CLAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Baker to Georgetown, Clay County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Minnesota. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Clay County by the Numbers

Clay County has 655 farms on 556,161 acres (about 849 acres each). Together they sold $466 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and apples, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, pumpkins and broccoli. Beekeepers tend about 3,224 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Clay County already sell straight to the public, about $268,000 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 Clay County

Clay County farms and homesteads keep 830,278 egg-laying hens, 13,515 hogs and 7,952 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,158 people run or help run farms in Clay County, with an average age of 56. 27% of them are women. 138 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Clay County stands out: it ranks #5 of 79 MN counties for egg-laying hens and #8 of 64 MN counties for honey bee colonies.