaches, and local fields produce turnips, squash, beets and carrots. Beekeepers tend about 2,030 honey bee colonies.

114 farms in Newaygo County already sell straight to the public, about $2 million 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 Newaygo County

Newaygo County farms and homesteads keep 34,607 head of cattle, 4,866 egg-laying hens and 1,198 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,406 people run or help run farms in Newaygo County, with an average age of 55. 37% of them are women. 144 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 29 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Newaygo County stands out: it ranks #2 of 76 MI counties for goats and #12 of 74 MI counties for honey bee colonies.