COTTONWOOD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Cottonwood County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bingham Lake, Jeffers and and Wilder. Minnesota favorites like wild rice and honey show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Cottonwood County by the Numbers

Cottonwood County has 742 farms on 392,494 acres (about 529 acres each). Together they sold $601.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 282 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Cottonwood County already sell straight to the public, about $96,000 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 Cottonwood County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cottonwood County counts 341,754 hogs, 126,710 turkeys and 18,565 head of cattle.

About 1,292 people run or help run farms in Cottonwood County, with an average age of 57. 27% of them are women. 165 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 Cottonwood County stands out: it ranks #11 of 87 MN counties for total farm sales.