BROWN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Brown County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Comfrey, Hanska and and Springfield. 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 Brown County by the Numbers

Brown County has 973 farms on 302,331 acres (about 311 acres each). Together they sold $485.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 18 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Brown County already sell straight to the public, about $313,000 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 Brown County

Brown County farms and homesteads keep 244,365 hogs, 103,255 turkeys and 33,601 head of cattle.

About 1,693 people run or help run farms in Brown County, with an average age of 57. 27% of them are women. 149 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.