BLUE EARTH COUNTY MARKET

Blue Earth County, Minnesota Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Blue Earth County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Amboy, Eagle Lake and Madison Lake. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Blue Earth County by the Numbers

Blue Earth County has 1,019 farms on 478,133 acres (about 469 acres each). Together they sold $838 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 45 honey bee colonies.

41 farms in Blue Earth County already sell straight to the public, about $637,000 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 Blue Earth County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Blue Earth County counts 669,744 hogs, 5,372 head of cattle and 2,361 sheep.

About 1,811 people run or help run farms in Blue Earth County, with an average age of 57. 27% of them are women. 189 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Blue Earth County stands out: it ranks #3 of 87 MN counties for total farm sales and #14 of 87 MN counties for number of farms.