SHIAWASSEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Shiawassee County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bancroft, Byron and Laingsburg. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Shiawassee County by the Numbers

Shiawassee County has 1,029 farms on 206,410 acres (about 201 acres each). Together they sold $156.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and plums, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, garlic and squash. Beekeepers tend about 431 honey bee colonies.

87 farms in Shiawassee County already sell straight to the public, about $491,000 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 Shiawassee County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Shiawassee County counts 18,566 head of cattle, 4,446 egg-laying hens and 1,478 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,801 people run or help run farms in Shiawassee County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 202 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Shiawassee County stands out: it ranks #15 of 83 MI counties for number of farms.