OTSEGO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Otsego County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Gaylord, Johannesburg and and Vanderbilt. 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 Otsego County by the Numbers

Otsego County has 223 farms on 46,046 acres (about 206 acres each). Together they sold $19.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, corn and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and pears. Beekeepers tend about 73 honey bee colonies.

37 farms in Otsego County already sell straight to the public, about $287,000 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 Otsego County

Otsego County farms and homesteads keep 1,285 egg-laying hens, 952 head of cattle and 192 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 384 people run or help run farms in Otsego County, with an average age of 57. 39% of them are women. 30 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.