CASS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Cass County? Backyard growers and small farms around Backus, Bena and Longville list it here. Watch for local wild rice when it comes into season in Minnesota. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cass County by the Numbers

Cass County has 488 farms on 134,449 acres (about 276 acres each). Together they sold $29.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and hazelnuts, and local fields produce lettuce, sweet corn, spinach and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 301 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Cass County already sell straight to the public, about $145,000 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 Cass County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cass County counts 15,184 head of cattle, 2,539 egg-laying hens and 767 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 833 people run or help run farms in Cass County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 57 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.