CROW WING COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Crow Wing County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Baxter, Crosby and Emily. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Crow Wing County by the Numbers

Crow Wing County has 426 farms on 92,791 acres (about 218 acres each). Together they sold $26.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, poultry & eggs and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow hazelnuts, apples and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 5,825 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Crow Wing County already sell straight to the public, about $298,000 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 Crow Wing County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Crow Wing County counts 6,631 head of cattle, 919 egg-laying hens and 400 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 705 people run or help run farms in Crow Wing County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 55 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 Crow Wing County stands out: it ranks #6 of 64 MN counties for honey bee colonies.